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Clint Eastwood is an American actor most famous for his role as the Man With No Name in the 'Dollars' Spaghetti Western triology and Det. Harry Callahan in the 'Dirty Harry' series. He has also ventured into producing and directing. Eastwood has won five Academy Awards in his career with six other nominations. Most recently he won the Best Picture and Best Director awards for the 2004 film 'Million Dollar Baby.' He was born Clinton Eastwood Jr. on May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, California. (Photo AP)
Clint Eastwood is an American actor most famous for his role as the Man With No Name in the 'Dollars' Spaghetti Western triology and Det. Harry Callahan in the 'Dirty Harry' series. He has also ventured into producing and directing. Eastwood has won five Academy Awards in his career with six other nominations. Most recently he won the Best Picture and Best Director awards for the 2004 film 'Million Dollar Baby.' He was born Clinton Eastwood Jr. on May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, California. (Photo AP)
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Thankfully, There Is No Right To Own Bombs
The Hartford CourantIn the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, I was thinking how thankful we, the American people, should be that the right to bear bombs was not included in the Second Amendment. If bombs were part of the Second Amendment, the National Rifle...Tags: ABC (tv network), Barack Obama, Media Industry, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Southern Connecticut State University
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Meet 'Twainiac' Cindy Lovell, New Director Of Mark Twain House
The Hartford CourantCindy Lovell calls herself a "Twainiac," because she's so crazy about Mark Twain. She's felt that way since she was a fourth-grader, when her teacher read the fence-whitewashing chapter of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" to the class. "I was the oldest...Tags: Brad Paisley, Colleges and Universities, Ricky Skaggs, York County (Virginia), Mark Twain
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Marriage In The Movies: A Look At Hollywood's Phantom Genre
The Hartford CourantJeanine Basinger has been happily married for 45 years, so she knows a lot about how to make a marriage work. Basinger, the founder and director of the Film Studies Department at Wesleyan University in Middletown, also knows a lot about marriage movies,...Tags: Kyle Chandler, Oliver Hardy, Fargo (movie), Marriage, Middletown
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Nombran nueva directora para la Casa Twain
El Hartford CourantCuando Cindy Lovell comienza su nuevo trabajo como Directora Ejecutiva de la Casa Museo de Mark Twain, ella no tendrá una gran curva de aprendizaje. Lovell, quien fue nombrada a la posición esta semana, después de una búsqueda a nivel nacional de seis...Tags: Brad Paisley, Garrison Keillor, Barack Obama, Sheryl Crow, Jimmy Buffett
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Political Punditry Is Appealing Profession
The Hartford CourantIf you are looking for something to be when you grow up, you might want to consider political punditry. Besides not requiring any manual or mental heavy lifting, the other great thing about political punditry is that there is no accountability. Really,...Tags: Bill Clinton, U.S. Electoral College, Chris Murphy, Joe Biden, Whole Foods Market
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Throwing The Flag On Connecticut Candidates
Earlier this week, for one brief shining moment, our badly divided republic came together so gloriously that Paul Ryan and Barack Obama were finishing each other's sentences. Everybody agreed that the replacement refs were ruining professional football....Tags: Mark Davis, Chris Murphy, National Football League, Democratic Party, Elizabeth Esty
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Paul Ryan's Marathon Fib A Pair Of Empty Running Shoes Explains Implications
The Hartford CourantAfter Clint Eastwood's back and forth with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention, I was thinking about doing a Q & A about Paul Ryan with my sofa. But then I thought, talking to furniture is probably something best left to the...Tags: Geno Auriemma, Road Running, Republican Party, Democratic Party, 2012 Republican National Convention
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'Macbeth' Reset As Vietnam Soldiers' Story At Long Wharf
The Hartford CourantEric Ting respects superstitions, especially the one that says you can't say "Macbeth" aloud in a theater without dire consequences. ("The Scottish Play" is used instead.) "I think superstition is a powerful force," says the fate-conscious Ting,...Tags: Celebrities, Veterans Affairs, Medical Procedures and Tests, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Health and Medical Professionals
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High-Altitude Filming
The Hartford CourantThe Chinese actress was probably the mountain's best dressed bride when she bounced into base camp in a Nissan Pathfinder, stepped out in front of Mount Everest, and promptly vomited all over the glacial moraine. Filming of the advertisement stopped just...Tags: Mountaineering, Kennedy Airport, Climbing, Documentary (genre), Movies
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America Getting Its Just Desserts With Fixation On Cake
Courant Staff WriterThe wedding cake already was paid for, but none of the invited ever got a slice. Jennifer Wilbanks' recent turn as the Runaway Bride had a lot of people thinking of ruined weddings and uneaten cake. But there's a lot more triple layers and fluffy icing...Tags: Annette Bening, Jamie Foxx, Marriage, Owen Wilson, Sacramento
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A starry support system for the Geffen Playhouse
Clint Eastwood stood behind the podium at Monday’s “Backstage at the Geffen,” getting ready to present an award to his longtime attorney Bruce Ramer, the founding chairman of the playhouse's board. Host Debbie Allen placed an empty...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Casablanca (movie), Roma Downey, Academy Awards
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Las Vegas' Atomic Liquors, where nuclear bombs lit the sky, reopens
On a nearly deserted downtown block, a small brick building fronted by a curvy neon sign heralds a bygone era here: That's when the big bombs went boom and awe-struck Las Vegas residents watched the mushroom clouds billow into the bright desert sky....
Tags: Explosions, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Nuclear Weapons, Casino (movie), Bradley Cooper
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