George Clooney arrived in Venice earlier this week, where he was set to promote and premiere his new film, Jay Kelly. On Thursday, George was supposed to do the press conference and some individual interviews, but he ended up pulling out of all of it because he was feeling under the weather. They’re saying it’s a sinus infection, but I kind of wonder if he was suffering from the Don’t-Ask-Me-Political-Questions virus. His ratf–king with Jake Tapper blew up in his face, and while the international media might not care or ask, the American media might. Still, George “rallied” in time to walk the red carpet with Amal. He apparently told reporters that he can’t hear anything (convenient) and he was seen clutching his sore throat at times.
Amal looked… okay. While I love this vivid violet shade, I’ve never been into Amal’s love of mullet dresses. The train was very dramatic though, and the whole ensemble photographed very well, even if it’s a dated, button-covered disaster once you look at the details. In George and Amal’s early years, I loved her hair, and she regularly got really great blowouts back in the day. But in recent years, she’s been having a lot of bad hair days. Her hair is too long and it looks damaged and in need of some good conditioning treatments. Her colorist is also doing a terrible job! Update: I just saw the ID for Amal’s dress, it’s a vintage Jean-Louis Scherrer by Erik Mortensen. I honestly thought it was a custom Giambattista Valli.
Meanwhile, I was fully prepared to hate on this movie because of George Clooney, little did I know that my nemesis Laura Dern is also in Jay Kelly! LMAO, I hope this sh-t bombs so hard. Her bangs are trash!! (Her Armani is okay-ish although it looks unfinished.)
Eve Hewson in Schiaparelli – I kind of like this, and I usually roll my eyes at Schiaparelli.
Riley Keough in Chloé – it looks like something she would wear.
And finally, Greta Gerwig (her husband/partner Noah Baumbach directed Jay Kelly). This is custom Rodarte. Not bad.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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- Venice Biennale, 82nd Venice International Film Festival, red carpet for the film Jey Kelly. Pictured: George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney. Venice, Italy 28 Agust 2025,Image: 1032142546, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Maria Laura Antonelli/AGF Foto/Avalon
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- Venice Biennale, 82nd Venice International Film Festival, red carpet for the film Jey Kelly. Pictured: George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney. Venice, Italy 28 Agust 2025,Image: 1032142562, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Maria Laura Antonelli/AGF Foto/Avalon
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- Venice Biennale, 82nd Venice International Film Festival, red carpet for the film Jey Kelly. Pictured: George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney. Venice, Italy 28 Agust 2025,Image: 1032142567, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Maria Laura Antonelli/AGF Foto/Avalon
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- Venice Biennale, 82nd Venice International Film Festival, red carpet for the film Jey Kelly. Pictured: George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney. Venice, Italy 28 Agust 2025,Image: 1032142581, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Maria Laura Antonelli/AGF Foto/Avalon
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- Venice Biennale, 82nd Venice International Film Festival, red carpet for the film Jey Kelly. Pictured: George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney. Venice, Italy 28 Agust 2025,Image: 1032142592, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Maria Laura Antonelli/AGF Foto/Avalon
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- Venice Biennale, 82nd Venice International Film Festival, red carpet for the film Jey Kelly. Pictured: George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney. Venice, Italy 28 Agust 2025,Image: 1032142633, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Maria Laura Antonelli/AGF Foto/Avalon
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- Venice Biennale, 82nd Venice International Film Festival, red carpet for the film Jey Kelly. Pictured: George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney. Venice, Italy 28 Agust 2025,Image: 1032142651, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Maria Laura Antonelli/AGF Foto/Avalon
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- Venice Biennale, 82nd Venice International Film Festival, red carpet for the film Jey Kelly. Pictured: George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney. Venice, Italy 28 Agust 2025,Image: 1032142658, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Maria Laura Antonelli/AGF Foto/Avalon
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- Celebrities attend the red carpet film ‘Jay Kelly’ on day 2 of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival Featuring: Laura Dern Where: Venice, Italy When: 28 Aug 2025 Credit: IPA/INSTARimages **UK, USA AND AUSTRALIA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Celebrities attend the red carpet film ‘Jay Kelly’ on day 2 of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival Featuring: Eve Hewson Where: Venice, Italy When: 28 Aug 2025 Credit: IPA/INSTARimages **UK, USA AND AUSTRALIA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Celebrities attend the red carpet film ‘Jay Kelly’ on day 2 of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival Featuring: Riley Keough Where: Venice, Italy When: 28 Aug 2025 Credit: IPA/INSTARimages **UK, USA AND AUSTRALIA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Celebrities attend the red carpet film ‘Jay Kelly’ on day 2 of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival Featuring: Greta Gerwig Where: Venice, Italy When: 28 Aug 2025 Credit: IPA/INSTARimages **UK, USA AND AUSTRALIA RIGHTS ONLY**
I will probably get hate for this but, eff off George. Your coming out last year and endorsing the movement to oust Biden is one of the reasons we are in the situation we are now. Yes Biden is old, and he had a few mishaps, but his policies were solid and he had people around him with major experience and cared about the American people. But why would you care about our situation now? You and your family are living in another country and are not affected by the felon in the white house stripping away our freedoms.
