Grant Heslov

George Clooney was joined by Matt Damon and producer pal Grant Heslov at Lake Como in Italy over the weekend. George and Grant were spotted riding motorcycles in Como, Italy, on Sunday together, and they later met up with Matt to catch a private plane out of Lugano Airport in nearby Lugano, Switzerland. The trip to Lake Como may have been a belated birthday celebration for George, who turned 52 last Monday but spent the day working on his new film, The Monuments Men, in Germany with Matt and Grant. He has another big film to look forward to as the trailer for Gravity, his upcoming project with Sandra Bullock, was released last week.

Matt and Grant are hardly the first celebrities who have spent time at the actor's vacation home — check out all the stars that have visited George Clooney's Lake Como villa!

George Clooney smiled big while filming The Monuments Men in Goslar, Germany, today. He set up a scene with two actors in between chatting and laughing with his producing partner Grant Heslov, who relaxed against a building during shooting. While the two friends are still working on their upcoming World War II film, they may soon be joining forces again on another project. According to reports, George and Grant are in talks to produce Coronado High, a film based on an upcoming article by Joshuah Bearman, whose Wired article on Iran served as the basis for Argo. While Joshuah's article hasn't been published yet, it allegedly revolves around a group of affluent teens who are used to smuggle drugs across the California border.

One person who wasn't spotted on set with George and Grant was The Monuments Men star Matt Damon, who recently traveled to Harvard to receive a special arts award. Matt attended Harvard for nearly four years before he dropped out to pursue acting.

Ben Affleck hosted a special screening of his film Argo last night at the Writers' Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. He was joined by several of his cast members, including Bryan Cranston, Scoot McNairy, and Clea Duvall, and celebrity guests including Sam Trammell and new parents Curtis Stone and Lindsay Price. The event was a fundraiser for two causes close to Ben's heart: the Eastern Congo Initiative and Children Mending Hearts. Ben has been traveling to the Congo since 2007 in the hopes of helping the people of the war-torn African country.

After presenting the movie — Ben joked that the audience was extremely lucky for seeing it one day before it hits theaters as he introduced it — Jimmy Kimmel came on stage for a Q&A session with Ben, producer Grant Heslov, and the cast. Despite the film's sometimes heavy subject matter, Jimmy kept the tone of the panel relatively light, and even ribbed Ben for exaggerating some elements of the true-life story to bolster the movie's drama. Here are some of Ben's answers:

• On tweaking the true story to create drama: "We definitely embellished the third act stuff to give ourselves a third act . . . I thought this was a more interesting and more powerful way [to tell the story]. You have to serve two masters, and the core spine of this movie is 100 percent true."
• On capturing the look of the late 1970s: "These guys really, they don't look anything like the real people, but it speaks volumes for what bad hair and fake mustaches and eyeglasses can do."
• On people who consulted on the movie: "We had a few different technical advisers, you know . . . the actual Tony Mendez [who Ben plays] and we had some of the actual house guests . . . and we had a lot of Iranian folks. There wasn't one Iranian extra who didn't want to be a technical adviser. We enjoyed those contributions."

George Clooney and producer Grant Heslov met up in Studio City, CA yesterday. George and Grant have worked together on multiple projects, including their Oscar-nominated The Ides of March. Both Grant and George are up for best adapted screenplay for their work on the political film while George is also in the running for best actor and best picture with his other project, The Descendants. George will have added support this year since his mom, Nina, will make an appearance during an Oscars pre-show featuring mothers of the nominees.

It's been an exciting award season for George, who has popped up on red carpets with girlfriend Stacy Keibler multiple times in the past two months. It's all been leading up to Sunday night, when stars hit the red carpet for the Academy Awards. We'll be LIVE at the Oscars so make sure to check back at 5:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. PST for the latest. Also, there's still time to enter BuzzSugar's Oscars ballot contest for a chance to win an iPad and Prada case!