The Artist's Uggie Inks A Book Deal!

Actor. Dog. Writer….What can't Uggie do!

The Jack Russell terrier who stole the show in The Artist has got himself a memoir and it's set to hit stores this fall.

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George Clooney Loved His Pet Pig

George Clooney recently opened up his home for a tour and our favorite attraction was his rescue dog Einstein.

But Clooney talked about one of his older, more famous pets… Max the pot-bellied pig, who died in 2006.

Clooney said:

"Pigs are really smart. And he was funny, and he made me laugh.

But they're work, because they'll destroy everything if you let them."

Back in 1988, he bought the piglet as a gift for his then-girlfriend Kelly Preston.

After they broke up, he kept the pig.

The two became very close, even cuddling together at times.

"When he was little, he would come up and jump on the bed. He got a little too big to actually spend [time] in the bed."

So even though he loved the pig, and was devastated when he died, he won't be getting another one anytime soon.

"When he finally died after 18 years I felt that I'd had enough of pigs, so to speak."

George Clooney, we love you.

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George Clooney Uses Meatballs To Rescue A Dog

Sounds like a weird story but, with the help of some meatballs, George Clooney has adopted a dog.

Clooney saw a video of a poor, pound puppy on an animal shelter's website, and he immediately fell for the dog.

He had to have him.

So he contacted the animal shelter about taking home Einstein the dog. The shelter said sure… as long as Einstein liked him.

Clooney was already in love with the dog, so he had to cook up a plan that would ensure the dog would like him.

He said:

"Einstein is part cocker spaniel or something. I got him out of a shelter about a year and a half ago . . . So I go online and see Einstein. They had a whole film about him. It was actually really sweet. You see him all beat up in the shelter, and they show how they cleaned him up.

So I called and said, ‘I like Einstein!’ The woman goes, ‘Well, we don’t know if Einstein will like you.’ ‘Well, can I meet with Einstein?’ She says, ‘Yes, we’ll bring him to your house, but if he doesn’t like you, he can’t stay. We have to have good homes for these dogs.’ She sounded very serious.

I have this really long driveway, and I open the gate for them, and I start to panic that Einstein is not going to like me.

So I run into the kitchen, where I have these turkey meatballs, and I rub them all over my shoes. This woman opens the door, and who knew Einstein was such a food whore on top of everything? He throws himself at my feet.

She says, ‘I’ve never seen him react like that, ever!’ And she left him with me on the spot. And forever, now, he just thinks of me as the guy with meatball feet."

Ha!

What a cute story.

We're sure they're best buds!

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This Is How George Clooney Got His Dog To Like Him

It's a simple tactic:

If you feed them, they will come.

This is the story of a man and his dog and how this man was able to get his dog to like him. The man, George Clooney, spoted a pup in a video for an animal shelter and instantly knew he wanted to bring him home. However, when he called the shelter, he learned it would be a lot more difficult than he imagined.

He explains:

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