GEORGE CLOONEY - CLOONEY ANGERS ITALIAN NEIGHBOURS

GEORGE CLOONEY has angered neighbours surrounding his $7.2 million (GBP4 million) mansion by Italy's Lake Como - by descending on local village Laglio with Hollywood pals BRAD PITT and MATT DAMON.

Clooney, 43, is staying at his home VILLA OLEANDRA while filming OCEAN'S TWELVE - leaving locals exasperated at the sight of his fellow co-stars, their partners JENNIFER ANISTON, LISA SNOWDON and LUCIANA BARROSO and their bodyguards.

Resident STEFANO MAGNOLI says, "We want him out. We are not happy with him staying here with his big group of Hollywood friends.

"It's like we are fenced into our own homes and not able to go out as freely as we would like to.

"Wherever you go you have to carry ID cards and this has not made it easy. I have to show bodyguards my ID when I do to the post office, even the local shops."

However one local businessman is delighted with the extra tourism, with hordes of fans descending on the picturesque setting in the hope of spotting the Hollywood hunks.

NEARCO FOLLONI, owner of BAR LATERNA, enthuses, "It's great for business, not with the actors, but from the people looking for the actors."