If Season 1 of Fielder’s genre-defying series The Rehearsal was centered mostly on staging elaborate simulations to help people rehearse potentially anxiety-inducing moments of their lives Season 2 has seen him transfer his comedic prowess to the area of aviation safety how his signature Fielder Method could be employed to reduce the number of flight-related accidents it may come as no surprise that 10 minutes into the third episode “Pilot’s Code,” he sets his crooked sights on Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger famed aviation hero and the subject of Clint Eastwood’s 2016 film landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River after it was hit by bird strike saving the lives of all 155 people onboard Eastwood dramatized this “forced water landing” in the aforementioned film casting Tom Hanks as Sully in a piece of competency porn that also ranks as one of the guiltiest pleasures in the filmmaker’s oeuvre it somehow pales in comparison with Fielder’s latest episode which simultaneously serves as a deconstruction of the type of movie Eastwood made and a superior biopic about Sullenberger Fielder finds his way to Sully through his first officer Jeff Skiles (played by Aaron Eckhart in the Eastwood film) Fielder’s main hypothesis regarding aviation safety has been that a copilot’s discomfort with their superior can lead to a lack of assertiveness in the event of any incompetency on the part of the captain Fielder argues that the lack of such discomfort on Flight 1549—underscored by cockpit audio of Sully asking Skiles whether he had any ideas—contributed to an environment where the pilots were better suited to competently handling a catastrophe Skiles felt justified in putting out the flaps during the plane’s fateful descent creating drag to slow it down for a smoother and safer landing This gets Fielder thinking: “If other captains could have the instincts of Sully “it’s possible the entire aviation issue I’ve been obsessed with would vanish overnight.” Cut to Fielder shaving his head and body and strapping on a diaper in an attempt to transform himself into Baby Sully The goal is simple: live as Sully from cradle to grave to understand how his “entire life led [him] safely to that river.”  “If even just the tiniest bit of Sully could become a part of me,” Fielder deadpans What follows is a typically deranged series of tableaux as far as Fielder is concerned A giant Bread and Puppet Theater–esque replica of Sully’s mother wanders into a re-creation of a baby’s bedroom breastfeeds him with a geyser of milk that nearly asphyxiates him (“Fuck,” Fielder utters after the deluge ends.) This is all par for the course in terms of the comedy we expect from Fielder he’s lacing the laughs with a fascinating interrogation of our desire to reduce entire lives down to a series of defining experiences and traumas the core stated aim of not only Sully’s memoir Fielder has his fun with these types of biopic tropes dramatizing Sully’s father giving him his first toy plane and showing Sully respond to his wife’s insistence that life is not a checklist by stating “I’m just trying to be efficient.” And the scene in which a bewigged Fielder plays a teenage Sully courting his high school crush Carol calls to mind the sun-drenched “cornpone” early sequences of a movie like Hacksaw Ridge where Andrew Garfield put on a cloying “aw-shucks” accent while lit with golden sunlight and accompanied by a sweeping score Episode 2 Precap: The Height of Absurdist Comedy this is the type of bullshit he left out of his film Barring a few flashbacks to formative flights Sully is a man made by a moment rather than a man whose life has led to this moment But while that separates the movie from the rote formulas of conventional biopics it also leaves the film without any perspective on the interiority of its subject Fielder isn’t just dramatizing Sully’s life but “living it.” While exploring a flight young Sully took with Carol Fielder attempts to understand how he compartmentalized his sexual desires and the safety of the flight by “basically masturbating” in the plane while trying to fly it but the genuine investigation Fielder is teasing belies a curiosity about what made Sully the right man for the job while Eastwood seemed interested only in reminding everyone that he was His film is essentially a re-creation of the “Miracle on the Hudson” with a tacked-on third act entirely devoted to underlining just how competent Sully was on that fateful day Maybe the Fielder Method should be employed for every biopic. Maybe Bob Dylan wouldn’t have been such a “complete unknown” had Timothée Chalamet masturbated while trying to compose “Like a Rolling Stone.” Maybe Austin Butler should’ve had his Baby Elvis diapers changed by a giant puppet to really convey what makes a mind so suspicious. Maybe all we need to understand the Miracle on the Hudson is 23 seconds of Evanescence. ArchiveWe’ve been around since Brady was a QB This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page the #1 fireworks retailer in the country and a Youngstown-owned company is opening its 102nd store in the Eastwood Mall Complex "We have very high hopes for this Eastwood Mall store opening up," said the vice president and head of the development department for Phantom Fireworks Ron Zoldan Zoldan was elated to have the opportunity to open one of the Phantom Fireworks stores in the Eastwood Mall specifically as it would be the biggest and most lively complex the company has ever occupied "I not only hope that the mall brings more eyes to Phantom but that the 4th of July shoppers bring business to other stores in the mall by going to this location," said Zoldan This store's opening has been three years in the making as talks began around 2022 between Phantom and Cafaro Company Barring any extra hurdles to go over that come with opening a fireworks store the Eastwood Mall location is planned to open around Memorial Day weekend Download the WFMJ app for your Apple or Android smartphone or tablet to get our push alerts as news happens If you're seeing an American film about the American military the chances are good that it won't be an antiwar polemic American productions that feature soldiers and military equipment and/or explore the inner workings of the U.S armed services typically have to cooperate with the Pentagon in order to get a movie made often provide a film production with uniforms under the stipulation that the military be allowed to give its approval of the script It's easy to find hit films that vaunt the military. "Captain Marvel," for instance, came hand-in-hand with Air Force recruitment videos and even some films that claim to be about pacifism — see: "Hacksaw Ridge" — end up glorifying violence anyway some films — like Terrence Malick's "A Hidden Life" or Edward Berger's "All Quiet on the Western Front" — are pointedly against the very notion of war and don't make the soldiers' experiences look too rosy When soldiers themselves go to see these movies they are likely unconcerned with the political viewpoints of the filmmakers or the collaboration a studio might have made with the Pentagon They're probably going to enjoy films that look at soldiers as people and seek out movies that accurately capture both the negative and positive aspects of their gigs as government-sponsored weapons handlers Case in point: Clint Eastwood's 1986 film "Heartbreak Ridge," a riff on "Twelve O'Clock High," wherein a retired Marine is called back into action to whip an unruly platoon into shape. The military hated "Heartbreak Ridge." According to an article in the Los Angeles Times In "Heartbreak Ridge," Eastwood plays Tom Highway (as in "my way or the Highway") a former Marine who is seen as having aged out of the modern military he is called back into the service and given the sure-to-fail gig of training an utterly hopeless reconnaissance platoon The platoon fell into ill behavior because their previous commander was indifferent to their success The soldiers (Mario Van Peebles among them) are indeed whipped into shape and Highway leads a campaign to rescue captured Americans held captive by Cubans The Los Angeles Times article also pointed out that the ordinary They pointed out that cussing among soldiers (obviously) was even more common in real life than in the movie and that "old-fashioned" stereotypes like Tom Highway were 100% realistic The Marines were even asked if they would have chosen a different actor to portray a tough-as-nails Marine Corps drill instructor The higher-ups in the Corps that objected to "Heartbreak Ridge" were clearly trying to wrangle the military's public image They objected because "Heartbreak Ridge" actually faced in the direction of realism There were