I read the review for this in the Guardian and while I was surprised they were talking up George as the big wonderful star (to your point about international press), they were not kind to the movie.
I really wish Democrats could focus on the future instead of eating each other over the last election. My issues with Biden were two-fold: (1) I do think his public performance damaged peoples’ faith in him to lead through crisis (that IS important), and (2) he should have focused on giving Kamala the opportunity to take center stage on important policy issues 2 years into his term.
That being said, I love and appreciate Biden, and I don’t for a second think anyone who supported him throughout was anything but a strong, values-centered liberal.
Please, let’s focus on the REAL ratf-ckers of this country: the Steven Millers and the Peter Thiels and effing RFJ Jr.
Nobody cared what Clooney had to say–the broader Dem electorate formed their opinion of Biden well before he wrote his op-ed–hiss staff simply chose to ignore it.
ITA that the obsession with relitigating this among some in the party just feels like pointless, gratuitous navel-gazing in the face of a fascist takeover of our country.
Biden had COVID around the time of the debates etc. Being ill causes “senior moments” even if you’re not a senior.
@Kitten
The attacks on Clooney are about coping.😐
He was NOT flying solo and had the go-ahead from friends like the Obamas et al with that op ed.
I mean we’ve since had several Biden senior staffers, stab Biden to subsequently say pretty much the same thing – (a worse betrayal IMO) – Clooney did in their multiple tomes post-election.
Few of them are getting similar ire, funny enough.😐
Not to be that person, but Biden did give Kamala substantive things to do, and the mainstream press IGNORED it all. Or nitpicked over stupid shit, and published articles about the staff turnover in her office and how she was “impossible to work for.”
I used to think it was the Republicans sabotaging her so she would have a tough campaign in 2028 or whenever, but I’m starting to think maybe it was a faction within the Democratic establishment that didn’t want her to succeed.
I agree about looking to the future but Clooney op Ed opened the floodgates. It wasn’t long after that more and more prominent names were calling for him to drop out.
And those aides and staffers talking now can eff off. If it was so serious they should’ve used their influence to privately finesse him dropping out way earlier. Especially those who think we should’ve had a primary. Once it was summer it was really too late. Kamala did her best but she was operating in a serious time crunch.
Thank you ClammanderJen my sentiments exactly. The focus needs to be forward looking not backwards. I love Biden, but Clooney was right. We have to stop electing old men!
Almost every one of these dresses has like 3 details too many. Greta’s dress is my favorite.
I like Eve Hewson’s work but her dress looks like it’s swallowing her. Greta Gerwig’s dress ages her and Riley looks like she chose her outfit while blindfolded. The only thing I like about Amal’s dress is the colour – it’s too “look at me” but I guess that was the look she’s going for to distract from George.
Gorgeous color, but TBF (not that she needs my sense of fairness), the woman almost always wins in the glamour department of couples at a premiere no matter who is the actual movie star.
What’s happening to George? How is he sick?
Amal’s hair is so big sometimes and is too obvious about the fake hair. Love the color of her dress. Watch Brad’s girlfriend Amal2 copy her next event
Her wig at the back is so bad and obvious. The dress screams prom. Idk, it’s always about her at these events.
