George & Amal Clooney spent the holiday in Italy, with Julia Roberts

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Just in case you were wondering where the Alamooneys were for the Fourth of July holiday, the answer is… Como, Italy. Some sites got some blurry, poor quality photos of George Clooney and Amal watching the fireworks show in Como. Apparently, Julia Roberts was there too! You can see some photos here. Julia met Amal a few months ago in NYC, when Julia and George were working together on Money Monster. Julia managed to say some nice things about Amal, although… I think it could easily be a battle to the death between those two to see which one is the most self-absorbed. *GOOSE HONK* As for the Como party, according to People Magazine:

George, 54, and the British attorney, 37, welcomed about 10 guests to their home this week and hosted a Fourth of July celebration, a source tells PEOPLE. Wednesday evening, the pair also joined actor Robert De Niro, 71, and his wife for dinner, while the pair stayed at a nearby resort; and De Niro has also joined George for lunch.

George, who arrived several days before Amal, “seems to be slipping into his summer routine,” the source says, adding that though he’s now married, he has been avoiding the town’s spotlight. “They haven’t gone out all.”

[From People]

E! News disputes the idea that George has been keeping a low profile though – on July 2nd, George was in Milan and he attended a Toto concert. He came on stage and sang “Africa” with the group. Because…???? Maybe that’s his favorite song? A source told E! News: “He just appeared out of nowhere. Nobody realized for a while who it was and then everyone around started screaming and shouting. They went crazy when they realized it was George.”

So what does this mean for the stories about George “blaming” his career backslide on Amal? I don’t know. I suspect he’s just in Como to lick his wounds and reorganize his Make Amal Into The Most Special Unicorn Ever campaign.

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  1. nic says:

    What is wrong with her coat? What is wrong with her for thinking that is cute? Eeesh

  2. PHD gossip says:

    These days, George favors the poor lighting “pap” shots. Oh, brother.

  3. Christin says:

    The boat photos, though blurry, were interesting. A certain goose honker was super casually dressed, and then there was the designer minidress and heels…

    • lisa2 says:

      I saw the difference in clothing.. but I figured that maybe George and Amal may have gone somewhere for dinner first.. but yes she was dressed up more than the others. More glam

      • Jayna says:

        I think so. But there was a guy in a sport suit type jacket and a women who looked nicely dressed from what little I could see of her.

        At least Amal tried. Julia looked a hot mess. She puts Jennifer Garner to shame in the bag lady department. Julia could have tried at least a little. And Amal could have toned it down. There’s a happy medium somewhere. LOL

      • minx says:

        Wonder what’s going on with Julia’s marriage? I kept reading that she was selling off property.

  4. minx says:

    Eew, who would want to spend time with Julia Roberts?

  5. Tough Cookie says:

    ok wait….the 4th of July is celebrated in Como, Italy? With fireworks and everything? Who knew?

    And the thought of poor George up on stage and nobody knowing who he was BWAHAHAHAHAHA.

    I didn’t know the band Toto was still around.

    • Don't kill me I'm French says:

      It was his fireworks .Clooney is low key and wants to preserve his low key life

    • HH says:

      “ok wait….the 4th of July is celebrated in Como, Italy? With fireworks and everything? Who knew?” >>>> OMG. Good catch. Didn’t even think of that. Despite it specifically being related to America’s independence, I’m not sure why I disconnect it as simply being a national holiday. Haha! #Murica

    • Jen43 says:

      Toto was the band whose record company went berserk when they were put in their own videos because they were old and fat back then. They must be ancient now.

    • siri says:

      No, it’s not celebrated in Italy. George does celebrate every year though at Como with private fireworks, watched from his yacht. Mostly with some other celebrities, this time Julia Roberts&family.

      • SuePerb says:

        Well kind of true. They don’t celebrate the American Independence on Lake Como, but this isn’t a private 4th July firework display George Clooney organised. It happens every 4th July before he even bought a house there, it’s the closing day of the San Giovanni Festival which ends in a firework display. That is what they are watching not an American celebration but an Italian one which has nothing to do with America.

        During the San Giovanni Festival they eat snails and polenta, fill the shells with oil and a wick and float them. They end the festival with a firework display representing the towns people of Como who set fire to their town to liberate themselves in the 12th century.

      • siri says:

        Well, thanks for the explanation- didn’t know that. I always wondered why it seemed so big (for a private one), but nobody so far has ever bothered to explain… Polenta, YES, snails…uhh..;-)

    • Ysohawt1 says:

      I wonder if George use to see TOTO in Las Vegas? They still get booked into Vegas , basically lounge or opening act or oldies shows. Toto, I saw advertised on a billboard while driving into Las Vegas a few years ago, So I guess they kept working since their heyday, probably now mostly lounge act in the U.S. Or oldies shows.

      Fireworks, press, George and Amal want to be lowkey. Lol
      Amal sure can find the camera. Lol

      • Ange says:

        I would ABSOLUTELY go see Toto in Vegas. One go of ‘Rosanna’ and all my troubles would be over.

