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Shirley MacLaine Celebrates Longtime Friend George Clooney at His AFI Tribute

George Clooney was surrounded by his closest friends and family at American Film Institute’s 2018 Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute on Thursday (June 7) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The 57-year-old actor was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award during the ceremony, and Shirley MacLaine was on hand to honor him.

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“The humanity in you is what has always gotten my attention,” the 84-year-old actress said of George. “Please use your imagination for the future for all of us. … To help us understand our anger and more than anything our thwarted understanding of how to love.”

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Miley Cyrus Performs at George Clooney's AFI Tribute!

Miley Cyrus hits the stage for a performance at the American Film Institute’s 2018 Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute on Thursday (June 7) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The 25-year-old singer went chic in a black pageboy hat with a white blouse and black trousers as she performed at the event honoring George Clooney with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Miley took to the stage for a powerful rendition of “I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow” – which the 57-year-old actor originally sung in the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou?.

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Amal Clooney Speaks Publicly About George for First Time, Brings Him to Tears at AFI Tribute (Video)

Amal Clooney appears on stage to talk publicly about her husband George for the first time at the American Film Institute’s 2018 Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute on Thursday (June 7) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The 40-year-old human rights lawyer opened her speech by saying how she is nervous to speak. “It’s somehow easier for me to address a court on behalf a detainee, than to speak publicly as I am doing for the first time tonight about my husband,” she said. “I do so out of immense pride of all he has achieved.”

“Here are a few things you may not know about [George]. First, he is a gentleman. He is a gentleman in every sense of the word and in a way that seems so rare these days and perhaps even outdated,” Amal said. “Everyone who knows him, even those who oppose him politically or who have quarreled with him professionally, will tell you, he has not forgotten his Kentucky manners. On every sense I visit, I’m told by crew that George sticks up for the most vulnerable.”

“Although George modestly attributes much of the success we are celebrating here to luck, I think it’s incredible talent and character that got him here,” Amal continued. “And these attributes also make him an amazing husband and father. I met George when I was 35 and starting to become quite resigned to the idea that I was going to be a spinster. Then we met and started hiding out in my London flat and very soon it felt like, no matter what happened, I would never want to be with anyone else.”

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George Clooney's Dad Nick Honors Him at AFI Tribute Event

George Clooney is joined on stage by his dad Nick Clooney at the American Film Institute’s 2018 Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute on Thursday (June 7) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The 57-year-old actor was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award that evening and his frequent co-star Julia Roberts was supposed to honor him, though she wasn’t able to make it at the last minute. Shirley MacLaine did the honors instead.

Nick, a former journalist and anchorman, appeared on stage to say some words about his son.

George‘s wife Amal was in the audience to support him and they shared a sweet kiss before he went on stage to accept the award.

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Jimmy Kimmel & Bill Murray Support George Clooney at His AFI Tribute!

Jimmy Kimmel hits the red carpet with wife Molly McNearney at the American Film Institute’s 2018 Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute on Thursday (June 7) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The 50-year-old late night host and his wife stepped out to support pal George Clooney – who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Other guests at the event included Bill Murray, Norman Lear, Don Cheadle and longtime love Bridgid Coulter, David Foster, and Richard Kind.

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Cate Blanchett & Laura Dern Support Pal George Clooney at AFI Tribute

Cate Blanchett and Laura Dern walk the red carpet at the American Film Institute’s 2018 Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute on Thursday (June 7) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The ladies were at the event to support their friend George Clooney, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Cate and George worked together in 2006′s The Good German and 2014′s The Monuments Men while Laura worked with the actor way back in 1983 in the horror musical Grizzly II: The Concert.

Laura was joined on the red carpet by Edward Zwick, the director of her upcoming movie Trial By Fire.

FYI: Cate is wearing a Yacine Aouadi dress.

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Anna Kendrick Goes Glam for Former Co-Star George Clooney's AFI Tribute!

Anna Kendrick stuns on the red carpet as she arrives at the American Film Institute’s 2018 Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute on Thursday (June 7) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The 32-year-old Pitch Perfect star went pretty in a long-sleeved white dress with a slicked-back ponytail as she stepped out to support George Clooney at the event.

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Anna and George co-starred in the award-winning 2009 movie Up in the Air – which landed them both an Oscar nomination.

FYI: Anna is wearing a Ralph & Russo dress and Giuseppe Zanotti sandals.

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