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That’s Mrs. Clooney To You: Amal Alamuddin Takes Her Husband’s Name

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World, meet Mrs. Clooney.

Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin has returned from her honeymoon with George Clooney with a new name. Amal Alamuddin is now listed as Amal Clooney on the website for her London-based firm, Doughty Street Chambers. The choice is not all that surprising: Though the former Ms. Alamuddin is a high-profile attorney in her own right, the Clooney name obviously holds a lot of clout. And she’s not in the minority–most wives still take their husbands’ name.

The couple was married in Venice on Sept. 27. Amal Clooney has since traveled to Greece where she is helping to negotiate the return of the Parthenon marbles stolen by British diplomats over 200 years ago, according to People. The issue is an important one for her new husband as well: while promoting Monuments Men, George Clooney said that the British Museum ought to return the 2,500-year-old sculptures.

While Mrs. Clooney traveled to Greece, Mr. Clooney made a surprise appearance at New York Comic-Con to promote his upcoming Disney sci-fi flick, Tomorrowland. “It is not lost on me that I’m spending my honeymoon at Comic Con,” the actor joked at the event.

From Goofy Teen to Dashing Groom: See George Clooney's Life in Pictures

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner 'gorgeous' George Clooney as a geeky-looking teenager
Nerds of the world take heart: This is how the future "Sexiest Man Alive" looked in middle school. Chris Bott—Splash News/Corbis
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Clooney played George Burnett on "The Facts of Life" from 1985-1987. Ron Tom—NBC/Getty Images
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Clooney married Talia Balsam in 1989. They divorced three years later.Ron Galella—WireImage
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Clooney premiered in his breakout role as Dr. Doug Ross on ER in 1994.Sven Arnstein—NBC/Getty Images
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In 1996 Clooney appeared in From Dusk Till Dawn, his first successful movie.
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Clooney was voted People's Sexiest Man Alive for the first time in 1997 (he would win again in 2006).Sunset/Warner Bros.
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Clooney tore his dura mater while filming Syriana in 2005, causing spinal fluid to leak out of his nose. He had to undergo two surgeries to repair it. Warner Brothers
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In 2006 Clooney was the first person in Oscars history to be nominated for best director (Good Night and Good Luck) and best actor (Syriana) in different movies in the same year.Reed Saxon—AP
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Clooney won the Bob Hope Humanitarian Emmy in 2010 for his work for the victims of the Haitian earthquake.Kevin Winter—Getty Images
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In 2014 Clooney proposed to girlfriend Amal Alamuddin, despite claims that he would never marry again. Andres Solaro—AFP/Getty Images

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