Batman Truly Wants To Come Out Of His Cave
Say what you want about George Clooney, the guy has everything you’d want in a movie star. He’s handsome, talented and he can laugh at himself.
If not exactly humble, he at least is not prone to taking himself too seriously.
Take his attitude on playing Batman, which he will do when the fourth “Batman” movie, “Batman and Robin,” opens on June 20. “Playing Batman is really fun, and fun is how I like to work because I’m not that deep an actor,” Clooney told React magazine.
He also was instrumental in bringing a lighter attitude to the title character.
“I think we’ve seen enough of that Bat-brooding,” Clooney said. “The guy is loaded. He gets all the best girls. He has a cool car. What does Batman have to be depressed about?”
Loose talk
Jay Leno on America’s version of royalty (on “The Tonight Show”): “The Kennedys are like the dinosaurs in ‘The Lost World’: They have big teeth, breed like crazy, and wherever they go, woman are running and screaming.”
His celebration will be held in Seoul
Chick Corea turns 56 today.
‘Mumble, mumble … It ain’t you … mumble … babe’
After hearing that a recent bout with a heart infection won’t slow Bob Dylan’s concert-tour plans, Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir said, “It’s good to hear that he’ll be back. The last time I saw him, you really knew you were watching greatness right there in front of you.”
While you’re at it, get him a life, too
Seems Kato Kaelin, America’s favorite house guest, is shopping a book. It’s said to be a look at the “weird and wacky” world of celebrity. Kaelin, for example, says that he once told O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark that, to him, DNA stood for Dude Needs Apartment.
Here’s a move that makes Larry Flynt look good
Penthouse magazine will begin printing photos of a couple actually having sex. Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione boasted, “We are breaking new ground in how forthright a magazine can be.” It’s probably just a coincidence, but sales reports indicate that Penthouse’s readership has dwindled in recent years.
He’s just a Jedi Knight in white satin
Word is that Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is set to play the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the next “Star Wars” series. As good as that news is for McGregor, it was disappointing as well. “Actually, I really want to play Princess Leia,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting.”
As he spoke he was speaking on what he spoke about
Actor Steven Seagal on why he attended a talk by the Dalai Lama recently in Los Angeles. “He’s my teacher, you know, and he’s a great teacher and I’m here because I always want to be here to receive his teachings,” Seagal said.
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