Clint Eastwood came out of semi-retirement as an actor to star in Trouble With the Curve, the directorial debut of his long-time production partner Robert Lorenz. Eastwood plays an aging baseball scout who is on a trip to check out a new player. But his eyesight is going -- cue some drama right there -- and his…
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Clint Eastwood suggested that he was done with acting after the release of his 2008 film Gran Torino. The then- 78-year old actor had already pulled away from acting in any films but his own, and had long seemed more interested in directing and scoring films than performing in front of the camera. But then…
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The fact that Justin Timberlake's two big roles in 2010 were Yogi Bear and The Social Network tells you everything you need to know about his uneven track record when it comes to picking projects, but his immediate future's looking pretty bright. Last fall, he was offered one of the roles in the Coen Brothers'…
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Good news for those eager to find out exactly why Benicio del Toro is picking on Blake Lively in that first image from Savages: Universal has just shifted the opening date for Oliver Stone's latest from September 28 to July 6. Savages is the only film currently scheduled to go up against Marc Webb's The…
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It's probably a bit soon to celebrate Matthew Lillard's unlikely rise as a dramatic actor, but it's definitely worth keeping an eye on his career for now. After a small but impressive turn opposite George Clooney in Alexander Payne's The Descendants, the former Scooby-Doo star has now entered talks for another promising dramatic role, this…
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Clint Eastwood's last acting gig was in 2008, in his own film Gran Torino. At the time it looked like it might be his last, as the seasoned filmmaking vet reasoned that he'd rather be active behind the camera than in front of it. But Eastwood is going to act at least once more in…
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We thought we'd seen the last of Clint Eastwood's acting career in Gran Torino, but news broke last week that the icon was eyeing a starring role in Trouble With the Curve, the directorial debut of frequent Eastwood collaborator Robert Lorenz. It appears Eastwood has since committed to the film, in which he'll play a…
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When Clint Eastwood played the lead role in his 2008 film Gran Torino, we thought it might be his last screen role. The icon never retired from acting, and has remained open to the idea of taking another role. (I've always hoped to see Quentin Tarantino roping him into a film.) Eastwood has, however, talked…
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