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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - George Clooney is back on the market according to In Touch Weekly which reports that the famous actor and perennial bachelor has broken up with girlfriend Sarah Larson after a nearly year of dating the former Las Vegas waitress.

Clooney recently moved out his Los Angeles home, according to the magazine, and Larson moved out her belongs at the same time.

"He thinks Sarah is sweet and that is why it was so hard to break up with her. The truth is they had little in common and he just doesn't want to be tied down," said the weekly's "inside source."

Clooney's publicist did not return X17online's calls before publication.

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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - George Clooney's Smoke House production company is set to develop a half-hour dark comedy at Showtime titled The Fall of Bob. The show will be written by Danny Zuker and focuses on a man whose life flashes before his eyes as he jumps off a building, according to Variety.

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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Forbes magazine has put out a list of Hollywood's "most influential actors", not just the top earners, but the ones who actually have an influence over their audience.

The list was topped by Denzel Washington, followed closely by Tom Hanks and George Clooney.

"Actors and actress are often times confused with the characters they play on screen," explains James Houran, a clinical psychologist who researches celebrity worship. "Without even realizing it, we very often blur the two."

Will Smith, Morgan Freeman and Harrison Ford all made the list as well. The only women to make it to the top ten were Angelina Jolie (coming in at number 6) and Julia Roberts in spot number 10.

Also making the list: Robert DeNiro and James Earl Jones.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - George Clooney will make a final appearance on the show that made him famous.

Radar Online reports Clooney will be on the Warner Brothers lot later this week to tape scenes for the finale of the long running "ER."

The shoot is reportedly so secret that only a few cast and crew members will be allowed on to the closed set.

Clooney was an original cast member when the show debuted in 1994. His last appearance on "ER" was in 2000.

The final episode of "ER" will air on April 2nd.

MILAN, Italy (X17online) - George Clooney will be heading to court on July 16 for a cause involving three people who are accused of using his name for a clothing line.

Clooney, 49, will testify as a civil plaintiff at the Milan courthouse.

Reports claims that security will be tight, while the actor is in court, to make sure the trial goes smoothly.

The case, involving Clooney's name, goes back to April 2008. At the time, the three men, accused of forgery, possession and fraud, were organizing a fashion show in Milan.

Grazia Maria Mantelli, Clooney's lawyer, has confirmed that her client will be in court to testify.

MILAN, Italy (X17online) - George Clooney testified in Milan during a fraud trial against three defendants who used his name to promote a line of clothing.

Dressed in a navy blue suit, he addressed the court through an interpreter. According to Clooney, his signature on documents presented in court were forged.

Clooney testified for 90-minutes, and after he was finished, reports say the judge told the actor that his session "has lasted as long as a movie."

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - George Clooney will be receiving a special award at this year's Emmys in recognition of his humanitarian efforts.

Clooney, 49, is being honored with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award for his "Hope for Haiti" TV special.

The program, in which he received an Emmy nomination, helped to raise funding for victims of Hurricane Katrina and those affected by genocide in Darfur.

The Emmy Awards will take place on August 29th.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Gwyneth Paltrow, Will Smith, Rene Zellweger and George Clooney are just a few of the stars joining this year's Stand Up to Cancer telethon.

Stand Up to Cancer, co-founded by movie producer Laura Ziskin, aims at raising millions for cancer research.

Musical guests will include Neil Diamond, Leona Lewis, Lady Antebellum, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Martina McBride and Stevie Wonder, just to name a few.

The 2008 event raised more than $100 million for cancer research. The commercial-free telecast will air on September 10th on ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC ... and several cable channels.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Warner Bros. is confirming that George Clooney has joined the cast of Gravity as a team leader of a space station, a role originally written for Robert Downey Jr.

According to the movie's synopsis, Clooney and Sandra Bullock's character will be the only survivors left after the space station they're living on is destroyed by the debris field from an exploded asteroid.

Production is set to begin in late April. Bullock is currently filming Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close also starring Tom Hanks. As for Clooney, he's currently working on The Ides of March alongside Ryan Gosling.

NEW YORK, New York (X17online) - The 49th New York Film Festival will feature The Descendants as its closing night film, as announced by The Film Society of Lincoln Center.

The movie, written and directed by Alexander Payne, stars George Clooney as Matt King, a land baron trying to reconnect with his daughters after his wife's boating accident. It also stars Judy Greer and Secret Life of the American Teenager's Shailene Woodley.

The festival runs from September 30-October 16. It will show 27 feature films and a program called On Cinema, which will feature an in-depth conversation with Payne.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - George Clooney will be recognized as Actor of the Year at the 2011 Hollywood Film Awards.

The Oscar-winning actor is receiving the honor for his role in Alexander Payne's critically acclaimed film The Descendants.

Previous Actor of the Year honorees include Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Tom Hanks.

The 2011 Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, will be held at the Beverly Hilton on Oct. 24.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - George Clooney has revealed plans to direct a film adaptation of the book The Monuments Men.

