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The Sad Song Stylings Of Ed Harris and Clint Eastwood

Richard Lawson — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:01:00 EST

Oohh, a new trend is emerging! One in which grizzled old movie stars like Ed Harris and Clint Eastwood not only act in, direct, and write their own movies, but where they gravelly-voice their way through closing credits songs! Above are snippets from Ed Harris's "You'll Never Leave My Heart" from his blink-and-you-missed-it Western Apaloosia, and Clint Eastwood's lilting, my-god-he-sounds-old ditty "Gran Torino," from the eponymous upcoming film. They sound, um... Well they sound like Ed Harris and Clint Eastwood bein' windblown dudes. Who will be next?? We're hoping for a fabulously gristly Ian McKellan disco ballad.

Emmy Host Death Match: Let's Go to the Videotape

STV — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:50:00 EDT

· Now you have no choice but to check in for our Emmy liveblog on Sunday: We'll be first with the results of the Ryan Seacrest/Jeff Probst bareknuckle rematch. [Jimmy Kimmel Live]
· Appaloosa actor-director Ed Harris has clearly never listened to any Johnny Cash in his life. Ever. [EW]
· On the fourth day of the global banking crisis, God said, "Let studio stocks rise." And it was good. [DHD]
· He also said, "Let cable news ratings soar." That didn't go too poorly either. [The Live Feed]
· Tina Fey's SNL riff on Sarah Palin today became NBC's most-viewed Web video ever. [THR]
· First Harry Potter geeks, now Superman fans: All aboard the Warner Bros. hate-mail train! [Variety]

Ed Harris Pitches A Hissy Fit At Heathrow

Seth — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:08:11 EDT

Like Snoop Dogg before him, actor Ed Harris is the latest American celebrity to cause a ruckus at London's Heathrow Airport. While officials should have rightly waived the actor through the sounding metal detectors on the strength of his transcendent supporting work in The Hours alone, the actor's mini-tantrum and the ensuing discovery of a knife in his pocket instead resulted in Harris being taken into police custody and missing his flight to L.A. The Mirror reports:

An airport source told the Mirror: "Ed Harris landed himself in hot water because he made such a fool of - himself. He was affronted that security officers dared to ask him to empty his pockets as he went through a checkpoint near passport control.
"Harris lobbed his keys on to a table in front of security staff and the coins in his pocket went everywhere.

"Harris was left to calm down and then questioned for hours. He missed his flight and realised what he'd done was stupid.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "A 56-year-old US citizen was given a few words of advice and allowed to board his flight."

Clearly, the London police spokesman sought to make a point with his generic description of the celebrated actor—that while on his native soil, Harris might be treated like a heroic astronaut, modern art genius, or any of the other iconic roles with which he is associated, in the U.K., he remains nothing but another grumpy 56-year-old who still hasn't managed to win an Oscar.

Ed Harris Detained At Heathrow [mirror.co.uk]