Posthumously, the Rat Pack has experienced a popular revival, inspiring the George Clooney / Brad Pitt " Ocean's " trilogy.

Clooney is also noted for his political activism, and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31, 2008.

He has an older sister, Adelia ( also known as Ada ); his cousins include actors Miguel and Rafael Ferrer, who are the sons of his aunt, singer Rosemary Clooney, and actor José Ferrer.

In October 2006 Clooney also received the American Cinematheque Award, which honors an artist in the entertainment industry who has made " a significant contribution to the art of motion pictures ".

2011 saw the release of The Descendants, in which Clooney starred as a husband whose wife has an accident that leaves her in a coma.

Clooney has advocated a resolution of the Darfur conflict.

Clooney and John Prendergast co-wrote a Washington Post op-ed piece in May 2011, titled " Dancing with a dictator in Sudan ", arguing that: President Omar al-Bashir has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for genocide, is escalating bombing and food aid obstruction in Darfur, and he now threatens the entire north-south peace process ... the evidence shows that incentives alone are insufficient to change Khartoum's calculations.

Since July 2011, Clooney has been dating former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler.

Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Las Vegas has a " Marrying George Clooney " photo-op, in which museum visitors can put on a wedding gown and stand next to a wax statue of the actor in a tuxedo.

Two brothers Seth ( George Clooney ) and Richard " Richie " Gecko ( Quentin Tarantino ), wanted by the FBI and Texas police for a bank robbery that has left several people dead, stop at a liquor store with the intent of just picking up a state map, but the psychotic Richie kills Ranger Earl McGraw ( Michael Parks ) and the cashier ( John Hawkes ) and burns the store down.

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars and praised George Clooney's performance: " Clooney has never been better.

Although Clooney has since ended his boycott, Entertainment Tonight has continued to broadcast video and photography taken by celebrity-stalking paparazzi, with some of the staff of Hard Copy absorbed into the staff of Entertainment Tonight after that program's 1999 cancellation.

At the suggestion of George Clooney, Lusha has also appeared in the film Muertas ( 2008 ) in which she portrayed the determined and sensitive lead, Aracelli.

The ceremony has been hosted each year by celebrity host / presenters, including Ronald Reagan, Ted Turner, Garry Marshall, Robert Guillaume, Nick Clooney, Jack Lemmon, James Earl Jones, Grant Tinker, Michael Douglas, Walter Matthau, Shirley MacLaine, and Marlo Thomas, among others.

The guy is a fucking idiot, making threats to me, Clooney, Eli Roth, says he has a doctorate — but uses the word ' retard ' in his vocabulary, come on.

* Grizzly II: The Predator – This 1984 film, featuring George Clooney, Charlie Sheen, Louise Fletcher, John Rhys-Davies, and Laura Dern, has never officially been completed or released, and only the workprint survives.

The feature has drawn criticism from celebrities and publicists for encouraging stalking, and George Clooney rep Stan Rosenfeld called Gawker Stalker " a dangerous thing.

Originally sung by Ethel Merman, it has been covered by performers including Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Patti LuPone, Sutton Foster, Marlene Dietrich, Cesare Siepi, Dinah Washington, Bobby Short, Louis Armstrong, Erroll Garner, Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Mary Martin, Anita O ` Day, Rosemary Clooney, Margaret Whiting, Django Reinhardt, Gary Shearston, Jamie Cullum, The Living End, Dolly Parton, Joan Morris, Max Roach, Shirley Bassey, Rod Stewart, The Gutter Twins, Lisa Ekdahl, Nana Mouskouri and Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.

The song has also been recorded by Rosemary Clooney on July 9, 1954, combining the English lyrics with some of the original French lyrics.

Since then, " Tenderly " has been recorded by many artists, but perhaps the best-known version was by Rosemary Clooney.

Since its initial release, the song has been covered by many musicians including Mina, Barry White, Diana Krall, Ahmad Jamal, Shirley Bassey, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra, Jay R, Jose Feliciano, Isaac Hayes, Harry Connick, Jr., Engelbert Humperdinck, and Johnny Mathis.

After being released from prison, Danny Ocean ( George Clooney ) breaks parole and travels to Los Angeles to meet up with his former partner in crime and close friend Rusty Ryan ( Brad Pitt ) to propose a scheme he has in mind.

