George Clooney & Elisabetta Canalis’ Smug-Face at Human Rights awards ceremony

Nov. 17, 2010 - New York, New York, U.S. - Actor GEORGE CLOONEY and ELISABETTA CANALIS attend the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards Dinner held at Chelsea Piers. © Red Carpet Pictures

How is Elisabetta Canalis able to hold on for so long? I was just thinking about her the other day – wondering why we hadn’t heard anything from her recently. It looks like she was biding her time, waiting patiently, doing filthy things to George Clooney in the privacy of their Chamber of Doom and Whips. The event was The Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards – Clooney got an award for his work in Sudan, and his total activism and advocacy, I would imagine.

George Clooney was pleased to hear Ryan Reynolds is PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive this year – or perhaps more accurately, he’s relieved it isn’t someone else.

“I’m very happy for him,” Clooney said graciously at a humanitarian awards dinner in New York on Wednesday. He then added, jokingly: “I’m also happy that it’s not Brad [Pitt].”

Clooney and Pitt are both multiple winners of the award – the former in 1997 and 2006, the latter in 1995 and 2000.

Clooney, 49, who is active in humanitarian causes, was on hand at Chelsea Piers to accept a different honor: the Ripple of Hope Award at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights awards dinner.

“It’s really a lovely thing,” the Oscar winner said of the recognition. “I feel over-honored, but I’m happy to be able to do it to bring attention to a lot of other people here.”

It was a family affair, as Clooney was accompanied by his father, Nick Clooney, as well as his girlfriend, Italian TV host Elisabetta Canalis, 32.

Given the actor’s popularity and interest in politics, running for president wouldn’t seem out of the question. Asked why he hasn’t yet, Clooney joked, “Because I don’t have the ties for it.”

[From People]

George might have taken home an award, but it’s Eli who gets the prize – she’s clung to him longer than most women. She has hidden talents (truly, HIDDEN, because she’s an awful actress), and she’s been able to parlay that crap into the kind of legitimacy most of Clooney’s hookers only dream of. And look at her face – she knows she’s awesome. That’s the kind of SmugFace Kate Bosworth would kill to wear.

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 17: Actor George Clooney (R) and Elisabetta Canalis attend the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights Ripple of Hope awards dinner at Chelsea Piers on November 17, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

47612, NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Wednesday November 17 2010. George Clooney with Elisabetta Canalis at the 2010 Robert F. Kennedy Center For Justice & Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards Dinner at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City. Photograph:  Darla Khazei, PacificCoastNews.com

Nov. 17, 2010 - New York, New York, U.S. - Actor GEORGE CLOONEY and ELISABETTA CANALIS attend the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards Dinner held at Chelsea Piers. © Red Carpet Pictures

Nov. 17, 2010 - New York, New York, U.S. - Actor GEORGE CLOONEY and ELISABETTA CANALIS attend the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards Dinner held at Chelsea Piers. © Red Carpet Pictures

Nov. 17, 2010 - New York, New York, U.S. - Actor GEORGE CLOONEY and ELISABETTA CANALIS attend the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards Dinner held at Chelsea Piers. © Red Carpet Pictures

Nov. 17, 2010 - New York, New York, U.S. - ELISABETTA CANALIS attends the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards Dinner held at Chelsea Piers. © Red Carpet Pictures

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  1. Marjalane says:

    Something tells me smugface is about as far from being a humanitarian as Dina Lohan is.

  2. TeeTee says:

    umm that is a damn man–sorry, a transgendered man??

    I keep grabbing my throat to see if my adam’s apple is showing–LOL

    chisled facial features, smdh.

    its true love, smdh!

  3. lulu says:

    I don’t think George is looking too healthy….too much nespresso…or too much Canalis?

  4. guesty says:

    her expression is ‘i’ve so got this’! lol. so far looks like she does.

  5. ziggy says:

    maybe they actually love one another! sheesh! doesn’t anyone believe in romance any more?

  6. Praise St. Angie! says:

    TeeTee, I totally agree.

    she’s got great hair, but her face is SO manly. it’s the jaw, I think.

  7. Stronzilla says:

    My God, in that 3rd shot down he almost looks like Jay Leno. George, WTF?

  8. whatever says:

    ziggy…its very hard these days..in fact, i can easily see george passing her off to his buddy brad for a couple of days

  9. OtherChris says:

    She looks like a very pretty tranny.

