George Clooney Engagement Report - A 'mistake'....
A Dubai photographer sparked an international incident over the weekend (08/09Dec07) when he accidentally referred to George Clooney's girlfriend as his fiancee.The unnamed snapper called Sarah Larson Clooney's fiancee on photographs he took for the world's leading picture agencies at the Dubai International Film Festival, which Clooney attended with the former U.S. reality TV star.Gossips jumped on the news and suggested the couple had wed in the Middle East, but the movie star's publicist insists the engagement story was just "a mistake" Meanwhile the actor George Clooney will make a second awareness-raising trip to the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan next month (Jan08).The 46-year-old hopes his celebrity status will draw more attention to the appalling conditions in the area as he tours the most affected areas of the crisis.Clooney says, "I'm not a politician, so the reason I go is to focus attention there."We're going to try to get deeper into Darfur, try to get some cameras in to the tougher camps and have conversations."That's basically all I can do. If you put famous people in front of very ugly sites, people will watch".Clooney visited Darfur with his father, a former U.S. news anchor, last year (06). They shot a short film about the horrors of the refugee camps.
Details of Clooney's upcoming trip are being kept secret for security reasons.
The actor admits he feels compelled to do all he can to raise awareness in Darfur: "It certainly reminds you to be ridiculously happy with your life. Once you see people suffering in the way these people are suffering, you feel very guilty about not suffering at all".
On Thursday (13Dec07), Clooney and his Ocean's Eleven co-star Don Cheadle will be honoured for their efforts in Darfur at the World Summit Of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome, Italy. Both actors will receive the Peace Summit Award at the event.
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