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  "id": 5076981,
  "title": "Venice to roll out red carpet for Clooney on opening night",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/venice-to-roll-out-red-carpet-for-clooney-on-opening-night-5076981",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T10:47:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2026/09/02/venice-to-roll-out-red-carpet-for-clooney-on-opening-night"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Venice Film Festival opens on the sunlit Lido with a star-studded opening night, awarding George Clooney a lifetime achievement honor on Wednesday. Despite Hollywood studios largely absent this year, the glamorous event features A-list glamour. Clooney, a frequent red carpet guest at the world's oldest film festival, brings A-list excitement despite the lack of mass-market blockbusters. The festival's lineup includes films about Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, and the Gallagher brothers from Oasis. Larger-than-life subjects dominate the schedule, with independent films and documentaries taking center stage.",
  "summary": "The Venice Film Festival may lack blockbusters, but its line-up includes films on Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher.",
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        "title": "Venice to roll out red carpet for Clooney on opening night",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/venice-to-roll-out-red-carpet-for-clooney-on-opening-night",
        "published": "2026-09-02T10:47:54.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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