George Clooney : Need A Little PR Jolt ??

Stars needing a little PR  jilt would be wise to folow  to follow Elisabetta Canalis' example : Flash a fake engagement ring. And wait.

George Clooney's other half set off a firestorm at a dinner in Italy when she held up her hand and flaunted something resembling a giant , glittery rock. TMZ quickly posted photos - couching them by saying  the bauble only "looked like" a will-you-marry-me diamond.
Never mind .It was enough , and the press was off and running . Soon, headlines blaring  "George Clooney OFF the Market ?" were everywhere . The Hollywood  poerhouse's rep was quick to shoot down the buzz, saying only that the bling on the Italian model's finger was  "a napkin ring" she was playing around with at the table. Yes . Bizarre.
Those in the thick of the celebrity-gossip fray muse that  it was done for publicity .After all, Canalis , 31, has been a guest star this summer on TNT's 'Leverage' and has a new Italian comedy coming out this fall, 'I Will Marry at Christmas.' Clooney's next film, The American,' is due in theaters in September.
"Clearly people are starting to use these faked rumors simply to keep [themselves] in the news and everybody's faces," Syracuse University pop culture  guru Bob Thompson told PopEater.
It's not the first time the 49-year-old movie star and his girlfriend have been at the heart of rumors - and the the other kind , the ones about breaking up.  Last spring , the tabloids were atwitter with news that the pair , who have been dating since August 2009 , had split. The couple later quashed those rumbling rumors , with Clooney joking wrying to reporters , "Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story."
The famously stubborn bachelor, who was married eons ago , has said he would never take the plunge again because he's afraid he'd "still make a lousy husband ." But a girl can dream, can't she ? Even if it's with a silly old napkin ring? Mind you , Clooney and Canalis are not the first Hollywood couple  to generate a media blitz with bling buzz.
Read on for a history of not-quite engagements :
In July , Bret Michaels' sometimes-girlfriend was seen wearing a proposal-style  piece of jewelry, Michaels issued a statement denying they  were about to walk down the aisle. "We not engaged , it's a work in progress. What happened is she  has a beautiful promise ring. A promise ring , a friendship ring with benefits." Come again ?

Leonardo DiCaprio's girl, Bar Rafaeli , explained the engagement ring she wore on her left hand  by saying her friend makes them , she likes to try them on  and "they won't fit any other finger except this one," Talk about a quote that will leave you speechless . So far , her movie star boyfriend still haven't popped the question.

Last summer , Tyra Banks was spotted sporting something sparkly on her finger , fueling a fury  about an impending marriage to boyfriend John Utendahl. her people told the gossip mill : "Tyra is not  engaged. It's  her high school ring , and she wears it almost every day." They pair still have yet to wed.

Sometimes stars seen wearing diamonds deny they're engaged to get hitched  and get hitched in a secret wedding a few months later. (Think Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr ) Why do they do it ? To throw off the press ? To get publicity , then throw off the press ? We can speculate...
And there are those media haters, blast them , who accuse celebrity journalists of being desperate for a story , star-obessed and quick to publish  whatever gossip lands in their inboxes , true or false. To that , I say guilty , sort of quilty and not quilty. In that order.

Either way , we may be seeing Clooney and Canalis  tying the knot in a hush-hush ceremony a couple of months from now. Or we may keep reading the same rumors over and over again. But maybe , just maybe , hearing that Clooney is casting off his long- held bachelorhood will make us buy tickets to "The Americans,"
My spin : Good luck with that Elisabetta...George said up front he makes a lousy husband and who should know better than him....Elisabetta if you are happy , just enjoy the ride , a marriage may make the relationship go sour...