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A joke about Caitlyn Jenner made by Clint Eastwood at the recording of the Guys’ Choice 2015 Awards on Saturday night will be edited out before it airs later this month, it has been revealed.

According to USA Today, the 85 year old director and actor was introducing Dwayne Johnson to the stage when he made a remark about The Rock’s famous career switch from wrestler to actor. The joke reportedly compared his career leap to those of “Jim Brown and Caitlyn somebody”.

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Following the monumental success of American Sniper, Clint Eastwood has signalled his intention to tackle another real-life hero story in the form of Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. Eastwood, now 85, will make the movie for Warner Bros and is set to start shooting in the fall.

Clint Eastwood will direct Miracle on the Hudson

Sullenberg, a veteran pilot, executed an emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009 after the aircraft was disabled by striking a flock of geese during its initial climb out of LaGuardia Airport. Sullenberg saved everyone on-board and became an international speaker on airline safety.

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Warner Bros. has announced that Clint Eastwood will be directing a new biopic about the heroic pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. The studio announced on Tuesday (June 2nd) that Eastwood will direct and produce the as-yet-untitled drama for his next project, according to Variety.

The movie’s screenplay will be adapted from Sullenberger’s own 2009 memoir, ‘Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters’, which recounted the pilot’s personal life before his legendary actions of January 2009 when he safely landed a US Airways aeroplane in the Hudson River in New York after it was disabled shortly after take-off after a flock of geese flew up into its engines.

Clint Eastwood will direct the 'Sully' Sullenberger biopic

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Clint Eastwood says he doesn't hold a grudge against Michael Moore and never threatened to kill the filmmaker and activist after his criticism of American Sniper. In fact, Eastwood told a CinemaCon audience on Wednesday that Moore's criticism helped the film's record-breaking box office success.

Bradley Cooper starred as Chris Kyle in Clint Eastwood's American Sniper

"Everyone keeps saying I threatened to kill Michael Moore. That's not true," said Eastwood, before joking, "It isn't a bad idea."

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The Academy Awards voting process gets more depressing the more we learn about it. It's becoming more apparent that some of the people given the opportunity to have a say in the Oscars race don't really care about movies that much.

Bradley Cooper [L] and Sienna Miller [R] in American Sniper

In its latest series of interviews with Academy members, the Hollywood Reporter published an insider commentary with one "anonymous female Academy member", who starts off by addressing the apparent "snubbing" of the Ava DuVernay movie Selma.

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Clint Eastwood and the team behind the box-office smash American Sniper changed the movie's ending following a request from the widow of Chris Kyle. The final scene showed the death of the US navy seal Chris Kyle though it was changed after screenwriter Jason Hall received a telephone call from Taya Kyle.

Bradley Cooper [L] as Chris Kyle and Sienna Miller [R] as Taya Kyle

Hall told the New York Daily News that Taya asked himself, Bradley Cooper and Clint Eastwood not to include a scene in which Chris was seen killed at a Texas gun range by a troubled former soldier.

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American Sniper, Clint Eastwood's war drama that gained middling reviews though continues to storm the U.S box office, has set a new record for a Super Bowl weekend. The film starring Bradley Cooper  took $31.85 million  to secure the highest ever total taken over the sporting weekend, beating out Miley Cyrus's Both Worlds Concert Tour movie by $700,000.

Bradley Cooper [L] and Sienna Miller [R] in American Sniper

The Oscar-nominated drama, criticized in some quarters for its flag-raising patriotism, has clearly chimed with the American public and has taken $248.9 million domestically in just three weeks. 

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Over the past few weeks, American Sniper has been touted as an example of quality military action, one of Clint Eastwood’s best, and even received several award nods. However, the film has also ignited plenty of controversy over its depictions of a soldier’s return home. Ostensibly, American Sniper is a character study of a tortured soldier.

Bradley Cooper portrays Chris Kyle in American Sniper.

The movie’s detractors point out Chris Kyle’s apparent lack of trauma – both in real-life and his onscreen portrayal. Intentionally or not, Kyle has painted himself as a remorseless sniper who said his job was “fun” and wished he could return to Iraq to fight even more, and who made millions of dollars and gained worldwide fame writing about his exploits.

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Ever since Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper stormed the US box office the film has been the subject of many debates. But amidst the controversy over the film’s depiction of Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL with the most kills in U.S. history, another debate has risen online among moviegoers. Just what is going on with that fake baby?

Bradley Cooper in American Sniper

To give some context for those who have not yet seen the film, in one scene Sienna Miller hands Bradley Cooper what must be the most plastic looking baby in recent cinematic history. Cooper then holds and pats the baby for just over one minute and even manages to make the doll’s hand move.

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American Sniper may be on-course to be the biggest grossing war movie of all time, and it may have scored surprise Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Actor, but should we really go along with the whole hero narrative? Not according to documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, who has described snipers as "cowards".

