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Eastwood's Chair Prop: Last-Second Improv

He asked staff for it just before going on, without explaining why

(Newser) - Nobody knew about the chair. In post-mortems on Clint Eastwood's "unique" convention speech , the Washington Post and the New York Times say the actor asked for the prop just before going on without explaining what he was going to do. He's 82, after all, and "everyone...

Eastwood Was Either 'Delusional' ... or 'Terrific'

Count Michael Moore as voting for 'delusional'

(Newser) - Clint Eastwood's peculiar speech at the Republican convention has left prominent liberals and conservatives smiling, albeit for very different reasons. Writing for the Daily Beast , Michael Moore thanked the actor for making his night by casting the GOP as "delusional and detached from reality." He added that...

Wacky Clint Chair Schtick Lights Up Twitter

 Clint's Wacky 
 Chair Schtick 
 Lights Up 
 Twitter 
go ahead, make my meme
Aug 31, 2012 7:53 AM CDT

Clint's Wacky Chair Schtick Lights Up Twitter

'Invisible Obama' hit of convention

(Newser) - Clint Eastwood's decidedly odd convention speech with an imaginary President Obama sitting next to him taking questions and offering obscene suggestions has electrified the Twitterverse—and inspired an Internet meme . Within hours some 35,000 followers were eating up brand new Twitter account @InvisibleObama , notes Mashable . Invisible Obama apparently...

Clint Makes Mitt&#39;s Day
 Clint Makes 
 Mitt's Day 
Aug 30, 2012 9:19 PM CDT

Clint Makes Mitt's Day

'When someone's not doing their job, let 'em go'

(Newser) - Taciturn Hollywood tough guy Clint Eastwood saddled up for Mitt Romney tonight. People aren't all "left of Lenin" in Hollywood, said a tousled-haired Clint in a rambling 10-minute speech. "There are a lot of conservative people, moderate people, in Hollywood" who "play it closer to the...

Clint Headed to Tampa for RNC: Sources

Hollywood icon may be tonight's mystery speaker

(Newser) - Clint Eastwood is on his way to Tampa where he could make Mitt Romney's day at the Republican National Convention, reports Townhall , citing a "well-placed Republican source." The Hollywood icon is among those rumored to be the convention's "mystery speaker" tonight. Other names being mention...

Clint Eastwood Endorses Romney

'Country needs a boost,' he says

(Newser) - The Romney campaign probably wasn't thrilled with that endorsement from porn star Jenna Jameson ("When you're rich, you want a Republican"), but here's a celeb supporter it'll take all day: Clint Eastwood. The longtime conservative gave Romney his blessing at a fundraiser in Idaho,...

Eastwood Kid Torches $100K Bag, Gets Death Threats

Francesca chainsaws, burns Hermes Birkin bag for art

(Newser) - The Hermes Birkin bag is so sought after, people sit on a waiting list for years to purchase one—but apparently, if you're the daughter of Clint Eastwood, you can afford to take a chainsaw to the $100,000 bag and then set it on fire. Francesca Eastwood, 19,...

Eastwood Women Are Coming to TV

Dina Eastwood and Clint's daughters will star

(Newser) - As rumored , the Eastwoods are going to be the new Kardashians. Mrs. Eastwood and Company, which will focus on Clint Eastwood's wife Dina and his two daughters, premieres on E! May 20, the Huffington Post reports. The 10-episode series will also feature Overtone, a South African vocal group...

10 Celebs Who Burst Into Business

Jessica Alba, Sammy Hagar branch out

(Newser) - Celebs are excellent at promoting themselves, so why not move into other products? Here are 10 stars who were bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, courtesy of the Street .

Rush Limbaugh: Eastwood 'Got Scammed' on Ad

Super Bowl spot ended up being for Democrats, not USA, he says

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh thinks Clint Eastwood "got suckered into" shilling for Democrats in the Chrysler Super Bowl commercial at the center of recent controversy. "I think he got scammed. I think he got roped into doing something he thought was patriotic and ended up being played," Limbaugh said...

