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Did You Know That...  ... Ladies man George Clooney began his wicked ways early. He wanted to appear more grown up in his strictly Catholic town so at his first confession age seven, he boasted to his priest he'd committed adultery.

Did You Know That...   At the premiere party for 1997’s “Batman & Robin,” George Clooney explained why he thought Batman as a character needed to go in a new direction. “I don’t respond well in general to people who sit around and say, ‘Woe is me.’ We know that his parents are dead,” he said. “Move on. Grow up.” THE BATMAN that Clooney and director Joel Schumacher unveiled that night confirmed the worst fears of the country’s masses of Caped Crusader fans. Schumacher put nipples on the batsuit. His camera lingered gratuitously on Batman’s butt. He cast Chris O’Donnell and Alicia Silverstone—actors who are to film what ‘N Sync and Britney Spears are to music—as Robin and Batgirl.

Did you Know That... January 15, 1997: George Clooney sprained his ankle playing basketball during a break from filming ER.

Did You Know That... Actor George Clooney was recently spotted at a restaurant by a group of young autograph seekers. Clooney told the youngsters that he’d be happy to sign autographs after he was done eating dinner. About an hour and a half later, Clooney gets up to leave and the kids go yelling after him that he’d promised to give them autographs. He’d forgotten all about them, and was so embarrassed that he took each one of them for a spin on his motorcycle!

Did You Know That... The Mississippi Film Office last year attracted the production of the movie ``O Brother, Where Art Though?'' starring George Clooney to film in Canton, Mississippi. The office's budget was $55,000 and the movie's production brought $5 million to hotels, restaurants, rental car agencies and other local businesses.

Did You Know That... Table No. 34 at Picasso (Bellagio) has become something of a tourist attraction since the release of "Ocean's Eleven." That's where George Clooney's character Danny Ocean made it obvious he still was smitten with his estranged wife, Tess Ocean, played by Roberts. ...

Did you know that... Brad Pitt relies on two people to bring him down to earth - George Clooney, his co-star in Ocean's Eleven - and his wife, Friends star Jennifer Aniston. "George has got it wired better than anyone," he says. "This is a guy who knows how to enjoy his place and his life and I respect him for that." From : The Mirror, November 23, 2001

Did you know that... A number of celebrities have bought Indians (every bike is made to order). Peter Fonda of Easy Rider fame owns one. Lawrence Fishburne wanted his in tangerine orange. George Clooney requested that the abundant chrome on his Indian be coated with a matte-black finish, to accent an Army green paint scheme and tan leather seat.

Did you know that... Another project is a U-based David Self-scripted adaptation of the Steven Pressfield novel "Gates of Fire," which George Clooney is co-producing with Rubicon -- a joint production between Forward Pass and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone. Scripted by John Orloff, the latter is an epic about the battle between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great for world dominance.

Did you know that... New York (AP) _ Brosnan _ Pierce Brosnan _ is "The Sexiest Man Alive" according to Pemple magazine. The James Bond star is the 15th person to receive the title, which the magazine has bestowed previously on Brad Pitt, George Clooney and the original Bond, Sean Connery. "I understand why women find him sexy, because he is an appealing man," said Brosnan's wife, Keely Shaye Smith. "He really likes and appreciates women." The 48-year-old actor admits he's had his teeth fixed, but added, "I have not had any plastic surgery in any shape or form. No implants. And my hair is not dyed." Also included on the list of sexiest men are cellist Yo-Yo Ma, actor-comedian Ben Stiller and Mexican president Vicente Fox.

Did you know that... Ocean's 11, scheduled for release Dec. 7, filmed for three days at Derby Lanes Dog Track in St. Petersburg and featured more than 1,800 extras and crew. The economic impact: $500,000. The remake stars a number of high-profile Hollywood actors, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts.

Did you know that...  "Ocean's Eleven" producer Jerry Weintraub is hinting that his star-studded cast could show up at U.S. bases to rally the troops. Weintraub, a big supporter of President Bush, told the Los Angeles Times: "Am I thinking about doing this? Yes. Is it done? No. Am I talking to the Pentagon? Yes. That's all I can tell you."

