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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Newspaper cuts ties with reporter over 'exclusive interview' with Clint Eastwood after the director dismisses it as 'entirely phoney'
An Austrian daily has cut ties with a reporter over an alleged exclusive interview with Clint Eastwood after the legendary director called the piece 'entirely phoney'. The German-language Kurier newspaper came under fire after the Q&A - published on Friday to mark Eastwood 's 95th birthday - turned out to be comprised of repackaged old comments. In the article, which was picked up widely by American media over the weekend, Eastwood criticises a lack of fresh ideas in the current film industry as 'we live in an era of remakes and franchises'. 'I long for the good old days when screenwriters wrote films like 'Casablanca' in small bungalows on the studio lot. When everyone had a new idea,' he was quoted as saying. 'My philosophy is, do something new or stay at home,' it adds. In a statement to Deadline magazine published Monday, Eastwood said 'I thought I would set the record straight'. 'I can confirm I've turned 95. I can also confirm that I never gave an interview to an Austrian publication called Kurier, or any other writer in recent weeks, and that the interview is entirely phony,' he added. On Tuesday evening, the editorial team of the Vienna-based Kurier said its freelancer Elisabeth Sereda had compiled the interview by citing from 'a total of 18' round table conversations with Eastwood. But since the article was published as an interview and not as a profile, the daily said it would cut ties with the author. 'Even though no quotes have been fabricated, the interviews are documented and the allegations of falsification can be refuted, we will not be working with the author in the future because transparency and our strict editorial standards are paramount to us,' Kurier said in a statement published on its website. The newspaper had recently published interviews by Sereda with celebrities such as Jude Law and Elton John. Eastwood 's career has spanned decades, with his first movie role in Revenge of the Creature in 1955. He starred in iconic projects over the years, including Man with No Name, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Dirty Harry, High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales and Escape From Alcatraz - just to name a few. Eastwood has also served as a director in a number of projects including Pale Rider, Unforgiven, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima, Gran Torino and Flags of Our Fathers and more. He also starred in Pale Rider, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino in addition to directing. His most recent project, Juror No. 2 - which he directed - was released in November 2024 and starred Nicholas Hoult. J.K. Simmons and Toni Collete. The last film he appeared in (which he also directed) was Cry Macho in 2021. Scott said he was 'doing good' and said that 'he's a survivor, a trouper,' explaining that his father doesn't complain. 'He was born coming out of the Great Depression, and then he was young during World War II. He saw a lot of struggle.' Last year, Scott told People some advice his dad told him in regards to his acting career. 'Follow your gut,' he said. Eastwood's son Scott Eastwood spoke out about his father recently. The 39-year-old actor - who is the spitting image of his father - was asked by People how his father was doing nearly a year after Eastwood's girlfriend of 10 years, Christina Sandera died at age 61 following a heart attack.
Malay Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
Clint Eastwood slams Austrian paper for publishing ‘entirely phony' 95th birthday interview
VIENNA, June 4 — An Austrian newspaper came under fire yesterday after Hollywood star Clint Eastwood said an alleged interview with him published by the paper to mark his 95th birthday was 'entirely phony'. The row was sparked by a purported interview with the Oscar-winning actor and director carried by the German-language Kurier newspaper Friday. In the interview, which was picked up widely by American media over the weekend, Eastwood criticises a lack of fresh ideas in the current film industry as 'we live in an era of remakes and franchises'. 'I long for the good old days when screenwriters wrote films like 'Casablanca' in small bungalows on the studio lot. When everyone had a new idea,' he was quoted as saying. 'My philosophy is, do something new or stay at home,' it adds. In a statement to Deadline magazine published Monday, Eastwood said 'I thought I would set the record straight'. 'I can confirm I've turned 95. I can also confirm that I never gave an interview to an Austrian publication called Kurier, or any other writer in recent weeks, and that the interview is entirely phony,' he added. On Tuesday evening, the editorial team of the Vienna-based Kurier said its freelancer Elisabeth Sereda had compiled the interview by citing from 'a total of 18' round table conversations with Eastwood. But since the article was published as an interview and not as a profile, the daily said it would cut ties with the author. 'Even though no quotes have been fabricated, the interviews are documented and the allegations of falsification can be refuted, we will not be working with the author in the future because transparency and our strict editorial standards are paramount to us,' Kurier said in a statement published on its website. The newspaper had recently published interviews by Sereda with celebrities such as Jude Law and Elton John. — AFP
The Guardian
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Austrian newspaper cuts ties with writer over Clint Eastwood ‘exclusive'
One of Austria's leading newspapers has severed ties with a Hollywood reporter after admitting she repackaged old comments by Clint Eastwood and presented them as a supposedly exclusive interview. In an apparent journalistic coup, the Vienna-based daily Kurier published a Q&A with Eastwood last Friday and it was picked up around the world over the weekend due to the Oscar-winning actor's outspoken criticism of Hollywood's 'era of remakes and franchises'. On Monday, however, Eastwood released a statement saying he had never spoken to Kurier's interviewer and that the exchange was 'entirely phoney'. In a statement released on Tuesday afternoon, Kurier's editor, Martin Gebhart, denied that the quotes had been made up, saying the author of the article had 'convincingly explained that she had spoken to Eastwood 18 times at round tables,' referring to group interviews commonly held at festivals. However, Gebhart conceded that presenting material from several such encounters with the press as an exclusive interview did not comply with his newspaper's 'quality standards', and he said it would not work with the reporter in the future. 'Even though no quotes were fabricated, the interviews are documented, and the accusation of fabrication can be refuted, we will no longer work with the author in the future because transparency and our strict editorial standards are paramount to us,' he said. The author of the piece, Elisabeth Sereda, a US-based Austrian journalist, has regularly written on Hollywood celebrities for Kurier and other Austrian media. A member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, she is listed as a voting member on the website of the Golden Globes. In recent months, Kurier has published Sereda-bylined interviews with several high-profile actors including Pamela Anderson, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jude Law. Sources close to Law said no interview between the British actor and the Austrian journalist had taken place and that the only time Kurier could have obtained direct quotes would have been at a press conference at the Toronto international film festival last year where Law spoke to promote his survival thriller Eden. Sereda has been approached by the Guardian for comment. Intended to mark Eastwood's 95th birthday, the quotes featured in the Kurier piece attracted worldwide attention. 'I long for the good old days when screenwriters wrote films like Casablanca in small bungalows on the studio lot. When everyone had a new idea,' the actor was quoted as saying. 'My philosophy is: do something new or stay at home.' In his statement to the trade publication Deadline, Eastwood said: 'I thought I would set the record straight. I can confirm I've turned 95. I can also confirm that I never gave an interview to an Austrian publication called Kurier, or any other writer in recent weeks, and that the interview is entirely phoney.'
