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Today's Entertainment - Reuters Celebrity/Gossip News Headlines - Yahoo! News: "Green Mile" actor Michael Clarke Duncan dies at 54 Starship guitarist Mark Abrahamian dies at 46 President Obama appears in Jay-Z concert video "The Possession" grips box office, "Oogieloves" flops big France to award Paul McCartney Legion of Honour Coast Guard gives Russell Crowe a lift after kayak mishap EU to clear Universal's $1.9 billion bid for EMI: sources Oscar race underway as Phoenix, Hoffman wow Venice Female Saudi film director breaks taboos in Venice Unification Church head Sun Myung Moon dies at 92 "Raindrops Keep Fallin'" songwriter Hal David dies at 91 Lachlan Murdoch expands radio interests in Australia Unification Church head Sun Myung Moon dies in South Korea Thriller "Possession" leads U.S., Canadian box office charts Love him or loathe him? Malick film splits Venice Film offers rare glimpse into Orthodox Jewish life In final interview, Cardinal says Church "200 years out of date" Dish Network, Big Ten in short-term agreement Actors shine in Venice film based on Scientology Former Dow Jones head Larsen to join Time Inc: source Second "Hobbit" movie gets new name, July 2014 release for third Hollywood invades Broadway: Who to watch Eastwood, empty chair hijack Republican media coverage Animation Guild ratifies deal with Hollywood producers Nun sues Disney for $1 billion over "Sister Act" Neil Armstrong signature triples in value after his death Did Clint Eastwood lose the plot at Romney's convention? Swipe Films to sell "Winter of Discontent" Nat Geo drops "Hardcore Huntress" amid protests Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara to guest on "30 Rock" Zac Efron to star in rom-com "Are We Officially Dating?" LGBT groups, Utah station to meet about "New Normal" Robin Williams may return to TV in David E. Kelley series "The Redemption of Cain" a go at Sony Former papal candidate, Milan archbishop Martini dies at 85 Box office preview: "Possession" leads wacky Labor Day pack Depardieu, Adjani to star in France's Strauss-Kahn movie Mother of U.S. morning TV host Robin Roberts dies Rising star Efron sees film career at crossroads Eastwood "did a unique thing last night":Ann Romney "Green Mile" actor Michael Clarke Duncan dies at 54 Mon,3 Sep 2012 08:39 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of a death row inmate in the 1999 drama "The Green Mile," died in a hospital on Monday, less than eight weeks after suffering a heart attack, a spokeswoman said. He was 54. Duncan died in Los Angeles, his fiancée, reality television star Omarosa Manigault, said in a statement through Duncan's publicist. He had a heart attack on July 13 and "never fully recovered," publicist Joy Fehily said. He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, she said. Duncan's deep voice and hulking 6-foot-5 (1. ... Full Story Top Starship guitarist Mark Abrahamian dies at 46 Mon,3 Sep 2012 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Mark Abrahamian, the longtime guitarist for the rock band Starship, has died at age 46, the group said on Monday. Abrahamian had played since 2000 for the band, whose lineage reaches back to the 1960s with Jefferson Airplane and as Jefferson Starship in the 1980s. "We are shocked and saddened at the sudden loss of our guitar player Mark Abrahamian. We will miss you, brother. Rest in peace, Mark," Starship said in a Twitter message. The band did not give a cause or place of death. Starship played on Sunday in Norfolk, Nebraska, at a concert with Boston and Survivor. ... Full Story Top President Obama appears in Jay-Z concert video Mon,3 Sep 2012 02:32 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jay-Z got a boost from President Barack Obama over the weekend at the Budweiser Made In America festival in Philadelphia, where the hip-hop mogul was both an organizer and headline performer. In a pre-recorded video, Obama said Jay-Z's personal story is "what Made In America means" and urged concert-goers to vote, according to press reports. Obama will face off against former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in the November 6 presidential election. Jay-Z, a rapper who hails from the housing projects of Brooklyn, is among hip hop's most successful entrepreneurs. ... Full Story Top "The Possession" grips box office, "Oogieloves" flops big Mon,3 Sep 2012 12:23 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Horror flick "The Possession" seized U.S. and Canadian box offices with a surprising $21.3 million debut over the Labor Day weekend while family film "Oogieloves" took the unwelcome title of worst debut for a widely released movie. "The Possession," a supernatural thriller about a young woman inhabited by a demon, beat Prohibition-era crime drama "Lawless." The second-place finisher took in $13.0 million from Friday through Monday, according to studio estimates. ... Full Story Top France to award Paul McCartney Legion of Honour Mon,3 Sep 2012 11:30 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande is scheduled to decorate former Beatle Paul McCartney with a Legion of Honour award, the president's office told Reuters on Monday. In the ceremony scheduled for September 8, McCartney will be made an officer of the Legion of Honour, France's highest public distinction which has been awarded to the likes of actor Clint Eastwood and singer Liza Minnelli. No one at McCartney's office was available for comment. ... Full Story Top Coast Guard gives Russell Crowe a lift after kayak mishap Mon,3 Sep 2012 11:14 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe