Eastwood receives French honour
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Director Clint Eastwood is to be awarded France's highest civilian distinction, the Legion of Honour.
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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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French fashion designer Emmanuel Ungaro, British actress Kristin Scott-Thomas and French politician Nicholas Sarkozy have won entry into France's Legion of Honour.
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French President Jacques Chirac paid homage to his predecessor and political role model Charles de Gaulle in ceremonies commemorating the World War II liberation of Paris.
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When Alison Eastwood decided to follow  in the footsteps of her famous father Clint and direct a movie,  she got some odd advice from dad.
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Actor Jude Law is awarded one of France's top cultural honours at a ceremony in London.
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President Jacques Chirac made U.S. film director Steven Spielberg a knight in the French Legion of Honor on Sunday, hailing him as a great filmmaker committed to fighting hatred and intolerance.
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American novelist Jonathan Littell, whose award-winning, 900-page World War II opus is written in French, has been granted French nationality.Comment
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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was on Sunday night conferred the prestigious "Insignia of Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters" by the French government.
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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.'     The Oscar-winning director was named a ...Comment
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Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby is named the best film of 2004 by a group of leading US film critics.
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French President Jacques Chirac on Monday honoured his Namibian counterpart Sam Nujoma, who is due to leave office in March 2005, with France's top distinction, the Legion of Honour.
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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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France makes Steven Spielberg a Legion of Honour, in recognition of his film-making talent.
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Michelle Yeoh, one of Asia's biggest film stars, will receive France's highest civilian honor later this year.
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President Jacques Chirac awarded the Legion d'Honneur order to actor and director Clint Eastwood on Saturday, calling his latest films lessons in humanity.Comment
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Clint Eastwood is the  inaugural recipient of the Motion Picture Association of  America's Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award, the trade  association announced Thursday.