George Clooney was honored with Film at Lincoln Center’s prestigious Chaplin Award in recognition of his Oscar-winning career as an actor, writer, director and producer.
But in recent years, Clooney has become as well known for his political views as he has been for his work behind and in front of the camera.
So it’s not surprising that in accepting the Chaplin Award in New York Monday, just days after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, Clooney felt the need to address recent political events.
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“I can’t be here on a night like tonight and just ignore everything that’s going on in the world,” he said at the end of his remarks after he’d been honored by former colleagues such as Julianna Margulies, Sam Rockwell and John Turturro. “I disagree with everything that this administration stands for, but there’s no place
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