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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
You can meet the Clooneys – but it will cost you €100,000
It's a rare opportunity to enjoy fine wines, gourmet food and the sublime scenery of Lake Como – all in the company of George and Amal Clooney. There's just one catch – it will set you back at least €100,000 (£87,000). The Hollywood actor and his wife, Amal Clooney, the British human rights barrister, will this month host a 'philanthropic travel experience' near their Lake Como estate in northern Italy. The four-night, five-day experience, set on the shores of one of Europe's most beautiful lakes, promises a giddy whirl of encounters with the Clooneys. Guests will be able to take part in an 'immersive travel experience', relishing the vistas of Lake Como while at the same time participating in the couple's 'quest to change the world'. And for anyone with a few tens of thousands to spare and a hankering to meet Clooney, who was once described as 'the sexiest man alive', there is good news – there is still one hotel room available. Guests might even get two Hollywood legends for the price of one – local media are reporting that Robert De Niro, 81, was recently spotted touring the lake with his girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, 45, and may drop in on his friend George. The aim of the exclusive event is to raise money for the couple's human rights organisation, the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which provides free legal aid to wrongly imprisoned journalists and support to women's rights groups around the world. The foundation works in 40 countries, from Belarus and Syria to Sudan and Zimbabwe. A select group of just 16 people have made generous donations to the foundation, in exchange for which they will spend time discussing world affairs and human rights with the star of Ocean's Eleven, Burn After Reading and Monuments Men, as well as his wife, a celebrated lawyer who is based in London. Italian media have reported that those donations will amount to €160,000 per person, but that was denied by the organisers. 'The number is incorrect, but it's six figures for sure,' an insider told The Telegraph. 'Each individual donates a different amount to the foundation. There is no minimum.' There will be gastronomic tours of the lake and an alfresco dinner at a historic villa, with guests taken there and back by motor launch. It is the first time that such an event has been held by the Clooneys, one of Hollywood's most formidable power couples. 'They have been talking about it for some time,' said the insider. After flying to Milan, guests will be picked up and whisked to the Passalacqua Hotel on the shores of Lake Como. An imposing villa built in the 18th century, its illustrious guests have included the composer Vincenzo Bellini and Pope Innocent XI. The hotel's Bellini Suite, described as 'a succession of lavishly decorated halls', costs €12,000 a night. Breakfast is included. Guests on a slightly tighter budget might opt for a 'grand junior suite', boasting a king bed and lake views, which goes for a modest €5,500 a night – excluding taxes and fees. Once the guests are settled in, they will be invited to a welcome reception and then a garden party hosted by George and Amal. The next few days will feature a busy round of private dinners and 'engaging discussions' on international justice and philanthropy. If the debates about global crises and human rights abuses get a bit heavy, relief will not be far away – guests are promised 'exquisite menus with wine pairing'. After hobnobbing with George and Amal, guests will be sent on their way with a farewell brunch. The event is being organised by a high-end company, Satopia Travel, which promises its clients 'the utmost discretion and confidentiality'. The actor has had a love affair with Italy for years. He bought Villa Oleandra, his property on Lake Como, for a reported $10 million more than 20 years ago and has been a regular visitor ever since. For years, he was one of the world's most eligible bachelors. But all that changed in 2014 when he married Amal during a lavish wedding in Venice – a precursor to the recent multi-million dollar nuptials held by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos when he married television journalist Lauren Sánchez in June. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more. Solve the daily Crossword
New York Post
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
The newest female Dem power trio spotted at this Manhattan hotspot
They're the ladies on the left who lunch. The newest female Democratic power trio was recently spotted at the swanky Midtown restaurant The Polo Bar. Huma Abedin, the ex-wife of disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner, broke bread with Hillary Clinton and George Clooney's wife, Amal, at the celebrity hotspot last week, a source told Paula Froelich of NewsNation. 'There were secret security and bodyguards everywhere,' the source said. 'They were just huddled together at a table talking.' 3 Huma Abedin served as vice chair of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and was her deputy chief of staff when she was secretary of state. Bruce Glikas/WireImage Abedin is tying the knot with philanthropist George Soros' son Alex, who controls his dad's $25 billion dollar Open Society Foundations, one of the world's largest private philanthropic funds that donates to liberal political causes. The 48-year-old — who started her political career as an intern for Clinton in 1996, then became her deputy chief of staff and vice chair of her 2016 presidential campaign — now runs the Democratic Party inside circle, Froelich's sources said. 3 Abedin is marrying George Soros' son Alex this month. Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Clooney, an international lawyer, and her hubby — who famously penned the 2024 New York Times essay 'I Love Joe Biden, But We Need A New Nominee' — are liberal icons and run the Clooney Foundation for Justice together. 3 An international lawyer, Amal Clooney helps run the Clooney Foundation for Justice. Corbis via Getty Images Abedin, Clinton and Clooney are now considered 'the female triumvirate of the Democratic Party,' Froelich said, adding that Adedin's wedding to Soros will take on June 14 in the Hamptons and may include the Dems talking about plans to revive the party. 'If these people are picking the new party head, we are in trouble,' an insider told her.
NZ Herald
01-05-2025
- Politics
- NZ Herald
Amal Clooney could be barred from entering US by President Donald Trump
He claimed the court had 'engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel'. The executive order threatened 'tangible and significant consequences' against others involved in the decision, which include freezing their property and blocking their entry into the US. The Clooneys are said to spend most of their time in France and have homes in London and Italy, although they are currently in New York while George Clooney stars in the Broadway show Goodnight and Good Luck. Trump's order set a 60-day deadline, which fell on April 7, for internal recommendations about other figures who should be sanctioned alongside Khan. So far, further sanctions have not been publicly announced. Unanimous recommendations Khan had asked his panel of legal experts to review the evidence against Netanyahu and Gallant before issuing the warrants, and Clooney said last year it was unanimous in its recommendations. She claimed there were 'reasonable grounds to believe' the pair had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, including 'starvation as a method of warfare, murder, persecution and extermination'. 'The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court asked me to assist him with evaluating evidence of suspected war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel and Gaza,' she wrote on the Clooney Foundation for Justice website. 'I served on this panel because I believe in the rule of law and the need to protect civilian lives. The law that protects civilians in war was developed more than 100 years ago and it applies in every country in the world regardless of the reasons for a conflict.' Netanyahu has criticised the arrest warrant, claiming it created a 'twisted and false moral equivalence between the leaders of Israel and the henchmen of Hamas'. The court also charged three leaders of Hamas, the proscribed terrorist group, who have since been killed. George Clooney is a long-time Democrat supporter who took a prominent role in last year's election campaign, appearing at fundraisers alongside Joe Biden, the former US President, before publicly urging him to drop out of the race. In a 60 Minutes appearance in March, he criticised Trump for attacking press freedom, provoking an angry response from the President. Clooney was a 'second-rate movie star' and 'failed political pundit', Trump said, calling the interview a 'puff piece'. 'He fought hard for Sleepy Joe's election and then, right after the debate, dumped him like a dog. Later, I assume under orders from the Obama camp, pushed all out for 'Kamala [Harris]', only to soon realise that that was not going to work out too well,' he wrote on his Truth Social account.
