Last night was the big Broadway opening of Good Night and Good Luck, based on the film of the same name. In the George Clooney-directed film, David Strathairn memorably and brilliantly played Edward R. Murrow with all of the gravitas that the role demanded. On Broadway, Clooney has taken over the Murrow role. Clooney got the worst dye job ever to play Murrow – this is a Rudy Giuliani-level of bad dye jobs. Anyway, while Clooney has a place of honor on my permanent sh-tlist, other people feel differently and this show is getting good reviews. All of George’s BFFs came out for the opening too, although strangely, George’s wife was not there. George told People Mag that Amal was “with the kids.” Sounds like trouble in ratf–ker paradise to me.
There must have been a black-and-white dress code for the opening, because all of these celebrities did not decide to do this on their own. Jennifer Lopez had the biggest look of the night – a slinky black dress and a puffy white coat/cape by Saiid Kobeisy. Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber were there and they brought Kaia, who has known George all of her life basically. Julianna Margulies, Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye were also in attendance.
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- New York, NY – The highly anticipated Broadway debut of ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ took center stage at the Winter Garden Theatre. Pictured: George Clooney BACKGRID USA 3 APRIL 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York, NY – The highly anticipated Broadway debut of ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ took center stage at the Winter Garden Theatre. Pictured: Jennifer Lopez BACKGRID USA 3 APRIL 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York, NY – The highly anticipated Broadway debut of ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ took center stage at the Winter Garden Theatre. Pictured: Julianna Margulies BACKGRID USA 3 APRIL 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York, NY – The highly anticipated Broadway debut of ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ took center stage at the Winter Garden Theatre. Pictured: Kaia Gerber, Rande Gerber, Cindy Crawford BACKGRID USA 3 APRIL 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York, NY – The highly anticipated Broadway debut of ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ took center stage at the Winter Garden Theatre. Pictured: Keely Shaye Smith, Pierce Brosnan BACKGRID USA 3 APRIL 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Cast of New York Broadway show ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ during Curtain Call Featuring: George Clooney Where: New York, New York, United States When: 03 Apr 2025 Credit: Janet Mayer/INSTARimages.com
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- Celebrities attend the ‘Good Night And Good Luck’ broadway opening night at Winter Garden Theatre in New York City Featuring: Kaia Gerber, Rande Gerber, Cindy Crawford When: 03 Apr 2025 Credit: Darla Khazei/INSTARimages
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- Celebrities attend the ‘Good Night And Good Luck’ broadway opening night at Winter Garden Theatre in New York City Featuring: Jennifer Lopez When: 03 Apr 2025 Credit: Darla Khazei/INSTARimages
For a second there, I thought that was a young Penelope Cruz but was in fact Kaia.
Keely’s lost weight but her eyes? Pierce looks like…de Niro?
Hmmm, so trouble in the Clooney paradise? The last time they were at an event, I thought Amal tried too hard and looked as if she had surgery, and now you have George dyeing his hair. 🤔
David Strathairn was brilliant on the role as Mr. Murrow. His portrayal really struck me. I don’t know if Clooney has the chops to do what David did, but his ego is big enough to try. I saw a critic on Threads who was not all that impressed with the show.
His dye job is quite horrid. They probably should have used a topper instead.
It’s doing great numbers at the box office, but the reviews are just OK.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/theater/george-clooney-broadway-record.html
The dye job is *specifically* FOR this role. Murrow had very dark hair during this period the play is set.
Still, he would’ve done better with a box of L’Oreal over his bathroom sink. Looks like a small animal died on his head. Combined with his gray pallor, it is NOT a good look on him.
I knew it had to be for the role. Clooney has been rich and dated too many showgirls too not know how to dye. lol. I’m like “this has to be on purpose”.
I was there! My husband’s firm worked on the show, and we just found out a few days ago that we were invited to both the show and the afterparty. I was so excited, and the invitation did say “black and white ball” so I had to scramble around to find a black gown to wear and have it altered within like 48 hours.
The play was excellent, and I thought George was great in the Murrow role. The hair must just not photograph well, because in person, it didn’t look that bad. (Definitely not Giuliani-level terrible.) IMO he looks much better with his natural gray hair, but it wasn’t as noticeably awful in person as it is in pictures.