some unrealistic elements that the active-duty Marines observed It seems that the undisciplined platoon was cartoonishly out-of-character for a Marines platoon They also said that even callow Marines leaders weren't as sniveling as the ones depicted in Eastwood's film Eastwood called out the Marine Corps in the L.A noting that canceling a YMCA benefit was uncouth merely because they objected to certain elements of his film it was pro-military at the end of the day and depicted soldiers operating at their best "It's a shame that a charity has to lose money because of somebody who's got a bee under his rear end somewhere [...] With all these earth-shattering things going on back there [the Iran arms crisis] you wouldn't think they would spend energy on something like this It's interesting to note how much had changed since World War II In the 1949 John Wayne film "Sands of Iwo Jima," Wayne is seen slamming a rifle butt into the face of an inferior officer That sort of thing would have him drummed out of the military in real life but the consultants on that film found it to be fine a New York City-based eyewear brand that sells prescription glasses opened a store in the Eastwood Towne Center on Tuesday The company opened in a 1,534-square-foot storefront at 3034 Towne Centre Blvd that was previously occupied by Francesca's The space had been vacant since September 2023 The store will host its grand opening on Saturday according to a news release from the company Customers who buy items on Saturday will receive a company tote bag "The store will offer our full range of optical and sun products including the latest Summer 2025 collection with in-store eye exams to come!" said the release The store features work from German artist Marc David Spengler Warby Parker opened its first store in 2013 The Lansing Township store is the company's eighth in Michigan Developer patiently waiting on floodplain remapping to begin former Sears redevelopment Michigan State alum to open bubble tea, dessert cafe in East Lansing is near the intersection of Lake Lansing Road and U.S It's home to stores including DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse Guy said the center now has six vacant storefronts for lease Learn more about Warby Parker and the center's other stores at www.shopeastwoodtownecenter.com Contact Reporter Rachel Greco at rgreco@lsj.com The Foyle MP will appear at Derry Magistrates Court on Tuesday accused of taking part in an unnotified parade A number of other people face similar charges relating to last February’s pro-Palestine protest part of a series held across Ireland and Britain Mr Eastwood spoke at the event and highlighted the numbers children killed in Gaza by Israel Defense Forces’ air and missile strikes “Nobody should be able to stand or watch what’s going on in Gaza right now and not think the only answer to that has to be to stop the violence immediately,” he told the crowd Mr Eastwood, who stepped down as SDLP leader in October last year, previously faced similar charges after he walked with families of those killed and injured on Bloody Sunday to Bishop Street courthouse in January last year. The PPS decided not to pursue the case, stating it was not in the public interest to charge the Foyle MP and others. “It was considered that the conduct of the reported individuals did amount to participation in a public procession and that their procession had not been subject to the legal notification required,” a PPS spokesperson said at the time. Mr Eastwood said PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher apologised to him over the investigation. Facebook pageTwitter feedRSS feed@2025 The Irish News Ltd Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application After attending Paseo High School and Southwest Missouri State College Wes taught fine art at the University of Kansas then worked for the marketing department of Sears Roebuck and Co before starting his own successful marketing business in Overland Park He remembered fondly riding his bike to the store to get groceries for his mother and spending his weekends at movie theatres showing sci-fi and westerns films He often had family dinners at his grandparents’ house on Winthrop Rd. He was a natural leader as the President of his Senior Class She was a cheerleader for the opposing team They knew immediately that marriage and family would be their future together Wes and Rosie both attended Southwest Missouri State College in Springfield He was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity as well as the Delta Phi Delta Honorary Art Fraternity He graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree Wes and Rosie were married in 1968 at the Anna E They spent years after marriage advancing their careers and taking vacations to Acapulco and California offering unique and hand-crafted graphic design services to clients in Kansas City Rosie taught English and Social Studies at Old Mission High School Wes would spend the next 40 years developing marketing and advertising materials for clients throughout the Kansas City area He was an early adopter of Apple computers in the world of design and stayed on the cutting edge of technology for his entire career He worked with some companies for more than 20 years creating not just print and television campaigns but growing each business into a successful brand He chose to work with companies that he respected whose owners practiced integrity and honesty in their successful business practices Creating opportunities for his children was central to Wes; between their participation in various sports teams and after school activities he prioritized family vacations to Colorado and Florida Some weekends in summer allowed opportunities to entertain friends and family on the deck of his home Other weekends were spent at the Lake of the Ozarks with his parents and his brother’s family Wes moved the family to the Blue Valley School District where his children attended middle and high school Both of his children graduated from the University of Kansas Matthew works in information technology and Alison is a pharmacist He was preceded in death by his father Joel A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 28, 2025, at 4:00pm at the Morse Village Covenant Church, 15431 Quivira Rd, Overland Park, KS 66221, https://www.morsechurch.org/ where Wes gathered with friends regularly to worship donations may be made to support his beloved church To leave a special message for his family or to share a memory of Wes Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInKANSAS CITY (KCTV) - Police have opened an investigation into a deadly shooting near the Eastwood Hills East neighborhood in Kansas City The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department says that around 5:45 p.m emergency crews were called to the area of Rinker and Sni A Bar Rd they found an adult male shooting victim unresponsive near a home He was pronounced deceased by EMS at the scene Investigators said they found that the victim was outside of a home when he had an interaction with an unknown suspect Officers say the suspect fled the scene in an unknown direction Anyone with information has been asked to report it to detectives directly at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-TIPS There is a reward of up to $25,000 for information submitted anonymously to the TIPS hotline he never lost sight of the medium that gave him the opportunities to flex his chops Most of Spielberg's later television career consisted of executive producer credits but there were some shows that he had an active hand in developing with one that made a considerable splash in the mid '80s "Amazing Stories" was Spielberg's foray into the world of anthology television, as each episode spanned the genre-scope of fantasy, science fiction and horror. Invoking the series will undoubtedly trigger the whimsical John Williams theme song that should come as no surprise for those who tuned in The Emmy award-winning series recruited all manner of filmmaking greats to do an episode of their own including Martin Scorsese One name among the directorial roster that came as a surprise was none other than Clint Eastwood Eastwood and Spielberg are two names you wouldn't typically expect to see together in a creative manner the pair collaborated for the first and last time on an episode of "Amazing Stories" that sees the former reconcile with his sweeter side Between his filmmaker duties on "Pale Rider" and "Heartbreak Ridge," Eastwood directed the "Amazing Stories" episode entitled "Vanessa in the Garden," which Spielberg wrote an early 20th century painter who can produce artistic magic with the stroke of his paintbrush few were quite as beautiful as