On a related note ... Clooney gave a reporter a hard time during one of the festival's interview sessions for asking about his love life, sarcastically calling the reporter a "hard-hitting" interviewer …
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Is it just me, or does George come off like a bit of an a-hole?
ASHTON KUTCHER'S "INSENSITIVE" 9/11 TWEET: ASHTON KUTCHER'S Twitter followers are not happy with one of his postings yesterday. One they felt came off as insensitive. He tweeted, quote, "This [is] without a doubt the greatest day of the year! . . . Hello football my old friend. Let's us mingle for the next 5 months."
When some of his followers pointed out that it was also the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, he quickly apologized. "I got mad respect for the people that suffered in 9/11," he tweeted. "Pls don't twist my enthusiasm. ... Hindsight...Yeah, that was probably a poorly worded tweet."
CYNDI LAUPER LATEST CELEBRITY TO FLUB NATIONAL ANTHEM: CYNDI LAUPER performed the National Anthem at the U.S. Open in New York Saturday and she *almost* got all of the lyrics right.
Instead of singing, "were so gallantly streaming," she sang, "with the flag was still streaming."
Those, by the way, were the same lyric that CHRISTINA AGUILERA stumbled through during her National Anthem attempt at this year's Super Bowl.
ROMANCE REPORT - JENNIFER LOPEZ AND BRADLEY COOPER???!!!: JENNIFER LOPEZ might have found herself a new man. Lopez reportedly went on a dinner date with BRADLEY COOPER Saturday night at a place called Per Se in New York City.
Whether or not it was a "date" is currently in dispute. TMZ says the get-together was "romantic" and just the two of them. But another source tells "People" magazine it was a business meeting, and they were, quote, "in discussions regarding a project."
STUPID STUFF ON THE INTERNET: WHAT CELEBRITIES WOULD LOOK LIKE WITHOUT EYEBROWS [PHOTOS/LINK]
DEMI MOORE SHOWS US HER (NUDE?) TWITPIC: DEMI MOORE Tweeted a picture of her back side over the weekend. And by 'back side' and I mean just that; just her back ...
It was accompanied with the caption, "remember, you've got your own back."
COULD BE TRUE COULD BE CRAP - BEYONCE CRAVING BANANAS IN KETCHUP: BEYONCÉ is reportedly having some strange pregnancy cravings. The mommy-to-be and husband Jay-Z are on a cruise, and Britain's not-always-reliable "Sun" tabloid says her demands are driving the crew crazy.
A source says, "Usually guests sip...champagne while nibbling on lobster," but Beyonce's chowing down on Oreo cookies, gherkins, ice cream with hot chili sauce and, quote, "dipping bananas in ketchup," and she's supposedly washing it all down with, quote, "gallons of ginger ale."
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12 INCLUDES JENNIFER HUDSON AND PAUL WALKER OF 'FAST FIVE'
On a related Celebrity Birthday note ... ELISABETTA CANALIS, who turns 33 today, is the latest celebrity to do one of those "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" ads for PETA. And while she IS naked, sadly, all her naughty bits are covered ...
BABY POOP - NATALIE PORTMAN BABY PICS: After two months of keeping Aleph out of the public eye, NATALIE PORTMAN was finally ventured out in public with her baby.
Portman was spotted carefully lifting Aleph out of his stroller before taking him into the restaurant while dining in Paris. Later in the evening, photographers caught Ben holding his son.
KATHY GRIFFIN SHOWS US HER (SEMI-NUDE) TWITPIC: KATHY GRIFFIN was in her hotel room over the weekend when she noticed the window washers outside doing their job. So she decided to give one of them a show. And because she loves the attention, she tweeted the pic …
HAPPILY EVER AFTER: Actress Amy Smart made THE BIG MISTAKE over the weekend marrying former “Trading Spaces” handyman Carter Oosterhouse Saturday in Traverse City, Michigan.
CHARLIE SHEEN ROASTED: CHARLIE SHEEN got roasted Saturday … but you'll have to tune into Comedy Central next Monday to see it.
We do know that one surprise guest was his ex-wife Brooke Mueller. "She's here voluntarily," roast master Seth MacFarlane said. "No one put a knife to her throat." That's a reference to Charlie's Christmas Day altercation with Brooke in 2009 when he allegedly choked her and threatened to behead her!
And the jokes got only worse from there. Here are a couple of examples …
Actress Kate Walsh: "It's amazing. After abusing your lungs, liver and kidneys, the only thing you've had removed is your kids."
Comedian Amy Schumer: "You're just like Bruce Willis; you were big in the '80s and now your old slot is being filled by Ashton Kutcher."
R.I.P - CLIFF ROBERTSON: Cliff Robertson, who played Uncle Ben in the TOBEY MAGUIRE "Spider-Man" movies, and won an Oscar in 1968 for his role in "Charly," died of natural causes Saturday, the day after his 88th birthday.
ON THIS DAY IN TABLOID HISTORY: On this day in 2006 ... Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have their second child, a boy they name Jayden James.
And Whitney Houston announces she's divorcing Bobby Brown.
