2000 Space Cowboys is released. Wins Career Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. 2002 Directs and stars in Blood Work. 2003 Directs Mystic River, which wins numerous awards and accolades, including Academy Awards for two of its stars, Sean Penn and Tim Robbins. 2004 Directs and stars in Million Dollar Baby, acclaimed by many as one of the best pictures of the year. 2005 Million Dollar Baby wins 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director! 2006 1st filmmaker in 70 years to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of America Margaret Ruth Runner, Clint's mother, dies at age 97 Receives honorary degree from University of the Pacific He was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Sound Track Album for a Motion Picture Appears on Charlie Rose 2007 Receives honorary degree from University of Southern California Receives Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music Eastwood is the first recipient of the Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award Spike Lee and Clint Eastwood begin well publicized disagreement Eastwood presented with the highest civilian distinction in France, the Legion d'Honneur 2008 He receives the Venice film Festival Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement 2009 He receives the "Order of the Rising Star" from Emperor Hirohito Featured in GQ magazine 2010 Turns 80 years old "You get to a certain point and you go, 'I'm the last man standing.'" Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years at Warner Bros is released 2011 Clint Eastwood supports gay marriage Clint Eastwood is featured whistling in Brad Paisley's album 'This Is Country Music.' The title of the song is Eastwood. 2012 Halftime in America Superbowl commercial featuring Clint Eastwood is aired Speaks at Republican National Convention Clint Eastwood Receives First John Ford Award 2013 Divorce from wife Dina 2014 Clint Eastwood performs Heimlich maneuver on Steve John, tournament director of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament, who was choking to death.