Clooney tells world who's the boss
The wife of Oscar-winning actor George Clooney is slowly weaning him off weekend sport. The Press Association reports that Clooney's wife, Amal Alamuddin, a lawyer who has defended WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and is an adviser on Syria to UN special envoy Kofi Annan, wears the pants and lays down the law at home."I watch sports, and it kills her because I got her into March Madness [basketball championship] a little. The next week was the Masters [annual golf tournament], and I'm watching that and she goes, 'So every weekend we're gonna be watching a sporting event?' I'm like, actually that's how it works," he told Extra.He added: "She makes me turn the TV off now and suggests we play music or something else."The Press Association reports that George also revealed he still finds the fact that his wife has such a high-flying legal career "intimidating"."It's always intimidating. [But] she's an incredibly warm, wonderful person... I think everybody gets intimidated. That doesn't change," he told Access Hollywood. ..
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