George Clooney proved again that he’s Hollywood’s consummate professional by fighting back illness to make the red carpet for the world premiere of his new movie, Jay Kelly , at the Venice International Film Festival.

Until he strolled across the carpet, arm in arm with his wife, Amal Clooney, to enter Venice’s Sala Grande Thursday night, it was unclear whether Clooney would make it. He is in town to promote the Noah Baumbach-directed dramedy — in which he plays the titular character, a very George Clooney-esque movie star in the midst of a personal crisis — but pulled out of press and media commitments over the first two days of the festival due to a bad sinus infection.

George Clooney proved again that he’s Hollywood’s consummate professional by fighting back illness to make th

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