George Clooney Honored at Venice Film Festival Amid Critiques of Hollywood and US Politics

The Venice Film Festival opens with a Rupert Murdoch film, George Clooney and plenty of geopolitics - AP News

The Venice Film Festival opens with a Rupert Murdoch film, George Clooney and plenty of geopolitics  AP News

Venice Film Festival 2026 opens amid controversy

The 83rd edition of the event has already sparked strong criticism with low American representation, an almost complete absence of female directors in the competition and the selection of the controversial 'DAU' by Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky.

Oasis, auteurs and seven hours of Bertolucci: 12 unmissable movies from Venice film festival

A backstage peek at the reunion tour and a new film from Burning director Lee Chang-dong are among this year’s most anticipated – plus offerings from Danny Boyle, Luca Guadagnino, Martin McDonagh and more Danny Boyle’s movie, adapted by James Graham from his own play, is a primal scene of modern Britain and its agonies over class, culture and empire. Rupert Murdoch buys the Sun newspaper in 1969 and turns it into a raucous circulation powerhouse of sexist smut and Tory politics, while gloatin...

By Peter Bradshaw

Hollywood in retreat as Venice Film Festival kicks off

The Venice Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday with the glamorous cinema showcase handing George Clooney a lifetime achievement award on its opening night. But despite the American star’s presence, this year’s festival features a distinct lack of films from Hollywood, reports France 24’s film critic Emma Jones.

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George Clooney Defends Mark Ruffalo’s ‘Ability to Speak Freely’ About Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal and Doesn’t See How the Merger ‘Financially Ends Up Making Sense’

Life really does imitate art. George Clooney attended last year’s Venice Film Festival with “Jay Kelly,” a comedic drama in which he portrayed an aging A-lister who travels to Italy to receive a life achievement award. Now the actor is getting a real Venetian tribute, accepting the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award on the […]

By Rebecca Rubin

George Clooney Tells Venice Studios Are Making Movies That “Need a Launchpad of a Film Festival Less and Less”

The famed U.S. star also revealed why he won't be directing another film anytime soon (hint: he has nine-year-old twins!) and lamented how "most of the [world's] powers have decided climate change is a hoax."

By Lily Ford

Dilapidated Jaipur school where CJP workers were attacked demolished; new building soon

Party co-convener Ashutosh Ranka, who was injured in the August 21 attack said the school was functioning from a buffalo shed

Rajasthan school rebuild begins after CJP stir; ‘took protests and confrontation’, says outfit

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George Clooney Slams Pete Hegseth Over Canadian Cadet Post; Voices Support For Mark Ruffalo & Muses On Paramount-Warner Bros Merger – Venice

George Clooney mixed gravity and laughter as he landed at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday to receive a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the opening ceremony this evening. The actor, director and producer was put through his paces at a press conference preceding the honor on a wide range of topics from U.S. […]

By Melanie Goodfellow

US led by incompetents, with midterms things will return to normal-Clooney in Venice

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 2 - The United States is currently led by incompetents and things will return to normal after Democrats sweep the midterm elections in November, George Clooney said on his arrival at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday where he is picking up a career achievement Golden Lion Wednesday night. "It's not easy to live in a country led by the least capable people, said the Hollywood heart throb, 65, on the Lido ahead of the opening night of the 83rd Venice International Film Festi...

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Venice Film Festival opens with Clooney, Boyle, geopolitics

George Clooney and Danny Boyle will help kick off the Venice Film Festival in style Wednesday on the Lido. Clooney, a festival mainstay, is receiving a lifetime achievement award,...

Venice film preview: Clooney, Oasis and Musk - Jordan Times

Venice film preview: Clooney, Oasis and Musk  Jordan Times