BY GEORGE

Imagine my surprise when I pulled out the Sept. 7 Calendar and found George Clooney’s picture plastered across the cover. You could have knocked me over with a paparazzi camera flash.

Weren’t you people paying attention? He doesn’t want the attention. The press should leave him alone. He doesn’t need the publicity.

BILL LAWRENCE

Hawthorne

* Dear George:

I wonder if you realize that you have already made more money than most people will ever make in their whole lives.

I wonder if you know that your fame (which, by your own admission, enabled you to command a private jet at a moment’s notice) offers you worldwide admiration and access to people and places most of us will never know.

I wonder if you can understand that most people cannot fathom how sad this life is because photographers want to take your picture. Can you explain that to us?

GLEN GRANT

Los Angeles