{"id":854,"date":"2026-07-06T14:42:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=854"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:42:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:42:54","slug":"george-clooney-feted-by-venice-film-festival-with-golden-lion-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=854","title":{"rendered":"George Clooney Feted By Venice Film Festival With Golden Lion Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/venice\/\" id=\"auto-tag_venice\" data-tag=\"venice\">Venice<\/a> Film Festival is to celebrate George Clooney with a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tClooney, who has close ties to Italy and the festival, has been on the Lido with multiple films over the years, including most recently with Netflix\u2019s <em>Jay Kelly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve had so many extraordinary moments in Venice. This festival is without question my favorite and to be given the Golden Lion is a tremendous honor. It also probably means I\u2019m old, but I\u2019ll take it,\u201d the actor quipped today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFestival director\u00a0Alberto Barbera\u00a0declared: \u201cIn his triple capacity as actor, director, and producer, George Clooney is a complete and charismatic artist, impassioned and original, who has transformed a deep vocation into one of the most luminous parabolas of contemporary film. An early career launched without shortcuts, with small roles in TV series and B movies until his major success as the star of the series\u00a0<em>ER<\/em>, formed an actor who is able to inhabit the screen with disarming spontaneity. He is endowed with the gift of making his characters seem not only credible but desirable, approachable, and human, thanks to his undeniable charm. But Clooney\u2019s charisma is constructed on his credibility, not on his image, because his seductive side has never been merely aesthetic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe continued: \u201cA perfect combination of the star glamour of days gone by, remarkable professionalism, and modern sensitivity, the actor has crossed the genres with rare versatility: war movies with\u00a0<em>Three Kings<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Syriana<\/em>; thrillers with\u00a0<em>Michael Clayton<\/em>; sophisticated comedies with\u00a0<em>Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>O Brother Where Art Thou?<\/em>; science fiction with\u00a0<em>Gravity<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Solaris<\/em>; and bittersweet comedies with\u00a0<em>The Descendants<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Up In the Air<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Jay Kelly<\/em>. In each one of these movies, he calibrated his register while remaining true to himself: ironic and melancholy, fascinating and reflective, brilliant and capable of unexpected depth. He did the same in the nine films he made when he decided to go behind the movie camera, all of which reveal a demanding and generous concept of cinema.\u00a0<em>Confessions of a Dangerous Mind<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Good Night and Good Luck<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Ides of March<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Suburbicon<\/em>\u00a0are examples of films that are refined, ambitious, and outside the rules and conventions of Hollywood cinema. They also reflect his other vocation, a commitment to social and humanitarian causes, making him a figure of absolute prominence in the universe of show business today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOscar winner Clooney, who has a house in Italy\u2019s Lake Como region and was married in Venice, will have a cameo role in Netflix\u2019s upcoming <em>Call My Agent! The Movie<\/em>. He was recently an exec producer on thriller series <em>The Agency<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Venice Film Festival is to celebrate George Clooney with a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. Clooney, who has close ties to Italy and the festival, has been on the Lido with multiple films over the years, including most recently with Netflix\u2019s Jay Kelly. \u201cI\u2019ve had so many extraordinary moments in Venice. 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