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Isn’t it great when a heavy hitting super star like George Clooney actually gives us a chance to write about a magnanimous gesture on his part instead of his treatment of a broken hearted Las Vegas waitress.

Sometimes we miss all the good things our celebs do amid the gossip and dirt we all like to dig up and publicize.

This time the gesture by George is also accompanied by his Ocean’s Thirteen co stars, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon as the three donate a whacking $500,000 to the Not On Our Watch organization to fund the aid efforts in Myanmar, Burma.

Along with his little publicized efforts to raise the awareness of the plight of the people of Darfur, George has now enrolled Pitt and Damon in a bid to help victims of Tropical Cyclone Nargis in Southeast Asia.

So maybe there lurks more compassion in George’s heart than we have recently been led to believe, and maybe he keeps his compassion for really needy causes, not for broken hearts!

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Filmed in part in shades of sepia, apart from Renee Zellwegger’s scarlet lip stick which is the only bright spot in the movie, this film, from the outset delivers a script which is as transparent as Saran-Wrap and although billed as a romantic comedy falls short on both fronts. With all the adoration felt for George Clooney there is nothing good to be said of his personally directed movie Leatherheads except that the sooner as it goes to DVD and leaves the movie theaters the better.

Taken purely as a period piece set in the roaring 1920’s it is vaguely reminiscent of Paper Moon, The Great Gatsby and The Sting, but the script itself leaves a lot to be desired.

Although loosely based on the establishment of pro football, there are far too many muddy football scrums, and one too many slapstick fights between Clooney and anyone who is willing to spar with him. The script laboured to hold ones attention only occasionally causing a smile at the witty clichés, but studied lines of Clooney and Zellwegger.

Clooney, as Dodge Connelly, although handsome and vaguely witty, only manages to pull the role off because of his good looks and Renee Zellwegger’s character of Lexie Littleton, a fast talking journalist for The Chicago Tribune, has taken on a role far beneath her acting capabilities.

After seeing the movie the only thing in it’s favour are the good looks and charm of Mr Clooney and the beautiful 1920’s styles brought to life by Zellwegger.

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The 1970’s television icon and star of Charlie’s Angels, Farrah Fawcett is in a battle for her life against the reoccurring cancer that has been plaguing her for the past few years.

But Farrah also seems to have another battle on her hands. The right to privacy involving her condition and the treatment she is currently receiving.

Following the unauthorized information being leaked to tabloids in May last year an employee of UCLA Medical Centre has been fired.

The ailing star has expressed her need to keep the information private and her attorney has said, “She’s a very private person and she’s reluctant to go public about this, let alone take legal action. She’s fighting for her life.”

This news comes hot on the heels of the sacking of an 13 employee last month from UCLA Medical Centre and the disciplining of several others for snooping into the electronic medical records of Britney Spears.

In December 2007 more than two dozen employees at the Palisades Medical Center in New Jersey were suspended without pay for a month for allegedly accessing George Clooney’s confidential medical records following his visit to the medical center when he and girlfriend, Sarah Larson, were treated for injuries sustained in his recent motorcycle accident.

Farrah is currently being treated for cancer in Germany and sources say she is cautiously optimistic. Craig J Nevius is producing a documentary about the former ‘Angel’s’ battle with cancer and has said, “Farrah has learned the hard way that with cancer, the test is time. At the moment she has no detectable cancer.”

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