http://www.mail.com/people/28872-george-clooney.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/28872-george-clooney.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1848760-argo-wins-producers-guild-awards.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Argo" continues to shake up the Oscar race by taking the top honor at the Producers Guild Awards on Saturday. Ben Affleck, coming off winning Golden Globe Awards for best motion picture drama and director for the real-life drama, received the award handed out at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. "I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that I'm stil... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 07:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1848760-argo-wins-producers-guild-awards.html 2013-01-27T07:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834684-berlusconi-sex-for-hire-verdict-italy-vote.html MILAN (AP) — Judges hearing ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex-for-hire trial on Monday pushed back the verdict and the sentencing in the case until after Italy's Feb. 24-25 national election. Prosecutors, meanwhile, pressed to make sure they can give their closing arguments, which include their sentencing demands, before the vote, in which Berlusconi is ... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834684-berlusconi-sex-for-hire-verdict-italy-vote.html 2013-01-21T11:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1818978-court-denies-berlusconi-bid-to-halt-sex-trial.html MILAN (AP) — A Milan court on Monday rejected a bid by former Premier Silvio Berlusconi to halt his sex-for-hire trial for Italy's general election campaign, a ruling that makes a verdict likely before the February vote. Berlusconi's lawyer accused the court of "interfering heavily" in the Italian political campaign by refusing to suspend the trial so Ber... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1818978-court-denies-berlusconi-bid-to-halt-sex-trial.html 2013-01-14T19:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1818284-bits-its-after-party-time.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Show Bits brings you the 70th annual Golden Globes awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item. Jodie Foster's acceptance speech drew warm praise at one of the night's post-show parties. "It was my... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1818284-bits-its-after-party-time.html 2013-01-14T06:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1818496-bill-clinton-standing-golden-globes.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Who can seize the rapt attention of a room full of A-list movie and TV stars? Try a former U.S. president. When the glitterati gathered at Sunday's Golden Globe awards heard the surprise introduction of Bill Clinton, they leaped to their feet and roared their welcome. No, this wasn't some joke, a comedy spoof by co-hosts Amy P... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1818496-bill-clinton-standing-golden-globes.html 2013-01-14T02:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1813988-expect-16-perspectives-stars-golden-globes.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — It's a few days before the Golden Globes, and the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom is having a little work done. Crystal chandeliers are being hung from the ceiling, where they'll illuminate stars including Jennifer Lopez, George Clooney, Dustin Hoffman and dozens more Sunday night. Workers on cranes are rigging up the 16... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1813988-expect-16-perspectives-stars-golden-globes.html 2013-01-11T15:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1811636-oscar-odds-ends-facts-figures.html Fun stuff to know about Thursday's Oscar nominations: GOLDEN AGE: At 85 years old, Emmanuelle Riva of "Amour" is now the oldest best actress nominee, while 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is the youngest in that category. The oldest nominee across all acting categories remains Gloria Stuart, who was 87 when she received a sup... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1811636-oscar-odds-ends-facts-figures.html 2013-01-10T16:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1809490-highlights-hollywoods-2013-film-lineup.html Highlights of Hollywood's 2013 schedule (release dates are subject to change): JANUARY: "Broken City": Mark Wahlberg's an ex-cop out for revenge against a double-crossing mayor (Russell Crowe). "Gangster Squad": Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling are LA detectives going after mob boss Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) in the late 1940s. ... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1809490-highlights-hollywoods-2013-film-lineup.html 2013-01-09T19:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1809418-hollywood-sticks-to-tried-true-2013-lineup.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's not really news that Arnold Schwarzenegger is back this year. Everybody else in Hollywood is, too, so why not the former California governor? Schwarzenegger's back with this month's action tale "The Last Stand," while fellow aging action star Bruce Willis returns in February's "A Good Day to Die Hard," the fifth installment in his ... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1809418-hollywood-sticks-to-tried-true-2013-lineup.html 2013-01-09T18:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1770068-foreign-policy-kerry-obamas-good-soldier.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obama's good soldier. The Massachusetts lawmaker has flown to Afghanistan and Pakistan numerous times to tamp down diplomatic disputes, spending hours drinking tea and taking walks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai or engaging in delicate negotiations in Islamabad. ... