George Clooney Tackles Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, Mark Ruffalo, AI and State of U.S. Politics

The Oscar winner touched down on the Lido Wednesday for a hard-hitting press conference ahead of receiving a Golden Lion career achievement honor during the Venice Film Festival's opening ceremony.

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

Scores of Hollywood’s A-lister and D-listers might oppose Paramount’s $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery, but not Tom Cruise. “I think it’s awesome.” That’s what the Mission: Impossible and Top Gun veteran told Pat McAfee of the ParaBros merger and David Ellison’s promise of 30 movies a year on the jock’s t

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