Amal & George: AT A CROSSROADS

A DECADE INTO THEIR FAIRY-TALE MARRIAGE, CRACKS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW AS AMAL CLOONEY IS A NO-SHOW AT GEORGE'S BROADWAY DEBUT, SPARKING FEARS A SPLIT COULD SOON FOLLOW.

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FAMILY JUGGLE

George insisted that twins Alexander and Ella (in 2018) enjoyed the move to the Big Apple. "I mean, come on, how do you not love this? It's New York City."

It was a big night for George Clooney: At 63, he was making his Broadway debut, and on April 3, the Oscar winner — who cowrote and stars in Good Night, and Good Luck, the adaptation of his lauded 2005 film—celebrated the play's official opening. The audience at New York City's Winter Garden Theatre was a who's who of Hollywood, packed with A-listers from Jennifer Lopez, Cindy Crawford and Pierce Brosnan to George's old ER costars Julianna Margulies, Anthony Edwards and Noah Wyle. But one important person was missing: Amal Clooney, the star's wife of 10 years, was nowhere to be found.

George played the absence off, telling reporters the British barrister, 47, was home "with the kids," twins Alexander and Ella, 7. But privately he was bereft. "Certainly, they have options when it comes to childcare so that Amal could get away for a couple hours," a source tells Star—even if the children had been ill. Adds the insider, "People were whispering, wondering whether there might be trouble in the marriage."

THE WAY THEY WERE