George Clooney News

Secured the 6th place in Entertainment Weekly’s Entertainer of the Year list by 2006, movie star George Clooney was next tapped to star in “Michael Clayton.”

Of thriller genre, which Tony Gilroy wrote and directing, the flick centers on a New York attorney who learns that after 15 years of cleaning up his high profile clients problems, they can come back to haunt you, in what will be the last and worst days of his career. Cast alongside Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton and Sydney Pollack, Clooney also was giving hand at producing.

Kept busy with the principal photography of the project which was begun in January the same year, he gloriously picked the fruit of his hard work in film industry when his name was mentioned to bring home the award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture category through his film “Syriana” at the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards held in the 16th date of the same month and year.

The actor, who played Danny Ocean in Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and Ocean’s Twelve (2004), also tried his hand in directing.

He helmed and acted in 2002’s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and 2005’s Good Night, and Good Luck.

In 2001 he won his first Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Comedy for his performance in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). More recently, he decided to not only play a role in, but also made his directorial debut with the independent film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), then followed that up with Good Night, and Good Luck (2005).

One of People (USA) magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” (1996), Clooney was also on People Magazine’s “Top 50 Bachelors” (2002) and “10 Top Sexiest Men” (2003) lists.

In 1982 he moved to Los Angeles and spent a whole year worked hard to get a role while he slept in his friend’s closet.

n a more personal note, Clooney, who was once married to actress Talia Balsam and says will never get married again nor have any children, was linked to several beauties. He once dated Lisa Snowdon (British model and TV presenter, b. 1974; dated 2000 to June 2005), Traylor Howard (actress; b. June 14, 1966; dated in 2000), Brooke Langton (actress; b. November 27, 1970; dated in 1999), Celine Balitran, (French model; b. October 31, 1974; 1996-1999), Kimberly Russell (actress, model; together briefly mid-1995), DeDee Pfeiffer (actress; sister of Michelle Pfeiffer), Denise Crosby (actress), Renee Zellweger (actress; reportedly dated in mid-90s; both sides deny relationship) and Kelly Preston (1987-1989).

Clooney admirers will soon watch him in the upcoming films Syriana, Michael Clayton and The Good German.

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