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Daily Mail
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
George Clooney ridiculed for 'snowflake' outfit during baseball game
George Clooney may be hitting it out the park with his Broadway play titled Good Night, and Good Luck - but fans have ridiculed him for his recent baseball attire. The 63-year-old was snapped playing in the Broadway Softball League in Central Park, New York, over the weekend, alongside the cast and crew of his Broadway production. In pictures posted on social media, the Oscar-winning actor wore a navy blue polo shirt and shorts, also donning knee braces, white Adidas shoes and sport socks. He stayed sun smart by wearing sunglasses and a white cap before taking to the pitch holding a catcher's mitt. While Clooney struck an impressive figure on the field, the actor was immediately ridiculed on social media for wearing a polo shirt - rather than a crew neck - and watch. 'Who wears a collared shirt to play softball? Seriously?!' one user said incredulously. 'A polo and a watch?' criticized someone else. Another user declared: 'Nobody should be shocked that this snowflake showed up to play ball in a polo.' Good Night, and Good Luck is based on his 2005 film of the same name which he previously wrote, directed and starred in. In his 2005 film, David Strathairn played the lead role, while Clooney took a supporting role as CBS President Fred Friendly, in addition to working behind the camera. The movie, which was shot in black-and-white, focused on Murrow's reports on Senator Joseph McCarthy's unfounded claims of communist infiltration in the US government. Clooney recently received heavy backlash after dying his famous salt and pepper locks dark brown back in March for his role as legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow in his Broadway show. However, he jokingly acknowledged botched job, admitting: 'I know it's not good' as he sat down for a chat with Gayle King in April. Fans shared their disapproval of his new darker hair and orange fake tan, with some admitting it makes him look '20 years older.' Others joked he has put a 'full blown black sharpie on his hair' as they begged for him to wash out the hair dye. Taking to X, formerly Twitter, one wrote: 'Weird seeing George Clooney once had non-grey hair. Clooney recently received heavy backlash after dying his famous salt and pepper locks (left) dark brown (right) back in March for his role as legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow in his Broadway show 'I figured he popped out of the womb a silver fox!' 'What in the Sam Hell is that awful dye job on George Clooney? He looks pathetic,' slammed another. 'I know it's not good!' Clooney exclaimed during an interview on CBS Mornings, adding he still is not used to the new look himself. King shot back: 'Oh, It's not good! I'm not used to it, you never get used to it. 'Listen, I started getting grey when I was 25 so I've been grey most of my life so it's not my favorite look. 'And my wife, she thinks it's funny. Well, [his children] laugh at [his hair] because honestly nothing makes you look older than being 63 and dying your hair,' he laughed.
Daily Mail
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The Sopranos fans are going crazy over the 'strangest edit in the entire show' from revered series - as bizarre scene from 21 years ago resurfaces
It's been more than two decades since The Sopranos first graced our screens - but the landmark HBO series still finds ways to surprise its fans. And this time, it's not a plot twist or a cryptic dream sequence that's setting social media alight. Rather, fans can't get enough of a jarringly produced scene from Season 5, Episode 10, titled Cold Cuts, that's being widely dubbed online as 'the strangest edit in the entire show'. The moment in question features Carmela Soprano - Tony's elegant but long-suffering wife - played by Edie Falco. She has a final, awkward encounter with school guidance counsellor Robert Wegler (David Strathairn), with whom she shared a brief and ill-fated romance earlier in the season. Following a tense confrontation a few episodes before, in which Wegler accused Carmela of using intimacy as a means to manipulate his grading of her underachieving son A.J., the relationship ended abruptly. But in Cold Cuts, the two crossed paths again at school. Clearly uncomfortable, Carmela blurted out: 'I'm going back to my husband.' The camera then lingered on Carmela turning away from Wegler. Fans can't get enough of a jarringly produced scene from Season 5, Episode 10, titled Cold Cuts, that's being widely dubbed online as 'the strangest edit in the entire show' She walked off - following which the scene inexplicably shifted into super-slow motion, complete with an odd, breathless silence. Viewers watched her pace away at an almost glacial crawl before the image abruptly froze mid-stride. Then a wipe transition slid across the screen, PowerPoint-style, ushering in the next scene at a lake where other characters are relaxing. Cue baffled Sopranos fans across the internet. 'Is that the ol' PowerPoint swipe?' one viewer asked on X (formerly Twitter), capturing the collective bewilderment. Another joked: 'Edited like a movie project I made for class in the 8th grade.' The post, shared by X user The Sopranos Guy, has racked up thousands of likes and hordes of perplexed comments Fans of the show were quick to express their amazement at the unusual editing choices from the series widely regarded as the best of all time One commenter wrote: 'I thought my stream froze the first couple watch-throughs,' while another echoed: 'I thought it froze at first'. And another chimed in: 'That was an old school way of ending a story line. "And that was it! Wrap it up boys!"' Another viewer suggested that the intentionally strange editing was a wink to the audience, symbolising Carmela's acute embarrassment and Wegler's stunned reaction to the emotional bombshell she'd just dropped. A few eagle-eyed cinephiles were quick to spot potential influences. The transition, they argued, might be a stylistic nod to Akira Kurosawa - the legendary Japanese filmmaker known for pioneering the wipe transition - or even Star Wars creator George Lucas, who famously borrowed the technique for his galaxy-spanning saga. Still, most agreed that the moment feels wildly out of step with the otherwise tight, understated direction the show is known for. 'First-time director got cute. Never returned again. Great episode though,' one viewer quipped. Cold Cuts remains a critically acclaimed entry in the series, delving into themes of familial resentment and emotional repression with typical Sopranos flair. But that one odd edit has somehow managed to upstage the episode's deeper emotional beats - if only temporarily. Whether it was a deliberate stylistic choice or an overzealous moment in the editing suite, the transition has now entered the annals of Sopranos lore. And in a show celebrated for its layers of meaning and artistic subtlety, perhaps the strangest twist of all is that fans are still debating a mid-season cut more than 20 years on.
