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  "id": 6986960,
  "title": "John Malkovich awarded best actor award at Venice Film Festival",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/john-malkovich-awarded-best-actor-award-at-venice-film-festival",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-12T18:52:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/hollywood/john-malkovich-awarded-best-actor-award-at-venice-film-festival-1.500672557"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "John Malkovich won the best actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his role in the dark comedy Wild Horse Nine. He played a cynical CIA officer in the film. Malkovich, 72, was not present at the ceremony but sent a videotaped message, in which he said he was \"humbled\" to receive the award.\n\nThe Venice Film Festival also awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film to May El-Toukhy's drama film Woman Unknown, which also took the best actress award. According to Euronews, the film Woman Unknown had been a major talking point of the festival due to its subject matter.\n\nOther winners at the festival included the Special Jury Prize, which went to the Gaza documentary Naza. John Malkovich's film Wild Horse Nine, also received a standing ovation at its premiere, with his co-star Sam Rockwell's performance also drawing attention.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Venice Film Festival Award Winners (Updating Live)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/venice-film-festival-award-winners-updating-live",
        "published": "2026-09-12T16:56:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IndieWire",
        "title": "Venice Film Festival Reveals 2026 Award Winners",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/venice-film-festival-reveals-2026-award-winners",
        "published": "2026-09-12T17:04:41.000Z"
      }
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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."
}