George Clooney has a new lady in his life – and he’s crazy about the twice-married 52-year-old mother-of-two. The eternal bachelor usually dates much younger women – including TV presenter Lisa Snowdon, 34 – but he’s stepping out with Oceans 13 co-star, Ellen Barkin.

They have been inseparable since meeting on the Beverly Hills set – with 45-year-old George telling pals he’s “electrified” by Ellen, despite the seven-year age gap. An insider tells British newspaper the Daily Mirror, “George has been a shoulder to cry on for Ellen – he’s helping her get over her divorce. “She fancies him like mad and you can cut the sexual chemistry with a knife. He is so different from her ex-husband, which she loves