I didn’t realize until I saw pictures today that it was J. Lo in that dress— at the library, my husband and I kept laughing every time we passed by her because that train was so insane that she had a guy trailing behind her all night, literally babysitting the train, adjusting it, making sure no one stepped on it, moving it around as she walked, etc., and we didn’t even realize it was her! I just kept calling her “train girl,” and commented that whatever that dude was being paid wasn’t enough because of the sheer humiliation of a grown-ass man being in charge of a train all night (although now I guess he was probably a bodyguard, too?). I didn’t even take a picture of her because I had no idea it was her! 😭 I saw her like ten times and had absolutely no clue it was her because the dress was so distracting
@Lorelei It’s great to get the scoop from someone who was actually there! I have to admit, I really love JLo’s cape with the train. It’s kind of over the top, unnecessarily dramatic. Just what you need coming off of a divorce from your smarmy ex-husband. It wouldn’t be Jennifer if she didn’t have a minion to follow her around on train duty. I’m so over George. I’m glad you say that the hair works on stage because in real life it’s terrible!
Actually ~ I am surprised to find that I no longer am interested about him or his friends or anything about him anymore. I don’t usually cancel folks but yeah – bye, George.
Yep. Just don’t care. King of the ratf—kers.
Same here. I didn’t even actively cancel him – my subconscious contact list just said nope, delete.
He is on my shitlist as well. I don’t hate him, I just don’t really want to see anything he’s in anymore.
Same. George is cancelled and jo longer cool and funny. Amal not there is …something. he also doesnt look healthy. I thought it was frankenstein in one of the pics of the event.
Perhaps that hair looks better under stage lights, but it is dire IRL. Whatever’s going on here, definitely Team Amal. Their kids are school age now. Are they even in New York?
Yeah, it’d have been more plausible if George had said she’s working on some human rights case…instead, it’s the kids?? That’s the excuse of the Wales! Amal isn’t Lazy! The kids have nannies so Amal can work on her very important cases!
Umm not a good take. Children want their mothers not Nannies and they ARE important. I don’t keep up with them but isn’t their home base England? And probably where the kids are in school? Anyway I came for the fashion. Jlo is the biggest look but the least flattering. My favorites are Juliana and Keely. I am disappointed George’s wife isn’t there because she’s at least interesting fashion wise although I don’t think it’s some trouble in paradise thing. Parenthood happens.
Tis True Tis True, you’re right, both the hair and pallor do look better on stage. I saw a picture of him, and it looks natural in black and white.
@Debbie, that’s definitely it. On stage, it looked fine, but in photos with flash, it looks terrible.
They used the actual black + white footage of McCarthy during the scenes where Murrow was interviewing him, so it looked right during the show. Outside, not so much!
Permanently on my shit list but strange Amal was not at OPENING NIGHT! They must have help so this does sound very fishy!
Amal not there and he recently did a Nespresso commercial with Eva Longoria, guess that’s back on.
Why do older men insist on doing this sort of dye job? It never looks good or natural. Clooney’s had silver in his hair for decades, why bother now?
Amal has a toyboy? Or George has a young GF? 🤔 Or both? It’s an open marriage now?
I think a previous post here mentioned he did it for the role. As someone said, maybe it looks fine under stage lights, but IRL? Nope
Yes, Morrow had dark, slicked back hair.
Because men don’t have a lifetime of experience having to live up to unrealistic beauty standards so by the time they care, the level of skill required to make it look good at their advanced age is too far beyond their capacity.
He looks like a corpse.
He really does. Is he still wearing his stage makeup? He looks ill.
Right? The hair is the least of his problems. Yikes.
He looks like he’s wearing the standard ‘make this 30-something look like a Grandfather’ tv makeup. Particularly the definition on the crow’s feet, they look drawn on.
Probably for a role? The fact that he let it go natural for so many years shows that he doesn’t care if his gray shows..
Who. The. F–k. Did. That. To. His. Hair?! That can NOT be a professional job. I’ve done better for a friend with a box of Just For Men. That horrid dye job is going to be so much more distracting than if he just kept his natural look. Who cares if it’s inaccurate? Alexander Hamilton wasn’t a Puerto Rican man, either.
Yikes. That’s a horrible dye job, especially with the pastiness of his face. Jaysus!
In that top pic, Clooney looks like a wax work. That’s all I’ve got.
You took the words out of my mouth. The dye job and his wrinkles are just too juxtaposed.
George and his issues aside, it’s fun to see folks turning it out for a good old-fashioned themed dress-up event.
Juliana Margulies looked gorgeous, though I think her hair was a bit too severe.
