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Article: Manhattan Weekend Box Office: The Return of Clark Gable (but Not Clark Gable-Like Receipts).
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- April 7, 2008
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There's a simple explanation for why George Clooney's Leatherheads (no. 3) performed well below expectations this weekend: it just wasn't that good of a movie. Were 21 (no. 1) or horror flick The Ruins (no. 2)--both outgrossed Leatherheads here in the city, with 21 managing to more than double Leatherheads' receipts--that much better? No, at least not according to the critics, who panned each film in equal measure. But when a movie like Leatherheads caters directly to an older audience--one that has actually heard of Preston Sturges and one that presumably relies on reviews in choosing how to spend their anemic Social Security check--it's much harder to counter what's ...
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Article: George Clooney: The American actor for this era
Dayton Daily News;
December 13, 2009 ;
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...Every era has its American Actor. Clark Gable dominated the '30s; Gary Cooper, the early '40s. Then ... Newman, Robert Redford ... Today's American Actor is George Clooney. He has dominated this decade, ever since 9/11 signaled ...
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