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Last chance: The Neil Simon play "Plaza Suite" will be staged at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage through Nov.

Sure, he's gorgeous, but he's also the poster boy for People magazine's celeb-heavy, pretty-boy list.

It started with an unlikely pairing of two unknowns. Back in the '80s, a couple of struggling actors named Grant Heslov and George Clooney were in an acting class.

'Frank Langella's role in The Box could easily win an Oscar for best 10-minute performance in a film with no other redeeming feature' Frank Langella will be 72 on New Year's Day, and he is ready.

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK was the well-known signoff of Edward R. Murrow, "the face of television" in its early days.

What a great title. The film? Eh. Close. Very close. But not so great. If I were a psychic with the First Earth Battalion, I'd use my sparkly eyes powers to change the focus of "The Men Who Stare At Goats" from whiny journalist Bob Wilton to The Men Who Stare At Goats.

Celebrating the birthdays of the film-famous. If it's your birthday, we'll sing you a happy one in the comments.

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More updates are coming down the pipe from the American Film Market in Santa Monica, with our friends at Collider uncovering a first look at George Clooney in Control director Anton Corbijn's The American .

"The Men Who Stare at Goats," a new comedy about a secret American army of psychics, starts with this declaration: "More of this is true than you would believe." But how true is "true"? In a recent interview, director Grant Heslov said, "If I had to quantify, I'd say 60 percent.

Getting his project cast and financed was not the hard part for Grant Heslov. His feature directing debut, "The Men Who Stare at Goats," starring George Clooney, opened Friday via Overture Films and earned a respectable $13.3 million during its first three days.

The Men Who Stare at Goats is a comedy about the US Army's forays into the paranormal realm and psychological and psychic warfare.

It possesses the best title of the season, but "The Men Who Stare at Goats" is good in name only.

George Clooney is in talks to play the lead role in the first feature film Alexander Payne has directed in five years , the follow-up to 2004's Sideways .

But be assured that Kent, who counts to his credit scores for such astute fare as Sideways and About Schmidt , is indeed serious about his work.

Running time 93 minutes Written by Peter Straughan Directed by Grant Heslov Starring George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges , the latest George Clooney fiasco, is like getting stung by a wasp on the inside of your eyelid.

"Wacky" isn't George Clooney's strong suit as an actor. But it's always at least amusing to watch the suave, silky leading man let his freak flag fly.

George Clooney has his work cut out for him. Not only is he busy promoting three upcoming movies but he's also helping pal Matt Damon reclaim the title of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.

Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. Wow, I sure am busy next week. And don't be surprised if I go four screenings in four days .

HIS book has just been made into a multi-million-dollar Hollywood movie and he recently found himself blinking into a barrage of paparazzi flashbulbs alongside George Clooney and Kevin Spacey.