  10. Bailey says:

    more like a Manly-face

  11. Kaboom says:

    Ah ziggy, but the narrative on Celebitchy requires for her to be a golddigging transvestite and George to be a closet case. Roll with it!

  12. brin says:

    Well she shouldn’t be too smug cause he didn’t put a ring on it yet & probably won’t.

  13. anoneemouse says:

    As soon as one of his women start getting confident in the relationship, it’s doomsville and time to dump. She is wearing that same confident face the last one wore right before she was dumped. He will dump her too and one day we won’t have to look upon her smugness anymore.

  14. Rachel says:

    @ Ziggy,

    Yes, I do believe in love but George does not. Not many women can deal with George’s “wants” so if she can take it, more power to her.

  15. Bonfire Beach says:

    Ummm, I like her lipstick?

  16. shayrlmj says:

    man.. her make up is horrible!!! except for the lipstick… she looks particularly horsey in these pictures. Her hair is shiney, but it makes her face look so manly. looks like girl jumped out of bed and got ready to go!!

  17. Lady D says:

    Since when is winning something twice being a multiple award winner? To me multiple would indicate at least a few more than 2. I’m puzzled.

  18. anti says:

    nice foot tat… ew.

  19. December says:

    I think she can look pretty, provided the shots are done from the right angle. Sometimes she can look soft and very feminine.

    If it’s not the right angle, then GAH! She’s very rough and uhm…manish looking.

    Maybe the reason that Elisabetta is still with George is that she keeps their sex life exciting and maybe challenges him a bit? Considering he’s kind of dated bimbos in the past, she’s definitely an upgrade from them.

  20. mln says:

    I have some weird like of the Italian Queen (as Lainey calls her) I think she’s going to stick around as his permanent escort.

  21. Johnny Depp's Girl says:

    She does look like a man, and in that close up, looks like she’s got a white powder all over her face..

    Wonder what that could be?

  22. teresa says:

    Please. She’s good-looking people, and quite confident. She holds her own. She acts like she’s just as good as anyone else and doesn’t give a flippin rat’s patoot what people think. How dare she(!)

  23. Catherine says:

    Seems like he should be dumping her soon. Isn’t it about that time?

  24. spotchecker says:

    as a matter of track record, gc has good taste in ‘women’ [talia, krista, the french one], he just has lousy taste in famewhores.

    also, if she’s his ‘PR’ team for the next movie, i might just have to [only] read that book, too.

  25. Jules says:

    She looks like she is once a man. Have you ever noticed that they never look at each other in the photos?

  26. observer says:

    I think this photo op has to do with the bit part Clooney got her on the TNT show Leverage. The season finale doesn’t air until December, so Clooney feels obligated to continue giving her and the show publicity until then. I don’t think he realized how horrible an actress she is when he got her that role as part of their publicity agreement, but now he likely feels obliged to do what he can to help the show.

    About the photos, I thought it was funny that she’s tossing her head into the air again like a horse. LOL!

  27. daisy424 says:

    She has a 5 o’clock shadow….

  28. jane16 says:

    Ugh! She’s so unpleasant to look at. I also think George is looking the worse for wear, actually, both of them look older and less attractive since they’ve been together.

  29. mln says:

    @observer you really think GC gives a flying f***k about TNT? If he was going to dump her this year it would happened now because they already went to the Emmys and his movie already came out. Now award season is coming up and I bet she will last at least through then. But as long as she isn’t pushing for marraige why would he bother getting a new piece all he really needs is someone to smile for cameras.

  30. Heavenbound says:

    I co-sign with everyone else in this thread, He/She looks very masculine!

  31. Aqua says:

    I really don’t think she’s going anywhere anytime soon. If he was going to dump her he would have done so by now.I’m not a fan of hers but maybe he wants someone a little ,shall I say racy and how shall I put this,extremely confident.Maybe he wants someone who understands the demands of this career//life and doesn’t mind him going off for weeks on end sometime for his humanitarian causes.Maybe she’d rather have No marriage and no kids and have George Clooney than have marriage, kids and no George Clooney.Besides you can’t blame her for sticking around he’s the one who wants her there.

  32. Rose says:

    She doesn’t look anything like a man, how boringly unoriginal these ‘snipes’ are. They seem happy together so good luck to them.

  33. Aqua says:

    Forgot to type this earlier. Thought it was great that he took his dad to this event.

  34. yes says:

    she’s ugly, short and very man horse-face here! she looks like 50 years old…see the last photo!
    she has good air because she has extensions, it’s so evident!