Did you know that... According to Norm of LVRJ,George Clooney and Julia Roberts, were with friends Monday night,10/01/01, at 808, the Euro-Pacific restaurant at Caesars Palace ...

Did you know that! According to the Sun,Three Kings star George Clooney has been offered £4.3million to return to ER, the hit hospital drama in which he made his name."

Did You Know That... According to the producer of America: A Tribute to Heroes,George was instrumental in getting the whole telethon together. George pitched the idea to producer,Joel Gallen via phone.Within the hour,Clooney arrived at Gallens office, staying until 1AM in the morning. Donations are expected to reach over 100 million dollars!

Did you know that...  New York is the last stop of the world tour of the 125th Anniversary exhibition created by the Audemars Piguet Manufacture. At this event, Muhammad Ali and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Honorary Co-Chairmen will be present to accept all proceeds from the sale of the Audemars Piguet watches worn by thiry-five celebrities for Schwarzenegger's Inner City Games Foundation and The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky. This event will be the culmination of Audemars Piguet's 125th Anniversary Year Celebration that began in January 2000.I'm such an admirer of the charitable works of Arnold Schwarzenegger that I wanted to be a part of this too.-George Clooney

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Did you know that... A couple of weeks ago, we had George Clooney's reaction to the beautiousness that is Jennifer and Brad ("Now there's a homely couple.") (Yes, he was being sarcastic.) People mag adds to the Aniston-Pitt mythology with this tale: Last Valentine's Day he filled her "Friends" dressing room with roses, and used petals on the wall to spell I Love My Wife. Who said yuck?!? Envy does not become you.

Did you know that... George Clooney tells Elle about Jennifer Aniston's visiting her hubby, Brad Pitt, while they were at work on "Ocean's 11": "She'd come by the 'Ocean's' set and you'd look over and go, 'Well, there's a homely couple.' "   Like George is chopped tofu.

Did you know that... Beer importer Guinness Bass Import offered a precious handful of custom-designed ``Kegerator'' home-tapping systems to Hollywood stars like George Clooney and Brad Pitt, hoping they would drop hints of their Guinness Stout habit to their friends and hangers-on

Did you know that...  LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Mary Chapin Carpenter wants a few good men. July 30,2001 On tour for her eighth album, ``TimeSexLove,'' the 43-year-old singer-songwriter told a Las Vegas audience this weekend that she is thinking of updating the lyrics to one of her older hits, ``I Feel Lucky.' The upbeat tune, written by Carpenter and Don Schlitz and released in 1992, features the names of country crooners Dwight Yoakam and Lyle Lovett.``After years of singing this song, they just aren't doing it for me anymore,'' Carpenter said. Criteria for finding new men's names to replace Yoakam and Lovett in the song are: they must be available, have a recognizable name, and Carpenter must think they are ``cute.'' ``I've had audience members volunteer their names, but 'Bob Smith' isn't going to cut it,'' she said, jokingly. After polling audiences on her current tour, the two names that she has come up with so far are actors John Cusack and George Clooney, who received the biggest round of applause during Friday night's show at the new Cox Pavilion, just off the Las Vegas Strip. The folk/country/blues artist from Washington, D.C., also is known for her other hits including ``Down at the Twist & Shout'' and ``Passionate Kisses.'

Did you know that... Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh has signed will executive-produce "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," the Chuck ("Gong Show") Barris biopic that George Clooney is directing for Miramax..

Did you know that... "After doing One Fine Day and playing a pediatrician on ER, I'll never have kids. I'm going to have a vasectomy." - George Clooney

Did you know that... "A few Labor Days ago, I was swimming and suddenly cramped up. I'm waving my hands frantically for my friends to help me, and all I hear from the beach is, `That George is such a jokester. Look! He's pretending to be drowning!"'           -George Clooney

Did you know that... George played center on his high school basketball team and tried out for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team when he was 16. He can still beat former ER costar Noah Wylie on the court when he's not pursuing his other hobby -- motorcycles. He's producing partners with Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh (Traffic), who directed George and Jennifer Lopez in Out of Sight.

