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18 unusual facts about George Clooney


2004 Monaco Grand Prix

Both of the Jaguar Racing R5 cars ran with Ocean's Twelve and Steinmetz Diamonds livery to represent the upcoming film Ocean's Twelve, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, both of whom were present at the grand prix, along with other special guests such as Roger Moore.

Antonios Nikopolidis

Due to his grey hair, Nikopolidis bears a striking resemblance to Hollywood actor George Clooney and earned the nickname "George Clooney" from European media during the Euro 2004 competition.

Castel del Monte, Abruzzo

The film's central character "Jack", played by George Clooney, holes up in Castel Del Monte hoping to escape from his past.

Daniel S. Loeb

Actor George Clooney, whose Smokehouse Pictures production company has a contract with Sony's entertainment division, has publicly opposed the proposal.

Facing the World

The charity was launched publicly on 15 February 2003 at a charity fund-raising premiere of the film Solaris attended by George Clooney and his co-stars.

First Earth Battalion

A movie based on the book—released in Autumn 2009—starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey, fictionalized the First Earth Battalion as the New Earth Army.

General Achievement Test

In 2009, a student-organised movement headed by Lucas Shipsides and Andrew Onorato and fuelled by Facebook brought the GAT to the attention of the national press, by suggesting that students make as many references to actor George Clooney as possible in their answers.

Jo-Ann Strauss

During her reigning year as Miss South Africa, she started her media career with the Afrikaans magazine programme Pasella before anchoring the English lifestyle magazine show Top Billing, for which she has interview the likes of Charlize Theron, Antonio Banderas and George Clooney.

Laglio

In 2001, George Clooney purchased a luxurious villa which once was owned by the Heinz family, Villa Oleandra, as a hideaway in which to spend substantial parts of the year.

Lucia Peka

Owners of her work include the Latvian National Museum of Art, the Permanent Collection in the Alfred Khouri Memorial Wing of the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, the Huntington Library and Art Collections in San Marino, California, actor George Clooney, and former New York Governor Mario Cuomo.

Nigel Beauty Emporium

Since opening in 2007, it has become well known as a store "where Hollywood makeup artists go to keep the likes of Sandra Bullock, Megan Fox and George Clooney powdered and buffed".

Nuba Mountains

The international community, including a number of celebrities such as actor George Clooney, have recently travelled to the Nuba Mountains and documented the continued genocidal activities of the Bashir government.

Palisades Medical Center

On September 21, 2007, actor George Clooney and a companion were taken to Palisades Medical Center for treatment after a motorcycle accident.

Robert M. Edsel

George Clooney has announced plans to write, direct and star in The Monuments Men.

Satellite Sentinel Project

The Satellite Sentinel Project, or SSP, was conceived by George Clooney and Enough Project co-founder John Prendergast during their October 2010 visit to Southern Sudan.

Stephen W. Wood

Acting/theater/performing experience includes an 'extra' in the George Clooney movie, Leatherheads (May 2007); the role of Burl Sanders in the gospel music comedy, Smoke on the Mountain, produced by the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, (September 2007); an 'extra' in stock car racing film, Red Dirt Rising (November 2007); role of Ralph Levering in This Tender Place, Cherry Orchard Theater, Cana, VA, (August 2008);

The Uncle Al Show

Then-eight-year-old future film superstar George Clooney appeared in a 1970 episode of Uncle Al playing a ship's captain in one of the show's skits.

United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, 2004

Reporter Nick Clooney, the father of renowned actor George Clooney, became the Democratic nominee; Geoff Davis, Lucas's opponent in 2002, became the Republican nominee.


Andrew Cockburn

He has also produced numerous documentary films, principally in partnership with Leslie Cockburn as well as co-producing the 1997 thriller The Peacemaker, starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, for Dreamworks.

Costa Dillon

Finding a new audience as one of the first films to be available on VHS, the movie developed a cult following that led to three sequels, including Return of the Killer Tomatoes starring George Clooney.

Denny Méndez

Besides several theatrical productions, she has guest starred on many Italian sitcoms, dramas, and feature films; she also had a small role in the film Ocean's Twelve starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon.

Graham Broadbent

His first two productions were released in 2007: Becoming Jane (2007) by Julian Jarrold, with Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy, and Wind Chill (2006) by Gregory Jacobs, with Emily Blunt, which was co-produced by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh and In Bruges (2007).

Las Ramblas Resort

The Las Ramblas Resort was a proposed hotel, resort, and casino project in Paradise, Nevada by George Clooney and Rande Gerber (husband of Cindy Crawford), and designed by Arquitectonica.

Melissa DiMarco

Among the celebrities she has interviewed on the show are Pierce Brosnan, George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Queen Latifah, Ludacris, Matthew McConaughey, Brad Pitt, and Gene Simmons.

Michael Boatman

Later, he appeared in the feature films The Peacemaker, with George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, and Woman Thou Art Loosed, and in several made-for-TV movies.

Neal Rubin

Rubin appears as himself in the 2007 Elmore Leonard novel Up in Honey's Room. He had a small speaking role (credited as Neal Anthony Rubin) as a reporter in the 2011 movie "The Ides of March", starring George Clooney and Ryan Gosling.

Not On Our Watch Project

The organization was established by Don Cheadle, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, David Pressman, and Jerry Weintraub in 2008, to bring global attention to human rights violations in Darfur and beyond, while providing resources to assist in putting an end to mass atrocities around the world.

Out There with Melissa DiMarco

Among the celebrities DiMarco has interviewed on Out There are Pierce Brosnan, George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Queen Latifah, Ludacris, Matthew McConaughey, Brad Pitt, and Gene Simmons.

Sears, Roebuck, and Company Complex

Ocean's Twelve (2004) - George Clooney and Matt Damon along with many other actors filmed a scene in the Power House.

Stephen Herek

Moving into the 2000s, Herek directed the 2001 movie Rock Star, a film about a rockstar wannabe and the evolution of a fictional rock group Steel Dragon mimicking that of Judas Priest, starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston, as well as produced by George Clooney.

Steve Gutow

In March 2012, Rabbi Gutow was arrested with actor George Clooney, NAACP President Ben Jealous, Representatives Jim McGovern and Jim Moran, and others at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, DC calling on the US to ensure delivery of humanitarian aid to the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountain regions.

The War Room

According to an article in the Brisbane Times, George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, and the rest of The Ides of March cast watched The War Room to “get their bearings” on their characters and life on the campaign trail.

Tim Janis

Janis has worked with some of the top artists in the music and entertainment business including Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, George Clooney, Jackie Evancho, and James Earl Jones.

Travelers Rest High School

The old high school building has been used to film the movie "Leatherheads" starring George Clooney.