George Clooney: I Am Not the Godfather
Mon, 07 April 2008 at 3:11 pm
George Clooney is denying reports he will be the godfather to his pal Brad Pitt’s fifth child with Angelina Jolie.
Recently, Clooney reportedly joked to paparazzi outside a Los Angeles restaurant that he had been asked by the celebrity couple to be godfather to their child.
Clooney’s rep made a clarification and said that the Leatherheads star was only joking. “He was just having a joke,” said the rep.
Leatherheads made around $13.5 million in ticket sales in its opening weekend, failing to meet expectations of $16 million set by the studio.
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OMG PT you better hide yourself when the promotions for Burn After Reading start because you obviously can’t handle George just being himself. You are gonna go bat chit caca when you see the both of them promoting the movie. You will be seeing and hearing all kinds of real and imagined things.from George. It’s gonna be crazy on this blog.
At least someone still believes in god. Unlike the rest of the scientology crew. What do these children of science have? Bill Nye the science-father?
http://www.celebrityprayerlist.com
If your IQ is over 60 it’s always pretty obvious when he’s answering in a sarcastic tone.
And the movie was actually good. The only reason it didn’t attract much of the 30 and below crowd is nothing blew up, got chased through the woods by something trying to kill it, it didn’t have an explicit sex scene, or someone having to remove their own limb with a power tool.
God forbid anyone know and appreciate the classics like Bringing Up Baby or His Girl Friday.
It was obvious he was joking. I don’t see anything wrong with George being George and I’m not going to dissect and find “motives” behind everything
thanks for the new thread, jj!
but I don’t think the kids have god-parents; considering they’re not catholic…I know the JP’s chose many religions to introduce to their children; not just catholicism/christianity.
They prob. think of him as Uncle George
Thanks JJ. I’m a GC fan and it’s cool how he, BP, MD and DC all enjoy what in my opinion is a genuine friendship amongst themselves. I pat them all on the backs for always willingly giving of their time & support to each others various humanitarian works, and I love the Rat Pack pt 2 offscreen/onscreen comraderie. I adore George’s dad more, but GC is up there lol.
jpf
At least George is class have a lot of sense of humour and is more intelligent than the idiot pitt Bull, something the bull doesn’t have and could never equal.
George is show business royalty.
His cousin Migeuel Ferrer isn’t too shabby either with his branch of the tree.
Have you guys been following the situation over at clooneystudio.com? such drama. To make it brief, she’s been running a beautiful and informative website for about 3 years then she said enough. In essence it seems like some seedy publications and gossip writers have been pilfering from her site with her not being credited. This is significant because George’s press agent had officially been sending that site exclusives, for the site only. It seems like a lot of nastiness went down behind the scences with these news organizations in addition to her just being paint tired. That site was not her source of income, it was hobby. Sounds like jealousy to me on the part of other bloggers and catty gossip hounds.. She said nothing will change her mind about reopening/updating the site.
Somebody Has to Be in Control
The effort behind George Clooney’s effortless charm.
by Ian Parker
April 14, 2008
George Clooney was at home in Los Angeles one afternoon in mid-January, a few days before he flew to Sudan in his new role as a United Nations “Messenger of Peace” (an appointment that overlooked reports of a recent public scuffle with Fabio, the leonine model). Clooney, who is unusual in being both very famous and, apparently, at ease with the fact—he can sometimes look like a spokesman for celebrity itself—was sitting on a long pale sofa, alongside Sarah Larson, his girlfriend.
His manner—nonchalance underpinned, it seemed, by vigilance and self-scrutiny—carried the suggestion that almost any divergence from banter was unforgivable artsy narcissism.
This is probably the performance for which Clooney, now forty-six, is still best known, even as he has become a Hollywood emperor, not to mention a left-leaning activist and a friend of Senator Barack Obama’s. Clooney is America’s national flirt, a pitchman on talk shows and red carpets who, against the background hum of the world’s lust and envy, is lightly ironic, clever, and self-deprecating, with furrowed brow and bobbing head, and a gyration in the lower jaw suggesting something being moved around under his tongue.
Clooney is one of a very small group of people who, when asked to consider the most satisfying parts of their lives, begin to describe business meetings: “Sitting in a room with a bunch of people who don’t want to make a film that you know is the right film to make. You’ll say, ‘You guys are going to hate this.’ I never thought I’d be in a position to say to someone, ‘I know you don’t want to make this movie, but if I’m doing it for free I can get it done somewhere.’ ” One can imagine the avidity with which Clooney began a career in film directing. He said to me that directing was “a thousand times” as satisfying as acting; “I consider my life as being a director.”
more
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/04/14/080414fa_fact_parker
The last word from http://www.clooneystudio.com was that she was working on something and the site wasn’t closed down indefinitely. Maybe you should e-mail her before you start spreading things, she’s good with responding to fans. I do miss the site, it was excellent. The funny thing is she always included links or sources to where she received the information, she just wanted everyone to do the same. Maybe she is waiting for George Clooney to come to his senses and get rid of the problem girlfriend, then there will be less gossip mags stealing info or coming there for info.
I think Clooney’s jokes are getting stale!
I still think George is quite the man. He’s obviously aging but I think that has more to do with his health problems which really take their toll. Still, he can pull it together and look gorgeous.
I enjoy his sense of humor and manner while acknowledging that he’s far from perfect. But I think he has a decent heart and he seems to be trying to handle his celebrity with a certain amount of grace and humor. So he falls flat sometimes, at least he’s in the game.
