Humanitarian honour for Eastwood
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Film star Clint Eastwood is to receive the Motion Picture Association of America's first ever humanitarian award.
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Clint Eastwood was declared filmmaker of the year by his peers, winning the Directors Guild of America honor for the boxing saga "Million Dollar Baby."
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LOS ANGELES  - In making "Flags of Our Fathers," released two months ago, Clint Eastwood said he was bothered that he was telling only half of the story of the vicious World War II battle for a tiny volcanic island in the Pacific in 1945. So he made another film. "Letters From Iwo Jima," shot with Japanese actors in their language, tells the story of the men who defended the island with their deaths.
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Clint Eastwood's film Letters from Iwo Jima is picked as top movie by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
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Clint Eastwood beats off stiff competition from Martin Scorsese to win Directors Guild of America award.
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"His selfless charity work is out of this world"  LONDON: Former England cricketer Ian Botham is to be knighted for his charity work, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported Saturday. via Daily Express
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British national charity worker Margaret Hassan, murdered in Iraq, is honoured posthumously with a peace award.
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U2 frontman Bono is honoured with an award for his charity work at an Aids charity fundraiser in New York.
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Hilary Swank racked up a Best Actress nod for her hard-muscled   performance as a female boxer in the Clint Eastwood-directed pic and   Morgan Freeman picked up the Best Supporting Actor prize for his turn as   a wise ex-prizefighter, moving them into favorite status for the   upcoming Academy Awards.
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A former British spy credited with using his cover as a passport officer to save thousands of Jews from Nazi Germany was honored as a hero Wednesday at his country's embassy in Berlin.
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Clint Eastwood, that most American of actors and directors, has a film nominated for a best-picture Oscar, "Letters from Iwo Jima," that is in Japanese, a language he doesn't speak, and was shot in Iceland because it looks a lot like Iwo Jima but was cheaper.
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In an important pre-Oscar film  industry award, the Directors Guild of America named Clint  Eastwood best director Saturday for his bittersweet female  boxing drama "Million Dollar Baby."
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STAR parents, grandparents and carers in Derwentside had their outstanding work recognised at an awards ceremony on Friday.  The Derwentside Achievement and Volunteer Awards - also known as the Star Awards - recognise the contributions made by people in the community and in childcare.
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British aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was taken hostage in Iraq last year and is believed to have been slain by her abductors, was awarded Ireland's most prestigious peace prize.
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French President Jacques Chirac inducted American actor-director Clint Eastwood into the Legion of Honor on Saturday, saying he represents "the best of Hollywood."
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French President Jacques Chirac has awarded the Legion of Honour to actor and director Clint Eastwood, calling his latest films lessons in humanity.Comment
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CARMEL, California  - When Clint Eastwood calls, even the biggest celebrities are happy to oblige, giving the actor an especially strong pull in putting together high-profile projects.