George Clooney and Sandra Bullock Feel the Pull of 'Gravity': VIDEO

Alfonso Cuaron's International Space Station drama/disaster flick Gravity has just untethered its first trailer, so to speak. George Clooney and Sandra Bullock play two astronauts forced to deal with the consequences of a stranding due to some errant space debris.

Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP...

Channing Tatum: 'I'd Have Sex' with George Clooney: VIDEO

Channing Tatum was at a preview screening for the new film White House Down and told British tab The Sun that his feelings for George Clooney extend further than simple admiration:

"Well I’ve spent time with George Clooney and he’s the most interesting man on the planet. He can do it all. Yep, I guess what I’m saying is I’d have sex with him."

Watch the trailer for White House Down, a serious bit of government destructo-porn, which came out yesterday, AFTER THE JUMP...

West Coast Performance of Prop 8 Play to Hit Radio Airwaves

The West Coast performance of Dustin Lance Black's dramatization of the Prop 8 trial will be broadcast to radio this month, the AP reports:

"A recording by L.A. Theatre Works of the March 3 performance in Los Angeles will be broadcast in the coming days on 90.7 KPFK in Southern California, 89.7 WGBH in Boston, 91.5 WBEZ in Chicago, 94.9 KUOW in Seattle, 91.1 KRCB in San Francisco, 89.3 WPFW in Washington, D.C.; and over 100 other markets nationwide. June is Gay Pride Month."

More information on '8' can be found here.

Obama Touches on Gay Marriage at Seattle, Clooney Fundraisers

Obama briefly mentioned same-sex marriage (though not directly) in his remarks at the Clooney fundraiser (full transcript here) expected to raise $15 million:

The other side has got a different view.  Their attitude is you’re on your own.  If you’re a kid born in a poor neighborhood in LA, tough luck, you’re on your own.  If you’re a senior citizen who, because of bad luck, got laid off, or the company ended up dissolving without your pension being vested, tough luck.  You didn’t plan well enough.

That’s not the America I believe in.  That’s not the America you believe in.

And obviously yesterday we made some news, but — (applause) — but the truth is it was a logical extension of what America is supposed to be.  It grew directly out of this difference in visions:  Are we a country that includes everybody and gives everybody a shot and treats everybody fairly, and is that going to make us stronger?  Are we welcoming to immigrants?  Are we welcoming to people who aren’t like us?  Does that make us stronger?  I believe it does.

And so that’s what’s at stake.

Watch a Local CBS report on the Clooney fundraiser, AFTER THE JUMP...

The fundraiser, which raised at least $15 million, followed one earlier yesterday in Seattle:

Obama drew cheers for his line that Americans should be able to succeed "no matter who we are, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like, no matter what your last name, no matter who you love."

He picked up the theme of gay rights, saying citizens of Washington state would have a chance to influence the issue.

"Here in Washington you'll have the chance to make your voice heard on the issue of making sure that everybody, regardless of sexual orientation, is treated fairly," Obama said to loud applause.

GetEqual met Obama's motorcade at a corner near Clooney's event, the L.A. Times reports:

At the corner of Fryman Road and Laurel Canyon Boulevard, where the presidential motorcade is expected to pass, an assortment of activist held signs. Among them was Dan Fatou of Get Equal, a group lobbying for better rights for gay and lesbians.

"We thank him for his support of equal rights in marriage," Fatou said,  "but we need him to do more."

Obama will continue to be pressed to issue an executive order banning LGBT workplace discrimination:

A nondiscrimination order "would give concrete, real-life workplace protections to people who work for federal contractors like ExxonMobil that refuse, year after year, to add those protections on their own," said Heather Cronk, managing director of GetEqual, one of several gay rights groups pressing for action on the issue.

Two weeks ago, she said, former Bay Area activist Cleve Jones approached Obama and handed him a binder with more than 40 stories of workplace discrimination to help make the case for presidential action. Obama accepted the binder without saying anything, Cronk said.

Watch a Local CBS report on the Clooney fundraiser, AFTER THE JUMP...

George Clooney Arrested Outside Sudanese Embassy: VIDEO

George Clooney was arrested today outside the Sudanese Embassy today, the WaPo reports:

Before their arrest, the assembled group of congressmen, religious leaders and cultural icons spoke about the humanitarian crisis faced by hundreds of thousands of Sudanese who have been prevented from receiving international aid by president Bashir.

Clooney and the group of protesters stepped onto embassy grounds after giving short speeches, at which point they were instructed that they must leave or be arrested. On the third warning, officers told the group they were under arrest, and the protestors lined up to get handcuffed and were removed to a waiting van

Watch a clueless CNN anchor narrate the arrest, AFTER THE JUMP...

Watch the L.A. Premiere of '8' with Brad Pitt, George Clooney: VIDEO

Did you miss the livestream of last night's staged reading production of '8', Dustin Lance Black's play based on the closing remarks of the trial challenging Proposition 8?

Have no fear. You can watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...

George Clooney and Martin Sheen play plaintiffs’ lead co-counsel David Boies and Theodore B. Olson, the all-star attorneys who notably faced-off in Bush v. Gore. Christine Lahti and Jamie Lee Curtis play plaintiffs Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, a lesbian couple together for eleven years and the parents of four boys.  Matthew Morrison and Matt Bomer  play plaintiffs Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, a gay couple together over ten years. 
 
Jane Lynch plays despicable opponent of same-sex marriage Maggie Gallagher, co-founder and former chairman of the National Organization for Marriage. Rob Reiner directs and plays David Blankenhorn, founder and president of the Institute for American Values. Additional cast includes Emmy Award-winning journalist Campbell Brown, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, prominent gay rights activist Cleve Jones, Rory O’Malley, Chris Colfer, Emmy Award-winner Yeardley Smith, and acclaimed Star Trek television and film star George Takei.

Brad Pitt plays Judge Vaughn Walker. Enjoy, AFTER THE JUMP....