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As much as I beat up on Clint Eastwood in my Oscar Nominations post earlier in the week, the man is a great director. And I am sure once I see Letters from Iwo Jima, I will have ditched my jaded approach to him being nominated. But for now, I am still a bit upset – though Clint is very happy, as you can see from his statement below regarding his nomination:

I want to thank the Academy for recognizing both Letters from Iwo Jima and Flags of Our Fathers. It is particularly gratifying that Letters from Iwo Jima was included as a Best Picture nominee. When we were working on Flags, I knew there was another part of the story that deserved to be told, but I could not have imagined where we’d be today. I share these nominations with our entire creative team.

Really Clint? You didn’t know you would be here today, with nominations o’ plenty? You are getting too much sun, man.

Here are some other reactions from earlier in the week:

• Helen Mirren and Peter Morgan, The Queen
• John Lassiter, Director of Cars
• Will Smith and Guillermo del Toro
• A whole slue of them from MCN