Sporting a bandage on his hand from a recent mishap with a car door, George Clooney and his new armpiece, Italian MTV presenter Elisabetta Canalis, went public with their long-rumored romance at the Venice Film Festival on Monday.

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The 48-year-old bachelor arrived at the festival via water taxi with the 30-year-old actress/model in tow.

George and Elisabetta — christened “La Canalis,” or “Eli” by local media — have been dating since June, and are already being dubbed the new Brad & Angelina.

Clooney is at the festival to support his new thriller, The Men Who Stare At Goats, featuring Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor, and Kevin Spacey. The film opens in theaters Nov. 9.

George Clooney was recently injured in a freak accident at his home in Lake Como, Italy.

According to his rep, Clooney broke his hand after accidentally getting it caught in a car door. Ouch!

“There was an accident and he did break his hand,” the actor’s longtime rep Stan Rosenfield said Thursday. “… He was on his property in Italy and he shut the car door on his hand.”

Clooney, 49, was treated at the private Ars Medica clinic in Gravesano, Switzerland and later released. “The doctor has given him 30-40 years more to live, and no live animals were harmed during the wrapping of the hand,” Rosenfield added.

George Clooney is off the market, ladies.

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