Tag: Syriana
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George Clooney Put Himself Through The Wringer To Prepare For Syriana
Stephen Gaghan’s 2005 film “Syriana” is a gritty and intense espionage thriller based on the 2003 book “See No Evil,” and it came at a time in cinema history — specifically, in the eight years following 9/11– when such thrillers became more interested in the on-the-ground violence and byzantine bureaucracy of lies that goes into…
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George Clooney Turned Down $35 Million Paycheck for a Single Day’s Work
Academy Award winner George Clooney is surely one of the wealthiest men on the planet. Or at least, in 2018, he was named the highest-paid actor in the world, in any case. At a net worth of more than $500 million, the “Up in the Air” star and now “Tender Bar” director isn’t hurting for…