George Clooney has been defining what it means to be a leading man in Hollywood for decades. In that time, he has delivered plenty of highs in movies like Gravity, Out of Sight, and Three Kings, and plenty of lows – we will mention Batman & Robin and leave it there. However, his new movie with Adam Sandler has proven …
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Despite a rough sinus infection, George Clooney put on a brave face to be at the red carpet world premiere of his new movie, Jay Kelly, in Venice last night. The infection knocked him out of the festival’s press conference and other media duties, however, and we now understand from sources that he also won’t be able to fly to …
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Co-written by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer, Jay Kelly follows countless other US films and television series, many of them influenced by HBO hit The White Lotus, which drool over the lifestyles of the rich and famous. At the moment, there are far too many of these glossy tributes to the one per cent on our screens, but most of them …
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Following 2019’s Marriage Story and 2022’s White Noise, Noah Baumbach is back in competition at the Venice Film Festival, unveiling the world premiere of his Jay Kelly on Thursday. The comedy-drama received a 10-minute ovation as the lights came up near midnight in the Sala Grande. George Clooney, who earlier today missed the film’s press conference owing to a bad …
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George Clooney‘s Netflix comedy Jay Kelly launched at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday evening and critics are starting to weigh in. Noah Baumbach‘s new film follows a famous movie actor named Jay Kelly (Clooney) and his devoted manager Ron (Adam Sandler) as they embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey through Europe. Along the way, both men are forced …
Read More »VENICE, Italy (AP) — No Hollywood star seems as intrinsically tied to Venice as George Clooney. Twenty-seven years ago he attended his first Venice Film Festival with the instant classic “Out of Sight”; 20 years ago, it’s where he debuted his sophomore film, “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which earned him his first best director nomination; and 11 years ago, …
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