Venice Chatter

Clooney Vows To Remain Childless

Hollywood hunk George Clooney has vowed never to have children, because he is too impatient to care for them.  Clooney admires pals Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s relationship with their kids, but confesses he could not cope with the drain on his time. He tells the U.K.’s Mirror, “I couldn’t do what Brad and Angie are doing. I wouldn’t have the patience or dedication you need to take care of a family. I admire those qualities in other people but it’s not for me.” And famed bachelor Clooney insists he is happy being single and has no plans to settle down.  He adds: “I’m doing exactly what I want to. I hang out with the same friends, I spend time in Italy, and then I go back to work. I try not to worry about anything else.”

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GEORGE CLOONEY - CLOONEY RULES OUT BOTOX

Actor GEORGE CLOONEY never wants to have cosmetic surgery to maintain his youth - because his age lines have given him more “character”.  The 47-year-old star insists he hates the thought of having injections simply to appease youth-obsessed Hollywood, and has even grown to love his looks as he gets older.
He says, “I don’t mind it (ageing) a bit. I love my gray hair. I love the fact that my face has more of an edge and more character than it did when I was in my 20s or 30s. No Botox for me.”

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Reunited: George Clooney shows he still has soft spot for old friend Mariella Frostrup

Proving that some celebrity friendships can go the distance, George Clooney warmly greeted Mariella Frostrup at the Venice Film Festival.   The pair met at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999. TV presenter Frostrup, 45, who is happily married with two children, was snapped deep in conversation with Clooney, 47.

Confirmed bachelor Clooney has been on the singles market since he split from his cocktail waitress girlfriend Sarah Larson, earlier this year.   But speaking at the Venice Film Festival, the 47-year-old actor said he wasn’t ready to settle down and have children.   ‘I couldn’t do what Brad and Angie are doing. I wouldn’t have the patience or dedication you need to take care of a family,’ he said.

‘I admire those qualities in other people but it’s not for me. I’m doing exactly what I want to.’
He was in Italy to promote Burn After Reading, in which he stars as CIA agent Harry Pfarrer, a hypochondriac philanderer. The first Coen Brothers film since their Oscar-winning No Country For Old Men, Burn After Reading also stars Brad Pitt.

The film won critics’ praise following its premiere in Venice last night. The Guardian’s Andrew Pulver said it was ‘fast-moving’ with ‘lots of attitude… uncorking a killer punch when it can’.   It will be competing with 20 other movies for the coveted Golden Lion this year, with entries from Ethiopia and Turkey.   Meanwhile Clooney and the stars are expected to come out in force tonight for the world premiere of a film about the Italian couture king, Valentino.

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George Clooney distances himself from Obama’s A-list cheerleaders

The manner of George Clooney’s arrival at the Venice Film Festival yesterday - in a slick-looking speedboat, hair blowing in the wind - might have even made a Doge blush. However, the suave old silver fox would not want anyone thinking that he is not a serious type, and so, soon after he hit terra firma, he turned his attention to the presidential race, taking a swipe at the Hollywood A-listers who have become cheerleaders for the Barack Obama bandwagon.
Clooney (right) didn’t mention them by name, but his remarks were clearly directed at fellow thespians Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon, Anne Hathaway and director Spike Lee, all of whom have descended on Denver, Colorado for the Democratic convention. Asked by reporters if he would have liked to attend, Clooney replied: “I like watching conventions on television. I think the stars there should be the people who have been elected.”

Perhaps he was trying to dampen any further speculation about his friendship with Obama - only last week he was forced to deny that he’d been sending the senator texts about body posture and presentation. Whatever the extent of the relationship, Clooney was cool in his appraisal of an Obama administration, saying that while he was “optimistic” he was also “worried” about what the future might hold.

Lest we forget, the 47-year-old star is in Venice to present his latest movie, Burn After Reading, in which he stars with Brad Pitt (left) and Tilda Swinton (centre). No doubt infected by Clooney’s reservations, Pitt was similarly reticent when asked about the Democratic candidate, saying only that it was a “vital time”.

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