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Amanda Bynes charged with driving on suspended license

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:13 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES: Former child star Amanda Bynes was charged with two misdemeanor counts of driving on a suspended license on Friday, after the actress was stopped and cited by police last week in Burbank city, police officials said.

According to documents obtained by celebrity website TMZ.com, Bynes was cited twice by the same airport authority police official on Sept. 16 - the second incident an hour and a half after the first - for driving on a suspended license near Burbank's Bob Hope Airport.

Bynes' black BMW was impounded and she is scheduled to appear at Burbank Superior Court by Oct. 16 to address the charges, according to senior assistant city attorney Denny Wei at Burbank City Attorney's office.

Bynes, 26, who had her own TV comedy sketch show on Nickelodeon at the age of 13, is also set to appear in court next week to address two misdemeanor hit-and-run charges, stemming from two separate incidents in April and August.

She was also charged earlier this year with driving under the influence when she hit a police car in April and will attend a pretrial hearing on Oct. 29. The actress has been involved in a string of minor car accidents and violations in and around Los Angeles in the last six months, and incidents of bizarre behavior.

Paparazzi who have been trailing her every move for weeks reported that she locked herself in the dressing room of a Hollywood clothing store for two hours last week, according to TMZ.com.

Bynes, whose last film was "Easy A" in 2010, has strenuously denied drinking and driving. "I am doing amazing," Bynes told People magazine earlier this week, adding "I don't drink and drive. It is all false."

She also told People that she had retired from acting and was moving to New York to launch a fashion line.

Bynes' representatives did not return calls for comment on Friday. The actress joins a list of young celebrities whose careers and personal lives have derailed after early promise. "Freaky Friday" actress Lindsay Lohan, 26, is currently trying to make a career comeback after five years of trips to court, rehab and prison stemming from drug and alcohol issues.

Pop singer Britney Spears suffered a highly publicized meltdown in 2007 that resulted in her father being appointed to manage her affairs. Spears, now 30, made a successful comeback in 2009 and made her debut as a judge on TV singing contest "The X Factor" last week.- Reuters

At 82, relaxed Clint throws another curveball

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 07:26 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES: Clint Eastwood made headlines with his off-the-cuff Republican convention speech - and defies expectations again with his latest film, returning to the screen as an actor at the age of 82.

The Hollywood icon and "Dirty Harry" star, who plays an ageing baseball scout in "Trouble with the Curve," has long focused on directing, and even announced his retirement from acting after starring in the 2008 film "Grand Torino."

But he said he felt comfortable being directed by long-time producer and collaborator Robert Lorenz in the movie, which co-star Amy Adams.

Lorenz "did a terrific job. He was making noises about wanting to direct for some years," Eastwood told reporters Beverly Hills, presenting his latest movie which opens this weekend in the United States.

Eastwood is one of Hollywood's most respected actors, adored by generations of fans since he starred in the 1960s TV series "Rawhide," through Westerns like "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964) to his "Make my Day" period as Inspector Harry Callahan in the 1970s and 1980s.

As a director he won plaudits and Oscars - for 1992's "Unforgiven" and 2004's "Million Dollar Baby."

Eastwood's Republican political leanings have never been a secret - he was mayor of his hometown of Carmel, California in the 1980s - and he endorsed Mitt Romney as the party's White House candidate in early August.

But his bizarre speech at the Republican National Convention - famously including talking to an invisible Barack Obama in an empty chair - raised many eyebrows, with some wondering if the icon was simply, sadly, growing senile.

Eastwood appears to have enjoyed the bafflement, and dismisses the suggestion he is going gaga.

"When you get to a certain age, you're just glad to be there," he said with a smile. "I've been enjoying the journey to this stage and so I intend to enjoy the rest of the journey."

The ageing process is at the center of his new film: Eastwood plays an elderly Atlanta baseball scout, refusing to admit that he is going blind.

His daughter, played by Adams, is frustrated by her father's obstinacy and gruffness, and insists on joining him on a scouting trip to North Carolina, to try to break through to him.

Eastwood says he enjoyed being able to leave the director's hat off, and to get back to his acting roots.

"After 'Gran Torino' I kind of thought that this is kind of stupid doing both jobs," he said.

"And I thought, maybe I should just do the actor and allow myself a little bit of comfort zone. And this was the opportunity. So I just didn't have to do anything but watching Amy throw the ball."

He added: "It's quite relaxing because I can just sit back. I probably won't do both again, at least for a moment. But I said I wouldn't act again a few years ago, and that changed too, so sometimes you just... lie."

At the Republican convention Eastwood wasn't lying when he urged US voters not to re-elect Obama - but he admits that his decision to use an empty chair as a prop was literally a last-minute affair.

"I don't know if I'd do it the same way, I doubt it because I thought of that about five seconds before I was on stage," he said.

"When you walk out there you got an audience of 10,000 people extremely enthusiastic and your mind goes blank anyway."

In any case, he joked, the Tampa speech failed in at least one sense. "It didn't get the response that I wanted because I was hoping that they'd nominate me. That was my ambition," he said, smiling. - AFP

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