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George Clooney

  • Music

    February 16, 2012

    Chris Thomas King

    7 p.m. Thursday, February 16. The Gramophone, 4243 Manchester Avenue.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Star Trek Make-up Artist Jeff Lewis Talks Aliens and George Clooney's Wonderful Skin

    Star Trek make-up artist Jeff Lewis is at the St. Louis Science Center tonight for First Fridays, a monthly series for Trekkies to geek out with their half-betazoid loving kin. The six-time Emmy nominee will make-up one lucky girl -- the the costume contest winner from last month's inaugural event - ... More >>

  • Film

    October 6, 2011

    Intrigue drowns out argument in political thriller The Ides of March

    Star Trek make-up artist Jeff Lewis is at the St. Louis Science Center tonight for First Fridays, a monthly series for Trekkies to geek out with their half-betazoid loving kin. The six-time Emmy nominee will make-up one lucky girl -- the the costume contest winner from last month's inaugural event - ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2011

    Home Town Movies

    Star Trek make-up artist Jeff Lewis is at the St. Louis Science Center tonight for First Fridays, a monthly series for Trekkies to geek out with their half-betazoid loving kin. The six-time Emmy nominee will make-up one lucky girl -- the the costume contest winner from last month's inaugural event - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Calling All St. Louis Screenwriters!

    ​Oscar season is upon us, which means everyone's anxious to know if "The Social Network" or "The King's Speech" will be this year's big winner. But all that cinematic energy shouldn't be reserved for Hollywood! We have our own movie-making community in the Lou, and for all you screenwriters ou ... More >>

  • Film

    September 1, 2010

    Anton Corbijn turns the tried-and-true thriller inward in The American

    ​Oscar season is upon us, which means everyone's anxious to know if "The Social Network" or "The King's Speech" will be this year's big winner. But all that cinematic energy shouldn't be reserved for Hollywood! We have our own movie-making community in the Lou, and for all you screenwriters ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Review Recaps: The 10 Movies Nominated for Best Picture, and Our Take on Them

    Didn't get around to seeing all ten films nominated this year for Best Picture? No worries. Fake-it-til-you-make-it with these review snippets of the nominees, by our very own Basterds: the film critics of Village Voice Media.J. Hoberman writes of Avatar that it "is a technological wonder, fifteen y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Up in the Air Earns Six Oscar Nominations

    Up in the Air may get snubbed on Oscar night.​Besides honors for director-and-screenwriter Jason Reitman, Up in the Air was largely snubbed at the awards shows leading up to the Oscars.This morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the Oscars, with Up in t ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2010

    Envelope, Please! Here's the winner of the 2009 Unreal News Challenge.

    Up in the Air may get snubbed on Oscar night.​Besides honors for director-and-screenwriter Jason Reitman, Up in the Air was largely snubbed at the awards shows leading up to the Oscars.This morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the Oscars, with Up in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    St. Louis' Favorite Adopted Celeb, George Clooney, Hearts Haiti

    Clooney filming in Lafayette Square last year. ​George Clooney was fete-ing the success of St. Louis-filmed Up in the Air at New York's Monkey Bar Wednesday night when he told The Hollywood Reporter that he will host a telethon to raise money for the people of Haiti.Clooney's program will run ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    "It Wasn't Until I Bought Twelve Beef Jerky Sticks That I Realized I Had a Problem": Drury Hotel Ads Rip Off Up in the Air, Sort Of

    Yes, it's true, George Clooney, er, Ryan Bingham would never stay in a Drury Inn. (They don't have luxurious terry cloth robes for him to wear after burrito-ing Vera Farmiga in the sofa cushions.) He would also never hoard his per diem food allowance to save up for a Himalayan. And he certainly woul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Blogger Finds Bud vs. Coors Theme in Up in the Air, Unreal Takes It from There

    Per the blog Whose Voice Is That? (via a Tweet from NYTimes media writer David Carr), the film Up in the Air contains a hitherto unnoticed subplot:Budweiser's quest for Coors! Writes WVIT?'s anonymous blogging voice:Up in the Air focuses on Ryan Bingam -- played by George Clooney -- a corporat ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2009

    2009 Unreal News Challenge

    Per the blog Whose Voice Is That? (via a Tweet from NYTimes media writer David Carr), the film Up in the Air contains a hitherto unnoticed subplot:Budweiser's quest for Coors! Writes WVIT?'s anonymous blogging voice:Up in the Air focuses on Ryan Bingam -- played by George Clooney -- a corporat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    2009 in Review: March

    ​​The world as Gut Check knew it ended in March when we launched our Twitter account. Really, things have never been the same around these parts. The rest of the month after the jump.

