CB, Bedhead and I were debating the veracity of this George Clooney story yesterday. Mike Walker, the gossip columnist for The Enquirer, claims that Clooney is telling friends that he’s “ready to move on” from Stacy Keibler. Bedhead (rightly, IMO) said that there’s no way that Clooney would dump Stacy before the Oscars. This is her contractual obligation, after all. She knew back in August of 2011 that if she played her cards right, she would become the embodiment of The Oscar-Date Barbie. So, even if this report is true, nothing is going to happen for another… say, month?

Urgent memo to Stacy Keibler: George Clooney’s slicker than Houdini when it comes to slipping the chains of love, and now your paramour/perennial bachelor’s suddenly confiding to pals that he’s ready to pull a Clooney on you – but admits he’s having a hard time breaking the news to your face.

“She’s everything that every man would want, but I’m ready to move on,” sighed George to a close friend. BTW, Stacy, it isn’t any specific thing – he’s saying your relationship’s simply run its course. Sorry, girl!

[From Mike Walker’s column, The Enquirer, print edition]

Of course, George might end up playing some kind of mind game with us. Remember Elisabetta Canalis’s poor showing at the 2010 Oscars? I thought the same thing then – this girl isn’t going to last much longer. But Eli did – she ended up staying with Clooney more than a year after that bad showing. So what did Eli have that Stacy might not? Or is Stacy’s game even better than Eli’s and Stacy is going to stick with Clooney for much, much longer than we realize?

Oh, and the Enquirer has another story about George and Stacy, but this one seems a bit weird. It’s all about how after the Golden Globes, George was craving Big Macs. So he sent his assistant out to get 100 Big Macs, and George shared with Stacy and his friends. It just seems so random. Does McDonalds even fill an order for “100 Big Macs”? Is that some kind of code that I’m not understanding? Is it a sex thing? What’s a “Happy Meal”? No, I don’t want to know.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

These are new photos of The Bromance of The Ages, Brad Pitt and George Clooney at yesterday’s Oscar luncheon in Beverly Hills. Jonah Hill was around too – because he and Brad have been bromancing hard during their respective Oscar campaigns for Moneyball. But George swooped in to claim Brad, and thus, we have these photos. Brad and George were also talking about each other during their luncheon interviews too:

George Clooney and Brad Pitt are one of Hollywood’s most famous friendship pairings, but far from the general consensus they don’t actually get to hang out that much, it seems. What a delight then it was to see the two old pals catching up at the annual Oscars’ lunch, an exercise in PR ahead of the big awards themselves for sure, but also a chance for some of the busiest actors in the world to have a long overdue catch-up.

“A lot of people at home think we all hang out together. I think they think we’re always at the Hilton drinking champagne. The truth is I hadn’t seen Brad in about a year” said Clooney to reporters including The Press Association, “So it’s fun to catch up, and it’s fun to see people I like and haven’t seen in a long time.”

Of course everyone was waiting for a bit of vintage Clooney and Pitt horseplay and the latter duly obliged talking about meeting some of his fellow contenders for the coveted Best Actor award for the first time.

“I met this guy named George,” Pitt said, pretending to struggle with the pronunciation of the name, “G-g-george, Jorge Clooney. Very nice guy. Very personable and very nice guy.”

In all seriousness though, the lunch was a great way to meet some of the new faces the established pair were up against, with Clooney saying how much he’d enjoyed meeting the likes of ‘The Artist’s’ Jean Dujardin and ‘A Better Life’s’ DEMIAN BICHIR.

[From Contact Music]

It’s funny to think that Brad Pitt and George Clooney are only two years apart in age. Brad is 48 – George is 50. Brad still has a boyishness about him, and although Anistonloonies are always complaining about how “bad” Brad looks these days, can’t we all agree that he looks pretty damn good for 48? You could argue that George looks good for 50 too – although George has looked like this for the past 15 years, pretty much. Who looks better? They both look really good in these photos, but I’m liking Brad more these days. His hair looks great!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

The difference between Stacy Keibler’s behavior at the Golden Globes versus her behavior at the SAGs was stark. Keibler over-extended herself at the Globes, announcing that the Globes were “ALWAYS such a fun night” like she was always invited or something. On the Globes red carpet, Stacy got to pose by herself for a long time, and she got to put her two cents in for every interview. For the SAGs, Stacy got reeled in. She still got to speak, but you could tell that she had her orders: Be subdued. Calm down. This night is not about you. You are only the arm candy. You are replaceable. She barely got to pose by herself either. It wasn’t her best night, but I guess it was a success, because she’s still around.

