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"Russia, what a f*cking mess! God, I miss the cold war."

The year was 1997 and actor George Clooney's star was on the rise in a big way. The former TV star had made the jump to the big screen the year before as the charismatic criminal Seth Gecko in Robert Rodriguez's vampire splatterfest, From Dusk till Dawn, and now he was People's Sexiest Man Alive, the new Batman in Batman & Robin and the headliner in DreamWorks' first feature, The Peacemaker. Clooney would take a drubbing for the schlockfest of a superhero movie that's biggest contribution to the franchise was bat-nipples, but The Peacemaker's success proved that he was leading man quality.

An action-thriller based on the book One Point Safe by Andrew Cockburn and Leslie Redlich Cockburn, the plot of The Peacemaker revolves around the theft of ten SS-18 Icbm nuclear warheads from a facility in Russia.

The lovely Olivia Wilde is Town & Country magazine's March cover girl, talking about her divorce from Tao Ruspoli, meeting George Clooney - and when she knew she wanted to be an actress.

While finalizing her divorce from Ruspoli a few months ago, Wilde described herself as "wobbly" then but is feeling stronger now.

"When you go through a breakup, you lose faith for a while," Wilde, 27, told Town & Country. "It makes you feel like such a failure,...

Just four months ago, when her divorce from Tao Ruspoli was being finalized, Olivia Wilde described herself as "wobbly." But now, it seems like the actress is starting to stand tall again. "When you go through a breakup, you lose faith for a while," Wilde, 27, tells Town & Country. "It makes you feel like such a failure, but I think this whole traumatic year has made me a better actor. And the good thing about getting divorced young - if there is a good thing - is that it makes you realize there's no schedule in life. It blasts you wide...

HollywoodNews.com: 27-year-old actress, Olivia Wilde is appearing in ‘Cowboys and Aliens’, which opens this Friday. The ‘House’ star also has roles in ‘The Change-Up’ (August 5) and ‘In-Time’ with Justin Timberlake, which will reportedly hit theaters this fall.

Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn; March 10, 1984) is an American actress and model. She began acting in the early 2000s, and has since appeared in a number of film and television parts, including roles in the serial-drama The O.C. and The Black Donnellys. She portrays Dr. Remy “Thirteen” Hadley in the TV drama House, and in 2010 starred as Quorra in Tron: Legacy.

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Wilde was born in New York City on March 10, 1984. Her mother, Leslie Cockburn (née Redlich), is a 60 Minutes producer and journalist. Her father, Andrew Cockburn,...

The ‘House’ star is super-open on the the price of wedding too young — she was just 18! — the end of her marriage to an Italian prince, and why she’s ready to date again!

Olivia Wilde looks like she has it all — breathtaking beauty, a body to die for and a thriving acting career — but she also has the emotional scars from the end of her eight-year marriage to Tao Ruspoli. And we love how the gorgeous star doesn’t hold anything back as Glamour magazine’s June cover girl — sharing so much about her love life and her romantic dreams!

Olivia, now 27, married her prince at just 18 years old. Only later did she learn that both her mom and her grandmother also married young. But her parents, super-accomplished journalists Leslie and Andrew Cockburn, have been married for 35 years. Olivia’s marriage lasted only eight.

“Sometimes it’s only eight years and it’s great,...

See Photos - Olivia Wilde Photo Gallery The daughter of Irish journalist, Andrew Cockburn and documentary film-maker Leslie Cockburn, the stunning, “House MD” actress, Olivia Wilde feels that her life has been greatly influenced by the time she spent in Ireland growing up. The 26-year-old actress best know for her role as Dr Remy “13” Hadley in, Hugh Laurie’s, hugely successful, “House MD” told the Sunday Times about her deep connections with Ireland, her family, her rise to fame and of course her latest projects. Wilde was born in New York and grew up in Washington DC but hers was far from a normal upbringing. In her home Mick Jagger could be expected as dinner guest and Christopher Hitchens babysat but she insists that she never felt any pressure from her family be become a famous actress. “It could have been intimidating coming from a family like mine,” she told the Times.

