Oscar the dog was photographed with A-listers galore, including George Clooney, Elle Macpherson, Daniel Craig and Jack Nicholson. Clooney was so smitten he asked Mr Gill if he could take Oscar for a stroll. ‘He was at a restaurant in London and he put Oscar on a lead and took him for a walk,’ recalled Mr Gill, who rescued his pet as a puppy. ‘George Clooney would always say hello to him when he was in town.

How Clooney avoided a life at the grocery checkout
By GEORGE HADLEY-GARCIA
Genre-hopping
Clooney also likes, for variety’s sake and probably with an eye to extending his career longevity, to try his hand at different genres. He admits, “I never wanted people to say there’s a George Clooney kind of picture. That would be pretty limiting. Plus, to [...]

He’s an A-lister who knows he’s got it all, and isn’t afraid to enjoy it
By Joseph V. Tirella
In “Ocean’s Thirteen” (which opens June there are a few references to guys “who shook Sinatra’s hand” having a certain code. George Clooney is, with a doubt, someone who would have loved to shake Ol’ Blue Eyes’ [...]

Q: A friendly dispute for you to settle. Which person holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations in a single year? A friend believes it is George Clooney from last year. I think it is someone further in the past, such as Orson Welles or Clint Eastwood.
A: If I could have the envelope [...]

Bears quarterback Rex Grossman was asked if a movie was being filmed based on his life, who would he like to be in the starring role. “George Clooney would be a good one,” said Grossman, who also pondered Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Phillippe as possibilities. (Reuters News)
another version
A woman from Access Hollywood did ask Bears [...]

I had been invited to go as a friend’s ‘plus one’ to a PEN (Poets, Editors and Novelists) event honouring George for writing the film Good Night, And Good Luck. At least 500 other people were there, but as far as I was concerned it still counted as having dinner with Gorgeous George. My chum [...]

Heartthrob Clooney won praise for joking as he signs for fans - apparently he often roars with laughter about how he looks in photos handed to him for autographs.(ITV News)

Stars’ acceptance speeches worthy of own awards
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A successful movie star is a full-time performance artist. George Clooney, for example, effortlessly navigates the media gauntlet, playing the genial, self-deprecating charmer who still is able to rise to a serious occasion. (Via Reuters)

Jennifer Hudson won and made everyone cringe when she almost fell into Clooney’s arms. (And they say she’s not the brightest bulb in the box? …(NY Daily News)

KRAMER’S WIDOW PLANS MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD SEQUEL
World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)
The widow of the late STANLEY KRAMER is bringing the director’s cult comedy IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD back to the big screen, and she wants GEORGE CLOONEY and DONALD TRUMP to join the existing cast members from the 1963 original in [...]