  35. observer says:

    @min, of course George cares about TNT. He co-executive produces Delta Blues for TNT and has other professional ties with the network. Aside from that, George is a man of his word, and a contract is a form of giving one’s word. He made a deal and intends to see it through no matter how much it obviously pains and saddens him at this point. She’ll be gone by the end of the year.

  36. mln says:

    @ Observer I did not know that thanks for the info I still think she is sticking around at least through Award Season though why would he bother with a new piece before spring?

  37. observer says:

    I don’t think awards season is a factor, since George will probably not be up for any awards this time. He had just one movie come out this year to very mixed reviews. Even if he were up for an award, I can’t see him putting up with Canalis one second longer than he has to.

  38. Elm says:

    Like a lot of other people, Clooney has collected a lot of humanitarian awards – BUT – I note that the problems they purport to be interested in are still as bad or that conditions have worsened, eg Haiti / telethon and Sudan / war, genocide, etc.

    So much money has been collected from the hard-up masses of people so many times – and I note there is no accountability for it – where does it all go?

    I totally disagree with Clooney that shining a light in places according to his whims and fancies is equal to making any wonderful contribution – if he genuinely cared about these problems and less about looking good, he would do something about them instead of delivering patronising opinions.

    I say this as someone who is an active volunteer and who has worked with people who give up their personal time, money, professional skills etc to make a difference to masses of victims of disasters without any desire for recognition, publicity, awards, money, looking good for the media etc.

    And – everytime I see Grandpa and the Happy Hooker together – it does make me laugh – just because everyone thought he actually had the potential to go all the way and all the time he was something dirty.

    Glad to find out what this celebrity really is.

  39. mika says:

    Stronzilla,I thought exactly the same thing when I looked at the photo. He could be a Jay Leno look alike, wow.

  40. Kallan says:

    Probably a little off topic here….(should write something cynical about Elisabetta – but the rest of you have done such a wonderful job at that…!)..just how long has Georgie been a human rights activist? Could it just be that now his hair is grey…er he needs to deflect attention away from features that are not as youthful as they were..? Oh and what’s with the last pose with Elisabetta with Georgie – she’s like all at an angle against him – almost like she’s trying to push him out of the shot…

  41. mln says:

    @ Elm GC isn’t claiming to have the power to change world policy alone what he (amoung others) is actually doing is lobbying world leaders who actually have the power to work on these policies. It isn’t his fault if there is still war. Look at Bono and what came about in the drug policies for Aids drugs to Africa specifically because he spoke out on the issue.
    Do you blame people who speak out on Breast Cancer because they haven’t found a cure???

    @Observer we’ll see (LOL) I think they will at least make an appearance at one or more of the major award shows.

    EDIT @ELM I applaud your volunteer work but don’t you think there is more than one job to do in according to peoples resources, skills, and time?

  42. observer says:

    I just noticed that he doesn’t look at her and avoids touching her in nearly all of the pics. He seems to try to find anything else to do with the hand nearest her except touch her. She keeps leaning into him, whether to try to push him out of the shot or to force him to touch her, who knows. He’s an actor and could put on a convincing show if he wanted to, and the fact that he doesn’t even bother to do that speaks volumes.

  43. Elm says:

    @mln
    What I have seen to work is when people actually go out there and do something, eg when doctors go out and provide medical services … or when a group goes out and feeds 40K people a day … instead of what all the celebrities do to go and pose for a short time … maybe make a program or interview …. go talk to some leaders … and nothing changes … but they think that they are somehow experts or something special because of the media attention on them for going to a sad area.

    I am looking for effective change … and I am realist enough to believe that will happen only when the a sufficient mass of people say ‘enough’ !

    Enough of the greed of a few to exploit everybody and everything. The world contains enough of all resources (food, energy, oil, etc) to go around.

    Sorry to rant on about this topic since this article is not even about social issues!

    Let me end with something *nice* about this couple …. yep, he definitely looks and sounds like Jay Leno and the long hair suits her.

  44. jane16 says:

    @ observer, yes, agree with you. Look at the expressions on his face and the body language. Says it all. No one in H’wood thinks this is a love relationship, sorry you cute romantics you! btw, I saw her recently in a store, she does have xtensions & looks very tiny and much older in person. She was snotty and arrogant to everyone and didn’t crack a smile. I’m told she looks down on us hillbilly Americans. She stared at me for a minute (I’ve met her a few times) and I smiled and waved, but she looked away! Too funny to see her sashaying through town like shes royalty. The Vegas girl, Sarah something, was dumb, but at least she was friendly, also, was prettier and fresher.

