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...sense that Clooney's passion for acting will run its course sooner rather than later. He gained 30 lbs. in 30 days for a role in Syriana, a Soderbergh-produced film about oil corruption with Damon and Amanda Peet. Although he has worked off 18 lbs. playing basketball and eating light, he regrets taking the role. "There was not one thing that was fun about it," he says. "It really messed me up. I have these migraines now. I would trade not having done the movie for the pain it's caused me." But then he catches himself and realizes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Wiz Of Show Biz | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...fittingly, during a commercial. With all the seriousness of President Bush trying to name the capital of Afghanistan, it dawned on me that, in the next few minutes, I would have to make a painful decision. Watch through the end of Law & Order, or switch channels and see Amanda Peet on The Tonight Show...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Needs More Plugging In | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

...decision would not have seemed so pressure-packed, borderline life-altering. But in the context of my quiet week at home—with just one job interview to preoccupy my thoughts and time—choosing whether to see another TV criminal get convicted or the engaging Peet fend off Jay Leno’s leering advances suddenly became a daunting task...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Needs More Plugging In | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

...pleasantly re-learned over spring break, TV isn’t the intellect-dissolver or morality-debaser that it is so often criticized as being. There happens to be a lot of clever and interesting stuff out there (Amanda Peet on Leno, for example), and even the bad programs are usually worth figuring out and dismissing...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Needs More Plugging In | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

...first half of the movie playing directly to type and the second half dead set against it. Nicholson plays Harry Sanborn, 63, a rich, unmarried and devilishly charming Manhattan businessman who dates only women under 30. One weekend Harry scampers off with his girlfriend--played by the lively Amanda Peet (in reality, an over-the-hill 31)--to her mother's beach house, only to keel over with a heart attack as soon as the fun starts. His girlfriend promptly scampers back to the city, leaving him in the care of her divorced mom Erica (Diane Keaton), a tough-minded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jack of Hearts | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

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