George Clooney at the Oscars - 2013 Academy Awards

Dior wrote:Mmh, that's why I like it so much to be here and talk English to other well educated people, every day you can learn beautiful new vocabulary.

Engraving the Oscar, who knows where I will need that in the future.

m4rose wrote:Yea no pressure on the dude doing the engraving. Nothing like having the winner sit right there and watch you.

The next mrs clooney wrote:

m4rose wrote:Yea no pressure on the dude doing the engraving. Nothing like having the winner sit right there and watch you.

wonder what happens if they spell the name wrong

Dior wrote:Hooray, let's party!!!!

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Ed Reed razzed by George Clooney on Oscars red carpet

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Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports3:54p.m. EST February 25, 2013

There are two things a red carpet correspondent must do at the Oscars: Ask actresses who they're wearing and get teased by George Clooney. It's part of the gig.

Until Ed Reed's red carpet segment airs Wednesday night on NFL Network, we won't know whether he asked Halle Berry about her Donatella Versace. He passed the second prerequisite with flying colors.

Clooney stopped to talk to Reed, who was a correspondent for Rich Eisen's podcast, on his way into the theater.

"You hurt me bad; I'm a Bengals fan." Clooney joked to the All-Pro safety, according to Dan Hanzus of NFL.com.

It's not weird that Clooney is a Bengals fan – he was raised in the Cincinnati area, his father was a prominent television personality in that city and George once was lured to the Ellen show because she promised a meeting with his Reds heroes, Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan.

But isn't it sort of weird that Clooney is a Bengals fan? It's so uncool. It's so un-Clooney. That's like finding out Frank Sinatra spent most nights sitting in his boxers, watching Andy Griffith reruns and eating Cheerios straight out of the box. No wonder Clooney doesn't celebrate this fact or try to become the franchise's Jack Nicholson. Being a Bengals fan is damaging to his cool cred.

Reed did no damage to his cool cred on Sunday. He wore a black tux and black shoes with purple highlights, a purple bow tie and purple pocket square.

"Usually I'm the guy not doing interviews," Reed told Richard Deitsch of SI.com. "I'm focusing on my job. So to do something different was fun. I think I did all right."

Buried in that Deitsch column is the news that Rob Gronkowski originally was to be the NFL Network's red-carpet correspondent but pulled out last week. Devastating news. Since Harvey Weinstein seems to have his mitts on everything at the Oscars, I wonder if this was somehow his doing. The possibility of Gronk corrupting Jennifer Lawrence with a wink, some intro-to-Spanish pickup lines and a bottle of Budweiser may have been far too risky.

Having Gronkowski interview Daniel Day-Lewis while in a tuxedo cutoff and foam dome wasn't the only missed opportunity. Since Reed was in the building, producers should have utilized his talents. Instead of using the Jaws music to play off long-winded Oscar recipients, Reed should have been stalking the proscenium, ready to strip the statue as necessary. He could have sprinted into the Green Room and placed it into the waiting hands of Clooney. Sure, he's already won a few (and got another Sunday) but even the most successful Bengals fans could use a pick-me-up.

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Oscar Bromance alert! Ben Affleck and George Clooney goof it up backstage

By Meriah Doty

Sure, Ben Affleck showed his appreciation for winning a Best Picture Oscar -- along with George Clooney and Grant Heslov -- but that didn't stop their school-boy giddiness backstage.

"Bingo!" Clooney said jokingly to the swarms of ooh-oohing reporters holding up numbered cards in hopes of being called on to ask the freshly minted Oscar winners a question.

All three winners produced some zingers when asked to review the trajectory of their chances to win:

Reporter: Obviously at certain points we thought that other films might win this. Could you describe when exactly you felt a tipping point in your favor?

George Clooney [half joking]: Michelle Obama.

Grant Heslov: Tonight.

Ben Affleck: When they gave us the trophies I was confident that we would win.

Clooney [deadpan, doing that famous Clooney head nod of self-satisfaction]: I'm completely confident.

Affleck: I didn't second guess, is this a prank?

Clooney: He did look at the envelope.

Heslov: Even as I was giving the speech, I didn't think we could win.

