LONDON:

Veteran Hollywood actor George Clooney sought advice from Irish rocker Bono before he decided to speak out against the genocide in Darfur. Clooney wanted to make sure that he approached the issue as effectively as possible so that people would believe his pleas, contactmusic.com reported. He says, “We had long conversations... (so) people can’t dismiss you as just an entertainer. Bono is very good at putting a laser focus on a specific issue. So when they come at him, whether they like it or not, at least you don’t feel like,

well, here’s some rock ‘n’ roller just spewing out ideological theories. He sets the bar way, way high.”