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Gal Gadot Skips Venice Film Festival After Petition With 1.5k Signatures Demands She Be Banned

Gal Gadot and Gerard Butler were two of the stars mentioned in a petition signed by over 1,500 people, asking the festival organizers to disinvite them.

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Dwayne Johnson, Oscar contender? ‘The Smashing Machine’ starts buzz at Venice Film Festival

Dwayne Johnson takes a serious turn as UFC fighter Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine,” premiering Monday at the Venice Film Festival

The Independent UK

Activists hope to shift Venice film festival focus on to crisis in Gaza

Questions over biennale’s stance dominates launch, with protest planned for one of event’s big nights on Saturday

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Venice Film Festival 2025: Paolo Sorrentino opens star-studded proceedings with 'La Grazia'.

A galaxy of Hollywood stars are turning out for the start of the 82nd Venice Film Festival opens, with industry expectations extremely high over entries for the much coveted awards. The proceedings begin with Paolo Sorrentino's new film, La Grazia.

Euronews

Showtime For Venice Film Festival, With Monsters, Aliens, Clooney And Roberts

The Venice Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday with the return of Hollywood royalty to Italy's swanky movie showcase, where 21 films from around the globe will vie for the prestigious Golden Lion award.

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Venice Film Festival kicks off with Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’

The Venice Film Festival kicks off with the world premiere of Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia” on Wednesday evening

The Independent UK

Venice Film Festival set to begin as activists hope to shift the spotlight to Gaza

The Venice Film Festival is kicking off amid protests and calls to boycott Israeli actor Gal Gadot

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From Frankenstein to Putin, monsters are stalking the Venice film festival

Artistic director says monsters are ‘fil rouge’ this year, as Guillermo del Toro unveils his vision of Shelley’s classic

The Guardian - UK

Someone Has Seen Dwayne Johnson’s The Smashing Machine, And I’m Hyped About Their Take On The A24 Movie

The Benny Safdie film is already getting major awards buzz.

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Venice film festival to showcase big hitters George Clooney, Emma Stone, Julia Roberts – and the Rock

Prestige titles grabbing some glamour include Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and Jim Jarmusch’s all-star Father Mother Sister Brother, while Jude Law plays Putin

The Guardian - UK

Hitchcock heroine Kim Novak to be honoured with Venice Golden Lion

Legendary Hollywood actress Kim Novak, 92, best known for portraying the double life of Alfred Hitchcock's heroine in 'Vertigo', will be honoured at this year’s Venice Film Festival with the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award.

Euronews

War In All Its Horrors Looms Large Over Venice Festival

The roots of war, its harrowing realities and aftermath are explored in a host of offerings at the Venice Film Festival this year, including a remarkable documentary going behind the lines with Russian soldiers.

International Business Times

Brad Pitt goes public with new girlfriend at premiere of new movie at Venice Film Festival

Star remains embroiled in a bitter divorce with ex-wife Jolie

The Independent UK

‘Like criticising a book that has 700 pages’: The Brutalist director defends long films

Brady Corbet justifies movie’s length as two-hour-plus runtimes become a theme of this year’s Venice festival

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Nicole Kidman’s erotic drama Babygirl sets pulses racing at Venice film festival

Film among host of sexually explicit features on this year’s lineup as erotica returns to screens after years of chastity

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Angelina Jolie Seemingly Alludes to Ongoing Divorce from Brad Pitt While Speaking at Venice Film Festival

“There’s a lot I won’t say in this room that you probably know and assume.”

The Independent UK

Here’s everything you need to know about the Venice Film Festival

The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival is about to begin, with major Hollywood films and stars expected in Italy

The Guardian - UK

‘January 6 was just the warm-up’: the film that tracks three Maga extremists storming the Capitol

Michael Premo spent months getting to know, and filming, three Maga insurrectionists who took part in the riots. Why does the documentary-maker now think America is tottering on the brink of civil war?

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The Independent UK

Venice Film Festival: From ‘Joker 2’ to ‘Queer,’ here are 10 movies to get excited about

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix

The Guardian - UK

‘Eager not to miss it’: Hollywood glitz to return to Venice film festival

A casualty of last year’s strikes, movie event long associated with celebrity is expected to be star-studded affair once again

The Independent UK

How Venice Film Festival is ensuring that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie don’t cross paths

Jolie is promoting the new Pablo Larraín film ‘Maria’ while Pitt is promoting his latest collaboration with George Clooney, ‘Wolfs’

Marie Claire

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Will Not “Cross Each Other” While Attending the Venice Film Festival, Director Says

“There is no way.”

The Independent UK

Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter 2’ gets Venice Film Festival premiere

The second part of Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga" will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September, organizers said Wednesday

Total Film

Joker 2 is "daring" and "darker" than the original, says Venice Film Festival chief

Joker: Folie à Deux will show at this year's Venice Film Festival

The Guardian - AU

Peter Weir to receive Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at Venice film festival

Australian director of Gallipoli and Dead Poets Society praised by festival for his impact in Hollywood ‘while keeping his distance from the American movie industry’

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