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George Clooney
|George Clooney
Clooney at a ceremony for John Wells to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in January 2012
|George Timothy Clooney
May 6, 1961
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
|Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
|Years active
|Talia Balsam
(m. 1989–1993)
|Nick Clooney
|Rosemary Clooney (aunt)
Miguel Ferrer (cousin)
Rafael Ferrer (cousin)
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George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards—one for acting and the other for producing. Clooney is also noted for his political activism and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31, 2008.[1][2][3]
Clooney made his acting debut on television in 1978, and later gained wide recognition in his role as Dr. Douglas "Doug" Ross on the long-running medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999, for which he received two Emmy Award nominations. While working on ER, he began attracting a variety of leading roles in films, including Batman & Robin (1997) and Out of Sight (1998), in which he first worked with long-term collaborator Steven Soderbergh. In 1999 Clooney took the lead role in Three Kings, a well-received war satire set during the Gulf War. In 2001, Clooney's fame widened with the release of his biggest commercial success, Ocean's Eleven, the first of a profitable film trilogy, a remake of the 1960 film which starred members of the Rat Pack with Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean. He made his directorial debut a year later with the 2002 biographical thriller Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and has since directed Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Leatherheads (2008), and The Ides of March (2011). He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the Middle East thriller Syriana (2005) and subsequently gained Best Actor nominations for such films as Michael Clayton (2007), Up in the Air (2009) and The Descendants (2011). In 2013, he received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the film Argo, alongside Ben Affleck and Grant Heslov. He is the only person ever to be nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories.[4]
In 2005, TV Guide ranked Clooney #1 on its "50 Sexiest Stars of All Time" lists.[5]
Clooney's humanitarian work includes his advocacy of finding a resolution for the Darfur conflict, raising funds for the 2010 Haiti earthquake, 2004 Tsunami, and 9/11 victims, and creating documentaries such as Sand and Sorrow to raise awareness about international crises. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[6]
- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 3 Political views
- 4 Controversy
- 5 Personal life
- 6 In the media
- 7 Awards and honors
- 8 Filmography
- 9 References
- 10 External links
Early life
Clooney was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1961.[7][8][9] His mother, Nina Bruce (née Warren, 1939–),[10] 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's ancestry includes Irish, German, English, and more distant Scottish and Dutch roots.[11][12] His patrilineal line traces back to Nicholas Clooney (of County Kilkenny) and Bridget Byron, his great-great-grandparents, who emigrated to the United States from Ireland.[13] His maternal four times great-grandmother, Mary Ann Sparrow, was the half-sister of Nancy Hanks (Nancy Hanks was the mother of President Abraham Lincoln).[14] Clooney has an older sister, Adelia (commonly 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. He is also related to another singer, Debby Boone, who married his cousin Gabriel Ferrer (son of José Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney).
Clooney was raised a strict Roman Catholic.[15][16][17][18] He began his education at the Blessed Sacrament School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. Spending part of his childhood in Ohio, he attended St. Michael's School in Columbus, then between 1968 and 1974 Western Row Elementary School (a public school) in Mason, Ohio and St. Susanna School in Mason, where he also served as an altar boy, before the Clooneys moved to Kentucky when George was midway through the seventh grade. "George and his sister were always very conscious of social issues, and his parents were strong influences on the person he is today," said John Romer, who served as a St. Susanna altar boy alongside George. "George would strongly defend his positions and argue logically and passionately . . . But George was never combative. He was the person you wanted to be with and laugh with."[19]
In middle school, Clooney developed Bell's palsy, a debilitating condition that partially paralyzes the face. The malady went away within a year. "That was the worst time of my life," he told the Daily Mirror in 2003. "You know how cruel kids can be. I was mocked and taunted, but the experience made me stronger."[20]
After his parents moved to Augusta, Kentucky, Clooney attended Augusta High School. He has stated that he earned all As and a B in school,[21] and was an enthusiastic baseball and basketball player. He tried out to play professional baseball with the Cincinnati Reds organization in 1977, but was not offered a contract. He did not pass the first round of player cuts.[22] 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.[23] He had odd jobs such as selling men's suits and cutting tobacco.[24]
Early work, 1978–93
Clooney's first role was as an extra in the TV series Centennial in 1978. The series was based on the novel of the same name by James A. Michener, and was partially filmed in Clooney's hometown of Augusta, Kentucky. 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). He played a handyman on the series The Facts of Life, and appeared as Bobby Hopkins, a detective, on an episode of The Golden Girls. His first significant break was a semi-regular supporting role in the sitcom Roseanne, playing Roseanne Barr's supervisor Booker Brooks, followed by the role of a construction worker on Baby Talk, a co-starring role on the CBS drama Bodies of Evidence as Detective Ryan Walker, and then a year-long turn as Det. James Falconer on Sisters. In 1988, Clooney also played a role in Return of the Killer Tomatoes.