and a friend were picked up by the U.S. Coast Guard over the weekend after getting lost while kayaking off Long Island, New York, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday. Crowe and his unidentified friend flagged down a Coast Guard patrol after beaching their kayaks in Huntington Bay around 10 p.m. on Saturday (0200 GMT on Sunday), the Coast Guard said in a statement. The pair had set off from Cold Spring Harbor, several miles away, but got lost and made for the beach as night fell and conditions worsened, according to the statement. ... Full Story Top EU to clear Universal's $1.9 billion bid for EMI: sources Mon,3 Sep 2012 07:22 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Universal Music Group will win EU approval for its $1.9 billion purchase of EMI with its offer to sell global rights to some of EMI's most valuable record labels and catalogues, two people familiar with the deal said on Monday. EMI's seller, Citigroup Inc, had acquired EMI from buyout group Terra Firma - which had defaulted on loans owed to the investment bank - and the proposed deal will cement Universal's No.1 position in the European music industry. ... Full Story Top Oscar race underway as Phoenix, Hoffman wow Venice Mon,3 Sep 2012 05:52 AM PDT Reuters - VENICE (Reuters) - Venice traditionally fires the starting gun in the long movie awards season, and as the world's oldest film festival reaches the halfway point three actors have set Hollywood tongues wagging with memorable performances. Michael Shannon as a serial hitman, Philip Seymour Hoffman as a cult leader modeled on Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and Joaquin Phoenix playing the tortured, volatile protege are already in the frame around six months before the Oscars. ... Full Story Top Female Saudi film director breaks taboos in Venice Mon,3 Sep 2012 02:23 AM PDT Reuters - VENICE (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's first female director has made her debut at the Venice film festival, exploring the limitations placed on women in the conservative Islamic kingdom through the tale of a strong-willed 10-year-old girl living in Riyadh. The film, which the director says is the first to have been entirely shot in Saudi Arabia, follows the everyday life of young Wadjda and her attempts to circumvent restrictions and break social barriers - both at school and at home. ... Full Story Top Unification Church head Sun Myung Moon dies at 92 Mon,3 Sep 2012 01:57 AM PDT Reuters - GAPYEONG, South Korea (Reuters) - Sun Myung Moon, a self-declared messiah who founded the controversial Unification Church which has millions of followers around the globe, died on Monday leaving a vast business empire and a legacy of mass weddings. Church officials said Moon, 92, who had suffered complications from pneumonia, was taken to hospital in Seoul in mid-August and was moved to a hospital in a rural retreat last week when his family believed there was little chance of recovery. ... Full Story Top "Raindrops Keep Fallin'" songwriter Hal David dies at 91 Sun,2 Sep 2012 06:24 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hal David, a lyricist who along with composer Burt Bacharach took the pop world by storm in the 1960s with hits such as "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head" and "Walk on By," died in Los Angeles on Saturday at age 91, a representative said. David died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of complications from a stroke, said Jim Steinblatt, spokesman for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, or ASCAP. Earlier this year, David and Bacharach received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress, during a White House musical tribute. ... Full Story Top Lachlan Murdoch expands radio interests in Australia Sun,2 Sep 2012 04:26 PM PDT Reuters - MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Lachlan Murdoch has bought the remaining 50 percent of Australian radio network DMG Radio Australia he did not already own, three years after he first bought into the joint venture company. Radio advertising remains one of the few bright spots in the Australian media landscape, with newspapers and television suffering from a steep slide in revenues that has slashed profits and forced several billion dollars' worth of writedowns in the reporting season just ended. ... Full Story Top Unification Church head Sun Myung Moon dies in South Korea Sun,2 Sep 2012 02:42 PM PDT Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - Sun Myung Moon, the founder and head of the Unification Church which has millions of followers around the world, died at a retreat near the South Korean capital Seoul on Monday, church officials said. Moon was 92 and had suffered complications from pneumonia, the officials said. Moon had been hospitalized in Seoul in mid-August and was moved to the retreat last week when his family and church believed there was little chance of recovery. ... Full Story Top Thriller "Possession" leads U.S., Canadian box office charts Sun,2 Sep 2012 10:16 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Supernatural thriller "The Possession" ranked No. 1 on U.S. and Canadian box office charts on Sunday, dethroning two-time champ "Expendables 2" and setting up for a likely win over the long U.S. holiday weekend. "Possession" pulled in $17.7 million in North American ticket sales from Friday through Sunday and was expected to reach $21.3 million on Monday, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. Crime drama "Lawless" finished in second place, and "Expendables 2" took the No. 3 