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    Sep 9, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. With 'Hereafter,' Clint Eastwood contemplates what's next

    — On a recent misty morning, if you were standing in the right spot, you could have looked up to see a helicopter emerge from the pale heavens above this coastal enclave and a famous face squinting in concentration from the pilot's seat. Clint Eastwood is 80 but, no surprise, he is still at the controls, whether it's flying or filmmaking.
    — On a recent misty morning, if you were standing in the right spot, you could have looked up to see a helicopter emerge from the pale heavens above this coastal enclave and a famous face squinting in concentration from the pilot's seat. Clint...

    Tags: John Wayne, Film Festivals, Invictus (movie), Celebrities, Clint Eastwood

    2. Nov 21, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Scene & Heard: 'Artist's Museum Happening' gala at MOCA

    The Museum of Contemporary Art's recent fundraiser was proclaimed to be many things:
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    The Museum of Contemporary Art's recent fundraiser was proclaimed to be many things: Trailed by a "60 Minutes" TV crew, while being observed by Connie Bruck for a New Yorker profile, Eli Broad said the "Artist's Museum Happening" promised to redefine...

    Tags: Marvin Hier, Tia Carrere, Carole Bayer Sager, Invictus (movie), Eli Wallach

    3. Jan 7, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Unlikely front-runners face a still-formidable Clint Eastwood

    This year's lead actor and supporting actor categories offer no end of irony.
    This year's lead actor and supporting actor categories offer no end of irony. Although certifiable leading men like Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Leonardo DiCaprio in "Revolutionary Road," Clint Eastwood in "Gran Torino" and...

    Tags: George H.W. Bush, Frank Langella, Film Festivals, Tom Cruise, Richard Nixon

    4. Dec 17, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Movies may win big over films

    Rumor has it that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may actually honor some movies at this year's Oscar ceremony. Movies, as opposed to, you know, films<em style=&quot;i">films</em>.
    Rumor has it that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may actually honor some movies at this year's Oscar ceremony. Movies, as opposed to, you know, filmsfilms. Movies are those big, loud, colorful things that play on many cineplex big...

    Tags: The Dark Knight (movie), Film Festivals, Ethan Coen, Quantum of Solace (movie), Clint Eastwood

    5. Dec 12, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Review: 'Gran Torino'

    At this point in his career, when Clint Eastwood stars in and directs a film, all bets are off. Things that would be old-school and sentimental in other hands morph into something different when he is involved. If Tina Turner's motto is that she doesn't do anything nice and easy, Eastwood's would be that the ordinary is just not his style. <b>&#182;</b> Which brings us to &quot;Gran Torino," Eastwood's second directing project this fall, his first work as an actor since 2004's "Million Dollar Baby" and a film that would be less interesting if he were not involved. <b>&#182;</b> Working from a script by first-time screenwriter Nick Schenk, Eastwood has, with his impeccable directing style and acting presence, turned "Gran Torino" into another in his ongoing series of films that ponder violence, its place and its cost. It combines sentiment and shootouts, the serious and the studio, in a way that has become distinctly Eastwood's own.
    At this point in his career, when Clint Eastwood stars in and directs a film, all bets are off. Things that would be old-school and sentimental in other hands morph into something different when he is involved. If Tina Turner's motto is that she doesn't...

    Tags: Movies, Southeast Asia, Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Immigration

    6. May 26, 2011 |Story| Hola Hoy
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    Tags: Kathryn Bigelow, Paraguay, Argentina, Clint Eastwood

