KATHMANDU: He created history by being nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Director for two films at the 78th Annual Academy Awards. He is none other than George Clooney, 44, who in 1997 was named People magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ and has drawn nearly a billion dollars at the box office from films such as Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve and Intolerable Cruelty.

In a interview prior to the Oscars, Clooney had said, “It’s a pretty amazing time for me. I wouldn’t have thought, after doing Facts of Life, that things would work out this way. If you can survive a mullet, you can survive anything.”

This year he went on to win the Oscar for the Best Supporting Actor for Syriana.

Here are a few interesting facts Clooney’s fans would love to dig into.

• He shunned the lavish post Oscar parties in favour of getting drunk with friends at a small Italian restaurant. (March 8)

• Admits he is useless at relationships. (March 3)

• Plans to give the profits of his proposed hotel and casino in Las Vegas to Africa. (February 20)

• Said he wanted vice president Dick Cheney to be his date at the Oscars. (February 14)

• Doesn’t expect to win any Oscars because he believes his movies (Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck) can’t fight Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain. (February 13)

• Fears the ageing process could halt his acting career that he is determined to star in as many movies as possible before time ravages his movie star looks. (February 8)

• Is America’s No 8 favorite movie star according to a poll released by Garris Interactive. (January 21)

• The qualities he looks for in a woman: She should have Nicole Kidman’s laughter, then the personality of Julia Roberts, the quintessence of beauty, as displayed by Michelle Pfeiffer, and the ambition of Jennifer Lopez.

• Hated gaining 30 pounds to play a CIA agent in Syriana. (December 9, 2005) — Compiled from the net.