first and foremost, george clooney. what is up?y that this is internet buzz. it started as a blind item and it sure sounds a lot like george clooney. he's been seen in hawaii, he's working on a film there, with elizabeth. and word on the street is -- we saw her at the oscars. you couldn't look away. but there was trouble maybe in paradise, but apparently not so. in fact, this blind item indicate that's may have proposed to her, that there may be a wedding this summer, that it will be overseas. so that would indicate maybe his place, she's italian, she's sexy, she likes motorcycles. i don't know if you saw the underwear ads. >> she's gorgeous. >> say no more. but the blind item also could be leo dicaprio. so who do you feel like is more the matt marrying kind? >> leo is definitely more, but somebody has to hook george. and why not her? >> harry? let's talk about policy. all right? let's just talk about policy. >> let's talk about idol. isn't that the next thing? >> there's something harry cares about. "american idol." >> how would y

you and george clooney and he writes from here on i'm going to model my life after yours, you are theall you my grandpa, love george. you always said that relationships are the only thing that matter in life and in business. is that how you built an incredible franchise, getting george clooney and brad pitt and matt damon to star in your movies, is it because of a relationship? >> first of all, i'm older than all those stars you are talking about and so i learned a lot from the people who were older than me when i was a kid and then i learned try to teach the people with me and have a relationship with the people with me, the actors that george clooney and brad pitt and matt damon, et cetera. it as trusting relationship because i don't treat them like children. >> geraldo: how do you convince them, julia roberts to work in one of your movies for far below what they usually command. >> julia roberts was interesting. we con vined her simply, even soderbergh and clooney and i wrote her a note and put a $20 bill in it and sent it to her and we said julia, we know you get 20 for a movie, h

we were going to cannes with one of the oceans pictures -- the ocean pictures, and george clooney -- got all the guys on board. they do not like to do that, enand to the roberts and cathere t. did jones -- zeta jones, and clooney said to me, we have a problem. i said, why do we have a problem? he said, we are going toucans -- to cannes. you have a huge yacht. you get there, and you have 50 people waiting for you. you are smoking havana cigars, drinking champagne, eating caviar, and you are talking about sad and star for and never mind -- that does not work -- talking about shad and now are for region -- talking about chad and darfur, and that does not work. now i said, we will have the first night for charity. he said, do you think we can raise a couple hundred thousand dollars? i started to put together a foundation called "not on our watch" foundation. it is brad pitt, matt damon, don siegel, and myself. a good lineup and -- don cheadle, and myself. i got caught up. i raised $10 million the first night in kansacannes, and all oa sudden we had a foundation, but it happened because cl

he went on the road with elvis presley and was pranked by george clooney. my next guest is a behind-the-scenes man who has seen it all, concert promoter, producer of the "ocean 11" film series and philanthropist jerry weintraub joins us. his new memoir is "when i stop talking you'll know i'm dead, use full stories from a persuasive man." jerry, wonderful to have you on the program. >> thank you so much. >> congratulations on the book what. a career. i'm so excited to have you because your music and your film career spans generations. >> yeah. >> and it's really -- the stories in the book are so real and authentic, sinatra, led zeppelin, brad pitt. what made you decide to write this book and tell these stories now? >> well, i'm 72 years old now and it was time. i tried this when i was 40. i got one chapter done. >> and you had to go on the road again. >> i couldn't find a bok. i got calls from a lot of publishers over the years and they wanted the book and i -- i never found anybody when i thought i could work with and real get the story down. i didn't just

[applause] and we are excited to hear about doug stanton but also want to hear about george clooney and harrison ford. [laughter] >> i'm giving a talk later today how to -- make a live-in by being a writer which may be the oxymoron been doing that you travel around the world you have celebrity profiles oil 12 have something to do with the people on the magazine cover that they have never done before but i think i may have reached the apex one i asked harrison ford to teach me how to be angry on-screen he said that want to teach you that in the process in telling me that he got very angry on purpose and it is quite amazing someone who is so in control of their own facilities and voice but how did i get from that to afghanistan is a thing i am trying to figure out. but i always wanted to with the famous people look like when no one was watching them and that is our approach my role as a storyteller trying to tell stories to people about people that we don't often really get to see your glimpse. first it was a world where to book called in harm's way about the sinking of the uss indianapol

has done things like playing basketball with george clooney for a story or taking act and tips from harrisond of course his boat they were here to talk about is "horse soldiers," about the

george clooney, why does he have to do voiceovers and steel the jobs from other voiceover people. the rich get rich inert voiceover world. >> that's not fair. you sound like a republican. the rich get richer. >> i think the guy has a legitimate question. i saw some of the signs. one guy spelled obama wrong. i would file that under mentally challenged. >> some were on purpose. like no-bama, that was on purpose. >> every protest wherever you go, bad signs. a lot of people who protest -- it is not like you can major that in college. >> why can't they put the effort all the way around? they put so much effort into the costumes and then with the sign. >> from tea party size to three angry by's. were manly men with mitts banned from gay softball because they got to home base with chicks? that's the basis of the lawsuit filed by a trio of seattle sluggers against the north american gay athletic alliance who voted them not gay enough to participate in the world series. they called it discrimination and just being all-around jerks. the group allows no more than two straits per team, and wh

