{"id":99532,"date":"2025-08-27T11:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/99532\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T11:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:35:13","slug":"clooney-summer-camp-amal-george-and-their-twins-ella-and-alexander-welcome-a-host-of-stars-to-100m-lake-como-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/99532\/","title":{"rendered":"Clooney summer camp! Amal, George and their twins Ella and Alexander welcome a host of stars to $100m Lake Como villa"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the owners of a magnificent lakeside villa worth an estimated $100m, who can blame George and Amal Clooney<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0wanting to show it off to their A-list guests?<\/p>\n

George, 64, Amal, 47, and their eight-year-old twins Ella and Alexander joined a mixed group of friends including Happy Gilmore star Adam Sandler<\/a> on Lake Como, departing the Clooney’s majestic Villa Oleandra by motorboat and popping a few miles down the lakeside for a lively lunch at the exclusive Villa d’Este.<\/p>\n

Others in the party included multiple Oscar-nominated Barbie director Greta Gerwig<\/a> and her husband, director Noah Baumbach, as well as Oscar-winning actors Jim Broadbent and Laura Dern<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also onboard were American actors Billy Crudup<\/a>, Grace Edwards and Patrick Wilson.<\/p>\n

Representing the younger ‘nepo set’, actress Eve Hewson, daughter of U2 singer Bono, was also aboard, along with Elvis’s granddaughter Riley Keough<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The only one who could possibly claim to be ‘local’ was Italian-German actress Alba Rohrwacher.<\/p>\n

After their stay at the villa, the Clooneys and many of their guests are expected to head east to the Venice Film Festival which begins later this week.<\/p>\n

Stories keep appearing claiming that the Clooneys are planning to sell Villa Oleandra, but they always seem to hang onto it.<\/p>\n

\"George, <\/p>\n

George, 64, Amal, 47, and their eight-year-old twins Ella and Alexander (all pictured) joined a mixed group of friends on Lake Como<\/p>\n

\"Celebs <\/p>\n

Celebs including Laura Dern (pictured, top-left), Adam Sandler (middle-left),\u00a0Riley Keough (middle-right) and Noah Baumbach (bottom-left)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clooney only paid \u20ac10m for the house when he bought it from the Heinz family in 2002.<\/p>\n

It was also reported that the filmmaker’s presence on Lake Como set off a real estate boom, prompting prices of properties in the area to double.<\/p>\n

The home, which boasts 25 rooms, was estimated at over $100m in 2022, according to the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n

Lake Como has sentimental value to the Hollywood heartthrob as he met prominent human rights lawyer Amal there in 2013 when she came over for a dinner party with mutual friends.<\/p>\n

In a September 2017 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the actor recalled: ‘I thought she was beautiful, and I thought she was funny and obviously smart.’<\/p>\n

The home has seen its share of entertainment industry A-listers.<\/p>\n

In 2004, the entire cast of Ocean’s Twelve was treated to a visit at the villa.<\/p>\n

\"Lake <\/p>\n

Lake Como has sentimental value to the Hollywood heartthrob as he met prominent human rights lawyer Amal there in 2013<\/p>\n

\"Adam <\/p>\n

Adam Sandler was seen at the Lake Como house<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The group\u00a0departed the Clooney’s majestic Villa Oleandra by motorboat, popping a few miles down the lakeside for a lively lunch at the exclusive Villa d’Este<\/p>\n

\"After <\/p>\n

After their stay at the villa, the Clooneys and many of their guests are expected to head east to the Venice Film Festival which begins later this week<\/p>\n

\"Stories <\/p>\n

Stories keep appearing claiming that the Clooneys are planning to sell Villa Oleandra, but they always seem to hang onto it<\/p>\n

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski tied the knot there in 2010, with Krasinski explaining to Elle six years later<\/a> how it came to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Boston-born actor revealed that George offered the home to the couple multiple times.<\/p>\n

‘Only on the fourth ask did I say yes. Because the first three times I thought, there’s no way he is serious,’ he explained.<\/p>\n

2018 saw Jennifer Aniston briefly make the space her home while she worked on the comedy film Murder Mystery.<\/p>\n

And Clooney was there to support the area four years ago when it was battered by heavy rain and landslides during the summer season.<\/p>\n

After assessing the damage, George said in a video shared online, ‘It’s much worse than I thought.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I have spoken to the mayor \u2014 there will be a lot of work, it will take millions of dollars, but this city is strong. It will react and return better than before. This is a very resilient city.’<\/p>\n

Mayor Roberto Pozzi told the Sunday Times that Clooney ‘came straight to the town hall to see what had happened and we took a tour of the damage’.<\/p>\n

\"Clooney <\/p>\n

Clooney only paid \u20ac10m for the house when he bought it from the Heinz family in 2002<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The group travelled by boat to the exclusive restaurant\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Back <\/p>\n

Back in 2019, George raised funds with Omaze via a contest in which a couple could meet him and Amal at the villa<\/p>\n

\"In <\/p>\n

In addition to the Lake Como house, the Clooneys \u2014 who have 8-year-old twins Ella and Alexander \u2014 own properties in France, Britain, and Los Angeles<\/p>\n

Back in 2019, George raised funds with Omaze via a contest in which a couple could meet him and Amal at the villa.<\/p>\n

Donations went to the Clooney Foundation for Justice and winners were treated to lunch with George and Amal, round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations.<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to the Lake Como house, the Clooneys \u2014 who have 8-year-old twins Ella and Alexander \u2014 own\u00a0residences in France, Britain and Los Angeles.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the owners of a magnificent lakeside villa worth an estimated $100m, who can blame George and Amal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[19754,64,63,447,100,134,2017],"class_list":["post-99532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-adam-sandler","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-tvshowbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}