Oh lord, the photos of her leaving Cannes with George in a hat. *yikes*
The wiglet and extensions look so bad… she looks like Cousin Itt from the Addams Family with sunglasses. It looks so bad. She needs some people to tell her how bad the fake hair looks. When she first “came out” people went crazy over her hair. Now she’s obsessed about it and can’t see clearly anymore.
She’s lost in her vanity, like those people who are addicted to plastic surgery. They get a little bit of work done and it snowballs and they can’t tell that, not only it no longer looks good, it looks terrible and fake.
I agree that’s it’s not particularly flattering, but I LOVE that fact that she such an accomplished academic/professional AND she goes all-out with her outfits. No rigid expectations for that one!
She’s one of the most stunning women on the global stage. Yes, hair needs c6″ chopped but she still looks better than anyone else. It’s not just her looks, it’s her confidence!
Oh poor George. Old and under the weather maybe someone should write an op Ed piece about him not being fit to be an actor anymore if he has to miss events to go home and rest and only being able to come out in the evening after having a big nap!
Nicely put!
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Georgie didn’t look sick at all. Coward. Face the music instead of playing sick.
If my colleague was feeling “under the weather” and “clutching a sore throat” I’d be pretty irritated if they then showed up maskless and ready to spread their germs to a whole movie theatre.
Clooney is one year shy of qualifying for the new COVID vaccine too. 🙁
Tsk, tsk. I’m sure he can get a doctor to provide proof that he has one of those officially sanctioned underlying conditions. Depression would be one. Former smoker, another.
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The latest covid variant has been nicknamed the “razor-blade throat” variant. I’m side-eyeing George’s presence AND his unwillingness to mask hard.
My hubby and I just had Covid despite being vaxxed and double boosted and having had it before. This variant is no joke. I felt worse this time than I did the first go around. I’d hate to think how I would’ve felt without the vaccine.
Oh, dear. I had that razor-blade throat thing for three weeks as part of a sinus infection years ago. I remember it vividly. I’m planning on getting my flu shot & tetanus shot next week & am going to check if the pharmacy has the latest covid booster. I would NOT want to go through razor-blade throat again. And yes! Wear a damn mask, Clooney!
Jay, I thought the same thing! Sick enough to bow out of events but then you show up to an event sans mask? Rude and irresponsible.
I love Eve Hewson, Bad Sisters is one of my favorite shows and she was great in it. The chemistry she had with insanely handsome Daryl McCormack was palpable. She looks great in that gown.
George Clooney can go pound sand at the bottom of the ocean. I refuse to watch anything he’s involved with & I hope this one flops. And Amal’s dress looks like something Nina definitely skewered in Project Runway lol.
Also a big fan of Eve Hewson. Please watch Enough Said-James Gandolfini’s last film. Hewson plays his daughter and pulls off one of the movie’s most poignant moments.
Remind me again what the hate for Laura Dern is about?
Angelina Jolie
Seriously? After all these years? That’s kind of embarrassing.
Billy Bob Thornton was Laura Derns live in boyfriend. He married AJ while Dern was away filming. That’s her version, not mine.
Wait, so why does that make Laura Dern the nemesis/villain in this scenario?
It sounds like it should be Billy Bob for cheating on Laura Dern, or if one must, Jolie for marrying a man already in a relationship (but really, again, it’s the person in the relationship’s fault/job to protect the relationship, not Jolie’s.)
But….none of that makes sense for why Laura Dern gets dragged here? From these comments, she seems the victim, not the villain, in all this.
What am I missing?
That is what I remember hearing at the time. So, Laura Dern got cheated on and dumped by BBT. So, why is she bad again?
Yeah if the BBT stuff is the reason, then that’s a wild take. Of the three involved LD is the least deserving of ire, the first by a wide margin being BBT. I like AJ just fine, but she certainly had a habit of ending up with men who were already in relationships back in the day (read into that however you want – its just a fact).
To keep things on message, love that color on Amal but don’t think the hair flatters her. George is looking old and tired – must be time for him to step down and let a younger actor have the spotlight!
