Magazine Updates

Gallery Link: 2006-02-00 Kultur Spiegel

Gallery Link: 2001-04-00 MovieStar (Thanks to Josan), 2008-07-24 People Management, 2008-08-25 In Touch , 2008-06-25 The Jakarta Post

Gallery Link: 2000-07-00 Kultur Spiegel

Gallery Link: 2007-05-10 Vanity Fair (it)

Gallery Link: 2008-08-22 Entertanment Weekly

Gallery Link: 2008-08-25 The Hollywood Reporter (East)

Gallery Link: 2008-08 C’est

Gallery Link: 2008-08 Kultur Spiegel (Gr)

Gallery Link: 2008 Millionaire

Special thanks to Lilalucy for the headsup on many of these!

Gallery Update 08/11/08

Just did a large gallery update.  Included Adverts, Candids, Magazines, and more.  Click here to see the latest updates dated 08/11/08.  There’s five full pages of thumbs.

Weekly Mag Scans

I’ve added scans from Gala, Star, In Touch and Us Weekly (08/18/08) which show familiar pictures from this past weeks adventures. Also added was People en Espanol (Sept 2008) which has George coming in 3rd as the best dressed man. Thanks to Lilalucy for the scans!

People Magazine: Behind the Scenes on Burn After Reading

George Clooney and Brad Pitt on the set of their Coen Brothers comedy (due out Sept. 12), about what happens when a spy’s memoir falls into the wrong hands.

Credit and Thanks to Stacie for the scan.

Gallery Link: 2008-08-04 People

George to visit Darfur in September

According to the July 17th issue of the French magazine “Le Point”. George will be traveling to Darfur in September with France’s Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. Thanks to Reve for the scans.

Gallery Link: 2008-07-17 Le Point

Harpers Bazaar August 2008

I’ve added scans from this months Harpers Bazaar (Britain) featuring images from the private dinner hosted by Mariella Frostrup and Bazaar Editor Lucy Yeoman. The dinner was held at L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, London in celebration of George’s film Leatherheads.

Also featured was the Met Gala Ball and the Birthday Party held afterwards hosted by Giorgio Armani. The Location was Bungalow 8, New York.

Gallery Link: 2008-08-00 Harpers Bazaar

Thanks to Lilalucy and Merlin for the headsup/Link.

Scan credit and Thanks to TrueBlueJen.

Empire 2008 July Issue

Scans added of the Empire (UK) 2008 July Issue which featured a 4 page article on Burn After Reading.

Gallery Link: 2008-07-00 Empire (UK)

Burn After Reading

“After the (relative) seriousness of No Country For Old Men, it seems the Coens are back to more traditional turf for their next. It’s a thriller that’s kind of a comedy (or the other way around) born of one of their own brainstorming sessions (and not a famous novel), where the characters go by such typically syllable-torturing Coen-esque monikers as Harry Pfarrer, Linda Litzke and Chad Feldheimer.

“It’s in the vein of Fargo and Lebowski,” delights Eric Fellner from Working Title, completing his sixth film with the brothers. “Somebody comes across something they shouldn’t, they completely misinterpret what they’ve got, and because they are fairly stupid, everything spirals horribly out of control. Mayhem and dead bodies ensue.”

More precisely, it is a spy caper about boozy CIA operative Ozzie Cox (John Malkovich), so incensed at being fired he writes some inflammatory memoirs, the disc of which he accidentally leaves in a gym. It is discovered by less-than-intellectual instructor Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt), who attempts to blackmail Ozzie, while his boss Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand) meets smooth-talking Harry Pfarrer (George Clooneey) via online dating. He’s the CIA lug assigned to clear the whole matter up, who also ends up sleeping with Katie Cox (Tilda Swinton), estranged wife of Ozzie.

“I’m a guy that goes around killing people,” says Clooney, who would happily play a corpse for the Coens. “It looks really fun. This will be my third idiot - the Coens call it my trilogy of idiots.”

Shooting with typical zest (taking only 50 days) between No Country’s debut in Cannes 2007 and its rapturous US release last autumn, the New York boys stuck fairly close to home: Brooklyn Heights and Washington, DC are the main locations. And despite regular cinematographer Roger Deakins missing his first gig since Barton Fink (due to prior commitments) - Emmanuel Lubezki (Children Of Men) replaces him - the production ran as smoothly as ever.

“They are so brilliant, Joel and Ethan, they just know what they want,” continues Fellner. “Most of the techs and craftsmen have all worked with Joel and Ethan many times. There is never a panic on set. You are never running out of time.”

However, the film, which will open this year’s Venice Film Festival (it wasn’t ready for Cannes 2008), finds its makers at something of a crossroads. Does the Oscar victory and box-office success of No Country For Old Men (a best ever $160 million worldwide) mean they are now a mainstream act and no longer the clever-cloging wiseacres only deciphearable by their army of delirious fans?

