Clooney Denies Leaking 'Huckabees' F-Bomb Videos
Web Sites Outline Clooney's Connection To Director
POSTED: Friday, March 30, 2007
LOS ANGELES -- Actor George Clooney is denying that he's responsible for leaking two videos on the Internet that features explosive behind-the-scenes arguments between actress Lily Tomlin and director David O. Russell on the set of "I (Heart) Huckabees."
Through his publicist, Stan Rosenfield, Clooney sent a note to RadarOnLine.com and Defamer.com, which have both hinted that Clooney was responsible for releasing the outtakes from the movie.
The Web sites note that Clooney had a well-publicized fight with Russell on the set of the film "Three Kings" and that Clooney is now working with same sound mixer who worked on "Huckabees."
"Contrary to popular opinion, neither the sound man, Ed Tise, nor yours truly sent in the David O. Russell tape," Clooney wrote in the note. "I saw it when we were working on 'Ocean's 12,' and there have been quite a few copies traveling around town for the last couple of years. Any rumor that either of us put it on the Internet is simply false. And I'd offer a million bucks to anyone who would prove otherwise."
In one of the tapes, Tomlin drops multiple F-bombs directed at Russell while filming a scene in a car. The other shows a volatile, expletive-filled argument between Tomlin and Russell on an office set.
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