Rolling Stone magazine's Peter Travers gave the film his highest rating and praised George Clooney's performance: " This is the best acting Clooney has ever done — he's hypnotic, haunting and quietly devastating ".

In the next generation, some of her children, including Miguel Ferrer and Rafael Ferrer, and her nephew, George Clooney, also became respected entertainers.

The village is also mentioned in the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou starring George Clooney in a lead role.

Famous people who have attended Mason schools include actor George Clooney, who attended Western Row Elementary School and also St. Susanna Catholic School in junior high ; national radio host Dan Patrick ( Mason class of 1974 ); and Pretty Little Liars ' Brant Daugherty.

He is also related to another singer, Debby Boone, who married his cousin Gabriel Ferrer ( son of José Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney ).

Clooney's first major role came in 1984 in the short-lived sitcom E / R ( not to be confused with ER, the better-known hospital drama, on which Clooney also co-starred a decade later ).

In 1988, Clooney also played a role in Return of the Killer Tomatoes.

Clooney then directed his third film, Leatherheads ( 2008 ), in which he also starred.

Clooney also appeared in the documentary film Darfur Now, a call-to-action film released in November 2007 for people all over the world to help stop the Darfur crisis.

The show also drew many well-known or then up-and-coming actors and actresses for single guest starring roles, such as Don Ameche, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Ken Berry, Sonny Bono, Eddie Bracken, Joseph Campanella, Virginia Capers, Rosalind Cash, George Clooney, Polly Holliday, Robert Culp, Ruby Dee, the Del Rubio triplets, Jeane Dixon, Anne Francis, Johnny Gilbert, Jack Gilford, Alice Ghostley, Peter Graves, Merv Griffin, George Grizzard, Gary Grubbs, Bob Hope, Julio Iglesias, Freddie Jackson, Tony Jay, Billy Jayne, Gordon Jump, Paula Kelly, Alan King, David Leisure, Jenny Lewis, Hal Linden, Mark Linn-Baker, Mario Lopez, Edie McClurg, Marian Mercer, Martin Mull, Leslie Nielsen, Jerry Orbach, Leland Orser, Tony Plana, Peggy Pope, Joe Regalbuto, Burt Reynolds, Debbie Reynolds, Donnelly Rhodes, Richard Riehle, Alex Rocco, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Harry Shearer, McLean Stevenson, Inga Swenson, Jeffrey Tambor, Meshach Taylor, Jay Thomas, Alex Trebek, Dick Van Dyke, Tom Villard, Lyle Waggoner, David Wayne and Fred Willard.

She also had a relationship with George Clooney, who gave her Max, a pet pig that he kept after the couple split up.

He also congratulated contemporary filmmakers ( specifically George Clooney ) for making films with integrity: the lack of such films being produced had been the reason for his retirement from the film industry in the late 1990s.

He also appears as himself in the 2011 George Clooney directed film, The Ides of March.

May also wrote arrangements for many top singers, including Frank Sinatra, Nat " King " Cole, Anita O ' Day, Peggy Lee, Vic Damone, Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Jones, Bing Crosby, Sandler and Young, Nancy Wilson, Rosemary Clooney and Ella Mae Morse.

As a producer he helped to guide many films that were successful with both critics and movie audiences, such as The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Michael Clayton, a film in which he also starred opposite George Clooney, and for which he received his sixth Academy Award nomination, in the Best Picture category.

Coincidentally, she guest-starred in 2001 on the NBC medical series of the same name, ER, which also featured Clooney.

In the 1954 musical film White Christmas his picture is used to depict an Army buddy ( named " Freckle-Faced Haynes ") of lead characters ( Wallace and Davis ) played by Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, and also the brother of the female leads ( the Haynes Sisters ) played by Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.

George Clooney was also considered for a role in the film.

Nance made a few recordings as a bandleader, and also recorded or performed with Earl Hines, Rosemary Clooney, Jaki Byard, Chico Hamilton and others.

He played piano for Bing Crosby for a number of years and also toured with Rosemary Clooney.

That episode also featured George Burnett, a recurring character played by a young and then-unknown George Clooney.