  45. Heather says:

    Wow.

  46. Kiska says:

    I was thinking he’s looking more like Jay Leno too. George is an old geezer and she is his snotty consort.

  47. Aqua says:

    @ Jane 16 Love you little stories.I’ve typed this before and I’ll type it again,she does come across as having a sense of entitlement.But he is putting up with it so he has to take some ownership in this. Maybe he’s the one who wants to make the women jealous lol. They should do a follow up as to where the money goes and how much progress has been made in terms of the money being donated to the telethons.I know he has been talking about the situation in the Sudan.It’s all over the internet.As much as his taste in women go well who can say, to me it doesn’t take away from the good that he’s trying to do,that I believe comes from his heart.
    @ Elm I agree with you,their are hundreds of people who give their time and endless energy in such deplorable places and conditions they deserve more reconition and praise than what we give them.Now who’s on a bit of a rant.Thank you to everyone who volunteers.Rant over!

  48. neutral comment says:

    I think it’s her neck that looks manly. Otherwise, she’s pretty. Beautiful eyes and nice skin. Don’t like the tattoo on her foot which cheapens the look.

  49. observer says:

    She actually has very bad skin. You can’t tell it in certain light with the thick foundation she wears, but she has both bad acne and wrinkles. I was just perusing pics on Popsugar and came across this funny one: http://www.popsugar.com/Photos-George-Clooney-12111605?page=0,0,0#4
    LOL, what’s that weird thing on her neck, is that a vein sticking out?

  50. Camille says:

    Clooney’s lips just get thinner and thinner the older he gets. So fug.

  51. Aqua says:

    @ observer,yes that’s certainly a vein.

  52. Skuzz says:

    Elm… where do you think the money comes from? Do you think it’s free to feed 40,000 people a day? He uses his famous face to highlight issues and his famous name to open doors to people with money.

    You have some extra time, and you volunteer, good for you. Thats awesome. Hes got some extra money, so he buys the food you serve and the trees you plant. What part of that do you not get?

  53. justin says:

    Elisabetta Canalis photographed leaving the hotel in New York

    http://owlorhawk.blogspot.com/2010/11/elisabetta-canalis-to-ny.html

  54. European citizen says:

    Elisabetta Canalis and George Clooney are very very beautiful together!
    They are very intelligent and don’t care about their look. If you don’ like her it’s not George problem.I think that he likes normal persons (and Eli is a very simple and normal one)and he doesn’t listen people opinion. Like always you think about the look or the beautiful/ugliness of her and you don’t think about George humaniotarian job!

  55. Liana says:

    I was just thinking about her the other day – wondering why we hadn’t heard anything from her recently.
    ***********

    She got the memo to shut up and look pretty from George.

  56. yes says:

    she looks so old in these photos, maybe she’s to much skinny, her face is to muche emaciated with strong make-up too! it’s evident a bad skin with acne and wrinkles!
    @observer: certainly is a vein! her veins is much evident in her arms and foot too, she’s a insane skinny, I don’t think she’s so skinny for a diet…without make up and photoshop she looks like a toxic woh.re!

  57. slymm27 says:

    i hear she is still in the sex change process, she is actually a man changing to a woman(nothing wrong with that), and we all know george is bi…so it works well for them. I wonder when the men he is bonnin on the side wil reveal their sexts messages….

  58. BC says:

    I swear, I’m not trying to hate or be mean, but George is starting to look like a cross between Liberace and the actor who played Dr. Smith on Lost in Space. Here’s his photo:

    http://www.crazyabouttv.com/lostinspace.html

    What is going on????? Will George EVER look HOT again? He’s looks okay, but he definitely is not as handsome as he was say 3 or 4 years ago.

  59. Brenda says:

    IF George really is gay, he might as well keep her forever. She would be the perfect beard companion. She has no job or career and she loves the life and the attention of famewhoring. Plus, no one else wants her. At least not enough to marry her. I think the gay speculation will keep on if he drops her. In my opinin, IF he is gay (and I’m thinking that he is), it’s best that they both ride out as long as they can.

  60. Tootsie says:

    @ #50 Camille: and his ass is getting flatter and flatter. The changes to the lips and ass is nothing but DICK! Wake up ladies. George is gay.

