CLOONEY REVEALS HOW HE PROPOSED TO WIFE AMAL

If you have always been curious about how George Clooney proposed to his wife Amal Clooney, the actor-director gave an interview to The Hollywood Reporter, and talked about how he met his wife and how he asked for her hand in marriage. “I thought she was beautiful, and I thought she was funny and obviously smart,” he said. But after a while, they realised there was a romantic connection. In October 2013, Clooney invited Amal to visit him at London’s historic Abbey Road Studios, where he was supervising the recording of the score for The Monuments Men. Afterwards, they went out for dinner. “That was a good first date. And pretty quickly, things escalated once I was in London,” he said. It was while spending Christmas together in Cabo San Lucas, that he first thought about asking her to marry him. On the day he proposed to her, Clooney made pasta for dinner. “And then over champagne, after dinner, I told her there was a lighter to the light candle in the drawer, and she reached back and pulled out a ring, I did all the stuff, got down on my knee and did all the things you’re supposed to do. I had a playlist with my Rosemary songs on it [his late aunt was the singer Rosemary Clooney], and I was waiting for this song, Why Shouldn’t I?/why shouldn’t I take a chance when romance passes by Why shouldn’t I know of love? It’s a really good song about why can’t I be in love,” noted Clooney. “And it played, and she’s like, ‘Holy Shit!’ And she just kept staring at me and the ring, going, ‘Oh, my god.’ It was 20 minutes of me on my knee, waiting for her say yes, because she was so shocked. She only said yes when ‘Goody, Goody’ came on, which isn’t very romantic it’s kind of mean: So you met someone who set you back on your heels, goody, goody?” They got married in September that year in Venice. Initially, they tried to hide from the papparazzi and onlookers but then realized they oughtn’t be ashamed of it. “And we got up and waved,” he said. Rishabh Suri

You would think that being a celebrity is all hunky-dory, with the world at your feet. But there’s a flipside too. Actor Eijaz Khan is finding it hard to find a house in Mumbai. Asked about the reason, he says, “There have been issues with actors in the past, since our shooting schedules are such that we come back at odd hours. Also, where bachelors like me are involved, families look down thinking there will be parties thrown regularly too. Thus I tell people, who are hesitant to rent out their houses, that I am an educated person and have everything planned down to the T. So they shouldn’t have a problem. But they don’t agree, and I have no idea why.”

I did all the stuff, got down on my knee and did all the things you’re supposed to do. I had a playlist with my Rosemary songs on it. GEORGE CLOONEY, ACTOR

PHOTO:AP/PTI Clooney lost his ‘most eligible Hollywood bachelor’ status after marrying Amal in 2014