George Clooney: The Last Great Movie Star

He's famous for being named ÊPeopleÊ magazine's Sexiest Man Alive his penchant for practical jokes and his vow never to remarry as well as his Oscar-winning and Emmy-nominated acting career. But George Clooney's reputation as the mayor of every movie set he's on belies his essential seriousness as a businessman and in his ascendancy to the Hollywood A-list.ÞIn ÊGeorge Clooney: The Last Great Movie StarÊ Kimberly Potts traces the star's life from the small-town boy to big-screen star. After spending a decade languishing in failed TV series he slowly and deliberately built a r©sum© that took him from TV stardom on ÊERÊ to a winning film career as a serious actor writer producer and director. Along the way are his early attempts to break out into film (including his ÊBatmanÊ movie flop) his many well-publicized romances his political and humanitarian efforts and his shrewdly developed formula for choosing smart blockbuster movie projects that he uses to finance his more personal passion projects such as ÊSyrianaÊ and Êgood night and good luck.Ê finding success with both.