Breakthrough, 1994–99
Clooney achieved note when he played Dr. Doug Ross, alongside Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, and Noah Wyle, on the hit NBC drama ER from 1994 to 1999. After leaving the series in 1999, he made a cameo appearance in the 6th season and returned for a guest spot in the show's final season.[25] For his work on the series, Clooney received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series in 1995 and 1996.[26][27] He also earned three Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1995, 1996, and 1997 (losing to co-star Anthony Edwards).[28][29][30]
Clooney began appearing in films while working on ER. His first major Hollywood role was in From Dusk till Dawn, directed by Robert Rodriguez. He followed its success with One Fine Day with Michelle Pfeiffer, and The Peacemaker with Nicole Kidman. Clooney was then cast as Batman in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin, which was a modest box office performer, but a critical failure (with Clooney himself calling the film "a waste of money"). In 1998, he co-starred in Out of Sight opposite Jennifer Lopez, marking the first of his many collaborations with director Steven Soderbergh. He also starred in Three Kings during the last weeks of his contract with ER.
2000 – present
After leaving ER, Clooney starred in commercially successful films, including The Perfect Storm and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. In 2001, he teamed up with Soderbergh again for Ocean's Eleven, a remake of the 1960s Rat Pack film of the same name. As of 2011, it was Clooney's most commercially successful film, earning more than $450 million worldwide.[32] The film spawned two sequels starring Clooney, Ocean's Twelve in 2004 and Ocean's Thirteen in 2007.
In 2001, Clooney and Soderbergh co-founded Section Eight Productions, for which Grant Heslov was president of television. Clooney made his directorial debut in the 2002 film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, an adaptation of the autobiography of TV producer Chuck Barris. Though the film didn't do well at the box office, Clooney's direction showed promise.[33]
In 2005, Clooney starred in Syriana, which was based loosely on former Central Intelligence Agency agent Robert Baer and his memoirs of being an agent in the Middle East. He suffered an accident on the set of Syriana, which resulted in a brain injury with complications arising from a punctured dura.[34] The same year he directed, produced, and starred in Good Night, and Good Luck, a film about 1950s television journalist Edward R. Murrow's famous war of words with Senator Joseph McCarthy. At the 2006 Academy Awards, Clooney was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck, as well as Best Supporting Actor for Syriana. He won the Oscar for his role in Syriana.
Clooney next appeared in The Good German (2006), a film noir directed by Soderbergh that is set in post-World War II Germany. In August 2006, Clooney and Heslov started the production company Smokehouse Pictures. 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".[35] On January 22, 2008, Clooney was nominated for an Academy Award (and many other awards) for Best Actor for his role in Michael Clayton (2007). He then directed his third film, Leatherheads (2008), in which he also starred. It was reported on April 4, 2008, in Variety that Clooney had quietly resigned from the Writers Guild of America over controversy surrounding Leatherheads. Clooney, who is the director, producer, and star of the film, claimed that he had contributed in writing "all but two scenes" of the film and requested a writing credit, alongside Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly, who had been working on the screenplay for 17 years. In an arbitration vote, Clooney lost 2–1. He decided to withdraw from the union over the decision. Clooney became a "financial core status" non-member, meaning he no longer had voting rights, and cannot run for office or attend membership meetings, according to the WGA's constitution.[36]
He next co-starred with Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey in The Men Who Stare At Goats, which was directed by Heslov and released in November 2009. Also in November 2009, he voiced Mr. Fox in Wes Anderson's animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox. The same year, Clooney starred in Up in the Air, which was initially given limited release, and then wide-released on December 25, 2009. For his performance in the film, which was directed by Jason Reitman, he was nominated for a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, BAFTA, and an Academy Award. 2010 saw the release of The American, based on the novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth and directed by Anton Corbijn. Clooney played the lead role, and was a co-producer of the film.
As of 2011, Clooney was represented by Bryan Lourd, co-chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA).[37]
In 2011 Clooney starred in The Descendants as a husband whose wife has an accident that leaves her in a coma. He earned critical praise for his work, and won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor. He was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his film The Ides of March.
In 2013, Clooney won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the film Argo. He is the only person in Academy Award history to be nominated for Oscars in six different categories: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Clooney co-starred with Sandra Bullock in Gravity (2013), a science fiction film directed by Alfonso Cuarón.[38] He co-wrote, directed and starred in The Monuments Men, an adaption of The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel.[39] Clooney also produced August: Osage County (2013), an adaptation of the play of the same name. The film starred Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts.[40]
Political views
In the U.S.
Clooney supported Barack Obama's campaign in the 2008 presidential election[41] and in the 2012 presidential election.[42] He is a supporter of gay rights.[43]
Humanitarian work
Clooney is involved with Not On Our Watch Project, an organization that focuses global attention and resources to stop and prevent mass atrocities, along with Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, David Pressman, and Jerry Weintraub.[44]
In February 2009, he visited Goz Beida, Chad, with NY Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof.[45] In January 2010, he organized the Telethon Hope for Haiti Now,[46] which collected donations for the 2010 Haiti earthquake victims.
