George Clooney and Renée Zellweger teamed up for yet another magazine cover [1], looking friendly as ever but with a more clean-shaven Clooney. BTW, anyone recognize Renée's dress? [2] These buddies have been having fun promoting Leatherheads [3] from the Whistle Stop Express [4] to the big premiere [5], but they're even more entertaining in their interviews. In Marie Claire, they kept the conversation to the movie and politics [6], with a quick Britney joke thrown in. Here are highlights [7]:

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• Renée on the on-screen chemistry with George during the filming of Leatherheads: "Oh, there's a natural comfort there, absolutely. But I was terrified - I didn't want to be the one who sucked in his movie. You'd much rather disappoint somebody you're not going to see again."
• George on Leatherheads' old-fashioned setting: "I have a great nostalgia for things that seem simpler. I know that they weren't. I'm sure it wasn't always 'the good old days' - people were dying of polio! I truly do understand the difference, but there was a clarity to the storytelling that I miss and I like. That's why I did Good Night, and Good Luck."
• George on wanting children: "I did try to adopt Britney Spears - you know, somebody with some cash to take care of me in my old age."

We doubt that Oscar-winning Renée has to worry about holding her own on the big screen, even with George. As for Britney Spears — Clooney is ever the jokester and she may not be rich, but he actually did find a PYT [8] to help him down the red carpet.