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Berklee publicist Margot Edwards sent us this awesome photo of Clint Eastwood giving jazz giant Dave Brubeck an honorary doctor of music degree at the Monterrey Jazz Festival this weekend. Eastwood got his honorary Berklee doctorate in 2007. We're running this photo because it's a pair of dudes we never expected to see together and because Unforgiven (1992) and Time Out (1959) are two of our favorite works of popular art ever. Looking good, "doctors." more ›

With the Brattle Theater about to begin a limited engagement of Sergio Leone's restored epic Once Upon a Time in the West on Friday, and the Harvard Film Archive set to hold a retrospective on that other great Western re-imaginist (soon-to-be a Bostonist sister site!), Sam Peckinpah, it seemed only right to hold our own miniature Leone retrospective by taking a look back at the movie that started his short but highly influential career. more ›

In case you blocked out the hoopla known as the Oscars, the 77th Academy Awards aired last night for a short three hours and two minutes long. Held at L.A.'s Kodak Theater, the awards show went off without a hitch or much sparkle, creating a predictable show with few surprises. Chris Rock, who was being built up to perform some of his outrageous stand-up, was pretty calm, but did start the show by telling his... more ›

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