  61. Elm says:

    @skuzz – actually we are required to pay for everything ourselves and it is expensive indeed … so we tend to spread our volunteer work across less expensive options as well

    i had got off my rant and now you want me to explain myself! hope it is clearer this time – gc like others gets a lot of humanitarian awards as if he had achieved something – in my eyes, all he has done is publicise something which is already well-known …. if instead he did engage himself and actually made a difference (something that is very difficult to do unless you are commited and willing to become an expert in a lot of problems for a long time) – i would just prefer that sometimes there was recognition of the non-celebs who toil for decades and do make a difference. okay, that’s it – i rest my point.

    @Jane 16 – i also love your stories –

    @kaiser – smug faced both of them is spot on!

  62. observer says:

    @Brenda, these arranged girlfriends have only fueled the gay rumors. People can tell it’s not a real relationship, and a beard would be a logical reason to have a fake girlfriend. Another logical reason to have a fake girlfriend with ties to the escort business would be some kind of skank fetish, which is a theory many people put out there as an alternate to the gay theory. That is unless you’re a certain sleazy gossip columnist, and then you put out both theories for pure sensationalism even though they are mutually exclusive. Personally I don’t think George is gay, nor does he have a skank fetish.

    Both Canalis and Larson worked for clubs alleged and likely to have used escorts. If Canalis did not work as an escort, she certainly associated with the same club that used escorts, and that being the situation was offered the job as a contract girlfriend. It was a unique situation in that she had both worked in the Italian entertainment business and also had ties to a club that used escorts. Larson was also in a unique situation, having worked for a Las Vegas club and also having some little experience in the entertainment business when she did that reality show. Those same variables occurring with both of Clooney’s last two “girlfriends” make it pretty obvious that this was a business arrangement. Canalis and Larson did not necessarily work as escorts, but they had the ties that could have arranged for a similar type of contract.

    My personal theory, as I’ve stated before, is that Clooney’s relationship with Canalis is a publicity contract, and that his relationship with Larson was the same. An escort service would have plenty of women from which to choose for such a contract, and it would make sense to choose a woman with at least some work in TV or movies who is so hungry for publicity/famewhoring that she would agree to such an arrangement. Canalis should have been vetted much better, but in a way it’s probably good for Clooney that she’s been such a disaster, as hopefully he will stop doing the contract girlfriend thing. I hope he is paying attention to how much this “relationship” has cost his reputation.

  63. mystified says:

    She looks like a cross between Hilary Swank and Teri Hatcher. They both deserve each other, and not in a good way.

  64. observer says:

    Just found these pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/governordavidapaterson/
    Interesting that Clooney neither sat next to nor directly across from Canalis. I do believe he can’t stand her and just let her come along for the photo op.

  65. Steph says:

    ROTFLMAO @ Tootsie!!!

  66. Trippin says:

    He’s getting a grandpa mouth.
    Come out, come out whever you are.

  67. Tootsie says:

    The grandpa mouth is due to Waldo continuously pounding his cock balls deep into George’s mouth and ass. George already had a flat wide butt, but now it’s even flatter. Check out that little bit of ass we saw in “The American.” That is NOT the same ass from “Solaris.” So, so sad. Where did it go?

  68. willie wonka says:

    she dated with sveral soccers as C.Vieri, Seedorf, Dogbra, Ronaldo, Reginaldo then with G.Muccino, V.Rossi, N.Oddi, T.Buti, D.Rombolotti (a pusher, probably her real bf), sveral manager and pr and any person dated her more 1 month (it’s all over the web)…the only who dates her 1 year was the moroner of italian soccers ten years ago and now G.Clooney and she’s very aged and used and implicated in a drug & ho0ker scandal!!!!! ah!ah!ah!
    I’m thinking GC is really gay….

  69. george is a liar says:

    in the animal kingdom when you expose your neck like that it is a sign of submission. but with her, she probably wants everyone to have a clear shot of her nostrils so we can see there’s no residue and that her septums are still in tact. it shouldn’t surprise us she shows us the inside of her nose …she has exposed every other orifice.

    ps the george in my name has no connection to her bf 🙂

  70. Brooke says:

    She is actually very successful in Italy and she doesn’t need any pubblicity. Moreover she is naturally beautiful.
    You people seem very upset and jealous!

  71. chrissy says:

    ugh! what does this guy see in this one? Ive always thought that Clooney/Aniston would be the best couple ever…

  72. yes says:

    she is a ugly toxic woh.re! it’s evident! no doubt!
    she’s ugly, old, with wrinkles and pimples, very short with very short bad legs! the wrost GC’s woh.re…no doubt!