London, Nov 23: After a career spanning more than 50 years, Clint Eastwood is set to retire from acting.

The 78-year-old, whose iconic roles include Dirty Harry, the cop with .44 Magnum revolver, the most powerful handgun in the world, has said that he has no plans to appear in films again after starring in Gran Torino, a drama about a racist veteran of the Korean War.

“That will probably do it for me as far as acting is concerned,” the Daily Express quoted him, as saying.

“You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don’t want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you’re not performing at your best,” he added.

London, Nov 23 : Amy Winehouse has confirmed that her 17-month marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil is over, according to pals.

The ‘Rehab’ singer has confessed that Fielder-Civil dumped her for blonde German model Sophie Schandorff, reports News of the World.

“It’s over. There’s no way back for us now. It was never going to last. We were only together for sex,” the singer told a pal.

“I fancied him like mad, like no one else I’ve ever known. But it’s not enough, is it?” she added.

The singer shocked her friends with her confession and also stunned them by revealing astonishing secrets of their wild sex life including lesbian romps and sordid threesomes.

London, Nov 23 : Lindsay Lohan won’t give up her online blogging - because she does not want people to think that she''s "empty".

The actress has made use of her MySpace. com blog as a political and personal platform, alluding to her relationship with girlfriend Samantha Ronson and slamming U. S. politics in recent months.

And the ‘Mean Girls’ star refuses to quit blogging, despite the onslaught of press attention she''s received for her controversial remarks.

“There''s a person in here. And I have feelings too, whether it''s about politics, the person I''m seeing, the person I''m not seeing,” the Daily Star quoted Lohan, as saying.

London, Nov 23 : English born American actress Mischa Barton has found a novel way of curing a hangover –swimming with dolphins.

New York, Nov 23 : American actress Glenn Close, who had been considered for the role of a hooker, was found ‘not slutty enough’ for the part, reveals a new book.

New York, Nov 23 : Even before hitting movie theatres, more than 2,000 showings of teen vampire love story ‘Twilight’ had been sold out in United States – making one of the largest presales in big-screen history – a prominent ticket seller has said.

According to movie ticketing outfit Fandango, the heavily hyped film is the third-most popular pre-sale flick in company history, trailing only "The Dark Knight" and top-selling "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith."