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Review: 'American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood' by Marc Elliot
In his first major film, 'A Fistful of Dollars,' Clint Eastwood emerged as an enigma, a character simply known as The Man With No Name.
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Jamie Cullum: Reaching new heights
Hi, Jamie! You play piano, guitar, bass and drums. Ever wish you were an octopus so you could play everything at once? You don't need more arms.
Hal Holbrook Shines In 'Evening Sun'
Hal Holbrook continues his late-career renaissance, begun so vividly with his Oscar-nominated turn in "Into the Wild," with this elegiac drama about an octogenarian who still has a lot of fight left in him.
Palo Alto Online Movies There's plenty of Best Picture buzz these days about "Slumdog Millionaire," director Danny Boyle's tale of an unlikely game-show champion in Mumbai.
Last book read: The Butt by Will Self. Last film seen: AI by Stanley Kubrick on the telly last night.
Church invites public to film series
Westminster Presbyterian Church of DeKalb invites community members who like “movies with a message” to view and discuss “Gran Torino” at 6 p.m. Sunday.
Why Clint Eastwood Can be Trusted with Mandela (and Why Glenn Beck...
It's that time of year again - you know, when Clint Eastwood releases a trailer for a movie that looks fascinating and completely different from the last thing he did, and your trio of reactions run something like this: 1) Hmmm, Clint's got a movie coming out - didn't we just see - Gran Torino' five minutes ago? 2) Hmmm, it's got Morgan Freeman ...
Trailer: Morgan Freeman And Matt Damon In Invictus
One of the biggest unknowns of the fall movie season, not to mention the Oscars, has finally shown its face.
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Clint Eastwooda s a Invictusa trailer: A tall, cool glass of real-life inspiration
After last year's misanthropic manifesto, Gran Torino , the last thing you'd expect from Clint Eastwood is a movie soaked in the milk of human goodness.A But that's just what he's done with Invictus , his new movie based on the true story about how Nelson Mandela recruited the captain of the South African rugby team to integrate the team and unite ...
'Stockton's Secret War on the Streets' focus of forum
Among the panelists scheduled to speak today at a forum on Asian gangs was a young man set to discuss how gang violence had affected his family.
LIVESHOTS: Hollywood Casts Detroit in a Leading Role
Lights...camera...jobs! A The city of Detroit is taking its' cue from Hollywood and luring movie companies to the motor city.
Star of Eastwood's 'Gran Torino' to talk about Southeast Asian gang violence
One of the stars of Clint Eastwood's film "Gran Torino" is scheduled to talk about gang violence in the Southeast Asian communities from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday in the Grand Ballroom of University of the Pacific's DeRosa University Center.
Wire scoops honours at crime awards
The Wire made a killing at the Crime Thriller awards, picking up two prizes including a best actor gong for star Dominic West.
Detroit Faces Siege by Hollywood Movie
Detroit, which has long faced economic collapse and neighborhood abandonment, woke up on Monday to find itself under siege by a foreign army.
12 films vying for 10 best-picture noms
Today is Oct. 18, which means -- not to get you all stressed out or anything -- that there are a measly 107 days left until the Academy Award nominations are announced! In other words, it's never too early to start the Oscar prognosticating.
Former President of DC Comics Joins ICv2 President on comiXology's Expanded Board of Advisors
Former President of DC Comics Joins ICv2 President on comiXology's Expanded Board of Advisors comiXology, makers of the Comics by comiXology digital comic app for the iPhone, has added comic book industry icon Jenette Kahn to its Board of Advisors.
In an old Monty Python sketch, "the members of the philosophy department of the University of Walamaroo are all named Bruce.
Roundup: Ireland entertainers Celtic Woman perform at Pavilion,
Bringing a wee bit o' Ireland to South Dakota, entertainers Celtic Woman perform 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Washington Pavilion of Arts & Science.
Michael Caine, bus pass badass
Last year it was Clint Eastwood's turn to resurrect the ghost of Dirty Harry for Gran Torino.
'American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood'
What prompted Marc Eliot to give us another life of Clint Eastwood? A little over 10 years ago, two other biographies appeared, one by Richard Schickel and another by Patrick McGilligan.
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