He won an Academy Awards
for Best Supporting Actor in Syriana; was nominated as Best Actor forMichael Clayton; and nominated for Best Actor gongs in both this year’s Oscars and BAFTAS for The Descendants. Wearing his director’s hat, he
also got Academy Awards nominations as Best Director for Confessions of Dangerous Mind and Good Night and Good Luck.
The nice thing about Clooney is that he does not take seriously all the media hype about his being ‘The Sexiest Man Alive’, accord- ing to People Magazine; nor Time Magazine’s naming him ‘One of the Most Influential People in the World.’ That came about because of his
George with new girlfriend Stacey Keibler The point is that George Clooney is a gen-
uine liberal. He thinks the Bush wars are un- winnable, and they detract from the real challenge, which is the destruction of whole nations, like Darfur, for the sake of company global profits. He is on the side of angels. So, after the success of The Ides of March
does he want to be a great, award-winning actor, or does he want to become a Senator? Or put his hat in the ring for the Presidency? ‘No, I don’t want to be in politics. I’ve
slept with too many women, I’ve done too many drugs and I’ve been to too many par-
campaign to help Darfur, which also led to his becoming a UN Messenger of Peace over the last year. George wears his heart on his Oscar, and does want to save the world. He wants to use any stardom that he has to bring attention to tragedies that seem to be forgotten.
ties,’ he says, with the self-deprecating charm that melts the hearts of tabloid hackettes. His great friend, Brad Pitt, gets the public-
ity, yet he still calls George the Star. Brad is probably a bigger name for the public, as is Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp, but George is accepted as the big one. He is clearly the kind of person you would
be happy to know. He drives a hybrid Lexus, but says he can’t become a green advocate because he flies a private jet.
Why do this peers see him as their leader? It may simply be the obvious. Clooney has the looks, money, success, fame, ambitions, charm, and a female following, who regard
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