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George Clooney is crowned Best Actor in a Drama category of the Golden Globe Awards 2012. 50-year-old actor won the award for his role as Matt King in the film ‘The Descendants’.

He got rid of Brad Pitt (Moneyball), Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar), Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March) and Michael Fassbender (Shame).

Previously he also beat Pitt and DiCaprio in the event the Critics’ Choice Awards 2012 in Los Angeles, January 12, 2012.

While the Best Actress award won by Merryl Streep in the film ‘The Iron Lady’. He got rid of Viola Davis (The Help), Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin), Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs).

Merryl Streep role as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the film. She displays the iconic hair style and high-pitched voice. The American actress has won seven Golden Globe for this. Her role in the movie ‘Julie & Julia’ in 2010 also won the Best Actress award in the Golden Globe.

George Clooney will receive special award in the Emmy competition to be held on the next August 29 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

Associated Press proclaims The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will give a “Bob Hope Humanitarian Award” to Clooney.

“Bob Hope Humanitarian Award” given to those who working in the telecommunications industry where their humanitarians work giving effect to the industry and their actions to give long effect to the public. Award name was taken from the name of the late actor Bob Hope.

Clooney received an award for a special television program “Hope for Haiti,” which also received an Emmy nomination.

In addition, the 49-year-old actor’s involvement in humanitarian activities to raise funds for victims Katrina Hurricane also helped raise awareness of genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

“George is the right people for this award. He understands and uses the power of television, the most powerful media in our times, to reach the hearts of people around the world and force us to act for all that occurs suddenly and despair as the tragic events in Darfur, “said John Shaffner, chairman and chief executive of The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, at the official website of Emmy.

Clooney will become the fourth person to receive this award. Three previous award-winning Bob Hope is Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby, and the late actor Danny Thomas.

George Clooney had been twice nominated for best male lead role for the drama series category in 1995 and 1996 through his role as a doctor Ross in the series “ER.”

Clooney won an Oscar in 2005 for best supporting actor category through the “Syriana” Movie. Last year, he failed to win the Oscar for best male category of the main character through the movie “Up In The Air” and losing from Jeff Bridges.