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On Thursday, August 30, 2012, American actor and director Clint Eastwood gave a speech at the Republican National Convention.Eastwood had endorsed Mitt Romney for the 2012 United States presidential election earlier that month, and spent much of his speech's running time on a largely improvised routine in which he addressed an empty chair that represented President Barack Obama.
American actor and director Clint Eastwood has long shown an interest in politics. He won election as the nonpartisan mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in April 1986 and in 2001, Governor Gray Davis appointed the Oscar-winner to the California State Park and Recreation Commission. [1]
He spent much of his speech time on a largely improvised routine addressing an empty chair representing President Obama. In at least two instances, Eastwood implied the President had uttered profanities directed both at Romney and Eastwood. [72] Eastwood's remarks were well-received within the convention hall, but responses were mixed in the ...
If the Warner Bros. logo was a badge, as opposed to a shield, Clint Eastwood would be the man behind it: the tough, rule-bending guy who sticks to his guns, à la Harry Callahan. So why is the ...
After many decades, Clint Eastwood has attained icon status as an actor, filmmaker and Hollywood magnate. At 94 years old, he did not attend the Oct. 27 premiere of Juror #2—the 40th film he’s ...
Nicholas Hoult in Toronto on Sept. 8, 2024; Clint Eastwood in Los Angeles on Jan. 3, 2020 Nicholas Hoult learned a thing or two from director Clint Eastwood on the set of Juror #2 .
Empty chair may refer to: Empty chair (law), a non-party to a lawsuit; Empty chair crisis, a 1966 diplomatic crisis involving Charles de Gaulle; Empty chair debating, a political technique involving a feigned lecturing of or debate with an absent person; Empty-chair technique used in Gestalt therapy; The Empty Chair, a crime novel by Jeffery Deaver
Empty chair debating or empty-chairing is a performance when one pretends to debate another individual, often represented by an empty chair. It can also refer to a public display of criticism of a planned interview partner who declines to participate, prominently featuring the empty chair as a symbol of the absent interview partner's perceived inadequacy.