George Clooney, Brad Pitt Expected in Venice

How do you say “star-struck” in Italian?

, , and are among the celebrities expected on the red carpet at this year’s Venice Film Festival.

The 65th annual festival opens August 27 with the out-of-competition premiere of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Burn After Reading, starring Coen favorite Clooney and his pal Pitt. (The pair also appeared at last year’s festival, with Clooney memorably debuting then-girlfriend Sarah Larson.)

Next month’s festival is expected to be Pitt’s first major public event since the birth of his twins with .

Other American films at the festival: The Wrestler, starring Marisa Tomei, Mickey Rourke and ; The Burning Plain, with Theron and Kim Basinger; and The Hurt Locker, an Iraq war drama featuring Ralph Fiennes.

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