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You make is funny, you know what i mean? and thats a great feeling, but its not real. and so i really wanted to make sure that, you know, with my friends and with my wife and with my kids that there was still -- my ideas were still getting pressure tested and i still had to compromise and there was still challenges and that relationships felt equal. >> george clooney, who by the way blurbed your book. that was the first thing i got your book, i flipped it over, i go, great, he didnt get me to bl...

He played a role in the celebrated Allied operation to preserve European artworks and cultural treasures stolen by the Nazis.

You. the men and women were responsible for protecting and preserving europes cultural heritage from destruction. of 350 original members, only six are alive today from that time. most were museum curators, educators or artist. >> as one of the surviving monuments men told congress, they were willing to put their lives on the line for the cause. >> the mission was dangerous. two monuments men were killed in combat to protect works of art. in the closing months of the war, what this small group d...

>> "fury" was a fantastic tale of world war ii tanks. "the monuments men" by contrast was far from monumental. ♪ hit it >> james brown was a great mover, but "get on up" was not a great movie. >> im saving the human race. >> still, the worst persistent trend out of hollywood was the relentless reliance on remakes and sequels. >> you ready? >> case in point, "22 jump street" which by the way still made a fortune. >> its probably going to be a "50 jump street," they keep doing these great movies...

Of the film. authorities are looking into whether north korea is behind the hollywood hack that has opened up a treasure trove of embarrassing e-mail communications about angelina jolie and george clooney. the latest leak says clooney was apparently upset by the bad reviews of "the monuments men." i fear i have let you down. not my intention. i apologize. ive just lost touch. pascal called leonardo dicaprios behavior despicable after he backed out on the steve jobs biopic due out next november. ...

Parts of the film showing the assassination for international audiences. federal investigators are looking into whether north korea is behind the unprecedented hollywood hack that has opened up a treasure trove of confidential information from sony, and embarrassing e-mail exchanges about a-list celebr y celebrities. >> arent we a little old for that? yes. >> reporter: clooney was apparently upset by the bad reviews of "the monuments men" e-mailing amy pascal "i fear ive let you all down, not my...

On tuesday, president obama hosted a white house screening of the new movie "the monuments men." or as biden called it, not "the lego movie." >> i like that little pout there. >> listen, we have a great story where three makes four and its coming your way right now. >> it has every mom just holding their breath thinking, oh, my, and its coming soon. in the meantime, heather childers has some headlines for us. hey there. >> nice to see you. we begin with this. one of the men suspected in the br...

President obama just had three mega movie stars over for a night at the white house. >> bill murray, matt damon and george clooney were among those invited for a film preview of "the monuments men." it is a story of a platoon of world war ii stories, to recapture art stolen by nazis. >> clooney is a big obama supporter. and also co-wrote and produced the film. >> how fun that must have been. >> bill murray must have been cracking them up. oprah winfrey and her production knowing what they are ...

Helping of scrambled politics. george clooney, bill murray and other stars with were at the white house to show their film the monuments men to president obama. it tells a story of soldiers rescuing art during world war ii. >> california billionaire, tom styer, says he plans to spend as much as $100 million to help make quite a change, a defining issue in this years elections. he plans to target senate races in key battleground states kansas stitt lawmaker is proposing a bill that would allow ...

On or what this place is at all. >> hi. i am princess uni kitty. >> looks great. the story of the guy taking in $70 million in the opening weekend and setting a record for warner bros. the studio that produced. already plans for a sequel. >> of course. >> world war ii flick "the monuments men" distant second and "ride along" rounded out the top three. development in the fight over the washington redskin. fans, native-american groups and su civil rights leaders criticized the team, now congress...