Affleck: Once Grant let me talk, I felt good. I didn't get too much into the "Oscarology" and the pontificating. And the guys who do that stuff and report on it, which is great, and people like it and they're interested in it. And I hope people are interested in the Oscars because it helps our industry and helps make better films, but it doesn't help me to read up on that stuff. So I was thrilled for Billy, I was thrilled for Chris, and when it came along, I was thrilled for these two guys.

At one point, Affleck and Clooney went into freestyle mode when one reporter seemed to go a bit too far, asking the winners to attend a special event.

And just to warn you, Clooney got a little R-rated:
Reporter: Hello. I'm from the American Foreign Service Association in Washington. Your movie and also the comments you've made and all of the awards ceremonies has really raised the image and the profile of the Foreign Service, something that we don't get very often, we don't get much play. But I would like to invite you, all three of you to the plaque ceremony that we have in the Department of State on May 3, where we honor fallen Foreign Service officers. This year

Moderator: I'm sorry, I have to interrupt. Do you have a question?

Reporter: Yes. Can you come?

Clooney: That's really a personal question.

Affleck: Do I call you or just...

Heslov: I'm able to, yes.

Clooney : There's a line. There's Ben.

Affleck [for the save]: I don't know that we can come, but we do have, all of us, a tremendous respect for what the Foreign Service sacrifices and goes through and that we, I think, gained further appreciation for that as we shot the movie and visited the State Department. I know Secretary Clinton a little bit and Secretary Kerry a little bit better so we were able to shoot in the I'm not sure that that's why, but from my sort of distant acquaintanceship with both of those Secretaries, I've really picked up an appreciation for what the State Department does, what our Foreign Service does, what they sacrifice.

Clooney: Grant and I will be in Berlin shooting so we won't make it, but maybe Ben might be in town.

Affleck: Thanks, George.

The hilarity -- and a good dose of sincerity -- ensued when Affleck was asked to reflect on the fact that Michelle Obama presented his best picture award:

"I was sort of hallucinating when that was happening. In the course of hallucination... It doesn't seem that odd when some other -- 'Oh, look, a purple elephant, you know, Michelle Obama.' But it's natural because the whole thing is so unnatural. Honestly, I was just asking these two guys outside, was that Michelle Obama? The whole thing kind of alarmed me at the time, but in retrospect, the fact that it was the first lady was an enormous honor and the fact that she surrounded herself by service men and women was special and I thought appropriate. Anyway, it was very cool."

Heslov, chimed in, "And I'm a big fan of the bangs."

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lolo wrote:

lelacorb wrote: am happy to have won Argo because it is a good movie, I'm glad that George has won the Oscar, but I will be more happy when I win the Oscar for his art and not for funding a film. Stacy seems to have guessed the dress this time even though I always feel like a peasant dressed for the day of celebration, has charm and poise but almno wore a dress more suitable for you with the straps and the back cover that does not make it seem a truck driver. George seems a charming gentleman of the elderly, aged 60 and demonstrates intristisceè thing I look at his eyes, he always spoke and smiled with his eyes and does not happen anymore. The spectacle of the Oscars was boring and heavy worthy of the worst South American soap opera luckily won Argo, only positive note!

SOME TIMES I REALLY DOUBT YOU ARE GC FAN OR WHY YOU TRY TO PUT HIM DOWN WITH MOST OF YOUR POSTS , VERY STRANGE ....


ELISABETTA SAID LAST YEAR SOMETHING ABOUT KARMA ROFL , I THINK KARMA LOVES G AND SK HEHEHE . AND HATE ELISABETTA .

FYI .. EXCUTIVE PRODUCER IS THE ONE ONLY FUND PROJECTS , PRODUCER ACTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF LOCATION , ACTORS , AND HELP THE DIRECTOR TO MAKE HIS JOB EASY , AND WE HAVE HERE ON THIS SITE MANY CANDID PICS OF GC WORKING ON SETS WITH BEN IN ARGO ! HE DIDN'T ONLY FUND THE FILM ,BUT I AM NOT SURE THAT YOU DON'T KNW ALREADY !

Joanna wrote:Thanks for those videos......how refreshing for George to have
an intelligent interview with Piers Morgan !

Katiedot wrote:I like her hair and makeup. The dress is good too, although I don't like racerback on her - just makes her look oddly shaped along the bust line, but that's just my opinion.