I love JLo’s cape, but that dress looks like she’s serving up her breasts in two black champagne coupés. I don’t object at all to her brand of over-the-top sexy gowns, but that just looks uncomfortable to wear and anxiety-inducing to observers.
Some other folks really missed the opportunity to have fun with the dress code. A basic LBD or a plain suit, white shirt and tie? Boring.
And of course it all looks a lot like oblivious rich people dancing on the deck of the Titanic, but I guess we can’t expect celebrities to walk around in sackcloth and ashes just because America is taking a deep dive straight into a facist-led Greatest Depression… or can we?
Well, rich people don’t have to worry about such unimportant things. When they stop liking the living conditions in the usa, they’ll fly in their pjs to a better country. Their life and investments are not limited to one place. They can avoid paying taxes in Monaco for example. I can’t wait for all those sexual predators from hw to join gerard depardieu and roman polanski.
True dat, Eva.
Sigh.
I love the fact that Anthony Edwards & Juliana Margulies were also there.
ER reunion(!!), well for those of us of remember Peak TV.❤️❤️❤️❤️
JLo is fab, as usual. Margulies looks like Cruella Deville. Very suspicious that Amal didn’t show up as this would be her moment in the spotlight as the date of the leading man.
This is definitely not like amal. the kids excuse sounds like bs and i’m surprised george’s best friend didn’t show up: brad p. aka domestic abuser.
Cruella DeVille was my exact reaction too. I think it’s that shaggy shrug that is giving the dog fur vibes. And JLo is just a lot as usual. No comment on George’s hair.
He looks like Hopper from “A Bug’s Life” in that header pic.
Having scrolled back up to check I have to say that yes, yes he does indeed.
Pre the scroll up I read Denis Hopper, then say A Bugs Life and had a moment of vast post-nap confusion before my brain and eyes got their act together.
George looks ghastly! JLo is serving, but that dress is doing nothing for her chi-chi’s, I don’t get the Kia Gerber pose, she looks like she is in a doll box, I always find JM to be lovely and natural looking.
Not a big fan of divorce watch — family destruction voyeurism shouldn’t be a thing.
Dear Sir,
Your time has passed, your cultural relevancy is over and that’s ok. People change, societies change, and well, you kneecapped our elections while sitting in 1 of your 3 known houses. So you can go away, like now. Please and thank you.
He looks tired and worn down. He looks like Boris Karloff in Frankenstein. What’s with the pancake makeup? Everyone is well dressed but a bit funereal. Turning out for the waning days of democracy and capitalism.
Clooney is on my shit-list, but the severe dye job is clearly for the role. The intense color and the garish pancake makeup telegraph better to audiences further away from the stage. Especially to give it a bit of that ol timey look. Has he ever done a play before? I just don’t see him being all that great at stage acting.
IDK if he’s done any stage work, I just knew this was his Broadway debut.
Amal is a human rights lawyer, the is USA is not a safe place for people like her ( non American citizens) so she’s probably staying away because of that and I don’t blame her.
I was thinking the same thing. She’s part of the legal team that brought war crimes charges against Israel so maybe it’s not safe for her to come to the US and she’s also from Lebanon. The Trump administration might try to detain her as a terrorist supporter or send her to some rendition site in Louisiana.
Pierce Brosnan is a silver fox.
Clooney is dead to me.
Brosnan is a fan of RFK, Jr.
Wow. That is a Guiliani-level crap dye job. What were you thinking, dude?
Yeah, it’s not a good look on the red carpet, but he’s clearly wearing full stage makeup here (+the hair and eyebrows have been dyed for the role).
I’m sorry, he looks like Lurch.
He was on 60 minutes a few weeks back promoting this. They brought up the Biden oped, which he doubled down, and I got mad all over again.
I used to adore and be so enamored with George, but the way that he publicly destroyed “his friend” Joe Biden in the press was unforgivable. It’s karma people are commenting on just “how old” he looks…payback is a bitch and actor’s egos are very big. JLO…relax, this isn’t YOUR opening night.
Good lort. His hair looks awful. A professional surely would have done a better job with his hair. A different shade would have looked better with his pasty skin tone. I don’t understand the thirst to star on Broadway. He should have millions in the bank and homes scattered around the world. Is he trying to combat the backlash by appearing on stage in NY? He will not be stuck here as the mango hellscape plays out. Weird that JL showed up in a thirst trap outfit and Amal didn’t. She has never been one to avoid this type of appearance. Makes one wonder.
Why is George cancelled?