    7. Jan 23, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Academy Award voters opt for the sunny over the dark

    Like some Zen master clandestinely operating in the heart of Hollywood, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has perfected the art of offering surprises without being surprising. Though specific Oscar nominations can be unexpected, the overall picture remains the same: the academy will always be the academy, doing the things it has traditionally done since what seems like the dawn of time. <b>&#182;</b> Some years, however, certain trends get more emphasis than others, and the nominations offered yesterday did say one thing loud and clear. Reacting to one of the bleakest years in recent American history, the academy shunned the dark side and stayed away, as audiences have traditionally done in hard times, from films that emphasized doom and gloom. <b>&#182;</b> So the buoyant &quot; Slumdog Millionaire," a rags-to-riches film that nearly went straight to video, had 10 nominations, including best picture, and the optimistic animated feature "Wall-E" walked off with six, including screenplay. And it can't be forgotten that the partisans of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," which topped the chart with 13 nominations, insist against considerable evidence to the contrary that the film is a positive emotional experience. <b>&#182;</b> That avoidance of melancholy is perhaps the best explanation for why two very different films, "The Dark Knight" and "Revolutionary Road," both considered serious Oscar contenders, were all but shut out of the eight categories major enough to be announced on national television.
    Like some Zen master clandestinely operating in the heart of Hollywood, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has perfected the art of offering surprises without being surprising. Though specific Oscar nominations can be unexpected, the...

    Tags: The Dark Knight (movie), Melissa Leo, Film Festivals, Science and Technology, Michael Shannon

    8. Jan 23, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Oscar shutouts and surprises: who defied the odds

    Each year, the Oscar nominations result in a pleasure-pain split in Hollywood. There's the &quot;You like me, you really like me!" jubilation for those whose work gets honored. Then there are the bruised egos of those who early on had been touted as Oscar shoo-ins but whose work wound up unheralded by academy voters.
    Each year, the Oscar nominations result in a pleasure-pain split in Hollywood. There's the "You like me, you really like me!" jubilation for those whose work gets honored. Then there are the bruised egos of those who early on had been touted as Oscar...

    Tags: Film Festivals, Michael Shannon, Drama (genre), Stephen Daldry, Celebrities

    9. Jan 9, 2009 |Story| Zap2It

  9. 'Gran Torino'

    The racist, homophobic "Dirty Harry" Callahan has retired in Detroit. Sgt. Highway of "Heartbreak Ridge" may not wear his stripes, but he still keeps his rifle loaded. And William Munny, the haunted, aged gunfighter of "Unforgiven," has one last shot at...

    Tags: Crimes, Roger Moore, Juvenile Delinquency, Racism, Gang Activity

    10. Dec 11, 2008 |Story| Zap2It

  10. A Golden Globe Movie Nominations Breakdown

    Seeing Double Two great actresses received double nominations today: Meryl Streep was nominated for best actress (drama) for "Doubt" and best actress (musical or comedy) for "Mamma Mia!," her 22nd and 23rd career Globe nods (she's won six), and Kate...

    Tags: Jordan, Film Festivals, Tom Cruise, Brendan Gleeson, Gus van Sant

    11. Dec 4, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. 'Slumdog Millionaire' wins National Board of Review nod as best film

    &quot; Slumdog Millionaire," Danny Boyle's stirring fable about a young man who reflects upon his poverty-stricken life while competing to win 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants Be A Millionaire," on Thursday was named best film of 2008 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    " Slumdog Millionaire," Danny Boyle's stirring fable about a young man who reflects upon his poverty-stricken life while competing to win 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants Be A Millionaire," on Thursday was named best film of 2008 by...

    Tags: Melissa Leo, Film Festivals, Anne Hathaway, Documentary (genre), Celebrities

    12. Dec 10, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Golden Globes nominations unveiled

    &quot;Slumdog Millionaire," a modern-day fable about an orphan from Mumbai who ends up on a television game show, is shaping up to be this movie season's Cinderella story.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    "Slumdog Millionaire," a modern-day fable about an orphan from Mumbai who ends up on a television game show, is shaping up to be this movie season's Cinderella story. At one point, it seemed poised to go straight to DVD after its original studio,...

    Tags: DVDs and Movies, Michael C. Hall, Ron Howard, Tom Cruise, Samantha Who? (tv program)

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