Eastwood tapped first recipient of MPAA's Valenti honor
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WASHINGTON  - Clint Eastwood is the inaugural recipient of the Motion Picture Association of America's Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award, the trade association announced Thursday.
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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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Oscar season is only just getting under way, but a presumptive front-runner would have to be Clint EastwoodÂs the World War II epic about the men who raised the flag on Iwo Jima.
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In the 1970s, Italian film director Lina Wertmuller became the first woman ever nominated for an Academy Award for best director and was hailed as the next Fellini for her powerful political comedies.
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ROME  - Oscar-winning director Roman  Polanski, a fugitive from American justice, will be honored at  the Turin Film Festival in November.
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Seven snubs after his first Oscar nomination, Martin Scorsese was named best director and his murderous mob thriller âThe Departedâ was named best picture.
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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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Martin Scorsese, the creator of "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver", finally won Oscar recognition on Sunday but he had to share the spotlight with politician Al Gore, regal actress Helen Mirren and Cinderella story Jennifer Hudson.
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Veteran director Sidney Lumet will receive an honorary statuette at next year&#39;s Oscar ceremony - his first ever Academy Award.
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Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio and Penelope Cruz join guests at the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon.
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Helen Mirren, Leonardo DiCaprio and Clint Eastwood were among the multiple nominees, while the drama "Babel" led Golden Globe contenders with seven nominations.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - 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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If one Clint Eastwood picture does not capture audiences' fancy, another one is never far behind.
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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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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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"Million Dollar Baby," the story of a woman trying to rise above her hard-knock life by training as a boxer, was voted best film and earned awards for actress Hilary Swank and actor-director Clint Eastwood at the National Society of Film Critics awards Saturday.