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1770068-foreign-policy-kerry-obamas-good-soldier.html 2012-12-17T13:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1762462-column-1-athlete-year-2012-messi.html PARIS (AP) — 'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact dovetail neatly, because part of the joy and merriment of following sports is debating who is best at them. This being an Olympic year, we were spoiled for choice in 2012. Oscar Pistorius is a temptin... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1762462-column-1-athlete-year-2012-messi.html 2012-12-12T21:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1754922-amour-takes-top-prize-la-film-critics.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The French-language drama "Amour" was chosen as the year's best film Sunday by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, whose prizes are among a flurry of year-end honors that help sort out the Academy Awards race. Among the group's other honors, the 1950s cult drama "The Master" earned four awards: best director for Paul Thomas Anders... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1754922-amour-takes-top-prize-la-film-critics.html 2012-12-09T23:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747498-clooney-village-burnings-sudan-war-crime.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Actor George Clooney and a group of U.S. genocide scholars in the United States are warning that war crimes are taking place in an obscure conflict in Sudan's southern region. Clooney has long worked to prevent conflict in Sudan and South Sudan, and he co-founded a group that uses satellite imagery to monitor acts of war there. That ... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747498-clooney-village-burnings-sudan-war-crime.html 2012-12-06T14:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1732510-5-films-financial-crisis-you-bank.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Killing Them Softly" is a stylish and violent dark comedy about low-level gangsters and thugs, set squarely within the U.S. economic collapse of autumn 2008. In rather heavy-handed fashion, it suggests that the mob functions as a microcosm of American capitalism. Thankfully, Brad Pitt is there to keep it from going under. A lot of movi... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1732510-5-films-financial-crisis-you-bank.html 2012-11-29T22:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1699424-people-magazine-channing-tatum-sexiest-man.html NEW YORK (AP) — Channing Tatum is People magazine's "sexiest man alive" for 2012. The 32-year-old actor says his first thought on hearing the news was: "'Y'all are messing with me.'" Tatum's film roles include "Magic Mike" and the upcoming "Foxcatcher." Other actors who have received the "sexiest" label include George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Johnn... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1699424-people-magazine-channing-tatum-sexiest-man.html 2012-11-14T13:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1671774-congress-coming-despite-low-approval.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Listen up, voters, you're the boss. Your employee has barely produced the past two years, has hardly showed up for work, hasn't cooperated with others and has gotten low marks on every evaluation. Time to fire 'em, right? Wrong. When the results are counted this Tuesday, Americans will have resoundingly rehired a big majority of the Hous... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1671774-congress-coming-despite-low-approval.html 2012-11-02T07:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1660514-satellite-images-airstrike-sudan-site.html CAIRO (AP) — Satellite images of the aftermath of an explosion at a Sudanese weapons factory this past week suggest the site was hit in an airstrike, a U.S. monitoring group said Saturday. The Sudanese government has accused Israel of bombing its Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum, killing two people and leaving the factory in ruins. The images released... Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1660514-satellite-images-airstrike-sudan-site.html 2012-10-27T21:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1660656-91-perfect-storm-skipper-leery-hurricane-sandy.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Ray Leonard knows a thing or two about monster storms. In fact, he's the skipper of the Satori, the 32-foot sailboat that rode out THE perfect storm 21 years ago. And if he had loved ones living in the path of Hurricane Sandy, which was barreling north from the Caribbean and already was responsible for dozens of deaths, he'd tell them... Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1660656-91-perfect-storm-skipper-leery-hurricane-sandy.html 2012-10-27T19:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1657876-star-powered-political-rallies-party-started.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Baseball great Hank Aaron is a Barack Obama guy. Golf legend Jack Nicklaus is in Mitt Romney's camp. From athletes and astronauts to singers and Hollywood stars, a growing line of celebrities is turning up at fancy dinners and rallies to build support and get out the vote for Obama or Romney, the president's Republican challenger. ... Fri, 26 Oct 2012 06:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1657876-star-powered-political-rallies-party-started.html 2012-10-26T06:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1641650-court-berlusconi-denies-sex-with-teen.html MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi made a rare court appearance Friday to deny some of the more salacious accusations at the center of a sex scandal in Italy that has muddied his reputation. The former premier said he never had sex with an underage Moroccan teen, never paid for sex with any guest at his villa near Milan and denied that "bunga-bunga" parties t... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1641650-court-berlusconi-denies-sex-with-teen.html 2012-10-19T15:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1639030-ap-photos-charitable-stars.