Hey, isn’t that...? You know, that guy. The guy that always plays someone in the military. He was in, uh, Syriana, The Kingdom... Oh yeah! He was the father of the emo kid in American Beauty!

George Clooney is a strange player in the entertainment world. While widely renowned as an A-list movie star with universal sex appeal, Clooney's film career isn't as rife with blockbuster hits as one may think.

Music entertainers are constantly making the transition from the world of singing to acting. The goal is usually to be a double, triple or quadruple threat via becoming an amazing musician/actor; musician/actor/producer or musician/actor/producer/director.

"He was hot in the cot." Steve Irwin's widow Terri admits the Crocodile Hunter was good in bed. "I think they'd be very unlucky to have me." Daniel Radcliffe has snubbed a career in the British Army.

TORONTO (AP) - If there's a do-it-yourself movement in Hollywood, George Clooney could be its leader.After years of taking what was offered, including bad movies such as ''Batman & Robin,'' Clooney took charge of his career.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The United States will have a female president next year - on the Fox TV series ''24.'' Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones will play President Allison Taylor when the show about the exploits of counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) returns in January for its seventh season, the network announced Sunday.

Ashton Kutcher is keen to dedicate his new movie to the lifeguards who helped save lives after Hurricane Katrina because playing one of them made him realise what they mean to America. The actor plays an ambitious rookie learning the ropes from veteran Kevin Costner in The Guardian and admits he came away from the film with a new respect for all lifeguards.

The Broadcasting Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced today that it will honor George Clooney by presenting him with its Freedom Award on the live telecast of 11th annual Critics' Choice Awards set to air on The WB Monday, January 9, 2006 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET) from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The BFCA presents its Freedom Award to individuals "for illuminating our shared values of freedom, tolerance and democracy."

Superman Returns will be simultaneously released in both IMAX and conventional theatres on June 30, 2006. In addition, Poseidon, a re-envisioning of the 1972 classic The Poseidon Adventure, will be simultaneously released on May 12, 2006.