George Clooney has become embroiled in politics again after his op-ed about President Biden, just ahead of the actor's onscreen reunion with Brad Pitt.
George Clooney has become embroiled in politics ahead of his onscreen reunion with Brad Pitt later this year. On Wednesday, Clooney penned an op-ed for the New York Times, in which he called on President Biden to step down in the wake of his performance at the presidential debate against Donald Trump last month. 'I love Joe Biden. As a senator. As a vice president and as president. I consider him a friend, and I believe in him. Believe in his character. Believe in his morals.
The Washington Post first reported that the 'Ocean’s Eleven' star called Steve Ricchetti, counselor to the president, to push back on Biden’s dismissal of arrest warrants sought by the ICC targeting Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Clooney criticized Trump in his op-ed as well, saying, 'We all think Republicans should abandon their nominee now that he’s been convicted of 34 felonies' and called his campaign a 'revenge tour.
During his time on 'ER,' he starred in his first major film role in the horror/comedy/action film 'From Dusk Til Dawn,' followed by the romantic film 'One Fine Day' with Michelle Pfeiffer. He continued to build his film roles with 'Batman & Robin,' 'Out of Sight' and 'Three Kings.' In 2001, he starred in 'Ocean’s Eleven' with Pitt, Roberts, Matt Damon and a star-studded cast, cementing his status as a leading man.
In 2005, Clooney wrote, directed and starred in 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' about journalist Edward R. Murrow challenging Sen. Joseph McCarthy on his fearmongering and ethically dubious communism witch hunt. It was one of his first more overtly political stances in Hollywood. At a screening of the film at the 43rd New York Film Festival, Clooney said, 'I thought it was a good time to raise the idea of using fear to stifle political debate.
would say we are a little bit out of touch in Hollywood every once in a while. It’s probably a good thing,' he told the audience. 'We’re the ones who talk about AIDS when it was just being whispered, and we talked about civil rights when it wasn’t really popular, we bring up subjects, we’re the ones … this Academy, this group of people gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when Blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters.
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