A source for Australia's NW said, "One of George's friends thinks that he may be interested in getting together with Reese now that she's single." And get together they did at Casa Vega, which NW describes as "a low-key Mexican restaurant."

Pals of Clooney's say that he has harbored a crush on Witherspoon for a long time and that he was anxious to ask her out once her marriage with Ryan Phillippe ended last year. Clooney used work as a pretense for getting the pretty actress to dine with him. An insider said, "There is talk of a movie about George's aunt, the singer and actress Rosemary Clooney, and Reese has expressed an interest in it."

Reports NW, "While they initially talked about work, they were soon mixing business with pleasure. Eyewitnesses say the good-looking pair were flirting up a storm."