Amal and George Clooney welcome boy and
girl twins
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[June 07, 2017]
By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amal Clooney on
Tuesday gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, the first children for
the international human rights lawyer and her movie star spouse.
"This morning Amal and George welcomed Ella and Alexander Clooney into
their lives. Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing
fine," George Clooney's publicist Stan Rosenfield said in an email.
He added cheekily, "George is sedated and should recover in a few days."
Amal Clooney, 39, and the 56-year-old Oscar-winning star of films like
"Ocean's Eleven" and "Three Kings" married in Italy in 2014, making them
one of the world's biggest celebrity couples.
Rosenfield did not say where the twins were born but the couple appear
to have been spending much of their time recently in England, where they
have one of several homes.
The couple adopted a low profile during the pregnancy, keeping the news
private for months before it was confirmed in February by the actor's
close friend, Matt Damon.
Amal Clooney largely continued her work as a human rights lawyer,
addressing the United Nations in March and urging the international
community to investigate crimes committed by Islamic State in Syria and
Iraq.
Nevertheless, celebrity news media speculated for months about the sex
of the twins, where they would be born and in which country they will be
raised.
On Tuesday, social media lit up with congratulatory messages and "Ella
and Alexander" was among the top trending topics on Twitter in the
United States.
Many contributors praised the choice of names as a refreshingly normal
departure from a trend that has seen celebrity babies given names like
Apple, Audio, Bronx, North West and Rocket.
"Good lord, the Clooneys have given their twins lovely ordinary names.
Shocking. And they call themselves celebrities...," wrote British
journalist Nicola Jane Swinney on Twitter.
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Cast member George Clooney and his wife Amal pose on the red carpet
as they arrive for the screening of the film "Money Monster" out of
competition during the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France,
May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres posted a Twitter message saying,
"Congratulations, George and Amal, or as I’m now calling you,
Ocean’s Four."
Congratulations also came from actress Mia Farrow and U.S.
journalist Katie Couric.
People magazine reported on Tuesday that former U.S. President
Barack Obama paid a long, private visit with the Clooneys at their
home in the countryside west of London on May 27.
George Clooney canceled a visit to Armenia for a humanitarian event
this past weekend, saying in a message to organizers that "if I came
there and my wife had twins while I was there, I could never come
home."
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Additional reporting by Melissa Fares
in New York; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Lisa Shumaker)
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