Unfortunately, every clip or promo for Leatherheads that I’ve seen looks awful. Downright embarrassing. I kept thinking is this the BEST of the movie? Yikes. I was sort of looking forward to seeing it at least on DVD, so glad to hear someone enjoyed it. I hated Brother Where Art Thou (whatever its title). Just hated it.
As for his women - who cares? Not my problem. I don’t see a gun at either of their heads.
Interesting “hey fans” I am a regular at all the Clooney sites and I never heard the behind the scenes chatter. What is your source of information? I understand Clooneystudio closed her site down for lack of time to commit to it. As sad as we were to see it go, we respected her decision and wish her well.
Thanks for the new George thread Jared. I saw the video where George answered the paps question about being the new baby’s God parent. It is funny to me anyone is making a big deal about it. Looked like George gapped off his question and responded just to shut him up.
I can’t imagine the Jolie/Pitts would need God parents for their children. If they don’t believe in marriage, can’t imagine Christening their child would be high priority to either of them.
God parents are in place so if anything happens to the parents, the God parents would step forward, I can’t imagine George with 5 children suddenly. Hopefully if the Jolie/Pitt’s do have God parents, they will choose the members of Brad’s family over their celebrity friends.
Darn! I think he would do a good job!!!
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Angelina has talked about Maddox’ s godmothers but I don’t know abut the rest of the kids.
tiger #44 “Godparent ” is not a legally recognized relationship in any of the United States. It is strictly an honorary position. If you want your children’s godparents to raise them after you’re gone you have to put it in a legal will.
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haha yes I know Nonny Mouse.But, thanks for the legal tip.
although he’s very talented and hot as hell, I can’t seem to like him,
I don’t know why…
something feels off.
I hope I’m wrong.
His girlfriend is being exposed to many humiliations—he’s silent. He doesn’t say “F*CK OFF, she’ my love”
BUT when he’s exposed to a gossip where he’s talked about as the godfather of Brad and Angie’s child, he immediately responds :
“No, I’m not the Godfather”
WTF are you talking about Clooney?
PS: excuse the typos, I’m tipys tonite and English is my second language
CLINIQUA @ 04/07/2008 at 3:20 pm
Why does he even feel it necessary to respond to stupidity? He needs to take a page out of Angelina and Brad’s playbook. Otherwise it just looks like he’s using the Brangelina baby to try and deflect attention from the galpal’s exploits.
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I agree. I would like for him to stick to his life and leave these people alone. He mentions them so much Brad and Angie’s ears must be burning all the time (old superstition that when people talk about you, your ears burn or itch) smile Geez if he was the Godfather he would never stop talking, as it is he brings them up constantly. Hope he never becomes a godfather to any of their children.
Trust me I do love George, but I wish he would stop riding Brad’s coat tail, He has a nice gig of his own.
Its a joke people!
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senior @ 04/07/2008 at 7:13 pm CLINIQUA @ 04/07/2008 at 3:20 pm
Why does he even feel it necessary to respond to stupidity? He needs to take a page out of Angelina and Brad’s playbook. Otherwise it just looks like he’s using the Brangelina baby to try and deflect attention from the galpal’s exploits.
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I agree. I would like for him to stick to his life and leave these people alone. He mentions them so much Brad and Angie’s ears must be burning all the time (old superstition that when people talk about you, your ears burn or itch) smile Geez if he was the Godfather he would never stop talking, as it is he brings them up constantly. Hope he never becomes a godfather to any of their children.
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Well said,
With regards to George Clooney’s acting chops he is an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, a director, producer, and screenwriter. Not too shabby . . .
He is also and out spoken social activist and environmentalist, an in 2007 he and fellow actor Don Cheadle were presented with the Summit Peace Award by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates at the 8th Annual Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome.
Also, George has been extremely active in advocating a resolution of the tragic Darfur conflict. Not only has he visited the devastated and dangerous area, he has also spoken out on Oprah and was a speaker at the Save Darfur rally in Washington, D.C. In 2006 because of his tireless humanitarian work he was named by the United Nations in January of 2008 as a “Messenger of Peace”
His latest movie Leather Heads was a clever movie, entertaining and well done. . . not some shoot’em, kill’ em, sex-dripping, mindless bloodbath. I enjoyed it ~
But with all his outstanding qualities and accomplishments. . . .George does seems to have constant bad taste in women. . .
Scottie @ 04/07/2008 at 7:53 pm
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nobody –
ok.
let’s say I AM not talking about his accomplishments right now. This is about somethng else.. Dig it?
I say good for him….
But as much as I can see, he’s not as smart as he seems.
I’ve got MANY other things to say about him..
But I’ll keep silent..
For now.
LOL.
*Hides face in shame because her loverman does not know when to shut up*
Why…GC why do you insist on giving people all the ammo they need to use against you?!!!!
A’ight PT…go ahead, i totally wash my hands off him. Oh who am i kidding…he’s in my blood like a bad virus. Guess, we’ll just keep the status quo, where you keep insulting him and I pretend you are showering him with praises. Hey have I told you that everytime I see the word Porgie, it reads Hunk to me?
You know george has been though a lot healthwise the past couple of years not including the motorcycle accident. He’s had problems recently recently with his teeth (that’s why they looked so brown) where he explained the almost medieval way they pulled out one of his tooth. He has an implant in that tooth and it’s been hel* for him painwise. I actually think living in Italy does wonders for him and is a place where he can recharge his batteries..
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