Daily entertainment news covering Letters from Iwo Jima en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/10/26/spike_lee_sparks_film_fight_with_tyler_p Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:57:39 EST Entertainment News 142218@http://www.starpulse.com/news Outspoken movie maker Spike Lee has picked a new film fight with actor/director Tyler Perry after suggesting the Madea Goes To Jail star's hit films are a step backwards for African-Americans.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/21/review_nuance_goes_missing_in_changeling Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:07:51 EST Entertainment News 101468@http://www.starpulse.com/news Something more than a child goes missing in Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," his tale casting Angelina Jolie as a real-life single mom whose young son vanishes in 1928.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/24/review_ambitious_miracle_at_st_anna_neve Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:03:38 EST Entertainment News 99011@http://www.starpulse.com/news In Spike Lee's long and eclectic career, "Miracle at St. Anna" is easily his most technically ambitious film.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/14/spike_lee_fears_eastwood_spat_will_cost_ Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:00:00 EST Entertainment News 98118@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spike Lee fears his public spat with Clint Eastwood may have cost him an Oscar nod. The director criticized Eastwood for the lack of African-Americans in his war epics Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/15/disney_forces_spike_lee_to_end_feud_ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:00:55 EST Entertainment News 95779@http://www.starpulse.com/news Disney bosses have forced Spike Lee to call a truce with Clint Eastwood after their war of words, fearing the bad publicity would cost his new movie Oscar nominations.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/07/spike_lee_vs_clint_eastwood_round_3 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:53:19 EST Entertainment News 89389@http://www.starpulse.com/news Outspoken moviemaker Spike Lee has fueled the war of words between himself Clint Eastwood by calling the Hollywood icon "an angry old man."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/21/spike_lee_blasts_clint_eastwood_for_not_ Wed, 21 May 2008 11:59:26 EST Entertainment News 88012@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spike Lee has launched a bitter attack on fellow filmmaker Clint Eastwood for failing to include black soldiers in his films about the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/07/oscars_ahead_festivals_begin_buzz_for_ho Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:23:48 EST Entertainment News 59087@http://www.starpulse.com/news TORONTO (AP) - With nearly six months until Hollywood's biggest party, everyone already is thinking about the Academy Awards. Not many will admit that the thought of winning an Oscar crosses their mind, though.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/20/japan_changes_name_of_iwo_jima_to_shore_ Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:23:34 EST Entertainment News 47979@http://www.starpulse.com/news TOKYO (AP) - Japan has changed the name of a the Pacific island of Iwo Jima, site of the famous World War II battle, to its original name of Iwo To after residents there were prodded into action by two recent Clint Eastwood movies.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/22/new_movies_on_dvd_may_22 Tue, 22 May 2007 08:00:36 EST Entertainment News 42449@http://www.starpulse.com/news As the foundation of the Mayan civilization begins to crumble, one man's previously idyllic existence is forever changed when he is chosen as a sacrifice needed to appease the gods in director Mel Gibson's mythic, end-times adventure Apocalypto. Also on DVD: Epic Movie, Letters From Iwo Jima, Venus, The Good German and Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/22/the_public_is_divided_about_who_should_w Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:05:01 EST Entertainment News 31204@http://www.starpulse.com/news In the race for Best Picture Oscar, there is no clear "runaway" hit according to the American public. One in five U.S. adults (19 percent) say Letters from Iwo Jima should win the Oscar for Best Picture, while 13 percent each say the Oscar should go to The Departed and Little Miss Sunshine.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/13/clint_eastwood_receives_cinema_for_peace Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:20:13 EST Entertainment News 29259@http://www.starpulse.com/news Clint Eastwood was honored with the Cinema For Peace Award in Berlin, Germany, last night. The American director received the film award for his double project Flags Of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima, which narrate the battles between America and Japan during World War II from the perspectives of both parties involved.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/12/clint_eastwood_this_year_could_be_scorse Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:00:38 EST Entertainment News 29098@http://www.starpulse.com/news Clint Eastwood is tipping Martin Scorsese to fulfill his Academy Award ambitions this year and beat him to the Best Director prize. Eastwood is up against Scorsese for the award, two years after his Million Dollar Baby beat Scorsese's The Aviator.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/05/ken_watanabe_was_thrilled_to_land_letter Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:06:02 EST Entertainment News 28200@http://www.starpulse.com/news Japanese star Ken Watanabe was stunned when he was offered the lead role in Clint Eastwood's latest movie because he assumed the main parts in the Hollywood epic would be filled with American actors. When the actor heard Eastwood was looking for actors for Letters From Iwo Jima, he assumed the only part he would get would be a supporting character in the movie.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/02/clint_eastwood_to_receive_jack_valenti_h Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:56:27 EST Entertainment News 28028@http://www.starpulse.com/news Veteran Hollywood star Clint Eastwood is to receive an humanitarian award from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The actor-turned-director will be the first ever recipient of the Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award, named after the MPAA's chief.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/25/aarp_announces_winners_of_the_sixth_annu Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:12:47 EST Entertainment News 27132@http://www.starpulse.com/news AARP The Magazine just announced the winners of its sixth annual "Movies for Grown-ups Awards." From Best Movie to Breakaway Accomplishment to Best Actor and Actress, the awards honor a range of cinematic accomplishments in 13 categories, all of which are featured in the March/April issue, available February 1.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/23/and_the_nominees_for_the_79th_oscars_are Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:30:05 EST Entertainment News 26900@http://www.starpulse.com/news Academy awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak theatre at Hollywood & highland center, and televised live by the ABC television network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment, The Road to The Oscars. Babel is nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture. Nominations By Category - 79th Awards

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/17/two_spanish_films_nominated_for_best_for Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:27:17 EST Entertainment News 26329@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spanish-language movie hits Pan's Labyrinth and Volver will compete for Oscar gold at the Academy Awards next month, but Clint Eastwood's Golden Globe winner Letters From Iwo Jima will miss out. Nine films from 61 hopefuls were selected as nominees for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 79th Oscars.

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