Monday, Dec. 25, 2023

The journey from nowhere to an Olympic gold medal is a tale as old as time.

Just as well-worn, but far less explored, are the stories about great athletes who realize they can't make it anywhere unless they have a way to bankroll the trip.

"The Boys in the Boat" is Hollywood and...

Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023

Director George Clooney both begins and ends "The Boys in the Boat " on a sun-dappled lake. It's a seductive sight, calm and soothing, and aptly reflects the ethos of a film that often feels like one has walked into an oil painting: well-crafted, lovely to look at, and rather old-fashioned....

Monday, Dec. 5, 2022

A heartfelt Patti LaBelle praised her lifelong friend Gladys Knight. Sean Penn called U2 "four scrappy Dublin punks." Ballet dancers performed for conductor and composer Tania León. Matt Damon playfully teased his friend George Clooney — a lot — while Sheryl Crow delivered a heartfelt rendition...

Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022

It's often said that the movies that were fun to make never turn out great. Well, George Clooney and Julia Roberts look like they had a grand time making the Bali-set "Ticket to Paradise."

The film, directed and co-written by Ol Parker ("Mama Mia! Here We Go Again"), isn't the first movie...

Thursday, Jul. 21, 2022

It's going to be a "Beautiful Day" for the band U2 and four other artists when they receive this year's Kennedy Center Honors in December.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Thursday that the Irish rock band along with actor George Clooney, singers Gladys Knight...

Friday, Feb. 12, 2021

From a first time collaborator in sound designer/supervising sound editor Randy Thom to colleagues with whom he has a track record such as production designer Jim Bissell, cinematographer Martin Ruhe, ASC and visual effects maestros Matt Kasmir and Chris Lawrence, director/producer/actor George...

Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020

How has George Clooney been handling isolation? Aside from spending time with his wife, Amal Clooney, and their 3-year-old twins, and editing his new film "The Midnight Sky," he's relied on, like many others, a text chain with pals and Zoom. He just got off one with Matt Damon and John Krasinski...

Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020

Netflix is on a roll this year, with "Mank,""Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,""Da 5 Bloods" and "The Trial of the Chicago 7" all garnering Oscar buzz. Well, hold onto your spacesuits for the latest — "The Midnight Sky."

George Clooney directs and stars in this feature film adaptation of Lily...

Monday, Jun. 18, 2018

George Clooney's Hollywood career spans more than three decades, with memorable roles including fighting vampires, playing Batman and drifting through space in "Gravity." But Clooney's other accomplishments, including directing, screenwriting and activism, led to him becoming the latest...

Saturday, Sep. 2, 2017

Affable, handsome George Clooney was all charm at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, but don't be fooled.

The actor says his latest directorial effort, "Suburbicon," is an angry movie for an angry country — his own. It's a twisted tale of darkness at the heart of the American dream....

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