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Cate Blanchett Accepts San Sebastian Donostia Award From Alfonso Cuarón, Quips at George Clooney Message and Speaks of ‘Uncertain Times’
Blanchett charmed the San Sebastian crowd while accepting a career achievement Donostia Award given to her by director Alfonso Cuanrón.
Loud screaming could be heard two blocks away from the imponent Kursaal building in San Sebastián on Saturday night as Cate Blanchett arrived at the city’s prestigious international film festival to receive the event’s highest honorary prize, the Donostia Award. As the actress took to the stage to collect her accolade, the director cued up a message from Blanchett’s friend and longtime collaborator George Clooney, recorded while the actor was at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month to premiere another Apple TV+ outing, Jon Watts’s “Wolfs.” “Catie, I feel lucky that I had the chance to work with someone who is so gifted and kind, and I am proud to call you a friend,” added the actor before jokingly saying the reason he couldn’t make it to the ceremony is because he was drinking and had no pants on — a quip to the video only showing his top half.
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