the ones featuring his wife Vanessa (Sondra Locke) A year after Byron and Vanessa consummated their marriage with a honeymoon in Paris Byron is given great news by his friend/agent Teddy (Beau Bridges) that he's booked an exhibition solely for his work on account of a lightning bolt that spooks the horse attached to their carriage sending them down a hill and killing Vanessa in the process Byron falls into the kind of deep depression that leads him to burn his paintings He finds the one he painted of Vanessa in their garden and tries to lay waste to it he discovers that she's been removed from the painting and is standing outside in the garden As Byron starts seeing her visage around the house it reinvigorates his passion for painting again "Vanessa in the Garden" sees Eastwood and Spielberg embracing the romantic nature of ghost stories Byron not only gets back to doing what he loves most but is able to further commune with his wife by exclusively painting the couple doing things together an actress Eastwood met on the set of "Tightrope" — whom he was also having an affair with Most viewers at the time knew Eastwood, however, as cattle poker Rowdy Yates for over 217 episodes on the hit CBS western series "Rawhide." Though he describes getting cast as a fluke it was the very thing that led to his movie star career with Sergio Leone's "Dollars" trilogy Eastwood never did another narrative television guest spot ever again Eastwood would only deviate from his directorial duties two more times with the final episode of Scorsese's PBS documentary series "The Blues," and Diana Krall's 1999 music video "Why Should I Care" for the release of his film "True Crime." It's surprising Eastwood didn't direct more television considering the quick turnaround schedule he maintains on his film set correlates with the quick production of television We may receive a commission on purchases made from links The rest of the world immediately ran to imitate that film's success a young and upcoming actor name Burt Reynolds was following a similar career arc to Eastwood He had small parts in mainstream Hollywood movies and played one of the lead characters on a TV series called "Riverboat." He would have loved the acclaim of a stylized Italian Western under his belt and even got advice to that effect from Eastwood himself Eastwood advised Reynolds to look up a Western director named Sergio It seems there was also some chaos on Corbucci's end of production as well. Reynolds was looking for Sergio Leone, while Corbucci was thinking he'd be able to secure the talents of American star Marlon Brando. Corbucci's producer, the late (an inimitable) Dino De Laurentiis, gave him a script called "A Dollar a Head," and promised his director that Brando was already attached leaving Corbucci to find a new leading man was a suitable replacement because he kind of looked a little bit like Brando The resulting film was "Navajo Joe," a violent picture about a Navajo man (Reynolds) fighting off a wicked criminal named Duncan (Aldo Sanbrell) and his army of goons in order to protect a small village and get revenge for his village being slaughtered Navajo Joe wants a dollar a head for every bandit he kills the not-at-all Navajo actor Reynolds played a Navajo character This kind of white-actors-as-nonwhite-characters casting was sadly common in the world of Westerns Reynolds is on record in Hughes' book saying that he hated his costumes in "Navajo Joe," and that he was directed oddly feeling it made him look like Natalie Wood saying that it was "so awful it was only shown in prisons and airplanes because nobody could leave wore a Japanese slingshot and a fright wig." some Spaghetti Western enthusiasts still speak highly of the violence and grit in "Navajo Joe." It also boasts an excellent score from Ennio Morricone And all this because Reynolds mixed up his Sergios Follow Hollywood Outbreak on Mastodon Opinion | Dec 13 When Lindsey Vonn retweeted a picture of Clint Eastwood skiing with Arnold Schwarzenegger last year I remember thinking how cool it was to see Eastwood on skis rocking an old pair of Raichle Flexon ski boots and to see him still at it brought a smile to my face and as she tweeted the photo with a short caption “2 absolute legends!!” Some people go their whole lives skiing and doing extreme sports in the mountains and are never touched by the tragedies that those dangerous environments can bring When he was selected as the lead in the 1975 movie “The Eiger Sanction,” many were worried about his safety in choosing to do his own climbing and stunts on location on the north side of the Eiger in Switzerland and someone was indeed killed on the Eiger while making the movie Knowles was considered to be the best climber on the set known for having already scaled the treacherous North Face of the Eiger in 1970 Filmmaker Mike Hoover was the climbing advisor on the film getting a shot of a foam rock falling towards them when a real rock fell and killed Knowles instantly Eastwood remained in touch with Hoover and also became close friends with Frank Wells his former attorney and a Warner Brothers executive who loved to ski Wells and his wife Luanne had a condo in Vail at One Vail Place the famed Life Magazine model who lived in Vail until she was 100 Wells later went on to become an executive at Disney and is credited with helping to broker the deal that brought Disney’s “Sport Goofy” character to the slopes of Vail in the 1980s and 1990s the most indelible image in my head is Vail’s 1986 tree lighting — I laugh a bit every time I think about it — when Gerald and Betty Ford lit the tree alongside Goofy with the Disney character representing the highest echelons of the recreation industry the former president and his family representing the wealthy patrons who bring so much revenue to that industry and the backdrop of Vail as a place where the two have merged Wells was described by Eastwood’s biographer as “as close to a soulmate as Clint had ever known,” and one of the people Eastwood most often skied with when he was on the slopes Eastwood made frequent trips to Vail in the 1980s Eastwood was on Otto Tschudi’s team during one of the most exciting moments in the celebrity pro-am’s history beat Tschudi by one-hundredth of a second to take the crown Wells had arranged for a heli-skiing trip for some close friends in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains along with Mike Hoover — the climber who was with Knowles when he was killed filming “The Eiger Sanction” — and Dick Bass one of Vail’s original investors who built the home at the base of Vail Mountain where Ford stayed while he was president Two helicopters were being used in the trip Bass and Kevin Wells got on one helicopter Mike Hoover and Beverly Johnson got on the other Eastwood’s helicopter left a bit before Wells’ forcing Wells’ helicopter to land and wait it out thinking they would only be there for a short amont of time when Walton started the engine and took off after waiting out the storm the helicopter ran for less than two minutes before the ingestion of snow into the engine caused it to flame out Eastwood sang a snippet of “Hey Jude,” because it was a song Wells liked to sing to himself while skiing I was reminded of yet another ski-related tragedy Eastwood has faced Eastwood’s daughter received some terrible news Her boyfriend had been found dead on Vail Mountain was snowboarding the day before and was supposed to meet Alison at a restaurant in the village when he had completed his last run They had skied together earlier but had separated later that afternoon she reported him missing and a massive manhunt ensued Combs’ body was found in the trees along Riva Ridge in a gully that was hidden from view Coronor Kara Bettis said he died of a seizure disorder A tragedy in the mountains had once again struck someone close to Clint Eastwood So when Eastwood strapped into his Raichles that day to take some runs with Arnold Schwarzenegger he brought with him the weight of more mountain-related tragedy than anyone should have to endure in their lifetime when I say it’s cool to see him still doing it in his old age — when a single fall might kill him — I really mean it Kentucky Derby Parties The 151st Kentucky Derby is set for Saturday at 4:57 p.m and here are a few places you can go for watch parties: Lookout Bar at Westin Riverfront in Avon Celebrate the Kentucky.. Easter events in the Vail Valley Church services An Easter tradition that’s been going on for over 30 years is the Vail Mountain Easter Sunrise Service bright and early on Sunday morning Après Madness Championship Party at Avanti F&B The NCAA College Basketball Tournament may have crowned a champion on Monday but Friday is when you can congratulate this year’s winner of Vail’s own form of competition:.. Après at The Amp For its third year in a row Ford Amphitheater has proven that it’s not just a summer venue the Swedish pop band that took the world by storm in the 1970s and early 1980s with its hits “Waterloo,” “Take a Chance on Me” and “Dancing Queen,” will virtually.. The Sensory Suite at Eastwood Field is back for another season.  