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Clint Eastwood shines up his 'Gran Torino'
In the afternoons, there's a hush and warm amber glow in Clint Eastwood's office, which, unlike other bungalows at the Warner Bros. studio lot, has a rustic feel and furniture that manages to be just as practical as it is stylish. All of that suits the...Tags: Robert Duvall, John Ford, Clint Eastwood, Schools, Movies
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Our favorite eye-patch-wearing movie characters
Tom Cruise's eye-patch-sporting character Claus von Stauffenberg ( A) in the current Nazi-era film "Valkyrie" got us thinking about other movie characters with the same eyewear. Here are some of our favorites: B. Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken in...Tags: Daryl Hannah, Valkyrie (movie), Dennis Hopper, Angelina Jolie, Kurt Russell
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'Christianity was born in the Middle East'
What does your job involve as chairman of the Parish Council?
I help the priest in managing the church. We just built a church building. I worked with the finance and fundraising committees to make sure they followed the plan.
What's the one most...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Restaurant and Catering Industry, National Government, Florida, Government
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'Greatest Game' another workday for Johnny U, the modest hero
Fifty years ago, an undersized defensive back named Andy Nelson climbed into a car alongside a 25-year-old, fresh-faced quarterback. Was it a Pontiac? A Chevrolet? Tricky thing about time: Just as easily as it can help shape a legacy, it can fade a...Tags: Football, History, Weeb Ewbank, ESPN, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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REALITY CHECK
DON'T TEASE ME, BRO! Like a male Paris Hilton looking for a BFF, Brody Jenner - son of former Olympian Bruce Jenner and a star of "The Princes of Malibu" and "The Hills" - is looking for entourage buddies in MTV's "Bromance," premiering tonight at 9....Tags: Samuel Beckett, Dance, Drew Barrymore, Loretta Lynn, NBC
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Viewing Wayne's 'Grit'
John Wayne, after spending more than a quarter-century as probably the world's most popular movie star, finally won his Best Actor Oscar for 1969's True Grit (3 p.m., TCM), a revisionist Western in which he got to play a scurrilous, drunken federal...Tags: Robert Duvall, Richard Gere, Film Festivals, Celebrity, Debra Winger
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LAX reports delays as bad weather elsewhere snarls travel
Severe weather in Chicago and San Francisco is disrupting flights at Los Angeles International Airport today, causing lengthy delays for passengers trying to make it home in time for Christmas. Departures to Chicago are running about an hour and 45...Tags: Chicago Weather, Transportation, Alaska, Oregon, Trips and Vacations
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Who is more stubborn, Scott Boras or Arte Moreno?
Had a nice texting exchange with Scott Boras on Monday, reminding him a year ago about this time A-Rod was on "60 Minutes" telling everyone he was no longer talking to his agent.
I wanted to know if Mark Teixeira would be appearing on the show any time...Tags: Boston Red Sox, Football, Frank McCourt, Michael Strahan, Jermaine O'Neal
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TODAY'S PICKS
THE BUCKET LIST (8p.m.,HBO) (Comedy-drama, 2007) - Two terminally ill men (Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman) leave their hospital ward and set out to complete a list of things they want to do before they die. MOVIES THE WIZARD OF OZ (8and 10 p.m., TNT)...Tags: Morgan Freeman, John Ford, Football, Macaulay Culkin, ESPN
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WEEKEND WATCH
TOMORROW WWE TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS (9 p.m., NBC/4) - WWE Superstars entertain the troops. From Camp Victory in Baghdad. THE SEARCHERS (9 p.m., WNET/13) (Western, 1956) - John Ford's classic about a Confederate veteran (John Wayne) and his part-...Tags: John Ford, National Football League, Football, Carolina Panthers, New York Giants
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Bruce Campbell's spoof hits home
No one can criticize Bruce Campbell for taking himself too seriously -- at least not after seeing his latest film. In the independently financed horror-comedy spoof "My Name Is Bruce," the actor is recruited to save a small Oregon town from an angry...Tags: Cults and Sects, Telecommunication Service, Alan Ladd, Oregon, Los Angeles
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Silver Stars for 10 Green Berets
The Washington PostWASHINGTON — After jumping out of helicopters at daybreak onto jagged, ice-covered rocks and into water at an altitude of 10,000 feet, the 12-man Special Forces team scrambled up the steep mountainside toward its target: an insurgent stronghold in...Tags: Civil Unrest, Wars and Interventions, North Carolina, International Military Interventions, Rebellions
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