Hunky hottie George Clooney has been appointed the U.N. Messenger of Peace by the Organization’s chief, Ban Ki-Moon. He recognized the Clooney’s efforts to focus everyone’s attention on key international political and social issues.

George Clooney will join the ranks of eight other internationally renowned individuals chosen to campaign for the U.N. drive to improve the lives of billions of people around the world.

Clooney says that he is deeply honored to receive the appointment and he looks forward to working with the U.N. in order to build public support for its critically important work in some of the most difficult, dangerous, and dire places in the world.

George Clooney can do no wrong in my eyes.

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As In Touch exclusively revealed, the handsome hunks nearly came to blows during an altercation at Madeo restaurant in West Hollywood on November 2, and more recently, history nearly repeated itself. According to an insider, on January 4, George Clooney, 46, made a reservation at the Italian restaurant but quickly canceled it when he was told that Fabio, 48, was planning to eat there that night. However, George’s rep insists his client never tried to avoid Fabio. Instead of bumping into him again, George opted to eat at The Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel.

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George Clooney, walking with his dirty builder’s boots on the Upper East Side in New York City on January 16th. He’s so cute that we can forgive the dirty boots, right?

Fabio is now coming out saying that he should’ve beaten the crap out of George Clooney over their kerfuffle involving Fabio’s shutterbug friend, last November.

We thought this was just old news, didn’t we?

Fabio has spoken in the latest issue of Details magazine:

“I could have f***ed him up. Oh my god, I could have beaten the s*** out of him. I was so pissed off.

“I could have knocked him over and beat him. I could have punched him in the face while he was on his back.

“That’s how you really hurt someone.”

My money is still on Clooney.

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Jennifer Garner, Josh Brolin, and George Clooney arrive at the 2008 National Board of Review Awards at Cipriani, yesterday.

Jennifer’s dress is gorgeous! Josh is looking so much like his older brother, James Brolin, and George Clooney is hot, as always.

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Just hours after Nicole Kidman announced her pregnancy, George Clooney offered up his congratulations.

“I’m thrilled for her,” he told People at the picket-line-free Critics’ Choice Awards in L.A. Monday night. “[She'll be] a perfect mother.”

(The two have been friends for years, dating back to their work in 1997’s The Peacemaker. Kidman famously bet Clooney $10,000 he would be unmarried and childless when he turned 40 in 2001. She lost, of course.)

“She’ll be great,” Clooney said of the Aussie actress, already mother to Isabella, 15, and Connor, 12, her adopted children with ex-husband Tom Cruise. “She’ll be a tall mother.”

Clooney, who lost the best actor award to Daniel Day Lewis, also endured some good-natured ribbing from Ocean’s Thirteen pal Casey Affleck. “Hey you big loser,” Ben’s little brother heckled during Clooney’s chat with People. “You’re a loser!”

Clooney, who won a best supporting acting Oscar last year for Syriana, took it all in stride, noting, “[Being] a nominee, it’s fine. But when you’re a loser, you’re a loser.”

The actor was also on hand to present the first-annual Joel Siegel Award (named after the late ABC movie critic) to friend and former costar Don Cheadle for his humanitarian work.

“The fact that [George] only charged me $1,500, I thought was really nice of him,” Cheadle joked in the press room. “Matt [Damon] was around $2,500, and what Denzel wanted, I won’t even mention.”

The Darfur activist did get serious for a minute, adding that “George is . . . someone who I’ve not only worked with onscreen, but we’ve also done things for the cause – and it’s great to have an ally.”

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