in partnership with The Rich Center for Autism launched the Sensory Suite for those on the Autism spectrum.  inclusive environment for guests. Amenities include interactive play displays lighting options and shades on windows to provide fans with the option of controlling their environment.  The Sensory Suite includes twelve game tickets and three parking passes for each Scrappers game. Families can request game dates and tickets in advance, courtesy of The Rich Center for Autism. The application to request tickets is available here.  The Scrappers are also partnering with The Rich Center for Autism to create a specialty jersey that Scrappers players will wear for Autism Awareness Night on Saturday The comic strip baseball themed jersey will celebrate the 75th anniversary of Peanuts Game worn jerseys will be auctioned off in person at the game and online at mvscrappers.com.  From his early days on the TV show Rawhide to his legendary roles as ‘The Man With No Name’ in Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy and Harry Callahan in five Dirty Harry films Eastwood always portrayed characters with an unrivalled American sense of the macho It means his position as one of Hollywood’s tough guys is set in stone When Eastwood was asked on the red carpet by the American Film Institute what his favourite films are in what they call the Golden Age of movies and a lot of the early films – John Ford’s How Green Was My Valley and John Huston’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – all of those would fit in there.” let’s take a closer look at Eastwood’s favourite films How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 drama directed by John Ford based on Richard Llewellyn’s 1939 novel of the same name The film focuses on a tirelessly working Welsh family called the Morgans and is told from the perspective of their youngest child The Morgans lived in the South Welsh Valleys in the Victorian era and Ford’s film tells of how the transition from the coalfields way of life affected them all It famously beat Citizen Kane to the Academy Award for ‘Best Picture’ Eastwood is well known for his work in the western genre so it’s unsurprising to find one of its classic films amongst his list of favourites Wellman’s The Ox-Bow Incident was released in 1943 and starred Henry Fonda Wellman’s film tells of two cowboys who arrive in a town upon the news arriving that a local rancher has been killed and had all his cows stolen in the process The two cowboys form a posse with the townspeople to try and find the rancher’s killers determined to bring justice to their wrongdoing Humphrey Bogart and Time Holt play two men down and out of their luck who join up with an old prospector (played by Huston’s father) to try and strike gold in Mexico The film was one of the first Hollywood features to shoot on location outside of the United States Their enduring 70-plus-year partnership was blessed with children who carry on her legacy: daughters Connie (Randy) Sauer; Christine (Bill) Woodward; sons Scott (Steph) Eastwood; and Vince Eastwood (deceased Catherine's role as a mother extended far beyond her own family raising many children as if they were her own and Shaun Montanegro never stopped calling her ‘Mom’ Her home was a sanctuary of warmth and care where every child found a place at her table and in her heart She made each child a specially decorated cake for their birthday whipping up icing from a secret recipe and winning every cake competition she entered Catherine made everyone feel that they were the most important person in her life She welcomed and nourished every guest who arrived with meals often created from her bountiful garden Her skill and humility made managing a household seem easy she remained one step ahead of dust by stashing Pledge and a dusting cloth in her walker Catherine loved to visit friends and family throughout the country using the trips as an opportunity to explore each new locale she and Bud traveled in an RV across 28 states in six weeks she lovingly curated a museum-like collection that dates back to the 1930s perches near Catherine’s favorite Shirley Temple dolls today I’m asking for your best Clint Eastwood impression by repeating these words aloud: “A man’s gotta know his limitations.” If Eastwood was doing his portrayal of “Dirty Harry,” today “Everyone’s gotta know their limitations.” it’s advice I neglected 15 years ago when I was deployed to an undisclosed location far out onto the sand dunes It was a blisteringly hot afternoon when I decided to take a stroll toward our perimeter defenses in hopes of making a morale visit with our Security Forces personnel I found a group of cops anxiously unpacking ammunition boxes I must have looked a little hurt because their lieutenant appeased me with an explanation so we need to load ammunition magazines for our M-16s.” you’ll need all the help you can get,” I said “Agreed,” said an airman offering me a stool and a short tutorial on handling ammunition I was soon multitasking — loading magazines and facilitating the chat session I’d come for I was a happy chappy talking with folks about food I heard someone loudly clearing their throat I turned around to see an orange-vested officer standing on our perimeter just what the hell do you think you’re doing?” he demanded “I mean with your hands!” he said pointing to the magazine I was loading Note: This is the moment where I disclose my previously undisclosed location — on the dunes of Malabar “You KNOW chaplains are non-combatants and forbidden by the Geneva Convention to have anything to do with weapons — most especially during an inspection.″ I can tell you that a superior addressing a chaplain by rank is like hearing your mom using your middle name Chaplains who violate this rule in a real deployment are subject to court martial I knew the rule applied to guns but hadn’t given thought to magazines Obviously I’d lost sight of my limitations I had to abide by certain rules of engagement that limited my religious freedoms nor could I bring parochial prayers to mandatory formations Some of my pastor colleagues balked at such restrictions I was rewarded the high honor of being present with servicemembers as they walked into harm’s way These limitations aren’t much different for many of you who carry your faith into workplaces An executive can’t thump her employees with biblical proclamations A foreman can’t limit his hiring to those from his faith preference These rules of engagement are about respect these limitations needn’t keep you from becoming a light in your field Keeping the rules of engagement should mean that your light shines ever brighter as it shows your esteem for co-workers I ran afoul of one other limitation that day The Florida heat index shot up so high that 10 people dropped from heat exhaustion All together now — “A person’s gotta know their limitations!” This column was excerpted from my book “Tell it to the Chaplain.” Sign up to receive this weekly column in your email box at https://thechaplain.net/newsletter/ or send me your email address to comment@thechaplain.net All of Norris’s books can be ordered on Amazon. Autographed copies can be obtained on his website www.thechaplain.net or by sending a check for $20 for each book to 10566 Combie Rd Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Eashwood High School seniors had the opportunity to learned about the transition from high school to college life with the help of Operation College Bound Operation College Bound is an annual series of events where students learn about continuing their education and can register for classes and ask about the process of transitioning to college life "It makes me feel excited hearing about all the details of the program I'll be going into So it makes me want to stay with it because at first I was a little unsure but hearing about what they had to offer makes me feel excited," said Julia Lira Students also had the opportunity to meet with the University of Texas at El Paso President Heather Wilson and El Paso Community College President William Serrata during the event so that at the end of the day they can have everything done and just be ready to either enroll in the summer or fall at either institution," said William Serrata president of El Paso Community College "We get our students registered and get them ready to go for the fall semester If they (students) are willing to work hard we'll meet them halfway and help them succeed," Heather Wilson RECOMMENDED: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders set to 'cheer up' El Paso car wash grand opening Sign up to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox “I did Foodie Paradise to connect with bigger audiences and to learn how to make affordable food that is great in taste and quality I was lucky to meet a lot of nice people through my food truck,” he wrote “I also wanted to take 365 days to get more experience with cooking something other than fine dining If you can cook in a food truck during the winter The plan is to open Eastwood Caddyshack at 3505 Eastwood Road SE at the start of May Bojji has worked out a menu that he believes will connect with golfers and other Southeast Rochester diners with everything priced in the $10 to $16 range The chef also plans to offer cooking classes and a monthly gourmet club Bojji is competing in celebrity Chef Carla Hall’s annual Favorite Chef competition Simply put, Clint Eastwood is an icon and a larger-than-life character because of his work on the big screen Eastwood has enjoyed an extremely successful career as a director but he's also delivered some of the most memorable and legendary film roles casual Eastwood character that caters to just about any film fan Frank's tense interactions with Jones' William "Hawk" Hawkins It's not top-of-mind among Eastwood fans' favorites but worth a watch to see that he can still command the screen with other stars in tow The movie is a smart comedy that also packs the right amount of drama and lends some likability to both co-stars As we'll see, Eastwood is actually a more successful director than an actor when it comes to accolades and awards. With White Hunter Black Heart, the screen adaptation of the 1953 book of the same name by  Peter Viertel. Eastwood casts himself in the lead role, based on legendary director John Huston and the making of his 1951 movie The African Queen one of the few at the time to be shot on location outside the United States Wilson is there for work but also plans a hunting safari the audience gets a pseudo-personal view of the kind of person he thought Huston to be Based on the true story of Earl Sharp and one of the best recent movies Eastwood starred in and directed. The Mule doesn't tend to make many of these "Best of Eastwood" lists a proud Korean War veteran that has struggled to be a good family man takes on the role of a drug mule transporting cocaine in the Midwest for a cartel in the wake of his business going bankrupt and losing his home Eastwood makes Stone a compassionate figure and relatively easy to root for More from Eastwood and Don Siegel. Reviews for this American-Mexican Western were generally positive, though it's a bit tamer in comparison to his others films of the genre. However, Eastwood's Hogan is one of his most iconic Western characters A stoic hero who gets a run for his money from Shirley MacLaine's Sara a sex worker who poses as a nun while on the run The chemistry between Eastwood and MacLaine makes the picture and shows that even the rugged and manly actor can share the limelight and remain notably successful We go back to 1971 for Eastwood's directorial debut. And he cast himself in the lead role as a popular California disc jockey pursuing a romantic relationship with a fan (Jessica Walter) only to learn that she's obsessed with him to the point that his life is in danger Walter is the undisputed star of the film (earning a Golden Globe nomination) but Eastwood is no slouch in playing the victim of his psychological thriller that showed the star's versatility on screen and behind the scenes Eastwood produced and directed this rather touching comedy-drama, which also stars his real-life son Kyle (playing Red's nephew Whit in the film) Red is a sickly musician who finally gets his chance to play at the famed Grand Ole Opry before his imminent death is the adventure in getting there for Red and Whit which considering their real-life relationship but Eastwood shines in a role that tends to be forgotten amid his acting arsenal With a box-office gross of $41 million, Pale Rider remains the highest-grossing Western film of the 1980s Eastwood again directs a picture that he also serves as its leading man a representation of Death when he's seen wearing a cleric's collar he serves helpful purposes in warding off a gang of thugs from terrorizing a mining town It was good to see Eastwood return to his Western roots We mentioned Eastwood's ability to shine in a comedy setting. Another sterling example is  Every Which Way but Loose and its sequel, Any Which Way You Can they are among the highest-selling Eastwood movies and the sequel took home nearly $71 million Philo Beddoe is a free-wheeling truck driver who moonlights as a bare-knuckle boxer and travels around with a pet orangutan named Clyde the character was a questionable shift for Eastwood and well outside the box if anybody could pull something like this off Eastwood's next classic to come out in 1968 was Coogan's Bluff, which is notable for being his first collaboration with aforementioned director Don Siegel An Arizona deputy sheriff heads to New York City to extradite an escaped murderer even if his surroundings might seem foreign The character was also a glimpse of what was to come for Eastwood those Western film heroes who truly made him famous and branch out to different roles that showed his range as an actor The first on this list to highlight the Western film genre that initially made him famous as a lead actor (more on that soon). In fact, High Plains Drifter was the first Western that Eastwood both directed and starred in Building on his work with famed Spaghetti Western director Sergio Leone and the aforementioned Don Siegel Eastwood doesn't necessarily veer from the formula that worked for him as an actor in these types of films during the 1960s there's an edgier feel to "The Stranger," who becomes a hired gun to protect an Old West Mining town The film proved Eastwood was still the top gun in the Western genre In the mid-1980s, Eastwood introduced himself — as an actor and director — to a new generation of fans as the grizzled "Gunny" Highway in this popular military drama that's still a basic cable staple Eastwood's Highway is a gung-ho jarhead fretting his approaching mandatory retirement from the United States Marine Corps to any junior high or high schooler of the time he was one of the coolest characters on the big screen war-hero patriotic who spits out raunchy one-liners and quips at the drop of a hat It's a shame this is not traditionally one of Eastwood's most celebrated roles This just might be Eastwood's most grueling picture to complete. Then again, there were plenty of stunt doubles to help with this World War II-era picture. Eastwood teams with Richard Burton as members of an Allied paratrooper squad that raids a Nazi fortress. Eastwood taking on the Nazis; what's not to love Where Eagles Dare has long been considered among the classics and Eastwood's performance showed he could excel in more than just Westerns Perhaps the only thing better than the acting is the cinematography Based on the massively popular novel, The Bridges of Madison County  brought together two of Hollywood's elite: Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep Audiences should not have been surprised that Eastwood could pull off a romantic role as the charming National Geographic photographer who has a multi-day affair with the small-town Italian war bride (Streep) only Streep earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance We're entering the icons portions of this list. Another of Eastwood's early directing gigs, Josey Wales remains one of the most popular and celebrated Western characters in the history of modern cinema highlighting a Missouri farmer during the Civil War who turned into a vigilante gunfighter after Union fighters murdered his family When it comes to film outlaws — guys that never seem to die — Josey is actually easy to root on we tend to enjoy living vicariously through our big-screen heroes — good or bad It's been noted by critics and entertainment writers that Unforgiven was the moment that elevated Eastwood to a legend worthy of Academy Award attention This Western drama sees Eastwood's William Munny return to his outlaw ways to pull one more job amid his life as a law-abiding citizen Munny's self-confliction makes for one entertaining character to watch and should be equally praised alongside Eastwood's lauded direction Earning his first Oscar nominations Best Director and Best Actor while Unforgiven took home the award for Best Picture Playing an infamous real-life character can be challenging for any actor, but Eastwood pulled it off without a hitch. In his fifth and final film with director Don Siegel, Eastwood is simply captivating as Frank Morris the ringleader of the legendary 1962 prison break from Alcatraz Trying to capture the authenticity of the real-life Morris Eastwood was so good in the role that he's almost more associated with the prison break than the actual guys who pulled it off Several professional critics and movie historians consider this one of the great prison films of all time The .44 Magnum. The lines: "Go ahead, make my day" or "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, punk?" Need we say more about the ruthless San Francisco police inspector Harry Callahan, aka "Dirty Harry," after the name of the first movie in a five-film series featuring the character Harry likes to push boundaries when pursuing the bad guys especially if incompetent police or government bureaucracy gets in the way But Harry's status as an icon goes behind the big screen; it's a part of pop culture and American escapism even bigger than the man who portrayed him Jeff Mezydlo has professionally written about sports entertainment and pop culture for parts of four decades He was an integral member of award-winning sports sections at The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster customized to your favorite sports and teams Former Marcy Corrections Officer pleads guilty to manslaughter in case involving the death of an inmate in December 2024 — A judge ruled in favor of Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh against James Street Plaza in a case regarding code violations at an Eastwood mixed-use property that contains an apartment New York State Supreme Court Judge James P LLC must correct more than two dozen code violations at 3100-06 James St Those code violations include failing to install carbon monoxide detectors for failing to address the issues at the property for more than a year and a half The city first filed the proceeding in October 2023 some of the violations at issue are from 2022 Some are not," said Mayor Walsh in a news release that declared his victory "Our Code Enforcement inspectors are holding bad actors accountable every day When recalcitrant property owners like James Street Plaza won’t live up to their responsibilities our lawyers stand ready to seek court intervention for compliance." Walsh's victory comes just weeks after the city sued the owners of Skyline Apartments, which is also on James Street, for neglecting to restore the dilapidated property after taking it over Judge Murphy's full decision against James Street Plaza In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2024, Bilge Ebiri, K. Austin Collins, Alison Willmore, and Odie Henderson—about the year in cinema. Read the first entry here Thrilled that this conversation has wound its way around to endings because that gives me a chance to write about the riotous one belonging to my favorite film of the year Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World that ending involves not a discrete finale so much as an entire final act that unfolds via a locked-off shot and two long takes with a short time jump in the middle Radu Jude’s dark comedy involves a lot of driving: Its main character played by the fantastically foulmouthed Ilinca Manolache is a PA for a Bucharest production company that is running her ragged traveling all over town in search of the right subject for a workplace safety video played by Dorina Lazar and also named Angela and for a long time she appears only via clips from a sentimental state-sanctioned 1981 movie called Angela Goes On When Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World does finally opt to stay put it’s to depict the shooting of the video Angela’s been working herself to exhaustion helping to set up and the result is a brilliant convergence of everything that’s come before not to mention so bitterly funny that I’m grinning just thinking about it The whole production is a way for the multinational company that commissioned it to shift blame off itself and onto its workers a man permanently injured by a devastating accident on the job is made to keep revising his account to avoid any implication that the former employer he’s currently suing is responsible the icy Austrian executive who flew out to oversee the mess is back in her hotel room hungover and then there’s the irrepressible Angela in the corner taking the opportunity to shoot one of her signature TikToks in character as a swaggering I first saw Do Not Expect Too Much back in March and nothing I’ve seen in the months since has come close to it in my mind—it’s miraculous in the way it marries the profane and the profound serving up a blistering depiction of what the kids online might call life under late capitalism then offering a reminder that life has always been an exhausting grind for the average worker whether it’s under a dictatorship or as part of the exploited far reaches of the European Union with its caustic outlook and its arid sense of humor is distinctively Romanian in a way that filled me with a vague sort of envy—when’s the last time an American filmmaker produced something anywhere near as sharp I would definitely not attempt to show Do Not Expect Too Much to my parents for whom the prospect of a 160-plus-minute subtitled satire would not exactly be tempting but one I think would go over great as an attempted group viewing over the holidays though Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s god-tier performance as a woman funneling her pain outward might be a little too good a conversation piece for a family gathering I didn’t see Eastwood’s legal drama as having faith in the justice system—it struck me as the opposite a film about the near-impossibility of having our institutions depend on those upholding them to act against their own personal interests whether that means jurors taking longer away from family to responsibly deliberate or a district attorney opting to overturn a conviction that clinched her election to that office The moment when Nicholas Hoult’s character defends himself as being a good person who doesn’t deserve punishment despite having possibly killed someone and helped put the blame on someone else struck me as almost disorientingly profound a perfect scene for a moment in which whatever moral grounding we have as a country seems to be based not on actions but on vibes And even if the vibes have gotten awfully grim out there it has nevertheless been lovely having this chance to convene and talk movies once again with all of you I find myself craving more writing from critics as the media landscape grows more fractured than ever and it’s challenging even for those of us who do this professionally to keep track of everything coming out much less feel as if we come close to seeing enough to have a handle on the year Sometimes I think about how this job could easily be boiled down into an act of curation a battle against the prevailing algorithmic forces trying to shape everyone’s viewing habits with the help of inertia I don’t love the idea of criticism with the disagreements and conflicts sheared away The debates are how we distinguish art from mere content to be consumed As Manolache’s character puts it in Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World after chatting with Uwe Boll (appearing as himself) about that time he fought critics of his work in a boxing ring: “That is the history of cinema”—a pleasure to participate in some small part of it with y’all Read all of the entries in Slate’s 2024 Movie Club That is what is being alleged by a family with a special needs student at Eastwood Elementary in Elkhart WSBT 22 sat down with attorneys Catherine Michael and Tammy Meyer who are representing the family They said that a teacher at the school would put the non-verbal child in a headlock and take away his communication device daily "When we start to look at the day to day basis of what is alleged to have occurred should raise some red flags as to everyone and with parents who have children who are non verbal or who have limited verbal abilities very worst fears," Attorney Catherine Michael said The attorneys for the family allege this abuse had been happening since December and no action was taken "We also know that for months prior to this incident being reported to DCS and it had been reported to the principal of this school and waited until this incident before notifying DCS," Attorney Tammy Meyer said Elkhart Community Schools responding to the allegations saying action was taken by the principal as soon as he found out The attorneys for the family urge parents to come forward if they know anything about this case Jon Eastwood, professor of sociology at Washington and Lee University, has released a new book titled “Social Structure: Relationships, Representations and Rules” that hit bookshelves on Feb is meant to bring clarity to discussion of one of sociology’s central and most-debated concepts The book offers a set of pragmatic strategies for thinking about social structures and discusses the implications of those strategies for qualitative and quantitative research and the design and evaluation of social policies “What was most meaningful about this book for me was the way it grew out of working with students,” said Eastwood and a couple students later worked closely with me in thinking through several key ideas while additional students and alumni diligently read and commented on a draft and more Thinking with smart and engaged undergraduates has changed the way I approach questions like those posed in this book and the opportunity to regularly do so is one of my favorite things about working at W&L.” This most recent edition was also co-authored by Robin LeBlanc Eastwood has been a member of the W&L faculty since 2006 and currently serves as chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department He earned both a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Ph.D If you know a W&L faculty member who has done great, accolade-worthy things, tell us about them! 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Please choose a different combination. the ones who are sent abroad as symbols of our culture: John Wayne We stop seeing them as artists or even as people they become cardboard cutouts at Planet Hollywood I decided I wanted to challenge my own perception of Clint Eastwood It might have been after a rewatch of Mystic River the 2003 neo-noir crime drama that Eastwood directed I didn’t really think of Eastwood as a director I didn’t think of him as much more than the guy who scolded an empty chair at the 2012 RNC — an act that he has since said has troubled him more than any other thing he did in his life I saw that Eastwood composed the soundtrack and thought this Dirty Harry?” He would go on to compose the music for his 2004 film Million Dollar Baby Both films won buku awards and were big box office draws Seeing that he was responsible for the soundtrack sent me down a Clint Eastwood rabbit hole music has always been a big part of his life Originally he wanted to study music theory and he released an album of country covers called Cowboy Favorites He is an accomplished pianist and has written songs with Ray Charles specifically “Beers to You,” which ended up on the Any Which Way You Can soundtrack He also curated the soundtrack for 2007’s Grace is Gone starring John Cusack — the only film he’s done music for that he didn’t also direct He’s since worked on many films with his son Kyle Eastwood an accomplished session jazz bassist in his own right and Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil (1997) He has curated the soundtracks for several of his films and even contributed pieces of music to some Did he have a distinct voice like auteurs Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino or is he a journeyman director like Ted Post I’ve since found that he is something in the middle Eastwood is known for shooting quickly and often only allowing his actors a couple takes before moving on This process can get away from him in movies like 2018’s 15:17 to Paris a film that stars the real life-participants of the 2015 Thalys train attack it makes the movie play like a low-budget Christian film but what long-term director doesn’t have those I’m trying to sell you on the man as a director What’s interesting about his films in relation to his libertarian politics is that they seem to at times run counter to what you may assume his views to be the 2011 film he directed that was written by Dustin Lance Blank a queer activist known for scribing Milk (2008) and Hulu’s limited tv series Under the Banner of Heaven Edgar looks at the sexually repressed private life of the titular FBI director and also is an indictment of government overreach Eastwood often allows himself to be a fly on the wall He wants only to show you the film exactly as he believes it is written on the page — nothing more and sometimes a lot less He consistently completes his films under budget and ahead of schedule asking his actors to run lines excessively before shooting begins so they’re ready on Day 1 bringing to mind his run of Absolute Power a type of film that has mostly vanished but was a cash cow in the ’90s — think Murder in the First As is the case in many recent Clint Eastwood films there’s a vibe reset that happens at the beginning of his movies not unlike a David Lynch movie but in the other direction In Lynch’s film you get a surrealist way of speaking and you have to remind yourself “Oh this isn’t how people actually talk.” Eastwood films carry a hyperrealism — a “down hominess” that doesn’t exist in real life but the smallness of the picture pays off in the final resolution This quaintness is also what sometimes can be missing in modern films Most pictures love to woo you with a car chase or a gory murder but Juror #2 brings things back to a small setting that sometimes feels like David Mamet play or a remake of 12 Angry Men The film also features a reunion of Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette who played son and mother in 2002’s About a Boy who is called to jury duty in a high-profile murder trial only to find himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma — one he could use to sway the verdict and potentially convict or free the accused killer The high-caliber cast features Kiefer Sutherland in a small role This could very well be Clint’s last picture which makes it all the more strange that Warner Bros has seemingly given up on marketing the film WB claims they initially intended the film to have a direct-to-streaming release on Max though they instead started with a limited theater release co-founder and program director at Independent Picture House said he tried to get the rights to show Juror #2 at his Raleigh Street establishment but was shot down by the distributor I feel studios and distributors can do whatever they want with a film; it’s their product and they made/paid for it They control the release and can do as they please,” Morong told me want to play streaming films — or films made for streaming like Juror #2 — and they just aren’t interested in letting anyone play it “It is frustrating when you do want to play something and can’t get it because a studio or distributor has decided ‘no theatrical release on this film.’ So I guess for us I just know this is the nature of the business now and accept that this is how some films get handled and sometimes we won’t be able to bring them to the cinema.”  “Sometimes you try to do the right thing only to realize you got it all wrong.” I will admit that I also have gotten wrapped up in the nostalgia of a Hollywood icon and it is important to be grounded by the economics of the matter Juror #2 cost $32 million to make and the metric usually is that studios will invest at least that much or more to promote a theatrical run So we’re looking at $64 million (at least) to break even Indiewire reported that Clint Eastwood has made 46 movies for Warner Those films have a worldwide gross (adjusted for inflation) of more than $9 billion His total career gross is around $12 billion So if we’re looking at the pure economics of the situation the film opened in early November at 31 theaters across the country but ultimately closed its run less than two weeks later The closest showing in the original theatrical run was in Bluffton The movie received a wide theatrical release in the United Kingdom the film grossed $3.1 million in a weekend It has made $9.6 million worldwide on mostly word-of-mouth/grassroots campaigns has claimed that they would not release box office figures to “save face” for Clint Eastwood is one of the few major filmmakers left making studio-financed adult dramas he must look like a glitch in the matrix — not an artist to be protected During David Zaslav’s tenure as CEO of Warner Bros. we’ve seen the cratering of the DC Extended Universe with Flash Aquaman 2 and the box-office bomb that was Joker: Folie à Deux Warner also refused to release Batgirl and Coyote vs instead choosing to scrap them so they could benefit from the tax write-offs They are a business and it’s their right to do such things but the changing landscape of Hollywood has increasingly seen studios not taking chances on original material like Juror #2 Yet this changing landscape gives a little more room for artists to thrive in the medium