Did you know that...  I came running out of the house naked with my pig, Max... And my buddy Ben, who was in the guesthouse, came running out naked with a gun, because he thought someone was breaking in. So, we're naked like this, and my biggest fear was that we would end up getting killed and they would find two naked guys, a pig and a gun.       -- George Clooney on survivng an earthquake in San Francisco

Did you know that...  Roberts says Clooney's not her new guy...Julia Roberts, speaking for the first time about her breakup with Benjamin Bratt, told David Letterman on his show Tuesday that it was an amicable split and she is not dating George Clooney."My only regret is that it seems that in some odd form, though not surprising, the media can't accept it's tenderhearted and kind, it has to make it messy and ugly. ... It has to be all about me going out with George Clooney, a kind, loving man, (but) not my boyfriend."

Did you know that... At the Armani show, the unpretentious suits and ties and a sharp take on Tyrolean sweaters suggested authentic masculinity and stood in high relief against the week's odd tribute to the man-child. That and the presence of George Clooney in the front row

Did you know that... According to Karin Ebnet, correspondent for AICN-Europe, she had the chance to ask Clooney about his upcoming Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. The actor told her that he will start working at the movie in the next weeks.

Did you know that... George Clooney released his own statement  regarding the break-up of Julia Roberts and Benjamin Bratt to Access Hollywood Thursday, declaring, "I didn't have time. I  was too busy breaking up Tom and Nicole's marriage."

Did you know that... George Clooney may step behind the camera for Miramax's "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," based on the inventive memoir of "Gong Show" host Chuck Barris. If he makes "Confessions" his directorial debut, Clooney would reportedly also co-star as Jim Byrd, a mysterious sort who leads Barris into a secret life as a hired gun for the CIA. Among the other projects in Clooney's pipeline is the football comedy "Leatherheads" (to be directed by Steven Soderbergh) and a historical romance, "The Good German." ...

Friendliness Takes Flight America's Mr. Nice Guy When asked which celebrity they thought would most likely give up his or her seat so that travelers could sit next to their travel mates, survey respondents overwhelmingly selected Tom Hanks at 47 percent. Julia Roberts was a distant second with 17 percent. George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, and Michael Douglas followed with 11 percent, seven percent, and six percent respectively.

Did you know that... On the television show, ER, every episode has the patient list by the nurse's station. On the patient list, different names are mentioned, like MArguiles or Clooney. The put these names there as a spoof of the show

Did you know that...George is in the dictionary! June 12,2001 BBC News correspondent Kate Adie and actor Ronnie Barker are some of the famous names removed from the new Collins Concise English Dictionary to make way for David and Victoria Beckham. As well as new celebrities making it into dictionary there is a whole crop of phrases and street slang that have been adopted. The acting world is represented by George Clooney, Jim Carrey, Leonardo DiCaprio and estranged husband and wife Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. New British entries include Kate Winslet and Madonna's husband Guy Ritchie.

Did you know that... George Clooney: Sure, he's an above-the-line Hollywood leading man now, but gorgeous George wallowed in TV hell for years before striking it big on ER. He appeared in five pilots that never made it to the air and had supporting parts in eight series. He played, in his words, "the resident idiot" on CBS' short-lived sitcom E/R, the factory foreman on Roseanne, the carpenter on Facts of Life, a construction worker on Baby Talk and a cop/rock musician on Sunset Beat. He finally got the chance to show he had the sex-symbol stuff when he played Sela Ward's love interest on Sisters. His early movie résumé was even less impressive than his TV credits: Return to Horror High, Grizzly II: The Predator and Return of the Killer Tomatoes!, which, to his credit, was considered an improvement over the original Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! Click on the picture for more images from The Facts of Life