Clint Eastwood Wins Major Pre-Oscar Award
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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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Oscar front-runner "No  Country For Old Men" picked up two awards during the weekend as  the countdown to the Academy Awards entered its final week.
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The Clint Eastwood film "Letters from Iwo Jima" was named best film of 2006 by the National Board of Review on Wednesday in the first major award of the Oscar season.
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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 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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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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Modest wine country comedy  "Sideways" staged a surprise knockout over favorites "Million  Dollar Baby" and "The Aviator" by winning the top prize for  best ensemble acting at the Screen Actors Guild awards on  Saturday, an important pre-Oscar test.
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Oscar beckons: The  musical "Dreamgirls" is the odds-on favorite to take home best  picture honors. Clint Eastwood is again in the driver's seat as  a best director nominee for "Flags of Our Fathers."
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Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood are among the nominees for the Director's Guild of America awards.
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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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"No Country for Old Men" grabbed another award before the Oscars later this month, winning the best feature film award presented by the Producers Guild of America on Saturday.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - Clint Eastwood and Leonardo DiCaprio might as well enjoy the dual nominations they each received Thursday from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. while they can. Because the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' rule book -- as well as practical realities -- are going to prevent a repeat performance when the Oscar nominations are announced January 23.
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LOS ANGELES  - On the face of it, Hollywood is getting more mature. This year's Academy Awards race for best actress includes three performers -- Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Meryl Streep -- at the top of their game. Refusing to rest on his laurels, Peter O'Toole is back with "Venus," which brought him his eighth best actor nomination. And at 76, Clint Eastwood directed not one but two of the best-received films of 2006.
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The Director's Guild of America  pitted legendary filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood  against each other on Thursday when it unveiled its nominees  for best director.
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Joel and Ethan Coen won the top prize from the Directors Guild of America on Saturday for No Country for Old Men, giving them the inside track for the same honor at the Academy Awards Â assuming the Oscars go on amid the writers strike.
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Veteran filmmaker Martin Scorsese took a giant step toward winning his first Oscar on Saturday when he was named the Directors Guild of America's best director for 2007 for his crime thriller "The Departed."