George Clooney-Personal Trivia

Personal Trivia about George Clooney are as follows:

• He was voted "Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine in 1997
  
• He was voted "Best Dressed Male Television Star." in 1997
  
• He was chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World." in 1996
  
• For eighteen years he owned a pet pig named Max that was given to him by Kelly Preston. Max died on December 1, 2006.
  
• He Studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse.
  
• He was the very first guest on the talk-show of host Rosie O'Donnell when her TV show debuted.
  
• He dated Renée Zellweger and Mariella Frostrup.
  
• He is suffering from bleeding stomach ulcers and is still on medication for stomach pain to this day.
  
• He was Ranked 27 on Premiere's 2002 Power 100 List.
  
• When married to Talia Balsam he was the son-in-law of Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten.
  
• One of People Magazine's "Top 50 Bachelors" (2002).
  
• Ranked 29 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List.
  
• Is the sixth actor to play Batman.
  
• No. 3 of 10 Top Sexiest Men in People magazine in 2003.
  
• Broke up with girlfriend Krista Allen in 2004.
  
• Shared an apartment with actor Thom Mathews during the early 1980s.
  
• Dated Céline Balitran from 1996 to 1999.
  
• Was the second man, after Richard Gere, to make an appearance on the cover of Vogue magazine.
  
• Ranked 16 on VH1's "100 Hottest Hotties."
  
• Rode a bicycle to get to auditions as a struggling actor.
  
• At 43, he was voted sexiest male celebrity in a 'Naughty Forties' poll conducted for UK television station FX.
  
• Shared an L.A. home with Kelly Preston when both were struggling actors.
  
• He loves beer. He does voice overs for Budweiser TV commercials and allegedly had a beer keg installed in his dressing room during filming of Ocean's Eleven in 2001.
  
• Lived in a friend's closet during his struggle as an actor in L.A.
  
• Is a Dallas Mavericks fan.
  
• His relationship with Krista Allen, whom he met on the set of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), ended after 2 years.
  
• In June 2005 he broke off relationship with Lisa Snowdon after 5 years.
  
• In 2005 appeared on the cover of the first Men's Vogue.
  
• He owns a villa in Laglio at Lake Como, Italy, where he lives several months of the year.
  
• Close friends with actor Tommy Hinkley.
  
• Ranked 21 on Premiere's 2006 "Power 50" list. He was ranked 43 in 2005.
  
• Turned down the role of Sgt. John McLoughlin in World Trade Center in 2006.
  
• People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2006.
  
• Suffered from Bell's palsy for a time while he was in high school.
  
• In December 2006, he traveled to China and Egypt to make a personal plea to Chinese and Egyptian officials to use their ties with the Sudanese government to help stop the violence in the Darfur region.
  
• Lives at Lago di Como in Italy.
  
• Was considered for the part of Reed Richards in Fantastic Four in 2005.
  
• In 2001 he was Voted Most Eligible Bachelor by People Magazine.
  
• Quit smoking cigarettes after his aunt Rosemary Clooney died from lung cancer in 2002.
  
• In September 2006 he addressed the United Nations Security Council, urging it to act over Darfur.
  
• Helped celebrate a plan to rebuild a hospital in hurricane-devastated Louisiana alongside former President George Bush on 20 December 2006.
  
• In 2007 he was ranked 13 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
  
• In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $25 million.
  
• Supports Senator Barack Obama's bid to win the Democratic nomination for the 2008 presidential election.
  
• He and his girlfriend, Sarah Larson, had an accident in 2007 while riding a motorcycle. She broke some toes, and Clooney broke a rib.
  
• Merited a place in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World" with a tribute written by Roseanne, in Issue of May 12, 2008.
  
• Broke up with Sarah Larson in June, 2008.
  
• His palatial villa overlooking Italy's Lake Como comprises 15 rooms, a wine cellar, and a master bedroom suite atop three floors. In his garage Clooney keeps his collection of Piaggio motorbikes. Docked at his pier is a Colombo classic powerboat.