Eastwood: I'm Not Politically Affiliated With Obama

Chrysler ad a political football

(Newser) - God bless America ... and the Chrysler bailout ... seemed to be the message that left football fans misty-eyed after Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl Chrysler ad. It's "halftime" in America, and we're all pulling together for a brighter economic future, says the gravelly-voiced star. But Eastwood was opposed...

And This Year&#39;s Top Super Bowl Ads Were...
 And This Year's Top 
 Super Bowl Ads Were... 
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Feb 6, 2012 7:57 AM CST

And This Year's Top Super Bowl Ads Were...

Doritos' bungee baby, Clint Eastwood for Chrysler lead the way

(Newser) - Sure, the New York Giants won the game itself, but Doritos was the big winner of the Super Bowl contest that really mattered—the ad race. Doritos' baby bungee scored the most Twitter mentions, a big 48,498 tweets, reports the Wall Street Journal; it also took the top spot...

Coming to E!: Keeping Up With the Eastwoods?

Show will focus on wife Dina, 2 daughters

(Newser) - The network that has brought us more than we ever wanted to know about the Kardashians has a new family to add to its roster: the Eastwoods. As in Clint. Though the actor won't be a regular player on the reality show, which will provide a look inside the...

'Gay' Hoover Movie Enrages FBI's Old Guard

Retired agents not happy about J. Edgar 's homoeroticism

(Newser) - Hundreds of former FBI agents are hopping mad about Clint Eastwood's biopic of J. Edgar Hoover, which strongly hints that the first FBI director was a repressed homosexual in love with aide Claude Tolson. In J. Edgar—which stars Leonardo DiCaprio—Hoover is portrayed as an individual "who...

Eastwood: I Love Herman Cain's Story

'He’s a doer and a straight-talker,' director says

(Newser) - Clint Eastwood, currently promoting his J. Edgar Hoover biopic J. Edgar, tells the Los Angeles Times that while he's a liberal on many issues, he cast his vote for Eisenhower in 1952 and hasn't picked a Democratic presidential candidate since. "I’ve always been very liberal when...

Elder Bush Considered Clint Eastwood for VP

Instead, he picked Dan Quayle

(Newser) - Vice President Clint Eastwood? It was at least a possibility in 1988 when George HW Bush was considering running mates, reports the Note blog at ABC News. Two factors helped: Eastwood at the time was the Republican mayor of Carmel, California, and Bush was getting clobbered in the polls by...

Clint Eastwood Grilled FBI on Hoover's Sexuality

Agents are worried about what new film will reveal

(Newser) - Was purported straight-shooter J. Edgar Hoover really a cross-dressing sexual blackmailer? Director Clint Eastwood needed to know about Hoover's sexual proclivities for his new film on the G-man—so he asked the FBI. He and star Leonardo DiCaprio were told by officials: "Vague rumors and fabrications have cropped...

Clint Eastwood Tsunami Film Yanked in Japan

Distributor calls 'Hereafter' 'not appropriate' now

(Newser) - Clint Eastwood's latest film, Hereafter, which has scenes of a tsunami destroying a Thai village, has been yanked from theaters in Japan following the nation's catastrophic earthquake. Hereafter opened in Japan late last month, and had been scheduled to play until the end of March. The film's distributor, Warner Entertainment,...

Beyonce, Clint Eastwood Team Up for Star Is Born

Beyonce will take lead role in musical remake

(Newser) - Beyonce will take the lead role in yet another remake of the 1937 classic A Star Is Born, to be directed by Clint Eastwood, reports Deadline . No male lead has been cast yet (though Deadline floats names like Will Smith, Eddie Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., and Jon Hamm as possibilities)...

Slate Presents '80 Over 80'
 Slate Presents 
 '80 Over 80' 
Nov 30, 2010 11:25 AM CST

Slate Presents '80 Over 80'

Influential octogenarians, from politicians to celebrities

(Newser) - Thirty under 30? Pshaw. Slate offers up its annual 80 Over 80, a list of politicians, industry leaders, and other icons who also happen to be really old, ranked in order of power and importance. The top five:
  1. Thomas S. Monson: The Mormon president, 83, acts as divine prophet for
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