George Clooney

Gravity Is a Thrilling 3-D Breakthrough

Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star in Alfonso Cuaron's first film since Children of Men

Podcast: Why Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity is a Near-Perfect Movie

Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity is Lightning From the Heavens

More Events: LA Marathon Eats, Strawberry Fair Tequila Tasting

LA Marathon Discount In celebration of the marathon, the sbe Group will be running a one-day promotion wherein marathon participants who bring their 'bibs' will receive 26.2 percent off their entire bill. Spectators will receive a special dessert if they spent a minimum of $20 and they took photos i ... More >>

Casamigos: George Clooney's New Tequila (Yes, The Bottle Is Hot) His Su Casa Cocktail Recipe

Always wanted to have a cocktail with George Clooney? Grab a bottle of Casamigos, Clooney and longtime friend Rande Gerber's new tequila label, and pull up Argo or Ocean's Eleven, or hell, even ER works. It doesn't matter. By morning, you'll be able to tell your friends all about that incredible nig ... More >>

Nice Headlocks

Prop. 8 Sent to U.S. Supreme Court by 'Protect Marriage' Camp

They're like potato bugs who refuse to die. After four yeas of rejection, ProtectMarriage.com and four other individuals in the pro-Prop. 8 camp have taken California's gay-marriage fight to the highest court in the land: They submitted a nearly 500-page petition to the U.S. Supreme Court this mor ... More >>

Obama Traffic, the Valley Edition! Starring George Clooney's Studio City Mansion

Updated at the bottom with all known street closures. (See also: "Obama Totally Screws Up Gay Activists' Plans to Protest His L.A. Visit Tomorrow.") Originally posted May 9 at 9:15 a.m. We might as well get used to President Obama making campaign stops in Los Angeles. His most moneyed and importan ... More >>

George Clooney's Birthday Party at Locanda del Lago Recipe for "The Clooney" Cocktail

Still racking your brain over how to celebrate George Clooney's birthday this year? We know, we know, it's nearly as stressful as Christmas. Thankfully Locanda del Lago, the Italian restaurant which specializes in the cuisine of Clooney's favorite party spot, Lake Como, has you covered. Starting to ... More >>

Hang With Obama And Clooney For Free in L.A.

President Obama's visits to Los Angeles are pricier to attend than a trip to the Four Seasons bar near Beverly Hills, hookers not even included (yeah, we're talkin' to you, U.S. Secret Service agents). For his fund-raising dinner party May 10 at George Clooney's home in the hills above Studio City, ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

Man Allegedly Bench-Presses Goose for 10 Minutes at L.A. Park; Goose Allegedly Loves It

Reddit and Tumblr exploded yesterday with a photo of a barefooted man lying on the hillside of a somewhat crummy-looking park. The man -- by all appearances -- was bench-pressing a goose. Scott Lowell, the B-list actor who originally Tweeted the photo (sort of a George Clooney lookalike who does a ... More >>

Also for Your Consideration

The Descendants Review

Alexander Payne's Hawaiian excursion might be the feel-good movie of the year. Uh oh.

The Ides of March Review

George Clooney's fourth feature as director attempts to capitalize on the fall of Obamamania

Toronto Film Festival: Bad Romance From Whit Stillman, Alexander Payne and More

Greta Gerwig in Whit Stillman's Damsels in Distress​ Tragic romance is a big TIFF theme this year. Soured love tied to death and/or suicide and/or beautifully-lit misery has popped up in eight of the nine films I've seen since I last blogged. At the festival midway point, I've seen so many mov ... More >>

Telluride Film Festival

Clooney collides with silent classics, while 3-D goes otherworldly

Big Air Achieved At Mountain High When 200 Stranded On Chair Lift

File PhotoSome achieved bigger air than this at Mountain High.​A lot of snowboarders who headed up to the local mountains post-holidays for some relatively fresh powder were looking for some serious hang-time. After all, getting a little air by blasting off a jump or mogul is a big part of the ... More >>

Should Celebrities Boycott Koi Restaurant After Owners Sued By State For 'Worker Exploitation?'

Koi's dining room, via Facebook.​Koi restaurant on La Cienega Boulevard has become an A-list restaurant, if not in the minds of critics, at least in the minds of celebrities. Along with the Ivy and Mr. Chow, It's a go-to spot to get snapped by paparazzi. Except that its owners, the Sikder Fam ... More >>

The American: As American as Existential Dread

Anton Corbijn turns the tried-and-true thriller inward

UP IN THE AIR WITH VERA FARMIGA

She's more than George Clooney with a vagina.

Up in the Air: Open Skies

Juno director's latest steers clear of the predictable route

Grounded: Jason Reitman

Up in the Air director has a good sense of where he's from and where he's headed

ROALD OVER

ROCK & ROLLS OF FILM

My Trip Down the Pink Carpet

Burn After Reading: Intolerable Cruelty

Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery

Leatherheads: There Will Be Mud

Clooney tackles preglory gridiron

"And the Award [for Worst Oscars Ever] Goes To ..."

Academy needs a face-lift, not just Botox

No-Escape Best Looting On the Eve of Destruction

Crossbows, medical pot and American Apparel

The Good German: Out of the Past

Soderbergh’s film noir valentine looks great, less filling

Oscar Hangover

Finke’s five-step program will end the misery

How Gay Will Oscar Go?

Handicapping who’ll win, who’ll lose, and who’ll just jerk off

Eeeek! Isaac!

Rating E!'s new red-carpet team

Hollywood’s Newest Age of Liberal Cinema

Tori Spelling’s Got My Back...

and other random acts of celebrity kindness

Global Currency

In Syriana, oil makes the world go round

Murrow Man

Clooney Vision

Good Night, and Good Luck, a searing requiem for the Fourth Estate, raises questions about truth and paranoia today

The Knightly News

George Clooney tips his hat to Edward R. Murrow

Acting the Fool

Method and madness in HBO's Unscripted

Or Not To Be

The lamentable tale of a $250K Hamlet that played two nights and will never be forgotten

Heroes on the Boulevard

Dangerous? Not Really

Clooney/Kaufman/Barris' Confessions doesn't quite live up to its hype

Planet of the Dupes

Solaris' soulful simulacra

Nice ’n’ Easy

Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven

Whole Lotta Love

Mark Wahlberg, movie star

Blow Hard

Wolfgang Petersen’s The Perfect Storm

Back In Sight

The return of Steven Soderberg

With a Bullet

Out of Sight is exactly that