Elisabetta: George Clooney Was Like a Dad to Me

Clooney wanted out for some time: sources

(NEWSER) - Just weeks ago, Elisabetta Canalis firmly stated , "in the future I will be married." Then she and George Clooney, her boyfriend of two years, promptly broke up . Coincidence? Not according to friends who tell the Daily Mail that the eternal bachelor was afraid his Italian girlfriend was trying to tie him down. "Elisabetta is a traditional girl and wanted the fairytale," says one. "But George has never made a secret of his feelings and he wanted things to continue as they were." More»

Elisabetta Canalis liked partying too much

(NEWSER) - Attention George Clooney devotees: The time to make your move is now. The actor is single again after splitting with Italian girlfriend of 9 months Elisabetta Canalis, Showbiz Spy reports, citing Grazia. “They’d been on the rocks since February, but held on to make it through awards season,” says a source; they called it quits just after the Oscars. More»

Stars coming out for the prez

(NEWSER) - Super PACS might be gearing up to back Mitt Romney in the general election, but George Clooney is about to rake in the bucks for Barack Obama. Clooney is hosting a $6 million fundraiser for the president. The 150-seat, $40,000-a-head dinner will be held at Clooney's Los Angeles home, and will be co-hosted by Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. Obama has been reaching out to Hollywood supporters, particularly since some of his old celeb backers have grown disgruntled and have begun to fall by the wayside. More»

Justin Bieber punks Taylor Swift, and more

(NEWSER) - In honor of April Fools' Day, the Huffington Post found video of 10 awesome (or awesomely embarrassing) pranks pulled on and by famous people:

• Tom Cruise: Upon being squirted in the face with a water gun by a British reporter, Cruise's priceless response included the line, "You're a jerk."
• Justin Timberlake: When Ashton Kutcher and Dax Shepard pranked him for Punk'd, with Shepard posing as a government official seizing his property because of unpaid taxes, JT actually cried. He later blamed his behavior on being stoned.

Actor's father, others also arrested by Secret Service

(AP) - George Clooney and his father Nick were arrested today at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington. They and others, including Democratic US Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia and NAACP President Ben Jealous, were arrested after being warned three times not to cross a police line outside the embassy. They were handcuffed and placed into a US Secret Service van. This week, Clooney testified before Congress about his recent trip to Sudan and released a video on the country's humanitarian crisis . More»