Editing George Clooney (section)

==Early life==
George Timothy Clooney<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2, 2021 |title=George Clooney |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Clooney |access-date=May 31, 2021 |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618160258/https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Clooney |url-status=live }}</ref> was born on May 6, 1961, in [[Lexington, Kentucky]].<ref name="Esquire" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 18, 2010 |title=Intriguing people for January 18, 2010 |work=[[CNN]] |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/18/mip.monday/ |access-date=March 17, 2012 |archive-date=June 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616233015/http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/18/mip.monday/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His mother, Nina Bruce ([[née]] Warren),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Second Generation |url=http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/george-clooney/d0/i0000005.htm#s2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020805101303/http://www5.genealogy.com/famousfolks/george-clooney/d0/i0000005.htm |archive-date=August 5, 2002 |website=Genealogy.com}}</ref> was a [[beauty pageant|beauty queen]] and [[Municipal council|city councilwoman]]. His father, [[Nick Clooney]], is a former [[News presenter|anchorman]] and television host, including five years on the [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] network.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Nick Joseph Clooney (D) |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/elections/2004/candidates/22111/ |url-status=dead |access-date=June 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906201250/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/elections/2004/candidates/22111/ |archive-date=September 6, 2014}}</ref> Clooney is of [[Irish Americans|Irish]], [[German Americans|German]], and [[English Americans|English]] ancestry.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eig |first=Jonathan |date=September 1, 1992 |title=The voice of experience Stormy life lends emotion to Clooney's singing |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D262C9330137&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |access-date=December 4, 2011 |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010095338/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D262C9330137&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |url-status=live }}</ref> His maternal fourth great-grandmother, Mary Ann Sparrow, was the half-sister of [[Nancy Lincoln]], mother of President [[Abraham Lincoln]], making Clooney and President Lincoln half-first cousins five times removed.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fowler |first=Tara |date=November 2, 2012 |title=George Clooney is distantly related to Abraham Lincoln – Seven other celebs with famous ancestors |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/11/02/george-clooney-abraham-lincoln/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=April 28, 2014 |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224230406/http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/11/02/george-clooney-abraham-lincoln/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Derschowitz |first=Jessica |date=November 1, 2012 |title=George Clooney and Abraham Lincoln are (distantly) related, ancestry website says |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-clooney-and-abraham-lincoln-are-distantly-related-ancestry-website-says/ |access-date=April 28, 2014 |website=CBS News |archive-date=April 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140428185421/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-clooney-and-abraham-lincoln-are-distantly-related-ancestry-website-says/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://people.com/celebrity/george-clooney-distantly-related-to-abraham-lincoln/ George Clooney Is (Distantly) Related to Abraham Lincoln] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711014402/http://people.com/celebrity/george-clooney-distantly-related-to-abraham-lincoln/ |date=July 11, 2017 }} ''people.com'', November 1, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2017.</ref> Clooney has an older sister named Adelia (known as Ada).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marikar |first=Sheila |date=November 9, 2012 |title=Seven Things to Know About George Clooney's Sister |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/11/seven-things-to-know-about-george-clooneys-sister/ |access-date=June 10, 2014 |website=ABC News |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607035407/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/11/seven-things-to-know-about-george-clooneys-sister/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Cabaret singer and actress [[Rosemary Clooney]] was an aunt.<ref name="Esquire" /> Through Rosemary, his cousins include actors [[Miguel Ferrer]], Rafael Ferrer, and Gabriel Ferrer, who is married to singer [[Debby Boone]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gostin |first=Nicki |date=July 8, 2013 |title=Debby Boone talks living at Frank Sinatra's house, defends dad against critics |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/debby-boone-talks-living-at-frank-sinatras-house-defends-dad-against-critics |access-date=June 10, 2014 |website=[[Fox News]] |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716115437/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/07/08/debby-boone-talks-living-at-frank-sinatra-house-defends-dad-against-critics/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Clooney was raised a strict [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Donnelly |first=Gabrielle |date=December 22, 2006 |title=I used to go to confession every week |work=[[The Catholic Herald]] |url=http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browse/397/440/2440/3/16 |access-date=May 6, 2010 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104012819/http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browse/397/440/2440/3/16 |url-status=live }}</ref> but said in 1998 that he did not know if he believed "in Heaven or even God."<ref name="Parade">{{Cite news |last=Rader |first=Dotson |date=June 7, 1998 |title='It's Finally About Friendship And Loyalty' |work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/1998/edition_06-07-1998/In_Step_With |access-date=December 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322120931/http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/1998/edition_06-07-1998/In_Step_With |archive-date=March 22, 2006}}</ref> He has said, "Yes, we were Catholic, big-time, whole family, whole group."<ref name="CNN1">{{Cite news |last=King |first=Larry |date=February 16, 2006 |title=CNN Larry King Live; Interview with George Clooney |work=[[CNN]] |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/16/lkl.01.html |access-date=May 6, 2010 |archive-date=September 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910025539/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/16/lkl.01.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He began his education at the Blessed Sacrament School in [[Fort Mitchell, Kentucky]]. He attended St. Michael's School in [[Worthington, Ohio]]; then Western Row Elementary School (a public school) in [[Mason, Ohio]], from 1968 to 1974; and St. Susanna School in Mason, where he served as an altar boy. The Clooneys moved back to Kentucky when George was midway through the seventh grade.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rachel Richardson |date=June 4, 2014 |title=George Clooney developed star power in Mason |work=Cincinnati.com |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/mason/2014/06/04/george-clooney-developed-star-power-mason/9953593/ |access-date=June 10, 2014 |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906201241/http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/mason/2014/06/04/george-clooney-developed-star-power-mason/9953593/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In middle school, Clooney developed [[Bell's palsy]], a medical condition that partially paralyzes the face. The malady went away within a year. In an interview with [[Larry King]], he stated that "yes, it goes away. It takes about nine months to go away. It was the first year of high school, which was a bad time for having half your face paralyzed."<ref name="CNN1" /> He also described one positive outcome of the condition: "It's probably a great thing that it happened to me because it forced me to engage in a series of making fun of myself. And I think that's an important part of being famous. The practical jokes have to be aimed at you."<ref>{{Cite news |title=George Clooney Returns as 'Michael Clayton' |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15033860 |access-date=April 3, 2018 |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710133807/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15033860 |url-status=live }}</ref>

After his parents moved to [[Augusta, Kentucky]], Clooney attended [[Augusta High School (Kentucky)|Augusta High School]]. He has stated that he earned all As and a B in school,<ref name="Esquire">{{Cite magazine |last=Jacobs |first=A. J. |date=March 17, 2008 |title=The 9:10 to Crazyland |url=http://www.esquire.com/features/george-clooney-0408 |magazine=Esquire |access-date=March 21, 2008 |archive-date=February 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226054901/http://www.esquire.com/features/george-clooney-0408 |url-status=live }}</ref> and played baseball and basketball. He tried out to play professional baseball with the [[Cincinnati Reds]] in 1977, but he did not pass the first round of player cuts and was not offered a contract.<ref name="nina">Clooney, Nina. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070512232844/http://www.clooneystudio.com/biography.html George Clooney well-rooted in N. Ky. Clooney Studio. August 21, 2006.]}}</ref> He attended [[Northern Kentucky University]] from 1979 to 1981, majoring in broadcast journalism, and very briefly attended the [[University of Cincinnati]], but did not graduate from either.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kimberly Potts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2waASQkzSJIC&pg=PA195 |title=George Clooney: the last great movie star |year=2007 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=9781557837219 |access-date=January 31, 2012 |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525092342/https://books.google.com/books?id=2waASQkzSJIC&pg=PA195#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> He earned money selling women's shoes, selling insurance door to door, stocking shelves, working in construction, and cutting tobacco.<ref name="Parade" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 6, 2011 |title=George Clooney says acting is not hard |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8937524/George-Clooney-says-acting-is-not-hard.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8937524/George-Clooney-says-acting-is-not-hard.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref>