Big Picture
Kim & Kourt Take Bev Hills Plus, Daniel Radcliffe works his magic and Bruce Jenner blasts to the past. Get the latest pics!
MORE PHOTOS +Most Commented
- TV's Top Couples Tournament: Vote in the Final Round! (2036)
- TV's Top Couples Tournament: This Round Is Closed, Please Stand By (698)
- Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Photos Galore! New Pics From Their Post-Twilight Flicks! (606)
- Afternoon Mail! Are Gleeks Having More Sex Than Vamps? (586)
- TV's Top Couple Tournament: And the Winner Is... (504)
- Beyoncé and Jay-Z Share First Photos of Baby Blue Ivy! (398)
- Whitney Houston Dead at 48 (396)
- Life After Breaking Dawn?! Maybe, Says Studio Head! (226)
- Morning Mail! Céline Dion Talks Whitney Houston's Tragic Death (222)
- Blind Vice! Nevis Divine's Sad Past (214)
Top 10 Stories
- Colbert Report Mystery Shutdown: Production Suspended Due to "Unforeseen Circumstances"
- Kevin Costner? Aretha Franklin? Bobby Brown? Latest Details on Whitney Houston's Funeral
- Diddy Remembers Whitney Houston: "She Was So Full of Life"
- Royal Feud Shocker! Sean Penn Slams Prince William's "Unthinkable" Deployment
- Real Housewives' Michaele Salahi & Journey's Neal Schon: Tareq Salahi Is the One Tormenting Us!
- Angelina Jolie Tears Up—Watch Her Get Emotional
- Josh Duhamel Not Coming Back for Transformers 4: Is Anyone?!
- Spoiler Chat Daily: A New Girl Baby on the Way?! Plus, Scoop on Vampire Diaries, Glee and More
- Jersey Shore Sneak Peek: Pauly D Pulls a Fast (and Dirty) One on Deena
- American Idol: Did Tent Girl Get Better? Who Passed Out Onstage? And Who's Headed to Vegas?!
Fashion Police
Leighton's Valentine's Look Plus, Ashlee Simpson and Cate Blanchett. Rate the highs and lows!
MORE PHOTOS +
Our Partners
Settlement Makes Clint's Day
Clint Eastwood isn't so unforgiving after all.
The steely eyed screen tough has settled a $10 million libel lawsuit against the author and publisher of an unauthorized biography that alleged the erstwhile Dirty Harry beat his wife. Eastwood's attorneys confirmed Thursday that the lawsuit had been dropped.
Clint: The Life and Legend was written by celebrity biographer Patrick McGilligan and published in the U.S. by St. Martin's Press in August 2002 after long being available in British bookstores. In the book, McGilligan dishes on the good, the bad and the ugly in the 74-year-old Hollywood legend's personal life.
The book's key assertion came from a former Eastwood associate, who, in a tape-recorded interview, claimed the Oscar-winning actor-director "coldcocked" and "decked" his first wife, Maggie Eastwood, whom he divorced in 1980 after a 25-year marriage.
The claim put McGilligan in the line of fire of Eastwood, who denied the incident ever occurred and sued the writer and St. Martin's for a fistful of dollars. Eastwood said that McGilligan's source, Fritz Manes, was dubious at best and said the book was riddled with false and scurrilous statements.
According to Eastwood's attorney, Marshall Grossman, Manes--an old producer pal who worked on Escape from Alcatraz and Bronco Billy, among other Eastwood films--later disavowed his accusation in a sworn affidavit.
McGilligan's book also portrayed Eastwood as spineless and "dead scared" about fighting for his country in the Korean War. The young Eastwood wanted to avoid the war so much that, according to the book, he initiated a relationship with the daughter of a military officer in hopes of avoiding service.
Following Manes' retraction, McGilligan and St. Martin's agreed to settle the lawsuit and take out any references to Manes' statement in all future printings and editions of the biography, in addition to making other changes dictated by the star.
"St. Martin's is happy that the parties were able to resolve their differences in a way satisfactory to all of them without further litigation," said David Kaye, senior vice president for St. Martin's legal affairs.
McGilligan, who has also written bios on Jack Nicholson, James Cagney and legendary director Fritz Lang, could not be reached for comment.
When he's not feeling lucky in court, Eastwood's busier than ever making movies.
He just wrapped Rope Burns, in which he plays a hardened trainer who teaches a headstrong female boxer (Hilary Swank) how to get in the ring. That film hits theaters next year. Eastwood also recently signed on to direct the World War II epic Iwo Jima for DreamWorks.
0 Comments
Now loading...