Laura Dern to Give George Clooney Venice Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

By Nick Vivarelli

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent

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Laura Dern is set to give the Laudatio speech honoring George Clooney at Venice Film Festival where, as previously announced, he will be honored on Wed., Sept. 2, with a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

Clooney – who is one of only three people to have been nominated in six different Oscar categories throughout his career (best picture, director, lead actor, supporting actor, original screenplay and adapted screenplay) – will be celebrated on the Lido on the evening of Sept. 2 during the festival’s opening ceremony in his triple guise as actor, director and producer.

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