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False. Paul Newman won the 1986 best actor award for "The Color of Money" 29 years after wife Joanne Woodward won best actress for "The Three Faces of Eve"; 11.

A compact, curly-haired character player with bushy eyebrows over large brown eyes and malleable looks, Saul Rubinek has excelled in playing nebbishy professionals.

Surely the only reason Gran Torino missed out on Oscar nods is because star and director Clint Eastwood makes excellence look so effortless.

Others may favour Once Upon A Time in the West but I'll never tire of watching Eli Wallach pelt round the tom bstones to the accompaniment of Ennio Morricone's magical score.

When the home built in the late 1970's by Hollywood location scout Tom Doyle was destroyed by fire on July 18th, 2008, current owner Kari Faughnan and her family had to document the 500 antiques and movie props that had either been destroyed or gone missing.

In the past week or so since its release on DVD, more than a handful of people have come up to me and asked why Gran Torino wasn't nominated for a single Academy Award.

Josey Wales will never forget the day his entire family was slaughtered...and now the once-peaceful farmer is going to wander the West making sure he gets revenge on all those responsible for the murders.

Actor Robert Redford has only made four films this decade. Wondering why movies seem to star the same people over and over? One reason is that there are plenty of Oscar winners and Hollywood heavyweights who have either retired or just made so much money that they don't care anymore about having a career.

Clint Eastwood produced, directed and starred in "Gran Torino." Published June 13, 2009 at 11:52 a.m. Tags: gran torino , clint eastwood , mark metcalf Bayside resident Mark Metcalf is an actor who has worked in movies, TV and on the stage.

In the late 1980's, he offered what appear to be his final thoughts on the genre that shaped him and that he helped to define in Unforgiven.

In an example of epic understatement combined with "DUH!"-ism, the American Film Institute has bestowed an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts on Clint Eastwood, for "contribution of distinction to the art of the moving image." The conferral came during commencement ceremonies for AFI's 2009 graduating class, which took place on Wednesday .

Clint Eastwood is an American icon, a silver-screen legend both in front of and behind the camera, and we like to think that he knows all 100 PM recommended skills and more.

Finally, a bigwig whoA wasn't a wuss when it came to press coverage. At the "Produced By" Conference today, Clint Eastwood and his production company partner Rob Lorenz talked about The Malpaiso Way .A EastwoodA spoke briefly about his latest film, Invictus , staring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela.

Over a career that included numerous memorable performances on stage, screen, and television, Freeman was one of the few African American actors who consistently received roles that were not specifically written for black actors.

The project will mark the third time that Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman have worked together.

As a teenager, Larry Reese was a guitar-playing would-be rock-star. He lived in Bangladesh and got pointers on playing the sitar from Ravi Shankar.

They flipped, twisted and maneuvered their bikes at great heights and astounding speeds over the city and the mountains this weekend.

Who do you think you are? Sunday, SABC2, 21:00 I am delighted to note that there is now a local version of this intriguing documentary series.

Chubby's Family Restaurant 7474 S. Cockrell Hill Road Dude Factor: 8 , or "Jack Palance in City Slickers " on a scale of 1 to 10 Of all the billboards on the way to and from work, Chubby's Family Restaurant has my second-favorite, thanks to the friendly-looking cartoon chef's mustache and the restaurant's perfect anti-health-food name.

Don't Forget the Lyrics season-opener and House , Fox. Rock star Meat Loaf teams with his daughter, Pearl Aday, as contestants.