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  • Table of Contents
    February 24, 2012
  • Cover
    Clooney, Complicated
  • Features

    1. The Private Life of a Superstar

      The Private Life of a Superstar

      Behind George Clooney's confident charm is a very real man who wrestles with doubt, wakes five times a night and is "terrified" of not achieving what he w...

    2. Clooney on Clooney

      Clooney on Clooney

      The actor looks back on some his signature projects.

    3. A Legend's Final Days

      A Legend's Final Days

      Friends and colleagues open up about the troubled life and career of perhaps the greatest female singer of all time.

    4. Whitney's Ultimate Song

      Whitney's Ultimate Song

      "I Will Always Love You" was the pop icon's finest moment.

    5. Remembering Whitney

      Remembering Whitney

      Clive Davis, Dolly Parton, Diane Warren and others share their Whitney Houston stories.

    6. Deals, Drama and (Yes!) Dishes Too

      Deals, Drama and (Yes!) Dishes Too

      As the Emmy-winning "Top Chef" nears its ninth-cycle finale, the franchise prepares to launch a third spinoff and proves it's still cooking with fire.

    7. Making of a "Top Chef" Finale

      Making of a "Top Chef" Finale

      THR was exclusively on set in British Columbia for the upcoming three-part finale.

    8. How to Nail That Perfect Scene

      How to Nail That Perfect Scene

      Six scribes behind some of this year's Oscar contenders reveal their thinking behind critical script pages (even when the movie is silent).

    9. The Digital Muscle That Powered 'Apes'

      The Digital Muscle That Powered 'Apes'

      Raising the visual effects ante by creating smart simians, Peter Jackson's Weta Digital is hoping for a sixth Oscar.

  • Departments

    1. Reality Salaries Hit New High

      Reality Salaries Hit New High

      THE REPORT: No longer interested in unknowns, networks have made $15 mil the new standard in their bid for big names.

    2. THR Heat Index

      THR Heat Index

      THE REPORT: Screen Gems' Clint Culpepper scores his biggest opening weekend with "The Vow," while Chris Pine's "This Means War" gets bumped.

    3. Moviegoing Up 14.6 Percent in 2012

      Moviegoing Up 14.6 Percent in 2012

      THE REPORT: Warm weather, better films, the return of young people: What's powering the winter renaissance.

    4. 2011 Profitability: Studio vs. Studio

      2011 Profitability: Studio vs. Studio

      Overseas box office and digital deals with Netflix and Amazon offset shrinking DVD sales and sluggish U.S. moviegoing in 2011.

    5. Not Again?! WB Lawyers Target Charlie Sheen

      Not Again?! WB Lawyers Target Charlie Sheen

      THE REPORT: Warner Bros. objects to Sheen pics being used to sell "Anger Management."

    6. Anatomy of a Leaked E-mail

      Anatomy of a Leaked E-mail

      THE REPORT: Analyzing the subtext of New Regency chief Arnon Milchan's recent electronic missive to his staff.

    7. Hollywood Watches Art World Battle

      Hollywood Watches Art World Battle

      THE REPORT: L.A.'s top collectors fret as a royalty dispute over a million-dollar painting stands to impact a hot resale market.

    8. 7 Days of Deals

      7 Days of Deals

      THE REPORT: International film executives are saying danke as the bonanza European Film Market comes to a close.

    9. Yes, I Did Say That!

      Yes, I Did Say That!

      THE REPORT: Stephen Colbert has a raging case of Linsanity.

    10. Dear Oscar: Please, Please Surprise Us

      Dear Oscar: Please, Please Surprise Us

      THE RACE: Someone needs to pull a shocker fast, as the Academy Awards appears poised to fall, yet again, into a rut.

    11. The Prop. 8 Slayers

      The Prop. 8 Slayers

      ABOUT TOWN: How a Hollywood dream team led the charge to strike down the measure that outlawed same-sex marriage.

    12. Rambling at the Grammys

      Rambling at the Grammys

      ABOUT TOWN: Highlights of the designer gowns on the Grammy red carpet.

    13. Grammy Week Parties

      Grammy Week Parties

      ABOUT TOWN: Music's biggest night was actually a five-day affair.

    14. BAFTA Red Carpet

      BAFTA Red Carpet

      ABOUT TOWN: It was Michel Hazanavicius' night at the Orange British Academy Film Awards, with "The Artist" nabbing seven trophies.

    15. Rambling Reporter

      Rambling Reporter

      ABOUT TOWN: Former Warner Bros. chief Alan Horn marched with the penguins in Antarctica.

    16. Hitched, Hatched, Hired

      Hitched, Hatched, Hired

      Inside the industry's celebrations and news.

    17. Executive Suite

      Executive Suite

      THE BUSINESS: For PBS' Paula Kerger, "Downton Abbey's" on fire, and the GOP is taking aim: How the once-sleepy public broadcaster is suddenly Topic A.

    18. Reliance Rethinks Its Big Hollywood Experiment

      Reliance Rethinks Its Big Hollywood Experiment

      THE BUSINESS: Four years after delivering cash to DreamWorks and CAA clients, the Indian conglom shows signs of retreat.

    19. The Oscar Week Battle

      The Oscar Week Battle

      HOLLYWOOD HIDEOUTS: It's a pampering arms race as the poshest L.A. inns compete to host as many nominees as possible.

    20. Flying Under the Radar

      Flying Under the Radar

      HOLLYWOOD HIDEOUTS: Want to avoid the scene? Duck into one of these luxe lodges, from the five-star L'Ermitage to the tiny Charlie.

    21. A Twist of Orange

      A Twist of Orange

      HOLLYWOOD BEAUTY: For awards season, makeups pros are giving eyes, cheeks, lips and nails a vibrant shot of vitamin C.

    22. Free Preview Life's Too Short

      Life's Too Short

      TELEVISION REVIEW: Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant mine the depths of humiliation on HBO's new comedy about an egomaniac dwarf.

    23. Free Preview Farewell, My Queen

      Farewell, My Queen

      FILM REVIEW: Benoit Jacquot gives a haughty servant's-eye view of Marie Antoinette's seductive world.

    24. Free Preview Berlin Festival Films

      Berlin Festival Films

      FILM REVIEW: Condemned murderers tell their lurid life stories to Werner Herzog in "Death Row."

    25. 8 Decades of The Hollywood Reporter

      8 Decades of The Hollywood Reporter

      Forty years ago, Liza Minnelli hit the big time in "Cabaret."