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Time of India
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
George Clooney shuts down DIVORCE rumours; reveals he NEVER had an argument with wife Amal Clooney in 10-year marriage
George and Amal Clooney recently made some buzz due to living in different cities, sparking speculation about their relationship. Amidst all the divorce rumours 'The Descendants' star says he and Amal have never had a single argument. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Not one. Ever. That's right, the couple who've been married for nearly ten years have never raised their voices at each other, and George insists their marriage has been nothing short of easy. Let's dive into the story behind this unbelievable claim. 'We still haven't had an argument' The 'Gravity' star made this jaw-dropping statement once again while chatting with on CBS Mornings. The actor, now 63, recalled a conversation from years ago with Gayle, where he and Amal first said they'd never argued. He chuckled and added, 'I remember we were here with you once before and I remember we said we'd never had an argument. We still haven't. We're trying to find something to fight about!' He went on, laughing, 'We still haven't. We're trying to find something to fight about!' You'd think after nearly a decade of marriage, there might be some disagreements. But George says it's all smooth sailing, and he feels incredibly lucky to have found Amal. 'I feel so extraordinarily lucky to have met this incredible woman. I feel as if I hit the jackpot. There isn't a day that goes by where I don't think I'm the luckiest man in the world. So it's great,' he said with a smile. 'It's maddening to some of our friends' In their 2022 appearance on CBS Mornings, George and Amal gave fans a deeper look into their easy-going relationship. Amal admitted, 'It's maddening to some of our friends. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now I have a cousin, actually, every time we see him he's like, his first question is, 'So have you had an argument yet?' before he says hello.' So how have they made it work for so long without a single argument? According to Amal, it's a combination of luck and effort. 'It's 99 percent luck just to meet the right person,' she said. Prince Harry Probing Hollywood Backlash: Is Meghan's Star Power Fading in Tinseltown?
Los Angeles Times
06-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Oscars flashback: Raising a glass to ‘Sideways'
By definition, the Academy Award for adapted screenplay will go to work previously created in another form. But at the 77th Oscars, held on Feb. 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, the source material for the five nominees was particularly wide-ranging: a novel ('Sideways'); a short-story collection ('Million Dollar Baby'); a memoir and a biography ('The Motorcycle Diaries'); a play ('Finding Neverland'); and characters created for a 9-year-old prequel film ('Before Sunset'). A certain amount of less adept adaptation went into the introduction of the nominees in the category too. Adam Sandler strode onstage to read the contenders list, with Catherine Zeta-Jones being announced as planned to help him along. But no Zeta-Jones was on hand, intentionally. That allowed host Chris Rock to join his fellow 'Saturday Night Live' alum and pretend to be Zeta-Jones — the object of Sandler's scripted leering. But at last, it was time for Sandler — once Rock left the stage — to read out the nominees, handing the award to first-time winners Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor for Payne's 'Sideways,' a film about two friends going on a bender in the Santa Ynez Valley ahead of one of them tying the knot. As Payne and Taylor noted in their acceptance speech, the win came after 15 years of writing together, scripting such films as 'About Schmidt' and 'Citizen Ruth.' Clearly, they knew each other well enough to finish one another's sentences, as they did in their shared time onstage. After noting together that they've had a great pair of agents, Taylor added, 'And more recently, a great pair of wives: The stunning and talented Tamara Jenkins…' '[And the] equally stunning and talented Sandra Oh,' added Payne, who was married to the 'Sideways' actor from 2003-06; Taylor has been married to director-actress Jenkins since 2002. 'My mother taught me to write,' Taylor added, getting a bit choked up, 'and she died before she could see any of this. So this is for you, Mom.' Taylor and Payne were also nominated together in 2000 for adapting 'Election' and for producing 'The Descendants' (with Jim Burke) in 2012. Payne would win again in 2012 for adapting 'The Descendants' with Nat Faxon and Jim Rash; Taylor has no other wins. The winners of 'Sideways' weren't the only writing collective nominated; in an unusual move, writer-director Richard Linklater and co-writer Kim Krizan included stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke in their credit list for 'Before Sunset,' a sequel to Linklater's 1995 film (also co-written with Krizan and starring Delpy and Hawke), 'Before Sunrise.' But it also was understandable: Both films were essentially two-handers. In 2013, he'd give them credit again for the final film in the 'Before' trilogy, 'Before Midnight,' for which all three would be nominated again. (Krizan was then out of the picture.) This was Linklater's first Oscar nomination of an eventual six; Delpy's first nomination in any category of an eventual two; and Hawke's first writing nomination of an eventual two, though he also has two acting nominations. Meanwhile, Paul Haggis earned his first nomination of five total for 'Million Dollar Baby' (he'd go on to win two Oscars for 'Crash' the following year, for directing and best picture, the latter of which he shared with Cathy Schulman). His most recent nomination, from 2007, is for the original screenplay (with Iris Yamashita) of 'Letters From Iwo Jima.' Both 'Jima' and 'Baby' were directed by Clint Eastwood. And finally, David Magee earned his first of two nominations for 'Finding Neverland,' a look at part of the life of 'Peter Pan' author J.M. Barrie; and José Rivera earned his first and so far only nomination for 'The Motorcycle Diaries,' about the life of Che Guevara.
