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This story first made an appearance within the November. 4 problem from the Hollywood Reporter.our editor recommendsGeorge Clooney Are Only Able To Be Out-Pranked By Kaira Pitt States DamonNY Film Festival: George Clooney Hits 'The Descendants' Premiere With Stacy KeiblerGeorge Clooney States He Will not Run For Office (Video)Dems versus. Republicans: Stars they Wont Pay to determine Movies They Hate and Love (Poll) George Clooney can get to invest considerable time within the shower throughout the approaching several weeks. Oscar campaigning makes him "kind of feel unclean," he bellyached a couple of several weeks back. Or was that simply a mock complaint? With Clooney, a significant guy (witness his campaign against genocide in Sudan) that has perfected the knack of never seeming to consider themself too seriously, you won't ever fully realize. However when it involves juggling competing honours campaigns, Clooney is on familiar ground. Six years back, he'd two politically designed films in play: Syriana (by which he starred) and Night, and Best Of Luck (that they co-authored, directed and behaved in). He handled to split his marketing efforts between your two, without slighting either. PHOTOS: George Clooney: Career in Pictures The end result would be a combined eight Academy nominations for that two movies, with Clooney obtaining mentions for pointing and co-writing Night and taking home the supporting actor Oscar for his worn-lower CIA agent in Syriana. This season, it's less than deja vu once again. However the pattern is comparable. Clooney has one movie, the backroom political drama The Ides of March, he co-authored, directed and created as well as in that they includes a supporting role like a governor with presidential aspirations. And that he has another, author-director Alexander Payne's The Descendants, by which Clooney stars like a guy battling to help keep both his immediate and relatives from spinning unmanageable. PHOTOS: The Scene in the Venice Film Festival Getting two films up for consideration can present problems. This past year, Leonardo DiCaprio, an even more reticent public personality than Clooney, attempted to voice equal support for Shutter Island and Beginning. But rather than being named best actor for either, he was famous for neither. Clooney doesn't face that predicament, though. The groups by which he'll contend are clearly delineated. In Descendants, he's in the forefront. In Ides, he's supplying support to Ryan Gosling's political operative -- actually, Clooney's character didn't even come in happens experience that the movie relies. States among Clooney's affiliates, "The 2 movies are two completely different canvasses." Furthermore, The new sony, which opened up Ides on March. 7, and Fox Searchlight, which will start to unveil Descendants on November. 18, happen to be playing nice around the festival circuit: Ides opened in Venice Telluride got Descendants both movies tested on successive nights in Toronto and London and Descendants was congratulated because the closing-nightfeature in the NY Film Festival. Clooney assigned the very first phase of his honours bid by accepting Actor of the season honorsfor Descendants in the Hollywood Film Honours on March. 24. Will both movies go the length? Right now, Descendants, that also acquired three Gotham noms, looks to become building momentum. Ides, which made a decent $24 million through its first couple of weekends of release, is just one of several high-profile nominees The new sony will area, but Descendants is shaping as charge card within the pack of Searchlight's honours hopefuls. Fox's niche unit intends to send about 30,000 screeners towards the industry's honours groups. But even when Clooney doesn't ultimately get writing or pointing Oscar noms for Ides -- and that he faces stiff competition in individuals groups -- the truth that the chance has been talked about contributes to his gravitas, strengthening his bid for Descendants. It's the same as what rocket researchers call the slingshot effect: Send a spacecraft on the quick loop around a distant planet, and also the planet's gravitational pressure will hurl the spacecraft farther into space. Voters astounded by Clooney's performance in Descendants could be even much more when reminded of his work behind your camera in Ides. Instead of eliminating one another out, the films could equal to a highly effective one-two punch, with Clooney proving itself to be the very best actor victor. For additional good examples of stars with two great perormances within the same year, visit the next page. Related Subjects George Clooney The Ides of March The Descendants 1 2 next last