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NEWS ABOUT: Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood stories: 19 news summaries
men of the year

 Eastwood Is 
 Top 'Badass' 

Kobe Bryant, Chris Pine, Barack Obama make 2009's elite list

Nov 19, 09 7:33 PM CST
(Newser) - GQ has broken this year's Man of the Year honors into several categories. That's why Clint Eastwood is Badass of the Year, Barack Obama is Leader of the Year, and Tom Brady the Comeback of the Year. Click the source link for the full list, and see the photo... More »

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Barack Obama • Kobe Bryant • Alec Baldwin • Clint Eastwood • Tom Brady • Eric Holder • Chris Pine • JJ Abrams • Leighton Meester

Interview

 Freeman: It's Easy 
 Being Mandela 

Hollywood legend says Eastwood made role
a snap

Jun 3, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - When you’ve had the career Morgan Freeman’s had, “there aren’t many challenges in making movies,” the venerable actor tells Vogue. But he found one: Freeman’s taking on the role of Nelson Mandela in a big-budget biopic. “You've got to do this... More »

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Morgan Freeman • Clint Eastwood • Nelson Mandela • interview • celebrity interview

 Mall Cop Wins Box Office Battle 

Kevin James comedy beats Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino

Jan 18, 09 3:46 PM CST
(Newser) - A mall security guard on a Segway wrested control of the box office this weekend. Paul Blart: Mall Cop, a PG-rated comedy starring Kevin James, raked in $33.8 million to knock Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino from the top spot, Variety reports. Torino earned $22.2 million, a mere... More »

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Clint Eastwood • box office • Gran Torino • Kevin James • Paul Blart: Mall Cop

(Newser) - Clint Eastwood’s vigilante flick Gran Torino smashed box office competition and his career record this weekend, earning $29 million, Variety reports. The film has grossed $40.1 million total after a prior monthlong limited run. Wedding comedy Bride Wars placed second with $21.5 million, followed by The Unborn,... More »

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Clint Eastwood • box office • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Bride Wars • Marley & Me • Gran Torino

Glossies

 Clint Calls Us 
 'Generation Pussy' 

Toughness and learning the 'secret to life'

Dec 16, 08 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - "We live in more of a pussy generation now," Clint Eastwood tells Esquire upon the release of his new film Gran Torino. "Everybody's become used to saying, 'Well, how do we handle it psychologically?' " Eastwood, who grew up having to duke it out with bullies, looks... More »

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depression • Clint Eastwood • learning • Pearl Harbor • 9/11 attacks • meaning of life

Glossies

 Eastwood's 
 First Love: 
 Jazz Piano 

Love, not practice, evinced in movies and performance

Dec 15, 08 3:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Growing up, Clint Eastwood had an affinity for piano but no money for lessons. He nurtured his passion for jazz throughout his life, Nick Tosches writes in Vanity Fair, and has written music for almost every picture he’s directed, including the theme for his recent Gran Torino. But, Eastwood... More »

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Clint Eastwood • jazz • blues • movies • Carnegie Hall • rhythm and blues

OPINION

Earth Tops Box Office
as Specialty Flicks Shine

Golden Globe nominations give specialty flicks a boost

Dec 14, 08 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The Day the Earth Stood Still pulled in $31 million and topped the box office this weekend, but specialty films drew bigger buzz, Variety reports. Benefiting from Golden Globe noms, Milk cracked the top ten with $2.6 million and Slumdog Millionaire banked $2.2 million. Clint Eastwood’s Gran ... More »

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Clint Eastwood • box office • Meryl Streep • Keanu Reeves • The Day the Earth Stood Still • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Slumdog Millionaire • Milk

Movie Review

 Gran Torino is Vintage Eastwood 


Dec 12, 08 3:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Clint Eastwood has hinted that Gran Torino might be his last gig in front of the camera, and “it is a humdinger of a valedictory,” writes Peter Travers in Rolling Stone. The movie, which tells the tale of a bigoted Korean War vet’s redemptive... More »

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film • Clint Eastwood • movie review • Hmong • reviews • Korean War • movies

Movie Review

 Changeling Decent but Flawed  

A plain headline for what critics call a plainly told movie

Oct 24, 08 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s a kidnapping, corrupt police, a trip to a mental hospital, a serial killer, even a hooker with a heart of gold. “If Changeling were fiction, you’d accuse it of being over the top,” writes David Ansen of Newsweek. Instead, it’s based on... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Clint Eastwood • movie review

 Changeling 
 Digs Up True 
 LA Crime Tale 

Case of a missing boy turns into a decade-long court fight

Oct 19, 08 7:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Changeling is no remake of the 1980 horror flick, but it is about a child—a boy whose vanishing captivated Los Angeles in the Jazz Age, the Los Angeles Times reports. Angelina Jolie stars as Christine Collins, a mother whose lost son was replaced by police with the wrong boy.... More »

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Angelina Jolie • film • Clint Eastwood

Guess Who's Ready for Another Kid

Jolie, now mom to 6, say she's considering next adoption

Oct 16, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Angelina Jolie is already considering adopting a seventh child, she told Matt Lauer on Today. Her twins are nearly 4 months old, leaving the Changeling star with two more months before she could start paperwork. Maddox, 7, has become a “professional big brother,” Jolie joked. And despite rumors... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • adoption • Clint Eastwood • celebrity • movies • celebrity parents • celebrity baby • Changeling

 Jolie Talks Mommies, Killers 

Actress gives scoop on 2 very diverse roles

Jun 12, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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

But he takes 'Obama high road,' wishing Dirty Harry 'peace and love'

Jun 7, 08 7:23 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Eastwood
 to Spike Lee:
 Shut Up 

Clint rejects criticism from black filmmaker

Jun 6, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Hollywood Poised 
 to Engulf Cannes  

Big-time US films won't be competing, but sure to dominate headlines

Apr 23, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • film • Cannes Film Festival • Clint Eastwood • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Gov. Terminates Clint's Term
on California
Parks Panel

Actor opposed toll road through state park

Mar 26, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't make fellow actor Clint Eastwood's day when he opted not to renew his term on the state parks commission, reports the Los Angeles Times. The guvernator said it's time to give others a chance to serve. “They make changes, and that’s their prerogative,... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Clint Eastwood • Dirty Harry • Bobby Shriver • San Onofre State Beach • California Coastal Commission

Indian Guru to the Beatles Dies

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi brought Transcendental Meditation to the West

Feb 6, 08 3:22 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Sean Penn to Head Cannes Jury

Actor-director will head prize-awarding body for May festival

Jan 3, 08 10:06 AM CST
(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... More »

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film • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • Clint Eastwood • film director • Into the Wild • Sean Penn • actor • She's So Lovely

Japan Renames Iwo Jima

Old name evokes bitter memories of bloody battle

Jun 21, 07 4:20 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Japan • Iwo Jima • Iwo To • Joe Rosenthal • Mt. Suribachi • Clint Eastwood • World War II

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