In March 2012, Clooney was featured with Martin Sheen and Brad Pitt in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play, '8'—a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage—as attorney David Boies.[47] The production was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.[48][49] In September 2012, Clooney offered to take an auction winner out to lunch to benefit the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). GLSEN works to create a safe space in schools for children who are or may be perceived to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.[50]
Clooney has advocated a resolution of the Darfur conflict.[51]
He spoke at a 2006 Save Darfur rally in Washington, D.C. In April 2006, he spent ten days in Chad and Sudan with his father to make the TV special "A Journey to Darfur" reflecting the situation of Darfur's refugees, and advocated for action. The documentary was broadcast on American cable TV as well as in the UK and France. In 2008, it was released on DVD with the sale proceeds being donated to the International Rescue Committee.[52][53][54][55] In September of the same year, he spoke to the UN Security Council with Nobel Prize-winner Elie Wiesel to ask the UN to find a solution to the conflict and to help the people of Darfur.[56] In December, he visited China and Egypt with Don Cheadle and two Olympic winners to ask both governments to pressure Sudan's government.[57]
On March 25, 2007, he sent an open letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, calling on the European Union to take "decisive action" in the region given the failure of Sudan President Omar al-Bashir to respond to UN resolutions.[58] He narrated and was co-executor producer of the 2007 documentary Sand and Sorrow.[59] 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.[60] In December 2007, Clooney and fellow actor Don Cheadle received the Summit Peace Award from the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. In his acceptance speech, Clooney said that "Don and I … stand here before you as failures. The simple truth is that when it comes to the atrocities in Darfur … those people are not better off now than they were years ago."[61][62] On January 18, 2008, the United Nations announced Clooney's appointment as a UN messenger of peace, effective January 31.[1][2]
Clooney conceived of and, with John Prendergast, human rights activist, co-founder of the Enough Project, and Strategic Advisor for Not On Our Watch Project, initiated the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP), after an October 2010 trip to South Sudan. SSP aims to monitor armed activity for signs of renewed civil war between Sudan and South Sudan, and to detect and deter mass atrocities along the border regions there.[63]
Clooney and John Prendergast co-wrote a Washington Post op-ed piece in May 2011, titled "Dancing with a dictator in Sudan", arguing that:[64]
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. International support should be sought immediately for denying debt relief, expanding the ICC indictments, diplomatically isolating the regime, suspending all non-humanitarian aid, obstructing state-controlled bank transactions and freezing accounts holding oil wealth diverted by senior regime officials.
On March 16, 2012, Clooney was arrested outside the Sudanese Embassy for civil disobedience, during a protest.[65][66] Clooney had intended to be arrested when he planned the protest.[66] Several other prominent participants in the protest were also arrested, including Martin Luther King III.[66]
In January 2003, Clooney made a controversial joke about the fact that Charlton Heston was suffering from Alzheimer's, and Clooney initially refused to apologize.[21][67][67][68] While speaking at a National Board of Review event as he accepted an award on television, Clooney said: "Charlton Heston announced again today that he is suffering from Alzheimer's."[69] When syndicated columnist Liz Smith asked Clooney whether he wasn't "going too far" with his remark, he responded: "I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association; he deserves whatever anyone says about him."[68][70]
Heston himself commented, "It just goes to show that sometimes class does skip a generation," referring to Clooney's aunt, Rosemary Clooney.[70] Heston further commented on the Clooney joke: "I don't know the man – never met him, never even spoken to him, but I feel sorry for George Clooney – one day he may get Alzheimer's disease. I served my country in World War II. I survived that – I guess I can survive some bad words from this fellow."[71] Clooney later said, "It was a joke... They got the quote wrong. What I said was 'The head of the NRA announced today ...' (Filmmaker) Michael Moore had just gotten an award. Anyway, Charlton Heston shows up with guns over his head after a school shooting and then says in the documentary it's because of ethnic diversity that we have problems with violence in America. I think he's going to have to take whatever hits he gets. It was just a joke."[72] Clooney said in 2008 he subsequently apologized to Heston in a letter, and that he received a nice response from Heston's wife.[21]
On January 16, 2006, during his acceptance speech for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Syriana, Clooney paused to sarcastically thank disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff before adding, "Who would name their kid Jack with the word 'off' at the end of your last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up!"[73] Abramoff's father wrote a letter to The Desert Sun, calling Clooney's comment "glib and ridiculous".[74] Larry King asked Clooney on CNN if he would apologize, but Clooney declined.[74]
Personal life
Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 until they divorced in 1993. He also had a relationship with actress Ginger Lynn Allen. In 2007, he said that he will never marry again.[75] After meeting British model Lisa Snowdon in 2000, he had a five-year on-again, off-again relationship with her.[76] In June 2007, he started dating reality personality Sarah Larson, but the couple broke up in May 2008.[77] In July 2009, Clooney was in a relationship with Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis until they split in June 2011.[78][79] In July 2011, Clooney started dating former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler,[80] and they ended their relationship in July 2013.[81] Beginning in early 2014, he has been romantically linked to Amal Alamuddin, a British-Lebanese, London-based attorney.[82] Clooney has also dated actresses Kelly Preston (1987–1989), Renée Zellweger (2001) and Krista Allen (2002–2008) as well as French reality TV personality Céline Balitran (1996–1999).[83][84]
Often featured in People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" issue, Clooney's marital status and availability are a running joke among female fans who still fantasize they have a chance to bring him to the altar. 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.[85]
Despite his highly publicized relationships with women, Clooney's sexual orientation has been the subject of media scrutiny. When asked about the subject in an interview with The Advocate, Clooney stated, "The last thing you'll ever see me do is jump up and down, saying, 'These are lies!' That would be unfair and unkind to my good friends in the gay community. I'm not going to let anyone make it seem like being gay is a bad thing."[86]
Clooney's main home is in Los Angeles. He purchased the 7,354-square-foot (683.2 m2) house in 1995 through his George Guifoyle Trust. His home in Italy is in the village of Laglio, on Lake Como,[87] near the former residence of Italian author Ada Negri.[88] Clooney also maintains a home in Los Cabos, Mexico that is next door to the home of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber.[89]
Motorcycle accident
On September 21, 2007, Clooney and then-girlfriend Sarah Larson were injured in a motorcycle accident in Weehawken, New Jersey. Clooney's motorcycle was hit by a car. The driver of the car reported that Clooney attempted to pass him on the right,[90] while Clooney said that the driver signaled left and then decided to make an abrupt right turn and clipped his motorcycle. Clooney was treated and released from the Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, New Jersey.[91] On October 9, 2007, more than two dozen staff at the hospital were suspended without pay for looking at Clooney's medical records in violation of federal law.[92] Clooney said: "[W]hile I very much believe in a patient's right to privacy, I would hope that this could be settled without suspending medical workers."[93]
"Max" (1987 – December 1, 2006) was Clooney's pet Vietnamese black bristled potbellied pig, often referred to as "Max the star" by Clooney.[94] The pig shared Clooney's Hollywood Hills home, as well as Clooney's bed, and frequently made cameos in interviews, mostly because of his enormous size.[95] He is often credited with saving Clooney's life by waking him up before the Northridge earthquake on January 16, 1994.[94] In 2006, the pig was taken for a flight on John Travolta's private jet.[96]
Max was bought by Clooney in 1988 as a gift for his then-girlfriend Kelly Preston, who later became Travolta's wife.[97] The pig used to have a special cattle-pen and his own corner in the garage of Clooney's manor.[98] Max was seriously injured in 2001 when one of Clooney's friends accidentally ran him over with his car.[99] Weighing ca. 300 pounds (over 130 kg), Max died in Los Angeles of natural causes, as has been stated by Clooney's press secretary Stan Rosenfield. Because he was known to have arthritis, and was partly blind, the animal was falsely reported to have died in January 2005. Clooney dotingly recalls that Max would squeal every morning until he was fed.[96] A column on Max by Clooney's father, Nick, appeared in The Cincinnati Enquirer.[100]
He also owned two bulldogs, named Bud and Lou, after the famous comedy team Abbott and Costello. Both dogs have died; one from a rattlesnake bite.[101][102]
In the media
Clooney is one of three people to have been given the title of "Sexiest Man Alive" twice by People Magazine; first in 1997 and again in 2006.[103] He appeared in commercials outside the US for products such as Fiat, Nespresso, and Martini vermouth, and lent his voice to a series of Budweiser ads beginning in 2005.[104] Clooney was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2007, 2008, and 2009.[105][106][107]
South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker lampooned Clooney, among other stars, in their feature film Team America: World Police. Clooney later said that he would have been offended if he hadn't been made fun of in the film.[108] He was also mentioned in the South Park episode "Smug Alert!", which mocks his acceptance speech at the 78th Academy Awards. Clooney has also lent his voice to South Park, however, appearing in the episode "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" as Sparky the Dog, and as the emergency room doctor in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Clooney was also caricatured in the American Dad! episode Tears of a Clooney, in which Francine sees her plans to destroy Clooney materialize.[109]
Director Alexander Cartio made his debut feature film entitled Convincing Clooney about a Los Angeles artist, who faced with rejection as an actor and screenplay writer, arrives at his master plan to get Clooney to star in his first-ever low-budget short film. The story was released on DVD in November 2011.[110][111]
Awards and honors
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- ^ AmericanLife TV Network (ALN) Donates Proceeds From "A Journey to Darfur" DVD to the International Rescue Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived January 13, 2009) "In addition to premiering on AmericanLife TV Network, "A Journey to Darfur" has aired on The Community Channel in England and France 2. The documentary has also been shown at festivals and schools around the world, including, The second Refugee Film Festival in Tokyo presented by the UNHCR, Ilaria Alpi Journalistic Television Award based in Riccione, Italy, Milano Doc Festival, and the Human Rights Nights Film Festival in Bologna, Italy."