All of this to say… I feel like Clooney’s got Stacy on a tighter leash, perhaps literally and figuratively. Or is it Clooney that likes the leash? Nevermind, sorry I said it. Keibler takes direction and she stands back. Which makes this Enquirer story pretty dumb – it’s all about Stacy issuing an “ultimatum” to Clooney about his Lake Como villa. Mind you, I do think there’s something there – Stacy doesn’t seem like the brightest bulb (they never are) and Clooney has barely gone back to Italy since he and Elisabetta Canalis split up. For both Thanksgiving and Christmas, Clooney took Stacy to Cabo San Lucas, not Italy. And this could be the reason…

It’s “arrivederci” to Italy for George clooney’s new leading lady Stacy Keibler! Keibler is dead set against living in Clooney’s vacation villa on Lake Como because he played house there with his ex-galpal Elisabetta Canalis, the Enquirer has learned.

Pals close to Stacy say she wants a new place near George’s beachside home in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, instead.

“Stacy has been to Como for a short trip, but she told George, ‘It’s Italy or me’ with respect to living there – and she means it!” a source divulged. “She thinks it’s creepy staying in the home he shared with former girlfriends. Stacy wants them to either build or buy a remote, private house together in Mexico. She’s even told George to find another girlfriend if he can’t deliver.”

Stacy is upset about the prospects of living in Elisabetta’s shadow, said the source. “Elisabetta is a big celeb in Italy, and the last place Stacy wants to be is sitting in the house her man once shared with her love rival, only to see her face on TV,” the source said. “It remains to be seen if George will bend to Stacy’s demands or fly solo to Como from now on.”

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

Dear Stacy: Good luck with that. Seriously. And a year from now when you’re a cocktail waitress, I’ll leave you a big tip, I promise.

So, is this really happening? Does Stacy think she’s in a position (with the leash, mind you) to issue these kinds of demands? As I said, she’s not the brightest bulb. So it very well could be.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Perhaps one of my favorite George Clooney movies is Good Night and Good Luck. I think it’s Clooney’s best-directed film, and I always liked that he gave the lead role – that of Edward R. Murrow – to David Strathairn instead of taking it on himself. I bring this up because one of my favorite parts of the film was seeing Murrow’s give-and-take with wanting to be an “advocate journalist” with Joe McCarthy and Murrow’s acquiescence to covering “fluff” celebrity/entertainment journalism. Murrow hosted a show called Person to Person, which was the precursor to magazine news shows like 20/20 – Murrow would basically interview celebrities in their own homes and he always got some major celebrities. CBS News is bringing back the show, and of course, Clooney is one of the first guests! How’s the Oscar campaign, Clooney?

See how one of the world’s top film stars lives – away from the spotlight.

George Clooney has opened up his Los Angeles home to CBS News, showing off his kitchen (where he orders dinner), his screening room and bar, for a revival of the classic celebrities-at-home program Person to Person, made famous in the 1950s by Edward R. Murrow.

Along with his palatial digs, the Oscar winner, 50, also introduces viewers to a very special friend – his roommate Einstein, a black cocker spaniel whom he rescued in 2010.

“The dog came in and threw himself at me,” Clooney recalls, “and I find that works also with some actors.”

Clooney also shows off some favorite photographs, including a Rat Pack photograph from the original Ocean’s Eleven.

The new Person to Person episode, airing on CBS next Wednesday, Feb. 8 (8 p.m. ET), will also feature Jon Bon Jovi, who opens up his 16-acre New Jersey estate that includes a recording studio and its own pub, and Warren Buffett, who gives a tour of his Omaha, Neb., office.

[From People]

Oh, Clooney will show you his dog for the Oscar campaign. Clooney will not, however, show you his girlfriend for the Oscar campaign. Although… how amazing would that be? If Clooney and Stacy Keibler sat down for an interview together? That would be on the same level as Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s disastrous Dateline interview back in 2003. I wish Clooney would go that balls-out for his Oscar campaign! I wish that Brad Pitt would too. I wonder what Jean Dujardin and Gary Oldman are up to? I would love to see inside Oldman’s house, right?

Photo courtesy of CBS News, Esquire, Stacy‘s Twitter & Fame/Flynet.

It seemed like George Clooney and Stacy Keibler were much more subdued at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last night, especially compared to how they behaved at the Golden Globes. Last night, George didn’t let Stacy speak that much, thank God, and she didn’t get to do hardly any solo posing. Stacy has been put back on the leash after she overextended herself at the Globes. I wonder if George blames Stacy for his best Actor loss last night? I bet he does, to a certain extent. That being said, Clooney didn’t seem to be as aggressive in his Oscar campaign as he did at the Globes, either. He seemed subdued, almost tired. Maybe his back is bothering him? I don’t know. I liked his interview with Guiliana Rancic – he was really sweet to her, and he made a joke about dropping trou and “getting his trou up” which actually made me laugh.

