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  • June 2008

    • Jolie Talks Mommies, Killers

      Entertainment Weekly  |  Jun 12, 08 12:33 PM CDT

      Jolie Talks Mommies, Killers

      (Newser) - Angelina Jolie was shocked to learn she and Brad Pitt were expecting twins but also, perhaps unnecessarily, tells Entertainment Weekly that pregnancy can be good for the sex life. She also discusses talking politics with Clint Eastwood, the challenges of getting ready to have six kids under 8, Billy Bob Thornton’s blood, and two recent onscreen roles—as an assassin and a mom. More »

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      sex  • celebrity pregnancy  • parenting  • Angelina Jolie  • movies  • Brad Pitt  • celebrity parents  • twins  • Clint Eastwood  • raising children

    • Spike to Clint: 'We're Not on a Plantation'

      ABC News  |  Jun 7, 08 7:23 PM CDT

      Spike to Clint: 'We're Not on a Plantation'

      (Newser) - Clint Eastwood told him to “shut his face,” but Spike Lee is talking back in full force: “The man is not my father, and we’re not on a plantation,” he said. Lee further chided the star director for ignoring blacks in his WWII films, calling him "an angry old man" and saying, “Not everything was John Wayne, baby.” More »

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      film  • race  • movies  • World War II  • Clint Eastwood  • Spike Lee

    • Eastwood to Spike Lee: Shut Up

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 6, 08 11:35 AM CDT

      Eastwood to Spike Lee: Shut Up

      (Newser) - At 78, Clint Eastwood doesn’t have much patience for his current critic Spike Lee. The most influential African-American filmmaker has taken issue with the lack of black people in Flags of Our Fathers and, previously, with having a white man direct Bird , the 1998 Charlie Park biopic. "A guy like him should shut his face," the five-time Oscar winner told the Guardian . More »

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      film  • race  • movies  • film director  • Clint Eastwood  • Spike Lee

  • April 2008

    • Hollywood Poised to Engulf Cannes

      Variety  |  Apr 23, 08 3:12 PM CDT

      Hollywood Poised to Engulf Cannes

      (Newser) - The lineup at this year's Cannes Film Festival was unveiled today, and the schedule is packed with Hollywood films, Variety reports. Steven Soderbergh and Clint Eastwood both have films in contention, and the release of the new Indiana Jones movie, though not for competition, is likely to be the biggest premiere at the May event. More »

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      film  • Steven Spielberg  • Indiana Jones  • Cannes Film Festival  • Clint Eastwood

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Indian Guru to the Beatles Dies

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 6, 08 3:22 AM CST

      Indian Guru to the Beatles Dies

      (Newser) - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru who inspired the Beatles and founded the Transcendental Meditation movement, died yesterday at his Dutch home, the Guardian reports. He was believed to be 90. Maharishi—known as the “giggling guru” for his playful witticisms—hosted the Beatles for a highly publicized retreat at his Indian compound in 1968. More »

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      obituary  • India  • Beatles  • Netherlands  • Wales  • Clint Eastwood  • meditation  • Deepak Chopra

  • January 2008

    • Sean Penn to Head Cannes Jury

      AFP  |  Jan 3, 08 10:06 AM CST

      Sean Penn to Head Cannes Jury

      (Newser) - Hollywood's favorite bad boy Sean Penn will preside over the jury for the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, AFP reports. The now twice-divorced actor and director "represents the independent American cinema as well as a vision of America which we like," said the festival's artistic director. Americans Clint Eastwood and Quentin Tarantino have previously helmed the Cannes jury. More »

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      film  • actor  • Cannes Film Festival  • film director  • Sean Penn  • Clint Eastwood  • Quentin Tarantino  • Into the Wild

  • June 2007

    • Japan Renames Iwo Jima

      Associated Press  |  Jun 21, 07 4:20 AM CDT

      Japan Renames Iwo Jima

      (Newser) - Iwo Jima, the Japanese island that hosted one of the most horrific battles of World War II, is getting a new handle. The BBC reports the Japanese government is officially rechristening the island Iwo To, which was its name until 1944. Iwo Jima is best known for photographer Joe Rosenthal's iconic image of GIs raising the US flag on Mt. Suribachi during the battle. More »

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      Japan  • World War II  • Clint Eastwood  • Iwo Jima

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