- ^ Linton, Leyla. Clooney urges UN action on Darfur The Washington Post. September 15, 2006.
- ^ Friedman, Roger. George Clooney's Secret Mission FOXNews.com. December 12, 2006.
- ^ Europe calls on Sudan to accept UN resolution[dead link] March 26, 2007.
- ^ Weissberg, Jay. Sand and Sorrow review. Variety. June 25, 2007.
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- ^ a b "Heston Slams Clooney For Alzheimer's Joke" at the Wayback Machine (archived January 26, 2003) thebostonchannel.com. January 24, 2003.
- ^ Biography for George Clooney at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Daily Dose of George Clooney! Clooney News 8". Fortunecity.com. Archived from the original on 2002-10-26. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- ^ Silverman, Stephen M. Lobbyist's Dad Lashes Out at Clooney. People. January 20, 2006.
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- ^ Walker, Tim (1 May 2009). "Lisa Snowdon says George Clooney is no Mr Right". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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There have been a few other tweaks made to the interface which are designed to make the game even easier to navigate as your library fills up with hundreds of downloaded songs. Aside from just scrolling through the songs individually the R1 and R2 buttons are used to scroll through the artists alphabetically. There is also a help button, triggered with the L1 button, and it provides some simple instructions on just about everything. Finally, there are some short cut buttons, so rather than getting lost in the menus you can quickly jump to your media gallery or hop to the SingStore. Overall it's an easy interface to navigate and one that makes the game end up feeling very polished. The lack of any noticeable loading times simply adds the final icing to the cake.
Singstar for the PlayStation 3 is a fantastic game and one we have no problems recommending to fans of the series. The lack of wireless microphones is a little disappointing, and the gameplay hasn't actually changed at all, but adding the SingStore into the game now negates the need for bimonthly disks, and as long as Sony gets content up on the SingStore frequently fans will always have something to sing. Singstar has the potential to kill every karaoke machine out there and is a game that will have your younger brother, mum, grandma and girlfriend playing. And possibly even enjoying it.


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James Madison men's basketball returns home following a setback to first-place Delaware to face last-place UNCW at the JMU Convocation Center on Saturday at noon.
The game will be televised regionally on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Philadelphia and New England as well as Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (CSS). As such, the game will not be available for online viewing within those TV markets on MadiZONE HD SportsNet presented by the JMU Alumni Association.
In their last game, the Dukes fell to 9-17 overall and 4-8 within the Colonial Athletic Association following an 81-65 loss in Newark. Madison, which was not able to return to Harrisonburg until Friday due to the winter storm, fell behind by as many as 20 points on multiple occasions late in the first half. It cut the deficit to 15 three times within the second half, but could not get any closer.
Freshman forward Yohanny Dalembert had a breakout game for the Dukes, recording his first career double- double with 15 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks. Sophomore guard Andre Nation led with a team-high 17 points for JMU, while guard Ron Curry added eight with four steals and three assists.
After starting the league slate 0-10, UNCW has won consecutive games, downing third-place Towson 66-53 and taking down Northeastern on Thursday night 55-45, both at home. Against the Huskies, the Seahawks were lifted by 29 points off the bench, including 11 from Craig Ponder and 10 from Dylan Sherwood. Shane Reybold added seven points, nine rebounds and three blocks. UNCW enters the matchup looking for its first CAA road win (0-6).
When the two teams met earlier this season, JMU pulled away with the 60-55 victory in its first conference game of the season on Jan. 4. The Dukes built an early 16-4 lead and never trailed, weathering an 11-2 run by the Seahawks in the second half to claim the victory. Sophomore guard Charles Cooke led the Dukes with a career-high 24 points and nine rebounds. Graduate student Andrey Semenov added an additional 13 for James Madison. Juniors Cedrick Williams and Freddie Jackson led UNCW with nine points apiece, while Williams also recorded 11 boards.
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According to Weston Hodkiewicz of the Green Bay Press-Gazette, the Packers paid out more in veteran workout bonuses than any team last year, and appear to be doing so again this year, with more than 20 veterans having substantial bonuses for showing up for offseason conditioning.
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Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, outside linebacker Matthews and cornerback Sam Shields will each make $500,000 for offseason participation, while 13 other players will get six-figure bonuses for showing up.
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Marcus Mariota and Brett Hundley decided to return to college, though, and teams found that Teddy Bridgewater, Blake Bortles and Johnny Manziel were not the sure things that you want to find when spending a high first-round pick on a player to build your team around. The Vikings are one of the teams looking for a franchise quarterback, leaving General Manager Rick Spielman and the rest of the brass to figure out if there's a quarterback worth taking with the eighth pick or if they're better served filling another hole while addressing quarterback later in the draft.
Peter King of TheMMQB.com quoted an NFL coach as saying that the quarterback decisions are "tortuous" this year, something Spielman agreed with while saying that there's more pressure to make the right call this year than in the past.