slot. ... Full Story Top Love him or loathe him? Malick film splits Venice Sun,2 Sep 2012 09:42 AM PDT Reuters - VENICE (Reuters) - Terrence Malick divides opinion like almost no other director working today, and "To the Wonder", his impressionistic and virtually dialogue-free story of love and faith, was booed as loudly as it was cheered at the Venice film festival on Sunday. The movie is the reclusive American director's second in two years, after "The Tree of Life" won the Palme d'Or for best picture at the 2011 Cannes film festival. ... Full Story Top Film offers rare glimpse into Orthodox Jewish life Sun,2 Sep 2012 07:54 AM PDT Reuters - VENICE (Reuters) - Israeli director Rama Burshtein brings her own ultra-Orthodox Jewish community to the big screen in "Fill the Void", a film about a young bride torn between love and familial obligations premiering at the Venice festival. The film centers on Shira, an 18-year-old Hasidic girl who is thrilled about her forthcoming arranged marriage with a young man whom she has only briefly seen in a supermarket. Tragedy strikes when Shira's older sister Esther dies giving birth, leaving the family crushed by grief. ... Full Story Top In final interview, Cardinal says Church "200 years out of date" Sat,1 Sep 2012 12:01 PM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - The former archbishop of Milan and papal candidate Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said the Catholic Church was "200 years out of date" in his final interview before his death, published on Saturday. Martini, once favored by Vatican progressives to succeed Pope John Paul II and a prominent voice in the church until his death at the age of 85 on Friday, gave a scathing portrayal of a pompous and bureaucratic church failing to move with the times. ... Full Story Top Dish Network, Big Ten in short-term agreement Sat,1 Sep 2012 09:21 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Dish Network, the second-largest satellite TV company in the United States, and Big Ten Network, a popular cable channel that airs college sports, have agreed to a short-term arrangement that avoided a blackout on Saturday, the first weekend of college football. Without a deal, Dish Network's 14 million subscribers would not have been able to view games on Big Ten Network, a joint venture owned by News Corp and the Big Ten conference that shows college sports, including football. "BTN and DISH have agreed to a short-term arrangement. ... Full Story Top Actors shine in Venice film based on Scientology Sat,1 Sep 2012 09:08 AM PDT Reuters - VENICE (Reuters) - Philip Seymour Hoffman shines as a cult leader in "The Master", a compelling new film inspired by the real life of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard about how power and faith can corrupt. The movie, from "There Will Be Blood" director Paul Thomas Anderson, has its world premiere at the Venice film festival on Saturday and with the Weinstein Company behind it as U.S. distributor, Oscar nominations look like a decent bet. ... Full Story Top Former Dow Jones head Larsen to join Time Inc: source Sat,1 Sep 2012 07:48 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Todd Larsen, the former president of Dow Jones & Co, is expected to join Time Warner Inc's Time Inc magazine unit as president of the news and sports group, according to a source familiar with the matter. Larsen, who left Dow Jones in June after more than 10 years, will be in charge of Time's news and sports group that includes titles such as Time, Sports Illustrated and Fortune, the source said. Time Inc declined to comment. Larsen did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Dow Jones was not immediately available for comment. ... Full Story Top Second "Hobbit" movie gets new name, July 2014 release for third Fri,31 Aug 2012 06:15 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The third film in the upcoming "Hobbit" movie trilogy will be released worldwide in July 2014, the movie studios behind the venture said on Friday, and the second film now has a new name. The third film -- "The Hobbit: There and Back Again" -- will open in movie theaters on July 18, 2014 - just seven months after the newly titled second film "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" arrives on December 13, 2013. The second film originally carried the "There and Back Again" title. ... Full Story Top Hollywood invades Broadway: Who to watch Fri,31 Aug 2012 05:04 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Like East Coast snowbirds heading south to Florida, Hollywood stars are prepping to make their annual trek east to the Broadway stages. Jessica Chastain, Katie Holmes and Al Pacino are among the actors scheduled to hit the boards in high-profile plays on Broadway. Others, including Jake Gyllenhaal and Gretchen Mol will perform off-Broadway. Their names above the title often mean the difference between box-office boom or bomb. ... Full Story Top Eastwood, empty chair hijack Republican media coverage Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:48 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Months of careful planning for the Republican National Convention were hijacked by actor Clint Eastwood as traditional and social media erupted in a frenzy of scratched heads and parodies that experts said largely overshadowed presidential contender Mitt Romney's moment in the spotlight. Eastwood's rambling, unscripted address at Thursday's convention to an absent President Barack Obama in an empty chair inspired an instant satirical Twitter account, @InvisibleObama, that quickly went