This paper already printed Venice continues; awards still later on this page. Friday still has no competition Lion. A second Lido line is not a prize table. Print later. Do not print a winner. Position 43 already owns the close.

Honorary Lions for Clooney and Burstyn were already prior. They are not tonight's competition. Saturday owns the table. Friday does not invent a competition winner.

No Golden Lion envelope is in Friday copy, so this brief only points at position 43.
Friday recap that treats a second Venice line as awards night is a feed, not the Biennale.
The desk prints what Friday gave it; Friday gave no Lion.
Friday is not awards night.

Saturday owns the table. Friday does not.
The Lido's closing weekend runs on two tracks: honors already given, competition prizes pending. Friday sits between them with empty hands. Saturday deals the cards.

Empty hands are Friday's honest position; the cards come tomorrow. Honest emptiness beats invented prizes. Friday folds till Saturday.

Invented prizes stay unprinted; Friday's hands stay empty. Burstyn's Lion is already Monday's. The table waits one more night.

Friday's hands stay empty. Burstyn's Lion is already Monday's. The table waits one more night.

Competition prizes still live at position 43 on the Lido. No Golden Lion envelope opened on Friday. Clooney and Burstyn's honorary awards remain prior, not tonight. Cards still wait one more night for Saturday's close.
No Golden Lion envelope opened on Friday. Honoraries remain prior. The table waits one more night.

No Golden Lion envelope opened on Friday. Honoraries remain prior. The table waits one more night.

-- CAMILLE BEAUMONT, Los Angeles