Overview

• George Clooney felt unwell on Wednesday, cutting short a press junket for Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, skipping a private dinner and leaving the Hotel Excelsior to rest, according to trade reports.
• Jay Kelly remains scheduled for a Thursday press conference and an evening world premiere in Venice’s Sala Grande.
• Netflix’s competition slate features three titles this year: Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite.
• Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, starring Emma Stone, also premieres Thursday, with both it and Jay Kelly vying for the Golden Lion.
• Protesters near the red carpet denounced Israel’s war in Gaza, and artistic director Alberto Barbera described the festival as a place for “dialogue” while rejecting calls to rescind invitations to pro-Israel actors.