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In case you haven't noticed, Adam Driver delivered memorable performances this year as a newly divorced husband, a government whistleblower, a zombie fighter and a Star Wars warrior (in a Kylo Ren mask). I missed his Broadway opening (Burn This). Indeed, at 36, Driver has appeared in 25 movies in the seven years since…

A four-time Emmy nominee back in the running this year with Hulu's Catch-22, supervising sound editor Jerry Ross surely has one of the most interesting origin stories of anyone practicing his craft. Thinking, earlier in life, about becoming a chef, Ross was waiting for a spot to open up at Le Cordon Bleu cooking…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Kyle Chandler has come aboard Netflix’s George Clooney-directed untitled post-apocalyptic film, which Clooney will star in along with Felicity Jones. Chandler is set to play an American astronaut named Mitchell in the film, which follows the parallel stories of Augustine (Clooney), a lonely…

EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell us that Felicity Jones is set to co-star in George Clooney’s untitled Netflix movie which is an adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s 2016 novel Good Morning, Midnight. Her role is being kept under wraps. Two-time Oscar winner Clooney is attached to direct and star in the movie which is being…

Netflix is ramping up its star power. The streamer said Monday that two-time Oscar winner George Clooney is attached to direct and star in a feature based on Lily Brooks-Dalton’s 2016 novel Good Morning, Midnight, which was adapted for screen by The Revenant scribe Mark L. Smith. Clooney and producing partner Grant…

An Italian man by the name of Francesco Galdelli and his wife Vanja Goffi were arrested in Thailand Sunday after Galdelli claimed to be George Clooney and sold clothes online, claiming it was a business opened by the actor. According to Thailand’s Crime Suppression Division, Galdelli claimed he was Clooney and he…

There's an hour to go before the pilot episode of Catch-22 unspools to Emmy voters at the Television Academy in the San Fernando Valley, and George Clooney is feeling pretty confident. He and his Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov have completed work on their six-part miniseries based on Joseph Heller's classic World War…

Hollywood is clearly up in arms over the “fetal heartbeat” bill signed into law last month by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Should the town use the threat of a mass exodus from the film and TV location-friendly state that would decimate Georgia’s thriving production industry, or put Hollywood muscle and money into funding…

Critics have often been stumped by satire. This seemed again the case this week as puzzled TV reviewers wrestled with George Clooney's superbly astringent rendition of Catch-22. Shouldn't there be more laughs in satire, some asked? Ironically, I revisited this question as I paid a visit to the Comedy Store (a guilty…

Once again, we’re in that place in the TV realm when season and series finales are coming fast, with the likes of Blue Bloods wrapping up its ninth season tonight and multiple Emmy winner Veep pulling the plug for good Sunday. However, as some shows leave for a while or forever, there are debuts coming with almost as…

Following the Sultan of Brunei’s decision to back down on death penalty laws for those engaging in gay sexual acts, George Clooney, who has been a pivotal part of the global outcry against the country’s acerbic and inhumane legal codes, issued a statement today in response to the country’s reversal. "This is a huge…

Following a global backlash and an outcry from celebrities including George Clooney, Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres to boycott the nine luxury hotels he owns around the world, the Sultan of Brunei today pulled back on extreme laws against LGBTQ citizens of his country, extended a moratorium on a death penalty that…