“That is the issue - how do you sell the Coens?” agrees Fellner. “Our experience at Working Title is that the point where we’re made mistakes is when we’ve not sold the film to the real audience. You have to start with the real audience and then go bolder. With some of their recent films made with studios (Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers were both studio-based films not produced by Working Title) , that could be where they went wrong: looking for too big an audience. This is quite mainstream, but not too mainstream.”

The Coens have been very busy of late. They will soon start another comedy, A Serious Man (also with Working Title), which Ethan has claimed will be ever-so slightly autobiographical: “It’s about a family of four in the Midwest, in 1967, and one of the kids is about to be Bar Mitzvahed. Horrible things happen…” After which they will get going on an adaptation of Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, a couldn’t-be-more-Coens noir pastiche set in a reimagined Jewish state in Alaska. Meanwhile, Ethan has also found time to write a trilogy of short plays currenlty being staged together off-Broadway under the title Almost An Evening, produced with the help of Coens’ regular composor, Carter Burwell. The plays, one of which involves two opposing versions of God having a scrap, are helpfully described as Camus-meets-Kafka-meets-the Marx Brothers. Definitely not too mainstream.”

In Touch with George Clooney

It looked like George Clooney might change his bachelor ways when he met Sarah Larson last summer. But not long after the Las Vegas waitress/model moved into his LA home, George, 47, had a change of heart and ended their relationship in late May. Still, he insists he’s capable of settling down. “For a long time I took every chance to say that I was not going to marry again,” says George, who divorced actress Talia Balsam in 1993. “So I became very careful after a failed marriage. But am I afraid of committing? It’s never occurred to me.”

So you’re not anti-marriage?
What do people say: A good wife at the cooker is worth gold!

What’s it like being one of Hollywood’s biggest playboys?
I’m not a playboy. If I had been with all the women that I was said to have been with, I wouldn’t have had the time to shoot one single movie.

But you’re often spotted with lovely ladies by your side.
If people see me having dinner with a beautiful woman, they immediately believe that we’re having a love affair. That’s rubbish!

You have been linked to stars like Renee Zellweger.
Nonsense. We’ve known each other for a long time and became close friends over the years.

Are friendships more important than love?
No, even though friendships last longer than love, as a rule. I’m lucky to have a handful of very good friends with whom I’ve gone through quite a lot of hard times.

What do you do together?
There’s nothing greater than having a few beers with friends or playing basketball or poker.

They often accompany you to your house in Lake Como, Italy.
That’s my retirement home. Every year I spend some time there with my friends. We go on motorcyle tours.

Do they ask you for advice?
Mostly the usual stuff. What does it take to appeal to women?

What’s your reply?
I can only talk about my own experiences. With me, it’s the hair. If you have beautiful and strong hair, then you’re successful with women.

So you wouldn’t be sexy bald?
In the case of hair loss, it’s all over.

How long does it take you to get dressed?
I spend at least three or four hours a day in the bathroom. Being sexy day and night is a big responsibility. And I like taking it!

Télé 7 Jours article on Un Jour, Un Destin

Télé 7 Jours magazine has an article on the upcoming show “un jour, un destin” which will be aired on July 9th on the French Public Channel “France 2″. Thanks to Reve for sending in the scans.

Thanks to Aragarna we now have a translation!

Laurent Delahousse : « My Friend George »

Laurent Delahousse has met George Clooney, an actor, director, producer, a gentleman lady-killer, a commited citizen and a real star. An uncommon destiny spotlighted by a documentary. 90 min of happiness revealed by Laurent Delahousse. What Else?

A first time: good bye the studio, hello Italy for an exclusive interview with George Clooney…
Yes it was at the beginning of June. The interview lasted 40 min in a beautiful villa near Lake Como. Sweet atmosphere, with singing birds and Chianti (Italian Wine).

Why precisely him?
This guy has succeeded in everything. He is smart, brilliant, good actor and an international star. He produces his own films and he has conquered enough freedom in Hollywood to impose his political awareness. With my team, we thought this must be hiding a wolf. (not sure to understand that part in French so did not know how to translate…)

Like his chaotic life and his recent breakup with Sarah Larson?
No. his film Leatherheads, released last april, that he directed, produced, and stared in, has been a commercial failure for the first time. He admits he needs to become more mysterious again. He took refuge at home in Italy, to write a new film in the same vein as GN&GL, ie more committed.

Was it hard to approach him?
Yes, he is a star! He is very active, very surrounded. As nothing concrete was achieved, I almost gave up. Then Paul Degenève, the author of the documentary – a 5 months work! – convinced his parents to talk. Which opened lots of doors…

His door?
No. It’s when I received him on the Evening News last April for the Leatherheads promo that everything has been played out. After the interview, we talked backstage. He knew we’ve been trying for months to get an interview with him. That night, he agreed and he kept his promises.

What will we see in this documentary?
Extracts from his father’s show, George when he was a child, his childhood friends, his career, his starts in ER until the key episode when a script writer had the idea to switch the lab coat for a tuxedo. That’s when his charisma burst out.