seen it all in his career, touring and managing so many from elvis presley to frank sinatra to george clooney. i asked him how the business has changed and how to stay successful today. >> i was told when i was a very young kid in the business by two men, lew wasserman was one of them, who ran mca, and another was a guy named steve ross, who ran time warner, and these two guys said to me, stay in the content business, don't go in the hardware business, don't try to build hardware. you're a creative guy, you communicate well with writers and directors and artists. do that. because no matter what the delivery system becomes, there has to be content. and as you know, being in this business and as successful as you are, it's very, very difficult to fill all the time on all these channels and all these cable channels and everything that's going on in the industry. >> so you need content. >> you need content. you always need content. no matter what the -- they can build ipads, ipods, gpods, qpods, whatever steve jobs comes up with next. >> they need something to put on it. >> need something to put

he reminded me of a george clooney or brad pitt this fascination people had with mr. mahmoud ahmadinejad. the questions like how many kids do you have? do you love new york? how many kids are in your jails? how many are being raped as we speak? you know, those questions, of course. and it reminded me -- when i thought of that view -- because, you see, the whole idea is that you need to look at a nation, at an individual, at any -- at any -- at reality through diverse eyes. through different perspectives in order to come as close as you can to one -- to the whole -- to the whole image. and in order to understand a country like iran, in order to understand a country like united states, you need to understand it. not just through the eyes of the governments. even when the governments -- even when the politicians are democratic. far worse when you live in a totalitarian society whose first act is to take away the group of voices. to reduce all voices. to just one image. and so the point here -- and what i celebrate now -- and in a meeting like this is that finally those v

actors, filmmakers, people like george clooney, demonstrate a significant commitment to people aroundworld. some of it do it with little publicity. maybe in my current role, i can continue to encourage that. i would like to see more documentary filmmakers exposed to the world and the people. host: democrat line. caller: i remember that he is one of the best secretaries that we have had. guest: you have great judgment. caller: heavy seen opportunities for a strategy -- have you seen opportunities for a strategy for giving refugees food, which is what they need the most? can they increase livestock and plant crops? guest: food is a big issue if you are displaced because of a political situation such as in iraq or afghanistan. one of a long-term interests is feeding the world, having been secretary of agriculture for several years. there is a united nations agency that provides food around the world. it is a very good question. one of the things our country can do a better job of is not only providing food aid for people that are hungry in the world, which we have done an excellent job o

he reminded me of a george clooney or brad pitt this fascination people had with mr.mahmoud ahmadinejad. the questions like how many kids do you have? do you love new york? how many kids are in your jails? how many are being raped as we speak? you know, those questions, of course. and it reminded me -- when i thought of that view -- because, you see, the whole idea is that you need to look at a nation, at an individual, at any -- at any -- at reality through diverse eyes. through different perspectives in order to come as close as you can to one -- to the whole -- to the whole image. and in order to understand a country like iran, in order to understand a country like united states, you need to understand it. not just through the eyes of the governments. even when the governments -- even when the politicians are democratic. far worse when you live in a totalitarian society whose first act is to take away the group of voices. to reduce all voices. to just one image. and so the point here -- and what i celebrate now -- and in a meeting like this is that finally those vo

he reminded me of a george clooney or brad pitt this fascination people had with mr.ahmoud ahmadinejad. the questions like how many kids do you have? do you love new york? how many kids are in your jails? how many are being raped as we speak? you know, those questions, of course. and it reminded me -- when i thought of that view -- because, you see, the whole idea is that you need to look at a nation, at an individual, at any -- at any -- at reality through diverse eyes. through different perspectives in order to come as close as you can to one -- to the whole -- to the whole image. and in order to understand a country like iran, in order to understand a country like united states, you need to understand it. not just through the eyes of the governments. even when the governments -- even when the politicians are democratic. far worse when you live in a totalitarian society whose first act is to take away the group of voices. to reduce all voices. to just one image. and so the point here -- and what i celebrate now -- and in a meeting like this is that finally those voi

he reminded me of a george clooney or brad pitt this fascination people had with mr. mahmoud ahmadinejad. the questions like how many kids do you have? do you love new york? how many kids are in your jails? how many are being raped as we speak? you know, those questions, of course. and it reminded me -- when i thought of that view -- because, you see, the whole idea is that you need to look at a nation, at an individual, at any -- at any -- at reality through diverse eyes. through different perspectives in order to come as close as you can to one -- to the whole -- to the whole image. and in order to understand a country like iran, in order to understand a country like united states, you need to understand it. not just through the eyes of the governments. even when the governments -- even when the politicians are democratic. far worse when you live in a totalitarian society whose first act is to take away the group of voices. to reduce all voices. to just one image. and so the point here -- and what i celebrate now -- and in a meeting like this is that finally those v

he reminded me of a george clooney or brad pitt this fascination people had with mr. mahmoud ahmadinejad. the questions like how many kids do you have? do you love new york? how many kids are in your jails? how many are being raped as we speak? you know, those questions, of course. and it reminded me -- when i thought of that view -- because, you see, the whole idea is that you need to look at a nation, at an individual, at any -- at any -- at reality through diverse eyes. through different perspectives in order to come as close as you can to one -- to the whole -- to the whole image. and in order to understand a country like iran, in order to understand a country like united states, you need to understand it. not just through the eyes of the governments. even when the governments -- even when the politicians are democratic. far worse when you live in a totalitarian society whose first act is to take away the group of voices. to reduce all voices. to just one image. and so the point here -- and what i celebrate now -- and in a meeting like this is that finally those v