budget range of $25-50 million We’ve seen a lot of great success this year with movies like The Substance which had a budget of $17.5 million and ultimately grossed $66.5 million For an under-marketed star-studded R-rated gore fest Read more: ‘The Substance’ Explores Feminism Through Body Horror It’s interesting and possibly comical to include Clint Eastwood in the realm of “change,” but it’s not just him Juror #2 fits into a mold that moviegoers want: a medium-size movie that isn’t a superhero flick we just have to consume more than the artistic equivalent to fast food but I wouldn’t even put it in the top ten of Eastwood’s flicks At times it feels cheap and possibly a little undercooked but it’s a recognizable flavor that I hadn’t had in awhile If this is the last film by Clint Eastwood then I hope it inspires a new generation of filmmakers to think smaller and more inward SUPPORT OUR WORK: Get better connected and become a member of Queen City Nerve to support local journalism for as little as $5 per month Our community journalism helps inform you through a range of diverse voices The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – The Star Juror…..nothing original anymore I’m curious to see how Juror #2 turns out — especially with Clint Eastwood directing at this stage in his career and it’s cool to see him still tackling fresh material Comment *document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" "ad13dfba751f0b23e29051a4546e9409" );document.getElementById("b526024170").setAttribute( "id" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Email: info@qcnerve.com OR (f)(last name)@qcnerve.com The Eastwood High School girls wrestling program has received national recognition 3 ranking in the National Girls High School Rankings for the 2024-25 school year The committee that chose the final rankings includes representation from USA Wrestling FloWrestling and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame The Troopers were last ranked nationally after the 2022-23 season when they finished No Eastwood won the District 1-6A Region 1-6A and Class 6A championship during the recently completed season The Troopers have won three state championships since 2020 all under the guidance of coach Troy Douglas Hailey Delgado at 100 pounds and senior Paulina Butler at 145 pounds were the two individual state champions for the Troopers Wyoming Seminary from Pennsylvania finished as the No.1 ranked team and Broken Arrow High School from Oklahoma was ranked No 1 ranking and we will continue to work hard and be even better." Two other Texas teams were ranked in the final top 50 programs Chavez can be reached at fchavez@elpasotimes.com; @Fchavezeptimes on X — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh announced Monday that the City of Syracuse Corporation Counsel has successfully negotiated a landswap agreement with the Syracuse Housing Authority regarding its wish to move forward with a $25.9 million Eastwood Heights revitalization project "I asked my Corporation Counsel to reach out to their counsel and to get it done," said Mayor Walsh "We've debated and discussed long enough Mayor Walsh said the agreement mandates the Syracuse Housing Authority to make a $500,000 payment to the city to account for the difference in property values between Eastwood Heights and Latimer Terrace a public housing block that is the site in the East Adams neighborhood where the planned Children Rising Center is supposed to be built Officials first announced the pause on the project in early February The SHA said it would rehab and add four new ones for residents the city and Blueprint 15 would have received Latimer Terrace the city quashed the SHA's plan to take the property over the plan could have moved through if the SHA had done a straight deal and asked for subsidy would greatly increase the property's value in the East Adams neighborhood Walsh said the landswap agreement can only be recaptured if the Housing Authority successfully transfers Latimer Terrace to the city and if Blueprint 15 enters into an agreement with the city to construct the Children Rising Center "This puts us in a position to give the residents of Eastwood Heights a renovated property," explained Mayor Walsh "It's something "they absolutely deserve and have been waiting too long for." "This also gives the residents of McKinney Manor and the East Adams neighborhood the hope that we can still proceed with the Children Rising Center and the rest of the transformation project." The SHA said the planned improvements at Eastwood Heights include energy efficient heating and cooling systems “This investment is about more than just housing – it’s about preserving and strengthening our community,” said SHA Executive Director William Simmons in a news release “We look forward to beginning construction and delivering the long overdue improvements that will secure Eastwood Heights’ future for the residents who call it home.” Executive Director of Blueprint 15 Raquan Pride-Green said the agreement was a step in the right direction but noted that the Children Rising Center project still has a "long way to go." The Syracuse Common Council will vote to finalize the agreement at its next meeting many movies throughout his incredible career which has been going strong for more than seven decades He’s best known for his westerns and action movies he’s also lent his talents to genres as diverse as romance Of all the films he’s got his fingerprints on only one overlooked effort popped into his head when asked which film he’d recommend fans watch if they missed it the first time around The early 2000s were transformative for Eastwood, particularly his directing career. After a couple of middling efforts—Space Cowboys in 2000 and Blood Work in 2002—the seasoned helmer made two of his most acclaimed and successful movies. With 2003’s Mystic River and 2004’s Million Dollar Baby Eastwood levelled up and gave the world two handsomely made prestige pictures that were beloved by audiences and critics alike Eastwood was rewarded with ‘Best Picture’ and ‘Best Director’ nominations for Mystic River the first time the Academy had been interested in his work since 1992’s classic western Unforgiven he was back on that Oscar stage a year later with Million Dollar Baby Eastwood was in the strongest position he’d enjoyed in decades and he decided to embrace ambition for his next project – two war movies filmed back to back exploring the wildly differing perspectives of both sides of a conflict Eastwood ultimately released Flags of Our Fathers on October 20th, 2006, and Letters from Iwo Jima on December 20th. The first film was America’s side of the historic Battle of Iwo Jima while the second told the tale from the viewpoint of Japanese soldiers Eastwood didn’t alter Letters from Iwo Jima in any way to make it more palatable to a US audience The film featured no recognisable US stars in the cast with the most famous actor being Ken Watanabe who Americans would have only known from The Last Samurai and Batman Begins The film was almost entirely in the Japanese language Eastwood had a sneaking suspicion that this choice might torpedo the box office chances of Letters from Iwo Jima in the US He wanted his unique two-film experiment to be as authentic as possible and he wouldn’t be swayed from this opinion both movies underperformed at the box office with Flags of Our Fathers making less than its budget and receiving so-so reviews However, Letters from Iwo Jima performed much better, primarily because its budget was a fraction of Flags of Our Fathers. It only made $3million more than Flags, but Eastwood was validated by the critical response which praised him for making such an authentically Japanese film the film appeared on multiple ‘Best of the Year’ lists and was extremely beloved in Japan whose critics praised Eastwood for avoiding the usual stereotypes that come with Japanese characters in Hollywood despite the film’s success in these metrics Eastwood couldn’t help being rankled that it only made $13m in the US He knew that meant a comparatively small portion of Americans had seen the movie it did sensationally,” Eastwood told GQ in 2011 just for the understanding of how war affects other societies There is a constant heroism in being sent someplace and told you’re never coming back which is how the Japanese soldier was sent to war You couldn’t sell that to too many Americans.” “I had no delusions that the film was going to be any more successful than it was,” the seasoned filmmaker confessed he lamented the changing tastes of cinema audiences – almost a decade before the likes of Martin Scorsese would follow suit – by grumbling “I would just love audiences to embrace more things than just comics.”