  6. Ellen says:

    It’s warm enough to go sleeveless but cold enough to need those horribly stuffy booties?

  7. mkyarwood says:

    Heh, Alamooneys/alimony. I see what you did there. Amal’s ‘style’ is that of my sister (a 25 year old art historian) and makes poor ol’ George look older and older…

  8. Hawkeye says:

    I hope jumping on that stage was pre-planned or that he was filled up with that Casamigos tequila of his that he’s constantly plugging. Up next for George: having a dance-off with Leonardo DiCaprio at Coachella?

    • siri says:

      He was backstage during the concert with some guy, and was on stage for maybe 30 seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiULjXoIj1Q
      Clooney appears at about 3:20, was kind of odd…

      • Hawkeye says:

        Thanks for the link, siri! I am grateful that he was only on that stage for a few seconds, but that was enough for me to be secondhand embarrassed.

      • siri says:

        Hi Hawkeye, it’s strange, isn’t it? I mean, as an artist, but also as audience, I wouldn’t like that kind of showy interference…

      • Nimbolicious says:

        Who was the guy up there with George for that few seconds? His boyfriend?

      • siri says:

        @Nimbolicious: could be his Italian bodyguard (for Italy mostly), Giovanni Zequireya, longtime pal. They always look very close.

  9. Jayna says:

    I have to say orange looks amazing on her when she’s been out in the sun. Best she’s looked, not so severe with the makeup. But the photo is not full length. I have no idea if the outfit was a miss or hit. But the color looked great.

  10. Julie says:

    does George do the dishes when they host guests?

  11. meme says:

    Georgie got on stage with Toto and sang with them? TOTO? I thought they were dead.

    • Ysohawt1 says:

      They do Las Vegas shows still, lounge act basically, bet George saw them there before.

      LOL 🙂

  12. TeaAndSympathy says:

    My best friend is going to a dressy wedding in a couple of weeks, and I’m going to an awards night next week. We’re both far too casual for these posh affairs, so were debating what to buy/wear… She ended up with a lovely outfit, and a pair of shooties like those AC is wearing in Pic 2, “…because they cover and accommodate my bunions and I can actually walk in them.” she said. That’s all that footwear will ever be to me now – bunion booties.

    • meme says:

      Bunion Booties!!!!!! I feel your pain. My right foot has an awful bunion. I’m afraid to have it fixed. I’ll end up a cripple.

  13. Rita says:

    *GOOSE HONK*……broke me up. Loved it. Still giggling.

  14. boredblond says:

    Huh? This was the fireworks link from yesterday http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3149837/George-Clooney-Amal-welcome-Julia-Roberts-fireworks-display-Italy-s-Lake-Como.html#comments..she’s ..as usual..overdressed in a retro-ho foil mini whose purpose is to outshine fireworks– while he is wearing his all white ’50s asylum attendent’ look. Is this all for her reality gig or is drinking even more than before? Oops.. My link isn’t working..siri posted it yesterday…

    • siri says:

      It’s weird that she can’t just dress like any normal person watching fireworks from a boat. I mean, those heels…and they knew there was a photographer. I don’t really want to hear anything anymore about how hard she’s working, or how busy she is. Most of her time is spent in front of a mirror.

      • laura in LA says:

        boredblond and siri, that’s because it’s all for show…

        In both DM links, there are features first for the sparkly Missoni dress, then the D&G earrings in the next, seems pretty tacky to me.

        And Amal’s looking right at the camera, I wonder how Julia really feels about her?

      • siri says:

        @laura in LA: I don’t think Julia likes her- there can only be ONE queen;-)

    • Nimbolicious says:

      OMG, that shot of them from the back with his arm around her…..He looks like a mental hospital orderly comforting some outta touch crazy sequin lady. I hear strains of “Delta Dawn”…,,,,,,

    • Christin says:

      At second glance, he’s wearing light blue pants and carrying a matching jacket (seersucker, perhaps?). He may be channeling the TV attorney Matlock.

      Hey, there’s a comeback role idea. GC as Matlock, who ends up marrying the world’s greatest barrister fashionista, who happily spends the big bucks he earned through the years.

  15. nicole says:

    The dress is too short and the heels too high, she had to be helped onto the boat and it looked like she nearly slipped, cmon have some common sense. I thougt the papz werent aloud to photograph him around his house, what happend with wanting privacy, oh but then Amal wouldnt get to be photographed in her designer style, and George wouldnt get to show off his famous guests. All style over substance with these too. The only work she does is posing.

  16. Nimbolicious says:

    Who wears a sequined cocktail dress to watch fireworks on a friggin’ boat?? What a cheese-ball.

  17. E.M. MAXX says:

    Spend the 4th in America

  18. Belle Epoch says:

    I’m puzzled by the leaning-on-his-shoulder shot. Obviously they knew there were photographers. Is that just for show?

    • Tack says:

      It’s for show.

      George is saying ,’see I love my wife, world’, Amal is saying ‘yeah, you got that right, I’m Mrs Clooney, losers’ . 🙂