Olivia Wilde in Tron: Legacy

Photo: Walt Disney Pictures I recently attended the Tron: Legacy junket here in Beverly Hills. It was my first junket for RopeofSilicon and quite an eye-opener if I may say. I did a couple of one on ones that I will be delivering soon, but it was one of the round table sessions that floored me the most.

Olivia Wilde walked into a room filled with ten film journalists last Friday and, as my pals Curt and Cris Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets used to say, "charmed the pants right off of us". And it wasn't the first time. We had all watched the film the night before. Believe me she did the same thing in the film as well. There's a three-week moratorium on me giving a review of Tron: Legacy but I don't think Disney minds me saying that Olivia has big screen talent.

Irish-American sex symbol, Olivia Wilde, has been named PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian for 2010. She is the daughter of Irish-born journalist Andrew Cockburn. Along with Wilde, Bob Harper, the U.S TV coach on “The Biggest Loser” was honored with an award. Wilde’s co-star on “House” and former New York Club Kid, Lisa Edelstein, was also a runner-up. Wilde who plays 'Thirteen' in the medical drama “House” is a vegan which means that she does not use any animal products, including milk, cheese and even honey. Wilde wrote on her website “I am really honored, and very inspired to continue living the vegan lifestyle that has been so good to my body, my animal friends, and the world we live in.” She said: “Beyond my desire to boycott the torture factories, I am also way happier when I eat a plant based diet, and I feel about a thousand times more energetic.

The emotional and financial pain inflicted by the subpri me-mortgage crisis has been well-documented.

But here's another devastating effect, courtesy of "American Casino," by veteran husband-and-wife documentar-

ians Leslie and Andrew Cockburn: the infestation of potentially lethal mosquitoes in the stagnant water of backyard pools abandoned by owners forced into foreclosure.

In many cases, people seeking what the film calls "selfish retaliation" not only turned off their pool pumps, but some even filled their pools with trash -- including automobiles.

The well-thought-out film includes interviews with victims, such as Baltimore

social-studies teacher Denzel Mitchell, whom we meet as...

• The Film Forum (209 W Houston St, New York, NY) have released their Fall schedule packed with foreign film and documentary film which includes offerings from the master filmmaker core of Claire Denis (35 Shots of Rum), Alexander Sokurov (The Sun) and Peter Greenaway (Rembrandt's J'accuse). The September to December slate also includes documentary films that preemed at Sundance (The Yes Men Fix the World) and Tribeca (American Casino). Film Forum Premieres: September – December 2009 September 2 -- 15 American Casino Directed by Leslie Cockburn Produced by Leslie Cockburn & Andrew Cockburn USA 2009 89 Mins. Investigative reporters Leslie and Andrew Cockburn have spent nearly 30 years uncovering major stories (for PBS, CBS Reports, 60 Minutes, et alia), but with American Casino they take on the biggest economic crisis of our lifetime: the subprime mortgage meltdown that has caused more than a million Americans to lose their homes. The Cockburns interview Wall Street wizards who are as nervous about

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Editor’s Note: This is one of dozens of interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival in the narrative and doc competitions as well as the Discovery section. The festival takes place April 22 - May 3. “American Casino” Feature Documentary, 2009, 89 min., U.S. (Discovery section) Director: Leslie Cockburn Producer: Andrew Cockburn, Leslie Cockburn Editor: Peter Eliscu Associate Producer: Tao Ruspoli Music …...

Editor’s Note: This is one of dozens of interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival in the narrative and doc competitions as well as the Discovery section. The festival takes place April 22 - May 3. “American Casino” Feature Documentary, 2009, 89 min., U.S. (Discovery section) Director: Leslie Cockburn Producer: Andrew Cockburn, Leslie Cockburn Editor: Peter Eliscu Associate Producer: Tao Ruspoli Music …...