viral, demonstrating the power of social media to upset tightly scripted image ... Full Story Top Animation Guild ratifies deal with Hollywood producers Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - The Animation Guild has ratified its latest collective bargaining agreement with Hollywood producers, the local union announced on Friday. The deal, which runs from August 1 to July 31, 2015, calls for a two percent wage increase, as well as a series of benefits, such as health and pension. The Animation Guild is local union 139 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and represents 2,600 artists, writers and technicians employed in the animation industry. ... Full Story Top Nun sues Disney for $1 billion over "Sister Act" Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Apparently, imitation isn't always the sincerest form of flattery. At least in the case of "Sister Act." The Walt Disney Company and Touchstone Pictures are being sued for $1 billion - yes, with a "b" - by a nun who claims that her life story was stolen and used in the 1992 film "Sister Act." In a suit filed in New York Supreme Court last week, Queen Mother Dr. ... Full Story Top Neil Armstrong signature triples in value after his death Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:09 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A postcard signed by the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, has sold for $2,384, more than three times its pre-sale estimate, signifying a "hot market" since the American astronaut died last week. The undated postcard of Vero Beach, Florida, addressed "To Steven" and signed by Armstrong, had an estimated value of $700 before the auction. It was one of thousands that the Apollo 11 astronaut signed for fans and collectors for many years after his historic trip to the moon in July 1969. Armstrong died on August 25 at the age of 82 after complications from heart ... Full Story Top Did Clint Eastwood lose the plot at Romney's convention? Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:37 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republicans may have made Mitt Romney's day with the presidential nomination he long sought, but it was Dirty Harry himself who nearly hijacked the show with a rambling diatribe against President Barack Obama - addressed to an empty chair. Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood brought his star power and trademark gravelly voice to the stage of the convention hall in Tampa on Thursday, jetting in as a surprise last-minute speaker to warm up the crowd for Romney's acceptance speech. ... Full Story Top Swipe Films to sell "Winter of Discontent" Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:27 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Swipe Films been appointed international sales agent for the Egyptian movie "Winter of Discontent," which will have its world premiere at the 69th Venice International Film Festival this week, the company said Friday. Set against the backdrop of the growing protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square in January 2011, the film takes the viewer on a journey into the intertwined lives of an activist, a journalist and a state security officer caught up in the demonstrations. ... Full Story Top Nat Geo drops "Hardcore Huntress" amid protests Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:12 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - The National Geographic Channel has dropped a woman known as the "Hardcore Huntress" from an upcoming survival show after protests from people who objected to killing animals for sport. A Change.org petition asking the network to remove Melissa Bachman from the series "Ultimate Survivor Alaska" resulted in more than 13,000 signatures in less than 24 hours. The network responded by dropping Bachman, a lifelong hunter from Minnesota who also produces and hosts wilderness programming and blogs as the "Hardcore Huntress. ... Full Story Top Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara to guest on "30 Rock" Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:10 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Watch out, Jack Donaghy; Heisenberg's coming your way, and you know how he deals with rival alpha males. "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston will guest-star on "30 Rock" this season, along with Catherine O'Hara, NBC told TheWrap. O'Hara and Cranston will play the mother of NBC page-turned-janitor Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) on an upcoming episode. "30 Rock" returns for its seventh and final season of 13 episodes October 4. Cranston recently took part in another NBC sitcom, albeit behind the camera. The actor directed an episode of "The Office" earlier this month. ... Full Story Top Zac Efron to star in rom-com "Are We Officially Dating?" Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:10 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Zac Efron has signed on to star in the romantic comedy "Are We Officially Dating?" for Treehouse Pictures. Tom Gormican will direct the film from his own screenplay about three friends in New York City who make a pact to remain single just as they each start to fall in love. The film will start production this fall in New York. Treehouse Pictures' Justin Nappi and Kevin Turen are producing the film with Scott Aversano and Andrew O'Connor. QED International is handling international sales. ... Full Story Top LGBT groups, Utah station to meet about "New Normal" Fri,31 Aug 2012 12:02 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - GLAAD will join with Utah LGBT groups to present a panel discussion and screening of Ryan Murphy's upcoming NBC series "The New Normal" in light of a Salt Lake City station's decision not to air it. The Mormon church-owned KSL-TV, which also does not air "Saturday Night Live" and last season declined to show "The Playboy Club," announced last week that it would not broadcast "The New Normal," which follows a gay couple's efforts to have a child with a surrogate's help. ... Full Story Top Robin Williams may return to TV in David E. Kelley series Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:54 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - CBS is in talks with Oscar winner Robin Williams and producer David E. Kelley about a series set at an advertising firm in which Williams would star. No deal is done. But the show would mark a surprising return to television for Williams, who rose to fame in the "Happy Days" spinoff "Mork and Mindy," a series that ended three decades ago. Kelley has a knack for shepherding movie stars into TV shows: He recently led the Kathy Bates vehicle "Harry's Law," which was canceled after two seasons, and presided over "Boston Legal" with James Spader and William Shatner. ... Full Story Top "The Redemption of Cain" a go at Sony Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:53 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sony Pictures Entertainment is moving forward with "The Redemption of Cain," an epic retelling of the Biblical tale of sibling rivalry. The project has been greenlit and is scheduled to begin filming in July 2013, a person familiar with the deal told TheWrap. The film, which tells the story of Cain and Abel with a vampiric twist, will shoot in London and Jordan, with the exteriors shot in Morocco. Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment is producing the film. Francine Maisler is coming on to cast the film in the next few weeks. ... Full Story Top Former papal candidate, Milan archbishop Martini dies at 85 Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:21 AM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, former archbishop of Milan and a favorite of Vatican progressives to succeed Pope John Paul II in 2005, died on Friday aged 85, the Milan diocese said on its website. In a letter marking Martini's death, Pope Benedict remembered him as a "skilful teacher and preeminent biblical scholar," and recalled his dedication to Christian works. ... Full Story Top Box office preview: "Possession" leads wacky Labor Day pack Fri,31 Aug 2012 10:53 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Labor Day weekend is shaping up as one of the summer's softest at the box office, but it doesn't lack for variety. Moviegoers will be choosing from a film about the anti-Christ, Shia LaBeouf as a bootlegger, Sly Stallone's bad-ass geezers, an anti-Obama documentary, and a toddler-targeting cartoon that posted one of the worst debuts in history. ... Full Story Top Depardieu, Adjani to star in France's Strauss-Kahn movie Fri,31 Aug 2012 09:49 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - The disgraced power couple of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Anne Sinclair will be played by two of France's best-known actors, Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani, in an upcoming movie about sex, politics and love on the rocks. Rape charges in New York, later dropped, against Strauss-Kahn in May 2011 shocked the world and shattered the reputation of the former International Monetary Fund head, costing him his job and his marriage to Sinclair, a popular TV journalist. ... Full Story Top Mother of U.S. morning TV host Robin Roberts dies Fri,31 Aug 2012 08:21 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. morning television host Robin Roberts was mourning the death of her mother on Friday, just a day after she left the "Good Morning America" show to prepare for a bone marrow transplant to treat a rare blood disorder. Roberts left the ABC news program on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled, to see her ailing 88-year-old mother, Lucimarian Tolliver Roberts, in Mississippi. Jeffrey W. Schneider, senior vice president of ABC News, said Lucimarian died Thursday night. "Robin did make it to say goodbye," her co-host George Stephanopoulos told viewers on Friday's show. ... Full Story Top Rising star Efron sees film career at crossroads Fri,31 Aug 2012 07:47 AM PDT Reuters - VENICE (Reuters) - Zac Efron says his movie career is at a crossroads, and the former Disney teen idol is tempted more by less pay and hard graft than blockbusters and big bucks. The 24-year-old, who became a household name in "High School Musical", was in Venice on Friday for the world premiere of "At Any Price", set in the cut-throat world of agriculture in which he plays Dean and Dennis Quaid his father Henry. ... Full Story Top Eastwood "did a unique thing last night":Ann Romney Fri,31 Aug 2012 07:46 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ann Romney called Hollywood actor and director Clint Eastwood "a unique guy" after his rambling, one-sided conversation with an imaginary President Barack Obama just ahead of her husband Mitt Romney's prime-time speech at the Republican National Convention. Eastwood was a surprise speaker at the Tampa convention Thursday night as Mitt Romney accepted the Republican nomination to run against Obama in the November 6 election. Eastwood spoke to an empty chair, ad-libbing as he pretended Obama was seated in it, and bounced from topic to topic. ... Full Story Top

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