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Eastwood Women Are Coming to TV

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:48:58 CDT

As rumored , the Eastwoods are going to be the new Kardashians. Mrs. Eastwood and Company , which will focus on Clint Eastwood's wife Dina and his two daughters, premieres on E! May 20, the Huffington Post reports. The 10-episode series will also feature Overtone, a South African vocal group managed by...

10 Celebs Who Burst Into Business

Dustin Lushing — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:29:05 CDT

Celebs are excellent at promoting themselves, so why not move into other products? Here are 10 stars who were bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, courtesy of the Street .

Rush Limbaugh: Eastwood 'Got Scammed' on Ad

Matt Cantor — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:55:59 CST

Rush Limbaugh thinks Clint Eastwood "got suckered into" shilling for Democrats in the Chrysler Super Bowl commercial at the center of recent controversy. "I think he got scammed. I think he got roped into doing something he thought was patriotic and ended up being played," Limbaugh said on his radio...

Eastwood: I'm Not Politically Affiliated With Obama

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:28:47 CST

God bless America ... and the Chrysler bailout ... seemed to be the message that left football fans misty-eyed after Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl Chrysler ad. It's "halftime" in America, and we're all pulling together for a brighter economic future, says the gravelly-voiced star. But Eastwood was opposed to the bailout that...

And This Year's Top Super Bowl Ads Were...

Mark Russell — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:57:44 CST

Sure, the New York Giants won the game itself, but Doritos was the big winner of the Super Bowl contest that really mattered—the ad race. Doritos' baby bungee scored the most Twitter mentions, a big 48,498 tweets, reports the Wall Street Journal; it also took the top spot...

Coming to E!: Keeping Up With the Eastwoods?

Kate Schwartz — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:47:05 CST

The network that has brought us more than we ever wanted to know about the Kardashians has a new family to add to its roster: the Eastwoods. As in Clint. Though the actor won't be a regular player on the reality show, which will provide a look inside the life...

'Gay' Hoover Movie Enrages FBI's Old Guard

Rob Quinn — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:00:00 CST

Hundreds of former FBI agents are hopping mad about Clint Eastwood's biopic of J. Edgar Hoover, which strongly hints that the first FBI director was a repressed homosexual in love with aide Claude Tolson. In J. Edgar —which stars Leonardo DiCaprio—Hoover is portrayed as an individual "who had homosexual...

Eastwood: I Love Herman Cain's Story

Rob Quinn — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:17:50 CST

Clint Eastwood, currently promoting his J. Edgar Hoover biopic J. Edgar , tells the Los Angeles Times that while he's a liberal on many issues, he cast his vote for Eisenhower in 1952 and hasn't picked a Democratic presidential candidate since. "I’ve always been very liberal when it comes to people...

Elder Bush Considered Clint Eastwood for VP

John Johnson — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:39:30 CDT

Vice President Clint Eastwood? It was at least a possibility in 1988 when George HW Bush was considering running mates, reports the Note blog at ABC News. Two factors helped: Eastwood at the time was the Republican mayor of Carmel, California, and Bush was getting clobbered in the polls by...