Overview

• Clooney skipped the Aug. 28 press conference for Noah Baumbach’s competition title after a sinusitis diagnosis confirmed by his team via dpa.
• Despite the illness, he appeared that evening on the red carpet with Amal Clooney for the film’s world premiere.
• Festival director Alberto Barbera asked how he felt on the carpet, and Clooney answered, “sick,” before greeting fans and posing for photos.
• He had already shortened a press appointment and canceled a dinner the previous day due to feeling unwell, according to trade reports.
• Clooney and his wife departed Venice on Aug. 29, and he is not expected at Telluride, while Jay Kelly remains in competition and is slated for worldwide Netflix release on Dec. 5.