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Former Facts of Life star George Clooney has a new movie coming out. I won't plug it. Entertainment Weekly is doing that.
George likes to portray himself as a victim to let you know that He Is A Serious Person. When he's not publicly whining about how physically demanding it is to be an actor, or complaining about his dad's failed political career, he likes to complain about you-know-who and anyone to the right of Ted Kennedy.
Recently, George has come up with an interesting tale. From an article that coincidentally (wink wink) appeared a few weeks ago just as publicity for his new movie was ramping up:
Clooney, who opposes the war in Iraq, has "outed" himself as the prankster behind a fake magazine cover that had mystified the America media. He said a magazine editor had put him, alongside fellow war critics Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon, on a cover emblazoned with the word "traitors".
He tells the story again more recently:
Two or three years ago, I was being called un-American in the press. One magazine put me on its cover with the word Traitor. People were protesting my movies. All I did was make a few comments in a few interviews that before we sent 150,000 kids to be shot at in Iraq, maybe we should ask a few questions. But back then, you were called unpatriotic if you wanted to ask questions....People were afraid to say things. Big stars would come up to me and whisper that they supported me — I thought it was strange that they felt they had to whisper.
Sure they did. Hollywood entertainers have been soooo silent about politics the past few years. (chortle) "Don't call us unpatriotic!" Hollywood stars say, when what they really object to is people calling them loud-mouthed know-nothing idiots. Criticism is jarring to the fragile egos of Hollywood stars, because they are used to us moviegoers (i.e., the people who pay their bills) worshipping the ground they walk on.
This "Traitor" magazine. Has anyone actually seen it? I did some extensive searching, and the only reference I could find about it is from George Clooney himself. I found no references in Google's web search, no reference in the Usenet archives, no reference after doing a news search. I think George Clooney made it up.
George is a sphincter not only because he invents phony stories in order to get people to sympathize with him. He's a sphincter for mocking people with Alzheimer's.
Clooney opined at a National Board of Review event that 'Charlton Heston announced again today that he is suffering from Alzheimer's.'
When asked by Ms. [Liz] Smith if the remark went over the line, Clooney replied: 'I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the NRA; he deserves whatever anyone says about him.'
I wonder if George believes in Karma?
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