"That's a big reason why we made it a high priority to sign Matt Cassel back. Every one of these quarterbacks … nothing is a sure thing. There's no Andrew Luck, no Peyton Manning," Spielman said. "It is such a mixed bag with each player—every one of them has positives, every one of them has negatives. And if that's the way you end up feelings, why don't you just wait till later in the draft, and take someone with the first pick you're sure will help you right now? I agree with that coach, whoever it is. It is torturous this year."
Spielman said that if the Vikings do take a quarterback this year, they'd like him to sit and learn in 2014 before ascending to the starting job. That's a tough thing to do when you use a top 10 pick on a player, which may push the Vikings and others toward different positions come May 8.
Monday morning one-liners
Taking a look at Donald Trump's Buffalo ties in relation to his possible interest in buying the Bills.
Clemson WR Martavis Bryant is on the Dolphins' list of visitors.
G Josh Kline made a quick positive impression on his Patriots teammates.
The Jets start offseason work and their quarterback competition on Monday.
Ravens G.M. Ozzie Newsome offered some advice to Washington TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins.
How have the Bengals addressed their run game this offseason?
Browns LB Brandon Magee talks about playing both football and baseball.
The Steelers are one of eight teams without anyone left from their 2009 draft.
The Texans are one of the teams that should be looking for help at defensive tackle.
Colts wide receivers coach Charlie Williams watched Colorado WR Paul Richardson's pro day workout.
An argument in favor of the Jaguars selecting QB Johnny Manziel.
The Titans website profiles Michigan T Taylor Lewan and Florida State DT Timmy Jernigan.
T Ryan Clady is one of the healthy Broncos that will be welcomed back to the field this week.
There are no pressing running back needs for the Chiefs.
The Raiders' rundown of all their jersey numbers nears its end.
The Chargers' website takes a look at Indiana WR Cody Latimer.
Are the Cowboys drafting too low to get a top defensive lineman in the first round?
The new look Giants get to work on Monday.
Eagles S Malcolm Jenkins would like to face the Redskins in Week One.
Does WR DeSean Jackson make up for the Redskins not having a first round pick?
Are the Bears in the market for a wide receiver in this year's draft?
Georgia Tech DE/LB Jeremiah Attaochu could be a fit with the Lions.
The Packers are fond of paying workout bonuses to players for their offseason participation.
Should the Vikings trade down or bolster their defense in the first round?
TE Levine Toilolo is a player to watch as the Falcons get back to work.
Utah DE/LB Trevor Reilly said he had a good meeting with the Panthers.
Saints G Ben Grubbs recently visited Angola prison.
Buccaneers linebackers coach Hardy Nickerson sees some of himself in LB Lavonte David.
Buddy Morris is ready for his first year as the Cardinals' strength and conditioning coach.
Nick Wagoner of ESPN.com took his shot at guessing the Rams' schedule.
Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee calls for tough love and no contract extension for 49ers LB Aldon Smith.
Washington State S Deone Bucannon is reportedly making the short trip to visit the Seahawks.
Report: Texans G.M. prefers Khalil Mack to Jadeveon Clowney
When the longer-than-ever pre-draft process began, the general assumption was that the Texans would draft a quarterback.
Then, as everyone began to realize what a generational talent Jadeveon Clowney was, the pendulum of conventional wisdom swung that way.
Turns out, neither may be the case in two and a half weeks when the draft finally starts with the Texans on the clock.
According to Peter King of TheMMQB.com, one "Friend of Rick Smith" (the Texans' General Manager) said that Smith preferred Buffalo linebacker Khalil Mack to Clowney, but his preference in quarterbacks was unclear.
While Clowney might be a better fit in a 4-3 defense than in a 3-4 such as Houston's, that's still a bold call.
In fact, it's almost like the kind of thing that gets out there on purpose this time of year, as the Texans hope that someone calls a Friend of Rick Smith and says "Hey, if you don't want that pick, we do."
We only have 17 more days to wait to find out.
Jeff Fisher: Everyone says they're ahead of schedule, Bradford really is
In the last few years, so many players recovering from torn ACLs have been described as "ahead of schedule" that it seems like everyone in the league has begun viewing ACL tears through rose-colored glasses. But in the case of Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, coach Jeff Fisher says he really, truly is ahead of schedule.
"You're not gonna hear a head coach say he has a player on his team that's not ahead of schedule coming off an ACL. Everybody says they're all ahead of schedule. But he is realistically way ahead of schedule. He's working hard," Fisher said of Bradford, via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Still, a torn ACL is serious business, and when the Rams open their offseason program today, Bradford won't be able to do everything. Bradford is, however, on pace to be throwing during Organized Team Activities.
"Sam's in a very good place considering what happened last year," Fisher said. "I thought he was off to a great start. Had he stayed healthy his projected numbers could've been quite impressive. He's worked hard through the process, and I would expect him at some point to be throwing in OTAs."
Bradford tore his ACL six months ago, on October 20.
Bears could be looking for long-term linebacker answers in the draft
As the Chicago Bears attempt to fix quickly a defense that performed poorly in 2013, the franchise could be applying a longer-term view to one of the positions for which its renowned.