As for Stacy, she seemed content in her reined-in role. She wore this subdued Marchesa gown that I didn’t really care for – too lacy, too “old Italian widow” for my tastes, although I appreciate that Stacy is going for a more demure look. She’s actively trying to look older, more conservative, more Oscar-voter-friendly. It also helps because George looks less like he’s escorting his daughter to an awards show… except it still looks like this. Stacy just looks like his young niece. Ol’ Uncle George is sexually over-extended… but will that end up appealing to Oscar voters, many of them older white dudes who long to trade in their older models for a younger version like Stacy?

Also: I hated Stacy’s fly-away hair. Her hair issues are well-documented, and I really hope she goes for a simple up-do for the Oscars.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

This is definitely my favorite story of the week. As the awards season kicked off last week, everything quickly fell into place for Clooney Knows Best – George Clooney began picking up Best Actor awards, and he proceeded to tell all of us what we should be thinking, because obviously, we’re all just dumb ladies who need to be told our opinions on important matters. Clooney’s winning streak is made more interesting because he’s up for all of the same awards as Brad Pitt, his friend and frequent costar. Brad and George are bros. They adore each other. But how do their respective ladies feel about each other? Turns out, according to Us Weekly’s sources, La Jolie hates Stacy Keibler. TEAM JOLIE.

Unfriendly skies! George Clooney, 50, and Stacy Keibler, 32, hitched a ride on a private jet with brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie from LA to the Palm Springs International Film Festival in California on January 7 – but the flight was anything but smooth.

“Angelina refused to acknowledge that Stacy was even on the plane,” a source tells Hot Stuff of Clooney’s bubbly girlfriend of six months. “Angelina went out of her way to ignore her, from takeoff to landing. She would not even look Stacy’s way. She was NOT having it!”

A second source isn’t at all surprised that Keibler got iced by Jolie: “Angie is really not a girlie girl.” Still, Keibler should not be too concerned. Turns out her beau doesn’t like Jolie much either. Says a source close to Clooney, “He thinks Angelina is boring and not good company at all. He does not like to spend time with her.”

[From Us Weekly, print edition]

“He thinks Angelina is boring and not good company at all. He does not like to spend time with her.” Talk about burying the lead! Look, I know some of you will be all “Team Clooney, Angelina is the worst! Blah Blah ANISTON.” But here’s my particular problem: George has crappy taste in women. He loves vapid party girls, hostesses, escorts, and barely employable models/actresses. I believe that in George’s mind, you don’t keep a woman around for conversation. In George’s mind, a woman will never be an equal partner in a relationship. THAT is why he doesn’t like to spend time with Angelina. Because she’s not like the vapid hookers he usually spends time with. I mean, really, he could spend two years with Elisabetta Canalis and yet he’s “bored” by a conversation with Angelina? So much for Clooney trying to get his feminist street-cred.

As for the Stacy-Angelina situation – well, how many girlfriends has George gone through since Angelina and Brad have been together? Like, a half-dozen? Angelina is probably at the point where she just doesn’t want to even learn Clooney’s latest piece’s name. I wonder if Cindy Crawford ever feels the same way? Oooh, Gossip Cop has a denial from Stacy’s rep too – interesting. Stacy has a rep?

PS… I know I just bitched about Clooney, but there is evidence to suggest that he and Angelina get along just fine – they did a Newsweek roundtable together in 2008, and George was perfectly nice to her – go here to read the old piece.

Photos courtesy of Fame, WENN.

I hate to admit it, but it seems like Stacy Keibler might be sticking around for longer than I originally anticipated. It seems like Keibler might be good for Clooney, right? Meaning that people are happy to see Clooney with an American girl, and that Stacy is a good schmoozer, and she’s growing into her role as Oscar-Date Barbie, right? He’s even letting her speak on the red carpet! And Stacy is the girlfriend of record for Clooney’s winning streak this year. So if Clooney loses the Oscar, will Stacy no longer be such an advantage? Unknown. But here’s what I do know: Stacy is ambitious. She preparing her nest egg for the eventuality that she too will unceremoniously dumped. She’s already upped her “appearance fee” – she’s up to $25,000 a gig (up from $10K), and she’s rolling in offers now that she’s “George Clooney’s girlfriend.” So now Stacy wants a bit more – so she’s just signed with the WME (William Morris Endeavor), one of the most powerful agencies in LA.

Actress Stacy Keibler has signed with WME.

Keibler’s television credits include NBC’s Chuck, USA’s Psych and CBS’ How I Met Your Mother. Her film credits include The Comebacks (2007), Bubble Boy (2001) and the forthcoming Dysfunctional Friends.

Keibler also competed in the second season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and is known for appearing on World Wrestling Entertainment and World Championship Wrestling in the early- and mid-2000s.

The actress also is dating George Clooney (repped by CAA) and attended Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards with him.