What has impressed you most?
His “in the name of the father” life. This former journalist, retired today, taught him his culture, his political activism. George dreamt of becoming a journalist like him. It haunted him. We can wonder if it did not prevent him from building his own personal life.

What has surprised you most?
His “regular guy” side. A real life lesson. Success has not cannibalized his life. The fact that his father was a notorious journalist, his aunt an Hollywood actress who made movies with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, showed him at a very young age what fame was, and how fragile it can be.

Did he offer you a visit of his property?
No, and I regret that. But he showed me his 7 or 8 Harley Davidson.

Did you talk about his political commitment and his support to Barak Obama?
Yes, we talked about his vision of the future of the US and the possible big turn it will take with Obama. Obama promised that he will come to rest in Italy if he wins the elections.

(the last question is about the journalist, nothing to do with George and not interesting)

and … a little joke from our favourite prankster…
the journalist explains :
after the News were I received George and Renée for Leatherheads, George confessed he felt very embarrassed to come wearing a sweater while I was wearing a suit. So, I came to do my interview in Italy very casual, wearing a sweater and trousers. And I saw George coming in a beautiful tuxedo. he looked at me smiling… he got me on that one !

Empire Article on Burn After Reading

July Issue of Empire (UK) features a 4 page article on “Burn After Reading” according to the Coens Blog “You Know, For Kids!”

“After the (relative) seriousness of No Country For Old Men, it seems the Coens are back to more traditional turf for their next. It’s a thriller that’s kind of a comedy (or the other way around) born of one of their own brainstorming sessions (and not a famous novel), where the characters go by such typically syllable-torturing Coen-esque monikers as Harry Pfarrer, Linda Litzke and Chad Feldheimer.

“It’s in the vein of Fargo and Lebowski,” delights Eric Fellner from Working Title, completing his sixth film with the brothers. “Somebody comes across something they shouldn’t, they completely misinterpret what they’ve got, and because they are fairly stupid, everything spirals horribly out of control. Mayhem and dead bodies ensue.”

More precisely, it is a spy caper about boozy CIA operative Ozzie Cox (John Malkovich), so incensed at being fired he writes some inflammatory memoirs, the disc of which he accidentally leaves in a gym. It is discovered by less-than-intellectual instructor Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt), who attempts to blackmail Ozzie, while his boss Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand) meets smooth-talking Harry Pfarrer (George Clooneey) via online dating. He’s the CIA lug assigned to clear the whole matter up, who also ends up sleeping with Katie Cox (Tilda Swinton), estranged wife of Ozzie.

“I’m a guy that goes around killing people,” says Clooney, who would happily play a corpse for the Coens. “It looks really fun. This will be my third idiot - the Coens call it my trilogy of idiots.”

Shooting with typical zest (taking only 50 days) between No Country’s debut in Cannes 2007 and its rapturous US release last autumn, the New York boys stuck fairly close to home: Brooklyn Heights and Washington, DC are the main locations. And despite regular cinematographer Roger Deakins missing his first gig since Barton Fink (due to prior commitments) - Emmanuel Lubezki (Children Of Men) replaces him - the production ran as smoothly as ever.

“They are so brilliant, Joel and Ethan, they just know what they want,” continues Fellner. “Most of the techs and craftsmen have all worked with Joel and Ethan many times. There is never a panic on set. You are never running out of time.”

However, the film, which will open this year’s Venice Film Festival (it wasn’t ready for Cannes 2008), finds its makers at something of a crossroads. Does the Oscar victory and box-office success of No Country For Old Men (a best ever $160 million worldwide) mean they are now a mainstream act and no longer the clever-cloging wiseacres only deciphearable by their army of delirious fans?

“That is the issue - how do you sell the Coens?” agrees Fellner. “Our experience at Working Title is that the point where we’re made mistakes is when we’ve not sold the film to the real audience. You have to start with the real audience and then go bolder. With some of their recent films made with studios (Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers were both studio-based films not produced by Working Title) , that could be where they went wrong: looking for too big an audience. This is quite mainstream, but not too mainstream.”

The Coens have been very busy of late. They will soon start another comedy, A Serious Man (also with Working Title), which Ethan has claimed will be ever-so slightly autobiographical: “It’s about a family of four in the Midwest, in 1967, and one of the kids is about to be Bar Mitzvahed. Horrible things happen…” After which they will get going on an adaptation of Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, a couldn’t-be-more-Coens noir pastiche set in a reimagined Jewish state in Alaska. Meanwhile, Ethan has also found time to write a trilogy of short plays currenlty being staged together off-Broadway under the title Almost An Evening, produced with the help of Coens’ regular composor, Carter Burwell. The plays, one of which involves two opposing versions of God having a scrap, are helpfully described as Camus-meets-Kafka-meets-the Marx Brothers. Definitely not too mainstream.”

So there you have it. I found this article to put my mind at ease about their two next projects, both of which I’m looking forward to temendously, especially The Yiddish Policemen’s Union which, like the article says, is perfectly suited to the Coen brothers. If you haven’t read the book yet, I cannot recommend it enough.

Source: LINK

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