George Clooney,his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis and Megan Fox

 George Clooney poses with his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis

 George Clooney poses with his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis before the Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 2011 women's collection during Milan Fashion Week 

  George Clooney holds hands with his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis 

 George Clooney's girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis

 George Clooney, his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis and Megan Fox 

 George Clooney hugs his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis

 George Clooney, his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis and Megan Fox 

George Clooney accepts the Bob Hope Humanitarian award from actress Julianna Margulies

 George Clooney accepts the Bob Hope Humanitarian award from actress Julianna Margulies onstage at the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 

Hope For Haiti Telethon

George Clooney, Haitian-born Wyclef Jean and Anderson Cooper will host the “Hope for Haiti” benefit for victims of the earthquake. More than 40 celebrities are expected to attend, along with performances by Bono, Sting, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Alicia Keys.

The event, organized by MTV and Clooney, will be held in New York and will broadcast January 22. The telethon will air on over a dozen network and cable channels including ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, MTV, CNN, VH1.

“Hope for Haiti” will benefit the Red Cross, UNICEF, Oxfam American, Partners in Health and Jean’s Yele Haiti Foundation. Songs from the performers will be available on iTunes.

All proceeds will also go to the relief effort in Haiti.George Clooney says “Hope for Haiti” will hopefully “show the people of Haiti that the whole world is paying attention.”

Gorgeous George

Over my little Christmas break I got the chance to see Jason Reitman's Up In The Air.  I wasn't sure what to expect, it seems that anything overhyped will invariably let you down and the reviews for this movie have been pretty great.  I wasn't disappointed.

Full disclosure:  I've been in love with George Clooney since, oh, about the age of 7, so I might be a tad biased.  Still, George love aside, I thought the movie was entertaining and certainly topical considering the current economy.  The film is funny and has a lot to say about the need for human connection.

I'm not exactly a movie buff, but I know what I like and I was entertained by this movie.  George's character Ryan Bingham spends most of his life on the road in his role as a corporate downsizing expert, doing the occasional speaking engagement where he urges others to unload their metaphorical life backpacks of the connections and responsibilities that they've accumulated.  I think it says something about Clooney that he can make such a character both relatable and pretty likable. I also thought that Anna Kendricks was really great as the uptight young efficiency expert who (lucky her!) gets to head into the open skies with Clooney.  

{I thought some gratuitous Clooney would be just the thing to brighten up a cold winter day}

Have you seen Up In The Air?  What are your thoughts?

Alla Prossima