As explained by Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Bears may need to target a middle linebacker in 2014 with a plan to use him in 2015. For now, D.J. Williams (pictured) remains the man in the middle, with Lance Briggs still holding down the weak side and Shea McClellin getting a crack at taking over the strong side. By next year, Briggs and Williams could be gone.
Drafted last year to be a middle linebacker, Bostic is headed to the outside this year. He'll likely get a chance to develop into a potential replacement for Briggs. That leaves a hole behind Williams in the middle.
Finley pegs round three as the point at which the Bears could start looking for a future middle linebacker. Plenty of factors come into play, including whether many potential middle linebackers remain after the first two rounds.
The McNabb trade, four years later
The relative solitude of Easter Sunday in 2010 was disrupted by a stunning bit of NFL news. The Eagles traded franchise quarterback Donovan McNabb to the Redskins.
In return, the Eagles picked up a 2010 second-round pick and, ultimately, a fourth-round pick in 2011. Philly fans feared several years of being pummeled twice per season by McNabb and his new team. McNabb emerged victorious in his return to the place he called home for 11 years, but then the Eagles and Mike Vick put a beating for the ages on their division rivals on a Monday night.
McNabb later was benched for Rex Grossman, and the Redskins traded McNabb to the Vikings after the 2011 lockout ended. His stint in Minnesota was even less memorable.
The two trades resulted in the Eagles selecting safety Nate Allen in the second round of the 2010 draft. He has appeared in 59 of 64 regular-season games, with 54 starts.
The fourth-round pick in 2011 was shipped to the Buccaneers in exchange for a pair of fourth-round picks, one in 2011 and one in 2012. With the 2011 pick, the Eagles selected linebacker Casey Matthews. The 2012 fourth-rounder was traded to the Texans for linebacker DeMeco Ryans, who has started every game during his two years with the team. Matthews, who began his rookie season as a starter, was benched after three games but nevertheless has appeared in all 48 of his career regular-season games.
The Redskins, who got the short end of the first McNabb trade, did well with the second McNabb trade, landing the sixth-round pick that became running back Alfred Morris. He has started 32 regular-season games and generated 2,888 rushing yards in two years with the team.
Recalling when a CFL club outspent Jerry Jones
Imagine this: a CFL club outspending Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for a top player.
Well, 23 years ago Sunday, this happened.
Yes, on April 20, 1991, the Toronto Argonauts signed Notre Dame wide receiver Raghib "Rocket" Ismail to a four-year contract reportedly worth up to $26.2 million with $18.2 million in guarantees.
The Cowboys, who acquired the No. 1 overall pick from New England, could not strike a deal with Ismail. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Cowboys wouldn't give Ismail the five-year, $14.5 million guaranteed contract he sought. (Before dealing the No. 1 pick, New England also could not reach an agreement with Ismail.)
"Rocket is a fine, fine player, and we wish him a lot of luck," Jones said after Ismail's deal with Toronto, according to the Baltimore Sun. "We asked and received an offer from Ismail's agents. It was very apparent when we got their offer that Rocket was legitimately headed to Canada. His numbers were totally out of our range. Basically, we wanted to see if there was a chance of an NFL team being able to sign him."
Ismail played two seasons in Toronto, earning Grey Cup MVP honors after his kickoff return touchdown helped the Argonauts win the 1991 CFL title.
In 1993, Ismail would join the Los Angeles Raiders, who held his NFL rights after drafting him two years earlier in Round Four. Interestingly enough, Ismail would finish his pro career with Dallas, and he would set career-highs in catches (80) and yards (1,097) for the Cowboys in 1999.
The Cowboys, for the record, would take defensive lineman Russell Maryland No. 1 overall in 1991. He played on all three of the Cowboys' Super Bowl-winning clubs of the 1990s. Also, the Cowboys' other No. 1 pick in 1991, Alvin Harper, started in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII for Dallas.
Rams could be planning to draft a quarterback
At the Scouting Combine in February, Rams G.M. Les Snead told NBCSN's Pro Football Talk that there's no way his team would take a quarterback with the second overall pick in the 2014 draft.
That doesn't mean the Rams aren't thinking about beefing up the position later.
As explained by Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Rams are "strongly considering" drafting a quarterback next month. They've been spending time eyeballing the likes of Pitt quarterback Tom Savage, South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw, Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray (pictured), SMU quarterback Garrett Gilbert, Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr, and Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd.
While the Rams by all appearances remain committed to Sam Bradford, he's recovering from a torn ACL and under contract for only two more years. Likewise, backup Shaun Hill has signed a deal that covers only one year.
If they land a rookie who develop quickly and quietly, it's possible that, come next year, the Rams may be rethinking their commitment to Bradford.
Josh McCown sees young QBs as "nice kids," ready to be a mentor
Buccaneers quarterback Josh McCown was brought in to be the starter, but he knows it may just be a matter of time before he's replaced by a younger player, perhaps one the Bucs draft next month.
