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  • Clooney Gives Oscar Swag Bag to United Way

    03/16/2006 5:50:51 AM PST · by COUNTrecount · 39 replies · 891+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | Mar. 15, 2006
    LOS ANGELES - Maybe George Clooney feels that taking home an Oscar was enough. The winner of the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in "Syriana" has donated his decadent Oscar gift bag to the United Way, a spokeswoman for the organization said Wednesday. The loot will be sold in an online auction to benefit the United Way Hurricane Response and Relief Recovery Fund, said spokeswoman Sheila Consaul. Clooney is a member of the charity's board of trustees, she said. "This refocuses people back to the long-term nature of hurricane recovery efforts," she said. The gift bag...