It’s been a whirlwind few months for Sarah Larson. After crossing paths with professional movie star George Clooney, Larson was able to quit her job as a cocktail waitress/go-go dancer/embarassing-photo-taker. Now, apparently, she lives wherever George does, on hiatus as a Vegas waitress, and, if this brand new New Yorker profile on Clooney is to be believed, checking her e-mail.

As reported in said New Yorker story, Clooney recently received a threatening phone call, a voice mail stating, “Dump the bitch before you’re sorry.” Ms. Larson reacts with little alarm, but does go on to clear the air about her reputation, which has recently come into question after some seriously revealing photos surfaced. “They say that I’m a stripper. There’s a ton of stuff about that. I’ve never been a stripper. You know, just because I’m from Las Vegas I must be a stripper. Because I’m a cocktail server that means I’m an escort.”

Good points all, Sarah. We decided, given her newfound lifestyle, to do a side-by-side comparison of Larson’s life as Professional Bar Candy and life as Professional Arm Candy.

Pre-George: Magazine licking
Post-George: Magazine features

Pre-George: Staff dinners before shift at the Palms for waitresses
Post-George: Dinners with Brangelina

Pre-George: Fear Factor try-outs
Post-George: Red carpet premieres

Pre-George: Serving guys twice your age because they tip you
Post-George: Serving a guy twice your age because they take you to Italy

Pre-George: Getting called an escort because you are a Vegas waitress
Post-George: Getting called an escort because you sleep with a movie star


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Props to Star Magazine for unearthing these amazing pics taken by Last Night’s Party of George Clooney’s girlfriend, Sarah Larson, getting randy and raunchy in Las Vegas (example above, obvs). The 28-year old was a cocktail waitress in Sin City before shacking up with Hollywood’s hottest bachelor, and now she’s living large in couture gowns, enjoying fabulous dinners out. George may be a good influence on his gal pal, but surely this party princess is still lurking under the surface, waiting to pop out at a big bash at Brangelina’s house. Fingers crossed!

Check out a couple more pics of Sarah getting it on with a guy at a Vegas bash - here and here. What happens in Vegas stays on the internet! [Last Night’s Party]


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At the 80th annual Academy Awards last night, there were a few upsets: Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose) was named Best Actress, taking the honor from the heavily favored Julie Christie (Away From Her); similarly, Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) took home Best Supporting Actress, despite conventional wisdom holding that the award belonged to Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone). Kudos to Swinton, it must be said, for managing to reference George Clooney’s hugely embarrassing, be-nippled turn as Batman in her acceptance speech.

Elsewhere, as expected, the Coen brothers took home Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country For Old Men. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for his portrayal of Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood. Javier Bardem took Best Supporting Actor for his role as Anton Chigurh in No Country For Old Men. Overnight success-story Diablo Cody won Best Original Screenplay for Juno. And Daily Show host Jon Stewart kept the evening’s proceedings running smoothly, gently cracking wise at the audience’s expense.

There were very few stand-out moments, but our favorite had to be Stewart’s dissection of Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama’s name (Hussein recalling Saddam Hussein; Obama recalling Osama). When he referenced the ill-fated 1944 presidential campaign of Gaydolph Titler, we laughed. A lot.


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In case you’ve somehow forgotten about Sunday night’s Academy Awards broadcast, we’re here to remind you that practically everyone with a computer has been offering their predictions online. That includes George Clooney: Mr. Suave sat down with Time magazine to tell them who he thinks will win. (His guesses seem pretty accurate.) In the midst of all this, however, you might have also forgotten about that other art-form generated by all this Oscar-buzz: the parody. Our tireless reporters here scoured the Interweb to find funny versions of the films nominated for Best Picture. Laugh a little — it’s Friday.

No Country For Old Men is good . . . but is it this good?

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Each year the act of predicting which artists will take home a Oscar becomes one of pop culture’s greatest guessing games. Someone picks a category, and everyone becomes a pundit. That includes us. We want your comments, too. Do you think our choices are right? Watch the show on Sunday night, and check back Monday morning for a recap of all the memorable moments.

Best Picture

Atonement
British upstart James McAvoy and stick-thin Keira Knightley play a couple torn apart by World War II — and Knightley’s little sister, Saorise Ronan, whose despicable lies turn the lovers’ families against them. The book was excellent. The movie . . . eh, not so much.

Juno
Canadian cuteness Ellen Page is a knocked-up and very sarcastic teen who attempts to give her unborn child up for adoption to Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner. The script’s verbal pyrotechnics are impressive — as are Michael Cera’s bandied knees — but does it have the heat to beat out No Country For Old Men? In a word: no.

Michael Clayton
It’s George Clooney in the titular role as a fixer for a law firm. When one of the firm’s top lawyers has a mental breakdown in the middle of a deposition, Clooney’s called in to fix the mess, which has to do with a class-action suit against an agricultural manufacturing company. It’s complicated, but then again, good films sometimes are.