  • Film

    December 9, 2009

    Destination Unknown: Up in the Air steers clear of the predictable route, lands the emotion

    ​​The world as Gut Check knew it ended in March when we launched our Twitter account. Really, things have never been the same around these parts. The rest of the month after the jump.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Photos: George Clooney at Up in the Air Premiere Last Night in Los Angeles

    It's been a while since we touched down in Clooney Chaos territory, but if you haven't heard by now, Up in the Air, the film largely shot in St. Louis and in which George Clooney stars, is receiving critical acclaim.​The film premiered last night in Los Angeles and UPI has posted a slideshow of th ... More >>

  • Film

    November 12, 2009

    Choice Cuts: The St. Louis International Film Festival's eighteenth year brings together films shot around the world and in our back yard

    It's been a while since we touched down in Clooney Chaos territory, but if you haven't heard by now, Up in the Air, the film largely shot in St. Louis and in which George Clooney stars, is receiving critical acclaim.​The film premiered last night in Los Angeles and UPI has posted a slideshow of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Google Offering Free WiFi in 47 Airports in USA, Including St. Louis

    google.comJust when we thought Google couldn't get any more loveable.​First George Clooney, now free Wifi. Clearly Lambert Airport was the place to be in St. Louis in 2009. To be fair, free WiFi and Clooney were not simultaneous events: the WiFi only started today, and, like Clooney, it will be fl ... More >>

  • Film

    November 4, 2009

    Got Your Goat: We don't mean to sound paranoid, but: Did aliens abduct George Clooney's sense of humor?

    google.comJust when we thought Google couldn't get any more loveable.​First George Clooney, now free Wifi. Clearly Lambert Airport was the place to be in St. Louis in 2009. To be fair, free WiFi and Clooney were not simultaneous events: the WiFi only started today, and, like Clooney, it will be fl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Shhh! It's A Sneak Peek of Up In the Air

    www.screendaily.com​ The first local press screening of the Jason Reitman/George Clooney film Up In the Air -- perhaps the most eagerly anticipated movie in St. Louis since that flick about the World's Fair -- happened this morning at the Tivoli in the Delmar Loop.While we've been asked by the PR ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Trailer for Up in the Air...a.k.a... What the F*** is George Clooney Talking About?

    Here's a trailer for the George Clooney flick Up in the Air filmed in St. Louis earlier this year.I don't know about you, but I have no earthly idea what Clooney's character is talking about in this clip. (Perhaps that's why they call the film Up in the Air?)  I sort of follow him right up unti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    FoodWire: Greek Wine Dinner at Tenderloin Room 9.18

    The Tenderloin Room (232 North Kingshighway; website), a favorite haunt of George Clooney while he was in town filming Up in the Air, is hosting a Greek wine dinner on Friday, September 18, as part of its monthly "World of Wine" dinner series. The four-course meal, featuring Greek wines paired with ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 17, 2009

    Sea Change: Miso on Meramec's new sushi chef is the best thing since sliced fish

    The Tenderloin Room (232 North Kingshighway; website), a favorite haunt of George Clooney while he was in town filming Up in the Air, is hosting a Greek wine dinner on Friday, September 18, as part of its monthly "World of Wine" dinner series. The four-course meal, featuring Greek wines paired with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Will George Clooney Show at Busch Stadium?

    What would Clooney wear to a Cards game?I have it on good faith that smokin'-hot-movie-star-about-town George Clooney has a standing offer to throw out a first pitch during a St. Louis Cardinals game while he's here shooting Up in the Air. Gotta give the Cardinals credit for such a gracious offer. C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    OMG! George Clooney Supports Local Artists!

    Local photographer Jim Trotter keeps telling people about how worker-bees on George Clooney's Up in the Air rented one of his photographs to use in the movie, and, well, "everyone is so excited about it," Trotter says, "so, hell, I got excited, too!"A month or so ago, a set designer working on the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Maplewood Official is Cuckoo for Clooney

    Yesterday, my colleague Kristen Hinman wrote an open letter to George Clooney after observing the actor dining at Niche restaurant last Saturday.Hinman's letter (published in Daily RFT) elicited a quick e-mail from Maplewood Community Development Director Rachelle L'Ecuyer who e-mailed in to tell us ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    This Week's RFT, March 19-25

    It's Thursday. And you know what that means? You guessed it -- this week's Riverfront Times is on newsstands now. Below is a quick rundown of just a few of the stories you won't want to miss. In the "News Dept." writer Nicholas Phillips explains why some rival agencies complain that casting com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Don't Stalk George Clooney. EAT HIM.

