Overview
- Honored Monday at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall with Film at Lincoln Center’s 51st Chaplin Award, Clooney was celebrated by presenters including Julianna Margulies, Stephen Colbert, Sam Rockwell and John Turturro.
- In closing remarks, he condemned recent attacks, citing the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting over the weekend and saying there is no place for such violence.
- He invoked journalist Edward R. Murrow and urged Americans on the left, right and center to build a more perfect union, even repurposing the phrase make America great again in a call for healing.
- On the red carpet, he said the next Ocean’s installment has a script, director and cast, with filming expected to begin in about nine months.
- He also said he is easing off career chasing to focus more on philanthropic work through the Clooney Foundation for Justice.