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A Lawyer’s Remarkable Résumé Finally Trumped Her Trophy Husband’s Fame

Amal Clooney's lifetime achievements are far greater than those of her husband, George Clooney. Where's her award?

George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year.

Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an adviser to Kofi Annan regarding Syria, and was selected to a three-person U.N. commission investigating rules of war violations in the Gaza Strip.

So tonight, her husband is getting a lifetime achievement award.

Tina Fey, co-host of the 72nd Annual Golden Globes Awards, poking fun at Amal Clooney’s trophy husband during the show’s opening monologue. Later in the evening, George Clooney was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.”

(If you’re interested, you can flip to the next page to see the full opening monologue. The segment about Amal and George Clooney begins at 4:48.)

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