The book tells the non-fictional story of art experts who searched for the Nazis’ collection of stolen artwork in the years following World War II.

"We're working on the screenplay right now," the Oscar-winning actor told E! Online. "I'm really interested in telling the story of how these very unlikely heroes went miles deep into a mine and found all the art and returned it."

Clooney picked up The Chairman's Award on Saturday night at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Woody Allen's romantic fantasy Midnight In Paris took top prize at the Writers Guild Awards Sunday. The iconic director won for best original screenplay about a modern-day Hollywood writer [Owen Wilson] who gets the opportunity to hang out with his literary idols, Hemingway and Fitzgerald, in Paris.

The George Clooney film The Descendants won for best adapted screenplay for director Alexander Payne's version of the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings -- an honor he shared with co-writers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash.

This boosts the prospects for each film, of a win at next Sunday's Academy Awards, where both movies are in the running for best picture.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - George Clooney will speak at a hearing of the U.S Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Wednesday, where he will testify about the current situation in Sudan. As part of a panel entitled Sudan and South Sudan: Independence and Insecurity, the A-list actor will touch on rising tensions since the South's secession last July.

The Descendants star founded the Satellite Sentinel Project in 2010, which uses satellite technology to watch for conflict and rights abuse issues remotely. The split between the nations was brought about due to Sudan's continued aggression and human rights violations.

Clooney traveled to Sudan to witness first-hand the damage brought on from president Omar Al-Bashir's continued attacks on the nation's people and the inevitable war that ensued.

Clooney told the CFR Tuesday: "We saw that very specifically happening on two occasions: rape, starvation, and lack of humanitarian aid. They're scaring the hell out of these people and they're killing, hoping and trying to get them just to leave."

Clooney has long been an activist for the cause. He runs the Not on Our Watch organization, which seeks to spread awareness and end the killings. He has made multiple trips to the war-torn nation and risked his health and safety to end the genocide.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - The A-listers came out in full force for President Obama's state dinner honoring UK Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday. George Clooney, who came to Washington to testify in the Senate about human right's violations in the Sudan, was placed at the VIP table next to Michelle Obama.

The prime minister's wife Samantha Cameron sat next to the President, and Homeland star Damian Lewis sat directly across from her. Lewis' wife Helen McCory and Downtown Abbey actor Hugh Bonneville were also at the table.

In addition to Clooney there were a bunch of other Hollywood heavyweights like Harvey Weinstein, who will present a screening of the documentary Bully to teachers and other educators later today.

Idris Elba and Wendell Pierce, who star in one of Obama's favorite shows, The Wire, attended along with Richard Branson and Warren Buffett.

Guests feasted on a variety of dishes - many of which contained vegetables from the First Lady's White House garden - and were entertained by R&B singer John Legend and the folk band Mumford & Sons.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - George Clooney dished out his best campaign advice for President Obama on Sunday's Meet the Press. The Oscar-winning actor explained he believes the President is in a good position to be re-elected, but he needs to do a better job bringing all of his accomplishments in office to the public's attention.

"The Democrats are just very poor, in general, at explaining what it is, when they accomplished something, I think they're pretty bad at it, and Republicans are very good at it," he explains. "If I was a Republican, and Obama was a Republican, I would be selling all of the, you know, he saved the auto industry and he got Osama bin Laden. He passed a health care bill that no one could pass -- if that was a Republican issue. I would be able to sell his presidency as a very successful one. But Democrats are bad at that, we like to pick each other apart."

Clooney has long been a diehard supporter of Obama, and even met with him this past Thursday to discuss the humanitarian situation in the Sudan. The actor also joined Obama and many other Hollywood heavyweights at Wednesday's State dinner.

Don't count on Mr. Clooney ever running for office though! "There is no outside influence for me. I can actually have an opinion and it may not fit what the U.N wants and it may not fit what other people want, and I can say, 'This is what I think is right' and stand by it... I think it's a lot easier than running for office. I don't have any interest in that," he told Meet the Press' David Gregory.

LOS ANGELES, California (x17online) - George Clooney and Julia Roberts are teaming up to take down two audio-visual companies that are using their images to sell products.

On Friday, the two celebrities and long time friends filed a joint lawsuit against Digital Projection Inc. of Georgia and Beyond Audio of Canada, alleging misappropriation of publicity rights, trademark infringement and negligence.

"Defendants prominently used large photographs of Plaintiffs in Defendants' advertising, marketing and promotions including print advertisements published in numerous magazines over the past several months," their lawsuit read. "Accordingly, Defendants are liable to Plaintiffs for the infringement of their publicity rights, privacy rights, and trademark rights."

Clooney and Roberts have yet to speak about their lawsuit in public but are reported to be seeking unspecified compensatory damages, as well as treble damages, punitive damages, attorneys fees and an injunction against further use of their names or images in conjunction with the two companies.