I think her bangs look good lol.
I like bangs. Ducking…
It’s the eternal middle part that makes my eyes roll.
Y’all, I’m pretty sure it’s just silliness any more! Roll with it!
Colour is different. Mauve is an unusual colour. I’m 50/50 on Amal’s dress. She has thin legs and not enough of a bust. An hour glass figure would suit the dress than her rectangle body.
Pass on the Dern. As for the Schiaparelli, it looks like a doll toilet roll holder.
I think the color is more magenta than mauve. I love the color of her dress.
They are too wealthy to look this bad. Amal’s needs a haircut and to fix her posture. The color of that dress is lovely but the style is not it. As far as her arrogant, know it all husband he can go to hell.
If we ever get out of this with our country and democracy, I hope we never let Clooney forget what he did in aiding the Trump regime.
The Clooney’s relationship is so performative. Never liked him and find Amal loves the celeb lifestyle a bit too much. Laura Dern always looks awful at events, she needs a new stylist.
+1 on the Clooneys. Amal loves the camera as much as Kate does.
Two peas in a pod. Maybe they go to the same hair stylist. The makeup is similar, too.
The difference is that the camera loves Amal back, unlike with Kate.
THANK YOU: “performative”!! I couldn’t put my finger on it, but that photo of her looking down demurely while he kisses her hand; give me a break! I went from really loving her to cringing, because she’s SO thirsty!! Everything so dress up princessy, all the time.
Separate bedroom vibes re: the Clooneys. To me, progressive politics and the Lake Como celebrity mansion life aren’t compatible so someone’s full of sh*t, eh?
I think Amal looks great–love that color on her. Riley Keough actually looks good to me? I don’t really love that look but it suits her and she’s pulling it off somehow. Her makeup/styling is on-point and that necklace is absolutely gorgeous.
Riley is beautiful.
I’ve always though she and Amber Heard could be related.
But I hate her aesthetic.
Right. That aesthetic is…not for me. But I feel like she has a pretty consistent style, which is kind of nice? Like, sexy-goth-romantic is her vibe and she owns it.
Eve and Riley are both solid actresses who’ve done impressive work. Eve especially because comedic timing is the most challenging and she nails it. But the two of them together is like the nepo Olympics.
I will always cheer on Eve Hewson. Her dad is my favorite person in the world that I don’t actually know in real life, so I wish his children well.
Amal’s dress looks VERY similar to my prom dress from 1988. I’m not kidding.
As for the rest of the dresses – do you think designers are just out of ideas? I kind of feel that way.
I detest George Clooney. And that’s hard for me to say because my wonderful mother ADORED him and I got a kick out of my 82 year old mother swooning over him. ha!
But….he’s garbage. And not just for his political meddling. I think he’s probably just overall not a nice person. JMO.
She’s too old and too accomplished to be dressing like that. It does look dated.
I would sort of love the ruched taffeta with little buttons on a different dress. It’s dated but it calls back to corset tops and Victorian-to-Edwardian rows of buttons and I like both. This is just a bad combination of those details with the wrong color and skirt.
I know Clooney wasn’t solely to blame for what happened but I don’t care, I’m still furious at him. I think people had legitimate concerns about Biden’s age and him not dropping out sooner, so I’m not venting my ire on them. But George publicly back-stabbed the man and I will not forgive him for it.
I know someone who worked for Amal as a personal assistant. She lasted less than a year before she quit. This is a very bright woman and the stories she told me about Amal were horrifying. Amal and George deserve each other.
Come on, tell us moooore!
MaisiesMom, you’re spot-on for me about Clooney, that’s precisely how I feel. And I agree with Jay up-thread, if Clooney is so sick, then he should either stay home or wear a damn mask.
As for the fashion:
Amal needs a haircut, and more to the point, she desperately needs a posture coach, and training in core strength. Her lack of ability to stand up straight ruins any dress she wears, and the mullet skirt just showcases her as knock-kneed & pigeon-toed.
I like Dern’s Armani, it’s interesting.
I like Hewson’s Schiaparelli, except it looks like the bodice is trying to swallow her whole.
