{
  "id": 5143542,
  "title": "George Clooney Calls Out “Authoritarians” Who Peddle Fear As He Receives Lifetime Award Achievement In Venice",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/george-clooney-calls-out-authoritarians-who-peddle-fear-as-he",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T18:18:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/venice-opening-george-clooney-award-power-cinema-1237065743/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Venice Film Festival kicked off on a defiantly humanist note on Wednesday with speeches from Life Achievement Awardee George Clooney and jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal championing the power of cinema as a unifier in divisive times. Praising the festival as an extraordinary meeting place, Clooney used his award speech to stress the need for […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "George Clooney Calls Out ‘Authoritarians’ and ‘People Who Peddle in Fear’ in Moving Venice Golden Lion Speech: They’re ‘Never the Heroes in History’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/george-clooney-calls-out-authoritarians-and-people-who-peddle-in-fear",
        "published": "2026-09-02T18:03:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "George Clooney Challenges Authoritarians in Powerful Speech in Venice: “Stories Are Always Dangerous to People Who Peddle in Fear”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/george-clooney-challenges-authoritarians-in-powerful-speech-in-venice",
        "published": "2026-09-02T18:40:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "George Clooney Blasts Rise of Censorship and Authoritarians Who ‘Peddle in Fear’ During Venice Honors",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/george-clooney-blasts-rise-of-censorship-and-authoritarians-who",
        "published": "2026-09-02T18:47:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}