Clooney is also noted for his social activism and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31, 2008. He won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the Middle East thriller Syriana (2005). His mother, Nina Bruce (née Warren, 1939-), is a former beauty pageant queen; his father, Nick Clooney, is a former anchorman, as well as a game show and American Movie Classics host. Clooney is of part Irish descent on his father’s side; his paternal great-great-grandparents, Nicholas Clooney (of County Kilkenny) and Bridget Byron, immigrated to the United States from Ireland. Clooney was raised a strict Roman Catholic. From an early age, Clooney would hang around his father’s sets, often participating in shows, where he proved to be a crowd favorite. He attended Northern Kentucky University from 1979 to 1981, majoring in Broadcast Journalism, and very briefly attended the University of Cincinnati, but did not graduate from either. He had such odd jobs as selling men’s suits and cutting tobacco.
Ladies… George Clooney is officially back on the market GEORGE Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis have split up after nearly two years together. [link]
