Eastwood Boosts Oscar Chances with DGA Award

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Eastwood was up against Marc Foster for "Finding Neverland," Taylor Hackford for "Ray," Alexander Payne for "Sideway" and Martin Scorsese for "The Aviator."The win has to strengthen Eastwood's chances in the Oscars next month as well as giving "Million Dollar Baby" a boost.The director was in modest mood when he received the prize from Steven Spielberg saying he was "pleased as punch," and that most of the work was from co-stars Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman; "all I have to do is sort of stand there and guide it," he added."Million Dollar Baby" has seven Oscar nominations tying with "Finding Neverland," Martin Scorsese's The Aviator leads the pack with 11 nominations.You can track all the latest Academy Award news in our special section.

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DanaFeb 8th, 2005 - 02:15:22

Clint Eastwood is amazing! This movie should win every award it's nominated for-I would love to see Clint Eastwood win best actor along with best director.

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