George Clooney

Oscar Gets it Right!

Posted on 01/24/2012 by Bill Newcott | Movies & TV | Comments

EntertainmentAmazing. Absolutely amazing. This year’s list of Oscar nominees is so terrifically, breathtakingly right, I thought I must have been dreaming when they were announced early this morning. I’ve never come away from the Oscars announcement more satisfied that Hollywood really, really gets it—that the best movies really are movies for grownups. Just look at how the winners of this year’s AARP Movies for Grownups Awards—announced last week—dovetail with the Oscar nominations:

The Best 10 Movies of the Year…and then some

Posted on 12/23/2011 by Bill Newcott | Movies & TV | Comments

Entertainment | Your LifeI don’t know about you, but I’m awful at keeping secrets. The most mundane of facts—for example, whether my daughter’s Carvel ice cream birthday cake will be in the shape of Fudgie the Whale or Cookie Puss—will gnaw at my insides like the embryonic creature in Alien if presented to me with the preamble: “Don’t tell anybody.” So it does my stomach no good when movie studios let me see long-in-advance screenings of upcoming films. This year, for example, I …

At Last, It’s Safe to Sit in a Movie Theater Again!

Posted on 11/14/2011 by Bill Newcott | Movies & TV | Comments

EntertainmentOur long national movie nightmare is over: the Grownup Movies Season is in full swing. I do hope you’ve been saving your pennies since last January to take advantage of November and December, when Hollywood studio execs wake up, look in a mirror and declare, “Wait a minute—we’ve been releasing crap all year! How in the world will we win any Oscars for that tripe?” So they run out and track down Clint Eastwood on the golf course and say, …

The Takeaway: Weekend Edition

Posted on 05/7/2011 by Tina Johnson-Marcel | The Takeaway | Comments

News RoundupsHappy Birthday, George! Dr. Ross is 50. Let the Church of Clooney say amen …

What We’d Tell George Clooney

Posted on 05/6/2011 by Beth Carpenter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentSo, George Clooney, as we mentioned before, turns 50 today. Like the rest of the Internet, we took Friday off to stare at him. I mean, reflect on his career. There’s something about that 50 number, huh? It’s just a number. It could represent 100 divided by 2, the number of stars on the Star Spangled Banner, a great movie starring Adam Sandler, or the number of truly horrible movies starring Adam Sandler. It’s also when we send you that …

Great Moments In Clooney

Posted on 05/6/2011 by Tammy Gordon | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentEarlier this week, Alejandra asked me if I’d write a post on George Clooney turning 50. You see, I have a well known Clooney-thing. (Whatever, what red blooded American gal doesn’t?) So, I took one for the team… scoured *hours* of Clooney footage (have I mentioned I love my job?) and present you with… Great. Moments. In. Clooney: 1) We All Have Hair Regrets… Even George Clooney…. Who am I kidding? He’s adorable even then… 2) The Comeback… The Dr. …