Keogh looks utterly schizoid. There is no connection whatsoever between the top piece and the skirt. I do like it that she wore a necklace well.
Gerwig has a nice enough dress but she’s not wearing it, it’s wearing her.
Why are so many of these people so bad at details?
I love Dern’s dress, especially the color.
I find the way Clooney and Amal hold hands to be weird. It’s like he needs her support to get around.
That’s what happens when you marry a much older man! Amal will become a nurse in a few years.
Amal gives me a pain! She’s so thirsty! She loves crotch-high skirts, a pushed-up bosom, & ratty Rapunzel hair. Lawyer? Yes, but she’s also represented some very shady characters so I’m not sold on her “human rights” posture.
Everyone is entitled to representation, however awful they are. That does not mean the lawyer is somehow implicated. At least one lawyer in Northern Ireland was murdered for representing the ‘wrong’ people.
Amal worked in NYC for 3 years at a law firm whose biggest client wsz feckin Enron. That’s right ENRON.
@linney, please spill some of the stories. I always wonder what she’s like since she seems to court attention.
George has been looking really sickly for quite a while. I’d say at least since the play. Something doesn’t seem right with him.
“He apparently told reporters that he can’t hear anything (convenient) and he was seen clutching his sore throat at times.“
— And he didn’t wear a mask?
Without getting too specific, (unfortunately!) just a huge demanding b**ch, calls all hours of day and night, never a thank you, would make a stink about wanting something and then never use it, just classic diva behavior. The person I know was a huge admirer of hers and was thrilled and honored to get the job. But it ended up a really brutal experience..
I’ve worked for a couple of women like that. Nothing is ever good enough, no praise for a job well done, constant nit-picking. So happy to be retired from that sh*t.
George’s people watch the blogs and will get this removed. There was a very unflattering photo of Amal from her 20s that a photographer posted on Instagram. It was removed almost immediately within hours. George and Amal are very conscious of their appearance.
Yeah I knew Amal too, but not that well. Years ago before George she was a very sweet girl. Now she’s never out with her old friends. That’s sad. Those are the people who loved you before you were famous and will tell you the truth. Now Amal is only surrounded by “Yes” people and people who fawn over every move.
She always had a magical aura about her that attracted men to her. There were definitely way more objectively beautiful women in New York, but Amal was special. It was her confidence, her femininity, charm, and raw intelligence. She spoke as though she walked with the beauty of a supermodel, it was incredible. She believed that she was so incredibly gorgeous. She’s the girl that you’d take a second look at the line at Starbucks in Acron, Ohio but not the one you’d look twice at in Los Angeles.
All of these dresses are pretty bad but Amal and Laura’s are borderline dreadful. I would say Greta’s is the best but I don’t like the shoes she’s wearing. They are giving Dr. Scholls and I think that dress calls for a more ethereal look.
Found it kind of cool that Bono’s daughter was pictured just above Elvis’ granddaughter.
I have no notes on the RC looks for the film. But *did* pop over to have a peek @ the YT trailer. Interesting ensemble cast – incl Jim Broadbent & Emily Mortimer, who also shares the screenplay credit w/ Baumbach. She’s been doing more work behind the camera these days.
Ha! My new favorite fashion commentary: ‘It looks like something she’d wear’. 🤣
haha, mine too – 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Laura Dern KILLED it. My goodness. Amal, in the first pic, seems to be looking for her Kate Middleton leg trick. It’s not a good look for either woman. The only one who ever pulled that off was Angelina. But, of course, Angelina is not a regular mortal.
I was a Clooney fan up until the Biden letter. I could laugh at the bimbo girlfriend parade pre Amal because he also personally paid for a satellite to keep an eye on the genocide in Darfur. And he seemed to have a loyal tribe of crew members and friends and not a lot of ick came out about him outside of the interesting taste in women. I really detested Brad Pitt after he hooked up with Angelina (not a huge Aniston fan but I’ve been the dumpee in that scenario and the gaslighting is not fun). And I could overlook that friendship because I see the good Angelina can do. But still I persisted in being a fan because the good appeared to outweigh the bad. But the Biden letter did me in. We now have a non functioning CDC. Thanks George.