And McCown is fine with that. The Buccaneers have brought in some young quarterbacks for visits, and McCown likes what he sees from them.
"They all seem like nice kids. They look so young," McCown told the Tampa Bay Times. "It was cool to say hello to them; just briefly with Johnny [Manziel] and Teddy [Bridgewater] and Jimmy [Garoppolo]. Just, 'Hey. How's it going?' and wish them well. It's funny. You look at them, and you think back a few years and remember how fast it can go."
The Bucs have another "nice kid" currently on the roster in Mike Glennon, and McCown will mentor Glennon as well. While McCown was out of the league in 2012 he briefly served as a high school coach, so he has experience as a mentor, and that's a part of the job he welcomes. Even if the better he does mentoring, the sooner he could lose his job as the Bucs' starter.
Brandon Marshall expects big things from Marquess Wilson
The release of Earl Bennett in Chicago opens up a clear path for Marquess Wilson to be the Bears' third receiver next season.
Coach Marc Trestman would only say that Wilson will have "a chance to compete" for that job, but one of the two receivers definitely ahead of Marshall on the depth chart is expecting a bit more than that. Brandon Marshall said in an interview with CBSSports.com that he's feeling good and looking forward to his "best year ever," but the subject of Wilson was more exciting for him.
"I really want to talk about Marquess Wilson," Marshall said. "He came down and trained with us the whole offseason. We're really looking for him to do some big things. This guy, he's probably the steal of the draft last year. I'm going to say that. He came in, he put in the work, he looks like a body builder. Fast, strong, explosive. I'm looking forward to seeing him in OTAs."
Wilson is 6-4, which would make him, Marshall and Alshon Jeffery one of the taller receiving trios in memory. Bennett wasn't targeted all that often last season, but the Bears offense will be tough for defenses to measure up to in multiple ways if Wilson lives up to Marshall's hype.
Jason Verrett slated for visit with Jets
The Jets have either met with or set up meetings with a lot of prospective first round wide receivers and cornerbacks recently and that trend that will continue on Monday.
Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News reports that TCU cornerback Jason Verrett will visit with the team a few days before Michigan State's Darqueze Dennard also drops by the team's headquarters. Virginia Tech's Kyle Fuller, Oklahoma State's Justin Gilbert and Ohio State's Bradley Roby have also drawn interest from a team looking for help at cornerback after cutting Antonio Cromartie earlier this offseason.
Verrett is expected to go in the latter half of the first round despite shoulder surgery in March. He's expected to be ready to go in time for training camp, which is a similar timeline to the one Jets cornerback and 2013 first-round pick Dee Milliner followed last offseason.
The Jets are also expected to have receivers Brandin Cooks, Odell Beckham and Marqise Lee, in for visits this week which means they could just sort things out by having everyone go one-on-one to determine the best fit for the 18th overall pick.
One owner says Trump's confirmation wouldn't be a slam dunk
Recently, an NFL ownership-level source told PFT that it could be difficult to muster nine votes to keep Donald Trump out of the world's most exclusive club of billionaires. Another owner has told Gary Myers of the New York Daily News something very different.
"He did try to bring the NFL down," the unnamed owner told Myers. "Certainly, a lot of owners aren't around anymore. Maybe some of the new guys wouldn't bear the same type of resentment that some of the older guys would. Do you think he would be a good partner for us or be somewhat of a maverick and be in it for himself? All questions that have to be asked. It's not just the USFL stuff. Who knows how serious he is. He likes to have his name out there. Let's put it this way: I don't think his confirmation would be a slam dunk."
Lions looking for a few good closers
When a team is talking about looking for closers, the natural inclination is to assume that we're talking about baseball.
This year's draft will feature one team looking for football versions of Mariano Rivera, however. The Lions lost six of their final seven games last season and they held a fourth-quarter lead in all six of those losses, which is leading vice president of pro personnel Sheldon White to look for players who can help them finish out a lead in free agency and the draft this offseason.
"You saw six games out of seven where we did not finish. So we're going to be looking for closers," White said, via Kyle Meinke of MLive.com. "Look for them in free agency — guys who have been there, guys like our coaching staff that have been there, guys that will not quit. We have some now, but we need some additional players that have that same kind of mind-set. That's what we've done so far, and we still have a lot of work to do."
Wide receiver Golden Tate and safety James Ihedigbo were both brought in via free agency and they each won Super Bowl rings in the last two years, which is likely the kind of closing kick the Lions would like to see from their team in the future.
The inability to finish what his team started helped seal former coach Jim Schwartz's fate. Should 2014 feature more of the same, his won't be the last head to roll in Detroit as they try to build a team that can go the distance.


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The PC government's 2013 budget cut $42 million dollars in funding from community access programs for persons with developmental disabilities.
This government is being shamelessly dishonest when it tells families of disabled Albertans that outcomes for their loved ones can be improved by cutting $42 million dollars in supports. These cuts mean that not only will many Albertans with disabilities lose support to attend community programs, but many will lose essential services.
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