Keibler is also represented by Untitled Entertainment.

[From The Hollywood Reporter]

In retrospect, Stacy’s schmoozing at all of the awards shows makes more sense, doesn’t it? She wasn’t just glad-handing on behalf of Clooney – she was looking to improve her career, make contacts, and she’s trying to line up more work. Like, does Stacy think that Viola Davis and Meryl Streep are just dying to do a movie with her? Or is Stacy smarter than that? Is keeping her expectations low? Because they should be low. Elisabetta Canalis low.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

As I mentioned in yesterday’s Open Post, last night was all about George Clooney. I don’t get why he’s so desperate for validation this year, of all years. Why is he pushing himself in our faces so hard? Why was he, like, one of the first people on the red carpet? He arrived before Lea Michele, right? WTF is happening? And most importantly, WHY DID HE LET HER SPEAK?!?!?

So Clooney and Stacy Keibler were one of the first people to arrive on the Globes red carpet, and they did a longer interview with Ryan Seacrest. George let Stacy speak! And dear God, this girl has nothing to say. She didn’t even pick out her dress – George chose it. Probably because he doesn’t want another tit tape disaster, right? My favorite part – the part that made me laugh hysterically – was when Stacy fronted like she and George have ALWAYS done the Globes red carpet together. She said something about how glad they were to be there because “this is always such a fun night!” Like she’s been so many times. Like she and Dame Helen Mirren are always up for awards together.

Anyway, Stacy’s dress was Valentino – I actually like it, and it flatters her figure and it’s a nice color. I don’t even mind the bow at the back. My only problem was with the scraggily hair. What is her hair problem? She does “rat’s nest” hairstyles too often.

So… Clooney won Best Actor over Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender, but he managed to give both men a shout-out in his acceptance speech. I did like what he said about the Fassdong and how… ENDOWED my Fassy is. It was nice of George to notice, and to comment about the Fassdong publicly. Bless his heart.

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George Clooney was anointed by Hollywood last night at the Critics Choice Awards. At least, that’s how it went in George’s mind. Look… one of my problems with George is that although he and I share many of the same political views, I’m usually turned off by his political and general smugness. I feel like his speech about Haiti – not to mention his acceptance speech – turned into a “Clooney Knows Best, Listen Up Women and Children, I‘m Going To Tell You What You Should Think About Important Issues” lecture. Do I agree with what he says for the most part? Yep. I just find his attitude unbearable sometimes. Although…I did think it was sweet when George won and he went over to the Moneyball table and he and Brad Pitt kissed each other. Brad was really classy, and he gave George a standing ovation. Their bromance is sweet.

Anyway…George was there with Oscar-Date Barbie, of course. This is one of the first red carpets where Stacy has worn her hair down. I’m surprised by how cute she looks with a blowout! She should wear it down more often, it really softens her. It makes her look younger too – perhaps too young, because it really does seem like George is showing off his daughter, right?

Stacy’s dress is Armani – Armani loves George, and Armani always ends up dressing George’s girls. The fit of the dress is great, and I even like the little cowl neck, and the sparkly straps at the back. This is a solid look for Stacy, one of her best. Her makeup is even subdued! No drag queeny makeup for Oscar Date-Barbie.

The camera kept cutting to George’s table too, and Stacy always looked lively and happy. I saw her posing for photos with Viola Davis, which… I mean, Viola has better things to do. Stacy seems like an enthusiastic puppy, just happy to jump around and get attention. We’ll see, Stacy. We’ll see.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame.

George Clooney took home the Best Actor Award at the National Board of Review Awards last night. And his Oscar-Date Barbie was at his side, of course. Stacy wore this Marchesa dress, which… what does THAT mean? Is she trying to get Harvey Weinstein’s eye? Does Stacy want to get into movies? Maybe she just liked the dress. Honestly, considering the kind of crap Marchesa usually puts out (ice skater fugness), this dress isn’t terrible. Stacy even looks kind of glamorous. Plus, her makeup improved here, especially since she was looking drag queeny in Palm Springs.

As for Clooney and what this award means, and his chances in the long-run for a Best Actor Oscar… I don’t know. The National Board of Review is one of the most prestigious of the critics’ awards, and the fact that they’ve anointed Clooney definitely helps his chances. Clooney is also helping himself by hustling harder than I’ve seen him hustle in previous years – I don’t remember Clooney doing this many television, magazine and newspaper interviews in a LONG time. And while he’s being interviewed, he’s doing the awards season dance – oh, he doesn’t care about the awards, but yes, he’s going to hustle and campaign because why not and why don’t you love him and just vote for him anyway? Whatever. Team Pitt. I would love to see Brad win over Clooney. And I would love to see Michael Fassbender beat both of them.

Photos courtesy of WENN.