George Clooney Assembling All-Star Cast for ‘The Monuments Men’

A recently published article from Deadline has claimed George Clooney is assembling quite the cast for his upcoming film The Monuments Men. George Clooney will be getting back in the director’s chair come the beginning of March next year, to direct the likes of Daniel Craig, Bill Murray and Cate Blanchett, just to name a few. Last year’s Oscar winner for Best Actor, Jean Dujardin, will also be among his ranks, as will the always versatile and employable John Goodman. The Monuments Men is set to be a World War II drama (because there’s never enough of those) following the final chapter of Germany’s rule in Europe. Specifically, it will follow a band of art historians and museum curators as they unite to recover renown works of art stolen by the Nazis. The project was penned by Clooney himself, along with writing partner Grant Heslov. Heslov also aided Clooney in the writing of last year’s The Ides of March and the much more reputable Good Night, and Good Luck. With the names mentioned, The Monuments Men has great potential to be a success. However, in Clooney’s last directed film – The Ides of March – he called upon such talents as Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright and Paul Giamatti, and still failed to generate much buzz and publicity. While the film did garner the minimum amount of attention from critics, it seems to have been forgotten by the general audience of filmgoers. As previously stated, The Monuments Men is scheduled to begin production on March 1 next Spring. It’s hard to imagine that any more stars will be able to fit into this film, but we’re sure George Clooney is the man able to make them fit, if possible. Be sure to check back for more updates.It’s safe to say Katy Perry is a registered Democrat. The Huffington Post reported that Barack Obama, and 10,000 other viewers, listened to pop princess Katy Perry proudly sing her praises for the incumbent POTUS last night in Las Vegas, Nevada. Katy Perry’s outfit before revealing her skin tight ballot dress. Katy began her performance wearing a power suit straight out of the 1980′s. Her dancers removed thequestionably shoulder padded piece to reveal a skin tight latex dress (that was much more her style) and modeled after a voting ballot. “President of the United States” was emblazoned across her chest and her torso boasted a box filled in to signify her vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden as President and Vice President – as if the world didn’t already know who she was supporting. Mitt Romney’s name was also listed on the bottom half of the ballot dress next to an unmarked box, however the designer opted to show more of Katy’s legs than include Republican VP candidate, Paul Ryan, on the garment. Perry riled up the young voters by reminding the 18 year olds it was their first time to vote. She pushed them to vote tomorrow rather than waiting until November 6th. President Obama also took the stage for one of his charismatic speeches, he proclaimed ”I believe in you. I need you to keep believing in me.” Katy Perry is on a long list of A-list celebs who proudly show their support for Barack Obama. She joins fellow celebrity Obama supporters George Clooney, Beyonce Knowles, Oprah, and Scarlett Johansson, just to name a few. Katy’s efforts will certainly help gain favor of the younger voters. Overall though Katy largely appeals to a demographic too young to vote, but every little bit helps. I also think she might convince some young men to hit the voting booths if their ballots look anything like hers… After his stop in Sin City, President Obama will visit more swing states and attempt to gain some final votes before the election on November 6th.

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