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Clooney on Middagh Street

Clooney Sighting on Middagh

BHB Newshound “Steve” sent in this shot of George Clooney on the set of Burn After Reading today on Middagh Street.  We’ve “enhanced” the photo for your enjoyment. (click on image for larger version)

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B’Paper: Magpies Whine Over Clooney, Pitt Shoot

This week’s Heights Lowdown column in the Brooklyn Paper doesn’t help Brooklyn Heights shake its reputation as the “neighborhood that fun forgot” one bit. Juliana Bunim wastes no time in joining the chorus of negatrons (zombie-like negative thinkers) who are whining over being inconvenienced by the Coen Brothers’ Burn After Reading shoot in the neighborhood:

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Middagh As George(Clooney)town

Street signs on Middagh Street between Hicks and Willow were flipped today to read “M Street and 30th” for the filming of the George Clooney/Brad Pitt film Burn After Reading

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Tuesday Clooney Alert

As previously reported, Burn After Reading, the movie shooting in Brooklyn Heights and starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt will be filming a crash scene on Middagh Street Tuesday. According to NYPD No Parking signs, the crew will be working from 6AM – 4 AM.

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Sasquatch or Clooney?

Area panties are in an uproar over the presence of Hollywood superstar/eligible bachelor George Clooney lurking on our streets filming the Coen Brothers’ Burn After Reading. This blurry shot of “Clooney” comes to us from “iluvgc”: Not for nuthin but, while it bears a resemblance to Rosemary’s nephew the image conjures up another enigmatic celebrity…

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No Clooney For You!

Members of the paparazzi linger outside the Burn After Reading shoot on Hicks Street this afternoon. Crew members told the throngs of fans (mostly female, natch) hanging around hoping for a glimpse of George Clooney that the star would not be on set today.

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Clooney and Pitt’s Showbiz Rigs

Movie set trailers for Burn After Reading set up on Cadman Plaza this morning. Photo: TwoFones

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Coen Brothers to Invade Middagh Tuesday

Residents around Middagh Street were informed via flyer tonight that the Coen Brothers will be filming a crash scene for Burn After Reading on their street this Tuesday (10/2).  The set-up will be that of a “t-bone crash” and the circular tells us that “actors” (perhaps Pitt and Clooney?) will be present at filming. Residents […]

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Movie Shoots? Feh!

“T” writes BHB regarding the Burn After Reading shoot: Just checking in to inquire if anybody knows anything about the current movie shoot–a stretch of Hicks between Clark and Pierrepont has been blocked off for two weeks, and starting tomorrow, something like seven blocks will be closed.  Help!  I’ll call Yassky’s office to complain, but […]

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Clooney (and Pitt) Alert

Signs posted on Hicks Street near Clark suggest that the George Clooney/Brad Pitt movie Burn After Reading will be filming in the area anytime after 6AM on Thursday. Got pics? Post them to the BHB Photo Club on Flickr! Update: Clooney wipes out on bike! Amazon.com Widgets

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