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Clooney, Pitt, Coens join Toronto festival lineup

AP - Movies featuring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Kate Beckinsale, Edward Norton and Colin Farrell and a documentary about Paris Hilton have joined the lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival. more »

Thousands Attend Bernie Mac's Chicago Memorial Service

The comedian, who died last Saturday, "will be sorely missed," Barack Obama said in a statement more »

George Clooney Shoots Down Rumors He Is Advising Barack Obama

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- George Clooney is many things - an actor, an Oscar winner, a dapper gentleman and an activist - but there's one thing he definitely is not - an advisor to Barack Obama's.

The actor issued a statement on Tuesday night, debunking a story out of Britain, claiming the "Ocean's Thirteen" star has been advising the presidential hopeful on policy issues.

Friends & Colleagues Remember Bernie Mac

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Friends and colleagues of late comedian Bernie Mac have expressed their sadness at the loss of the film and television star.

From his "Kings of Comedy" pals Cedric the Entertainer and D.L. Hughley, to his "Ocean's Eleven" co-star George Clooney, Hollywood is mourning the loss of Mac's talent - and especially - the man himself.

Actor, comedian and exasperated dad Mac dies at 50

AP - Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor childhood to stardom as a standup comedian, in films including the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and his acclaimed sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show." more »

Actor, comedian and exasperated dad Mac dies at 50

AP - Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor childhood to stardom as a standup comedian, in films including the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and his acclaimed sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show." more »

George Clooney: Co-Star Bernie Mac "Will Be Dearly Missed"

PLUS: Chris Rock, Don Cheadle reflect on the comedian's early morning Saturday death more »

Weekly wrap-up of entertainment quotes

AP - "It seemed to me to be like a product of extreme sexism, and I kept thinking to myself, 'God, if this was just, like, Kal Penn or George Clooney or any of the other (Obama) surrogates or supporters ... there wouldn't be (any) question about it. Nobody would even talk about it." — Scarlett Johansson, who says she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "e-mail relationship" with Barack Obama. more »

Scarlett Johansson Blames "Extreme Sexism" for Hoopla Over Obama E-Mails

If George Clooney had made the comment, "nobody would even talk about it," she says more »

Johansson embarrassed by hoopla over Obama e-mails

AP - Scarlett Johansson can laugh about it now, but the actress says she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "e-mail relationship" with Barack Obama. more »