No Country For Old Men
When Josh Brolin stumbles across the remains of a drug deal gone bad, he pockets the cash and hightails it away from the scene. Unfortunately, both the law and a merciless, Terminator-like psychopath are hot on his trail. The killer, played by Javier Bardem, has a bad haircut and nasty temper. It’s a quiet, contemplative orgy of violence.

There Will Be Blood
Daniel Day-Lewis is oil prospector Daniel Plainview, whose business conflicts with the religious interests of Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), a preacher in a desolate California town. The lives of the two are inexorably intertwined after an accident at one of the wells. As time goes on, Daniel becomes a capitalist monster and Eli loses his faith. No film this decade has an uglier ending, although No Country For Old Men comes close.

Should win: It’s a toss-up between No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood. Both offer particularly bleak visions of America. In the former, the Coen brothers interpret Cormac McCarthy’s novel as an existential treatise on the meaninglessness of life; in the latter, Paul Thomas Anderson converts Upton Sinclair’s Oil! into a wrenching screed about the seductive evils of capitalism. (Yes, we just wrote “seductive evils.” So what?) That said, for pure brilliance and artistic achievement, No Country is the more successful film.

Will win: No Country For Old Men.

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George Clooney may be looking to add yet another job description to his ever-growing resume; in addition to actor, director, political pundit and witty manwhore, he’s added the role of taking cheap shots at pop culture figures. During an interview regarding Nicole Kidman’s recently announced pregnancy, Clooney stated, “At least she’s not 16,” which seems an unnecessary jab at the already stressed Jamie Lynn Spears.

Of Kidman, Clooney added, “[She’ll be a] perfect mother,” clearly forgetting, much like both Kidman and ex-husband Tom Cruise, that she already has two children.


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It’s the fight of the century! In one corner of the ring restaurant - George Clooney and his cocktail waitress gal pal. In the other corner (or, at a table right next to them) - male model Fabio, his golden locks, a vat of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, and a gaggle of women. The battle began when one of Fabio’s floozies took out her camera and started snapping pics of her pals. The Cloonster thought she was trying to get his mug on film and freaked out, asking her to stop. Fabio, the apparent king of comebacks, snapped back “Stop being a diva.” He then took out a hairbrush handcrafted out of diamonds, sprayed water from the Ganges river on his hair and gave his mane a brush.

What allegedly followed was a shoving match between Mr. Hollywood Golden Child and Mr. Hollywood Golden Hair in which George dropped “the F-bomb” before the restaurant staff broke it up. Clooney paid and left without finishing his meal. Fabio’s manager later said, “George is lucky he didn’t end up in the ER.”

And we’re lucky that guy didn’t become a joke writer for TV.

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- George Clooney says, “I make movies now for no money. I just take a share of the profits - if there are any.” His presence is a gift, people. Hope you’re thankful for it. [Seriously? OMG! WTF?]

- At his fragrance launch party, Usher dedicates his scents to his mother. Without her, he wouldn’t smell like anything. [Crunk + Disorderly]

- Anne Hathaway’s boobs + cats = an embarrassment of riches. Because one woman can never have too much kitty-kat. [CityRag]

- Paris Hilton reportedly was reduced to tears over comments David Letterman made during a taping of his show. Ugh. Thin skins are soooooo 15 seconds ago. [Dlisted]

[Image: Getty]


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Jen’s mystery dinner date has been revealed as 36-year-old British model (formerly a construction worker and boxer - yumtastic!) Paul Sculfor, and the pair’s been an item for several weeks. The hunk with a hot accent has been in ads for Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier and Levi’s, and previously had a longterm relationship with George Clooney’s ex, Lisa Snowdon.

Who cares who he is! He’s really effing hot, and Jen - who’s coming off a year-long dry spell - is FINALLY getting some sweet, sweet action. Hangin’ with chunky Vince Vaughn was probably a laugh a minute, but whose bare ass would YOU rather see in the morning?

Canoodle away, Jen! We approve.

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…he buys it! While shooting Leatherheads on location in North Carolina on Wednesday, George Clooney came upon a lemonade stand run by a 10-year-old and two younger kids. Instead of paying the requisite $.25 for his drink, George gave the kids a big surprise when he gave them $20 for his cup and let them keep the change. The kids, in turn, gave him a big surprise when the lemonade they sold him turned out to be pee. Kidding! [AP/Yahoo!]

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George Clooney has revealed that he recently had his "eyes done," whatever that means (fat sucked out of the top? the bottom? the cornea?). Why? Unless he’s been doing this for years, his eyes have barely changed a bit. Check the Clooney eye retrospective and just try to discern a downward trend:

The guy doesn’t age. He probably just got plastic surgery because he was bored. Or maybe because everyone else is doing it. Even superstars aren’t exempt from peer pressure. Hollywood is Mean Girls writ expensive.

[thisislondon.co.uk]

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