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Let me state right away that I hate the whole idea of the Academy Awards . Treating any sort of art form, even a highly commercialized one like cinema, like a sporting event strikes me as both counterproductive and counterintuitive.

Jake Wardle selects his ten favourite movie stares... Stares. Glares, gazes, whatever you want to call them, the movies are full of them, and as far as I can tell nobody's ever compiled a list of the best.

Fans of George Clooney and Brad Pitt tend to feel strongly about their respective A-listers; for every "Good Night, and Good Luck" a Clooney-ite will lob, a member of the Pitt Crew will come back with a "Curious Case of Benjamin Button." And so it goes.

Don't get suckered into spending more cash than is necessary to fix your car. Here are 5 maintenance procedures to avoid.

George Clooney was happy to try on both goofy and handsome looks for the Oscars issue of the LA Times Magazine with Viola Davis on the cover, which is out on Sunday.

The Descendants director Alexander Payne and actor George Clooney first met while the director was casting Sideways in 2003, but nothing came of that.

Cape Town 120130. Villagio Restaurant at the Howard Centre in Pinelands was revued by The Good Weekend today: Wendyl Martin .Pic : Jason Boud Combat: This is a first screen show for this masterful storyteller, singer and supreme showman.

Young Adult is the latest film from American screenwriter Diablo Cody, known for her smart, edgy comedy Juno - for which she won an Oscar - and the less successful black comedy horror Jennifer's Body .

Underworld star Scott Speedman almost landed the role of Robin opposite George Clooney after a casting agent saw his soapbox rant on Canadian TV.

To speak with Vera Farmiga is to speak with the most un-Hollywood actor you could wish for.

James Farentino , a prolific character actor who in later years played George Clooney 's estranged father on ER , was originally said to have died last week following a long illness.

It's funny how these all tie together. Kinda one of those Kevin Bacon six degrees of separation A things George Clooney will be featured in CBS' premiere of "Person to Person" Wednesday .A It's a revival of CBS' iconic 1950s news series hosted by Edward R. Murrow Clooney directed, co-wrote and starred in "Good Night, and Good Luck," a movie about ... (more)

See how one of the world's top film stars lives - away from the spotlight. George Clooney has opened up his Los Angeles home to CBS News, showing off his kitchen , his screening room and bar, for a revival of the classic celebrities-at-home program Person to Person, made famous in the 1950s by Edward R. Murrow.

It's funny how these things all tie together. George Clooney will be featured in CBS' premiere of "Person to Person" Wednesday .

The Ides of March dir. George Clooney Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, George Clooney Three and a half out of Five Stars If there is anything good to be said about The Ides of March , it's that it isn't at all a bad film.

Recently I ended up at a fundraiser organised by Democrats Abroad here in the UK.

Jean Dujardin and George Clooney both walked away winners at the Golden Globes several weeks ago for Best Actor, but the general consensus was that George Clooney would continue his winning streak all the way through the biggest awards show, the Oscars.

Expect not the George Clooney of smarm and circumstance. Although he has a plan, he is no Danny Ocean for the plan is vague and droll.

One of the fun aspects of " Inside the Actors Studio " is when host James Lipton gets to delve into the less spectacular highlights of a particular actor's career.

Dr Tim Stewart at St Vincent's Hospital emergency ward, featured in Kings Cross ER, a new Foxtel reality series.