Bradley Cooper plays sniper Chris Kyle in Clint Eastwood's American Sniper

Chris Kyle, played by Bradley Cooper, is credited as the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. He was killed at a Texas shooting range by a former soldier after returning from Iraq in 2013, though his Hollywood story was already in the works. The movie has already set box-office records for a January movie and pulled in an estimated $105 million for the long holiday weekend.

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American Sniper is on track to win this weekend’s box office. Unsurprising, given the six Oscar nods the Bradley Cooper starrer scooped up this week, including Cooper’s third Best Actor nod in as many years.  It earned six Oscar nominations on Thursday, including Best Picture and a Best Actor nod for Bradley Cooper. The Time Warner release even made it seem like even more of an event via asking IMAX to do a lightning-quick conversion for yesterday’s wide release.

Bradley Cooper in American Sniper.

Having played in just four theatres since its December release, American Sniper had already grossed $3,4 million. According to Forbes, it checked in at $30,5 million on Friday, with $5,3 million coming from Thursday previews. The movie is currently on track for a $90 million Friday to Sunday with a possible $100 million taking for the full Friday to Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend.

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For the past fifteen years, the American Film Institute has honoured ten films and ten television shows that truly show off what the year had to offer. 2014 had a particularly good year for films, however, so for the first time, the AFI Awards actually awarded eleven motion pictures with the honouree status. A whole host of celebrities gathered in celebration. 

Angelina Jolie at the 15th Annual AFI Awards (Credit Frazer Harrison - Getty Images)

The honoured films consisted of 'American Sniper', 'Birdman', 'Boyhood', 'Foxcatcher', 'The Imitation Game', 'Interstellar', 'Into The Woods', 'Nightcrawler', 'Selma', 'Unbroken' and 'Whiplash'. For the celebration, Academy Award-winning Matthew Mcconaughey ('Interstellar') was seen, along with Ethan Hawke ('Boyhood'). Brad Pitt and Edward Norton ('Birdman') were also seen together, after appearing opposite one another in 1999's 'Fight Club'.

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In London, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Daniel Huttlestone and Tracey Ullman were on hand for the UK premiere of Into the Woods this week. The film has been a box office hit in America over the past two weeks, and opens in Britain this weekend.

Photos - 'Into The Woods' Premiere Held At The Curzon Mayfair, London

Continue reading: A Week In Movies: Awards Handed Out In Los Angeles And New York, Plus New Trailers For Ant-Man And The Snoopy And Charlie Brown Movie

Hold on to your hearts, girls; one of the sons of Hollywood, Scott Eastwood, is set to become the next Ryan Gosling in the latest Nicholas Sparks' film adaptation 'The Longest Ride'. Prepare to shed even more tears than you did for 'The Notebook'!

Scott Eastwood is a cowboy in 'The Longest Ride'

Nicholas Sparks has done it again. 'The Longest Ride' is the latest heartbreaking romance tale of his to be adapted to film, eleven years after his debut novel 'The Notebook' (written in 1996) hit screens to much acclaim. To this day it remains one of the top tear-jerkers for film lovers everywhere. Now, it seems, there's competition! The film version of Sparks' 2013 novel 'The Longest Ride' is set to reach theaters this Spring - and it's another weepy one. Of course, all his romance films have had their moments: 'A Walk To Remember', 'The Lucky One' and 'Dear John' to name but a few. But this one really looks set to pull at the heartstrings.

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Production for 'American Sniper' began back in May, 2012, after Warner Brothers acquired the rights to Chris Kyle's autobiography of the same name. On 2nd February, 2013, Kyle was shot dead at a shooting range in Texas by a fellow ex-marine, suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. That sort of devastating twist in the tale was enough to cause director Steven Spielberg to leave the project, yet it wasn't enough to keep Clint Eastwood from stepping in and bringing the hero's story to the big screen.

Clint Eastwood - Director of 'American Sniper'

"The studio called and asked if I would be interested in being involved with this picture," explained Eastwood, "and ironically I was reading his book. In fact I was down to about the last 30 pages." Eastwood officially joined the project as a director on 21st August 2013. After receiving the offer, he sat down and finished the book, calling back the following day to accept the job.

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The heart-pounding teaser trailer for American Sniper had so much promise that perhaps a current "fresh" score of 74% for Clint Eastwood's movie seems underwhelming. That figure will probably climb in the coming days leaving the tense drama starring Bradley Cooper with a one way ticket to the Oscars.

Bradley Cooper stars as sniper Chris Kyle in American Sniper

It tells the story of Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history who is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. However, in pinpoint accuracy and incredible kill record puts a price on his head, making his the prime target for insurgents. 

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Clint Eastwood and his wife of more than 18 years Dina Eastwood (née Ruiz) have officially divorced.

Dina and Clint Eastwood, photographed together in 2010, have separated after 18 years of marriage.

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Steve Martin will receive the "highest honour in film", the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award. The AFI announced the news on their website on Friday (3rd October).

Steve Martin has been awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award.

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