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Celebrity charity work has been around as long as celebrity itself. "Beethoven was doing charity concerts," says Myrlia Purcell, founder of LooktotheStars.org, a website that tracks celebrity charity events around the world. Purcell and her staff compiled a list of the most charitable stars based on the number of nonprofit organizations... Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1639030-ap-photos-charitable-stars.html 2012-10-18T12:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1639020-benefits-flow-ways-celeb-charity-galas.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom will soon be filled with flowers, chiffon, fine china and crystal stemware for a starry black-tie ball costing couples as much as $20,000 to attend. Guests such as George Clooney, Quincy Jones, Jane Fonda and Magic Johnson will mingle with business and community leaders and maybe bid on the new Mercedes-Benz offe... Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1639020-benefits-flow-ways-celeb-charity-galas.html 2012-10-18T12:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1633784-us-group-sudan-forces-raze-remote-border-town.html CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese security forces burned and looted a village in the remote Nuba Mountains in May before returning to shell the settlement two months later, a U.S. monitoring group said Tuesday as it released satellite imagery and video footage of the attacks. The Satellite Sentinel Project, backed by actor and Sudan activist George Clooney, said the ... Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1633784-us-group-sudan-forces-raze-remote-border-town.html 2012-10-16T14:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1614770-presidential-race-rumbles-final-4-weeks.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rumbling into its final four weeks, the presidential campaign is playing out on both coasts and multiple fronts, with Republican Mitt Romney seeking stature on foreign affairs and President Barack Obama raising political cash by the millions. Negative ads, charges of dishonesty and dwindling time are all setting the tone. Romney deliver... Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1614770-presidential-race-rumbles-final-4-weeks.html 2012-10-08T18:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1613280-obama-ribs-debating-romney-eyes-speech.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — On a last dash for cash in the celebrity scene of California, President Barack Obama on Sunday took a good-natured shot as his own underwhelming debate performance, marveling at how his friends in the entertainment business could turn in flawless showings every time. "I can't always say the same," Obama told thousands of supporters, who... Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1613280-obama-ribs-debating-romney-eyes-speech.html 2012-10-08T02:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1609180-matthew-lillard-picks-top-5-moviegoing-memories.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Lillard's filmography runs the gamut, from playing a killer in the original "Scream" and the goofy Shaggy in the "Scooby-Doo" movies to showing a more dramatic side of his talent opposite George Clooney in "The Descendants" and Clint Eastwood in "Trouble With the Curve." This week, he adds directing to his resume with the releas... Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1609180-matthew-lillard-picks-top-5-moviegoing-memories.html 2012-10-04T21:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1596356-half-sky-tells-pain-hope-exploited-women.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — It wasn't a juicy script that brought together a half-dozen Hollywood stars, including Meg Ryan, America Ferrera and Olivia Wilde. It was the chance to tell the stories of women seeking, and finding, lives unbound by oppression. "Half the Sky," a moving PBS documentary series airing Monday and Tuesday (9-11 p.m. EDT; check local listing... Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1596356-half-sky-tells-pain-hope-exploited-women.html 2012-09-29T14:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1593182-presidential-contest-shifts-focus-to-raising-money.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For a day, the presidential contest was almost all about money — money to wage the presidential contest, that is. Mitt Romney promised to help Americans earn more, but he and President Barack Obama focused mostly on private fundraisers and big checks to fuel their 40-day sprint to Election Day. Obama courted donors in Washington on Fri... Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1593182-presidential-contest-shifts-focus-to-raising-money.html 2012-09-28T21:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1578910-billy-crystal-walks-red-carpet-no.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Actor Billy Crystal babysat for his granddaughters for five days, and from the experience, a movie was born. On Friday, Crystal walked the red carpet for a screening of his latest film, "Parental Guidance," which opens in theaters later this year and co-stars Bette Midler and Marisa Tomei. "It was exhausting," Crystal said of his babysi... Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1578910-billy-crystal-walks-red-carpet-no.html 2012-09-21T23:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1572330-author-elmore-leonard-wins-prestigious-book-award.html BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — For a man who built his career on word economy, the title is pretty darned long — The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Still, Elmore Leonard says he's thrilled to receive one of the literary world's highest honors. The 86-year-old crime novelist will be presented with th... Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1572330-author-elmore-leonard-wins-prestigious-book-award.html 2012-09-19T17:35:00Z