    OK. We here at Gut Check International Headquarters are as guilty as anyone of obsessing over George Clooney's presence in our fair city. However, today brings news that makes even us blanch. PETA wants to sell tofu that tastes like the actor.Yeah. You read that right.From the always reputable E! (v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    What You Doing for Spring Break? Mayor Slay Wants to Know.

    Spring break or busts!The RFT received an e-mail blast yesterday from Mayor Francis Slay's re-election campaign. As some of you may know, the mayor is quite Internet savvy with his blog, podcasts and whatnot. He's also a big fan of so-called "mini-polls" in which he asks St. Louisans all sorts of pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Clooney Watch: Central West End's Sub Zero

    He's beyond cool. He's sub-zero.Cross-posted at STLog.OMG! George Clooney -- currently in town for the shooting of the feature film Up in the Air -- did indeed patronize vodka/sushi bar Sub Zero (306 North Euclid Avenue; Web site) in the Central West End on Sunday evening. Unreal could confirm n ... More >>

  • News

    February 4, 2009

    Unreal auditions for Up in the Air, test drives a new energy mouth spray and names a street after ourself

    He's beyond cool. He's sub-zero.Cross-posted at STLog.OMG! George Clooney -- currently in town for the shooting of the feature film Up in the Air -- did indeed patronize vodka/sushi bar Sub Zero (306 North Euclid Avenue; Web site) in the Central West End on Sunday evening. Unreal could confirm n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    "It's Clooney Chaos!"

    Yes, George Clooney is coming to St. Louis to film Up in the Air and yes, the producers are looking for extras, and yes, you, St. Louisans, can get involved.Casting director Joni Tackette will be searching for approximately 2,100 paid extras in an open call at the Crestwood Court Mall on January 24t ... More >>

  • Film

    September 10, 2008

    Intolerable Cruelty: Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery with Burn After Reading

    Yes, George Clooney is coming to St. Louis to film Up in the Air and yes, the producers are looking for extras, and yes, you, St. Louisans, can get involved.Casting director Joni Tackette will be searching for approximately 2,100 paid extras in an open call at the Crestwood Court Mall on January 24t ... More >>

  • Film

    April 2, 2008

    Leatherheads, George Clooney's ode to screwball comedies of yore is sooooo close. But yet.

    Yes, George Clooney is coming to St. Louis to film Up in the Air and yes, the producers are looking for extras, and yes, you, St. Louisans, can get involved.Casting director Joni Tackette will be searching for approximately 2,100 paid extras in an open call at the Crestwood Court Mall on January 24t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2007

    Daily Web Crawl

    Yes, George Clooney is coming to St. Louis to film Up in the Air and yes, the producers are looking for extras, and yes, you, St. Louisans, can get involved.Casting director Joni Tackette will be searching for approximately 2,100 paid extras in an open call at the Crestwood Court Mall on January 24t ... More >>

  • Film

    June 6, 2007

    The House Always Wins

    Ocean's Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

  • Film

    December 13, 2006

    Nostalgia Trip

    Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make 'em like they used to.

  • Home Entertainment

    March 15, 2006

    Hoop Dreams Come True

    Through the Fire

  • News

    December 21, 2005

    Holiday Feast

    Our critics chew on the film trends of '05

  • News

    December 21, 2005

    Rogues' Gallery

    Racists, louts and terrorists earned their place among the best of 2005

  • Film

    December 7, 2005

    Blood for Oil

    Brilliant, confounding Syriana digs for a necessary truth

  • Film

    October 19, 2005

    Exhuming McCarthy

    The Red Scare returns in Good Night, and Good Luck

  • Film

    October 8, 2003

    A Ball, Screwed

    The Coens make a '40s comedy with a Cary named Clooney

  • Film

    May 28, 2003

    Safe, Cracked

    The Italian Job, a remake better than the original, is a steal

  • Film

    January 22, 2003

    Mind Games

    George Clooney impressively toys with the twisted delusions of a game-show producer

  • News

    June 5, 2002

    Are You Getting Touched Enough?

    Week of June 5, 2002

  • Film

    January 10, 2001

    Bona Fide

    Joel and Ethan Coen's Brother hits a Homer

  • Film

    June 28, 2000

    The Perfect Storm

    Directed by Wolfgang Petersen

  • Film

    January 13, 1999

    The Art of War

    Directed by Wolfgang Petersen

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