Dina Eastwood
| Dina Ruiz Eastwood | |
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| Born | Dina Ruiz July 11, 1965 Castro Valley, California |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Ohlone College |
| Alma mater | San Francisco State University |
| Home town | San Francisco, California |
| Spouse | Clint Eastwood (1996–present, 1 child) |
Dina Ruiz Eastwood (born July 11, 1965) is an American reporter and TV news anchor. She is the wife of actor/director Clint Eastwood.
In 2012, she began starring in a reality television series about her life, Mrs. Eastwood & Company, on the E! network.[1]
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[edit] Personal Life
She was born in Castro Valley, a community within the East Bay area of northern California. Her father was of African American, Japanese descent, but adopted by a Puerto Rican family named Ruiz,[2][3] and her mother is of Irish, English, and German descent.[2][3][4] Ruiz, who graduated from Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California, anchored Newsline for Ohlone College Television, then majored in Radio/TV at San Francisco State University.[4]
She married actor/director Clint Eastwood on March 31, 1996, in Las Vegas when Eastwood surprised her with a private ceremony at a home on the Shadow Creek Golf Course.[5] The couple has one daughter, Morgan Eastwood (born December 12, 1996).
Dina is currently chair of The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts Board of Trustees.
[edit] Career
Eastwood was featured in the San Francisco State University Alumni Hot Shots (2009).[6] She is a former co-host of the TV show Candid Camera.
She manages Overtone, a South African a cappella band who sang the soundtrack for Clint's film Invictus.
In 1998 she was host of a television show that was put together by the California Teachers Association. The show, A Quest for Excellence, featured students, teachers, and administrators and their daily challenges, though several celebrity interviews were attained on the show through Mr. Eastwood's Hollywood connections.[2]
Eastwood made brief appearances as a reporter in two of her husband's films, True Crime (1999) and Blood Work (2002).
[edit] News
In 1990 Eastwood was hired as a reporter and eventually a news anchor for KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Arizona. About a year later, Eastwood was hired at KSBW as a news anchor. She retired in 1997; however, on February 8, 2011, Eastwood returned to anchor the 5 p.m. newscast with weeknight anchor Dan Green.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ McNamara, Mary (2012-05-18). "Television review: 'Mrs. Eastwood & Company'". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-mrs-eastwood-review-20120518,0,2881345.story. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ a b c Jose Cardenas (December 7, 1998). "Profile: A TV Host in a Celebrity World : Putting Education in a Good Light; Her TV Program Meshes With Her Outlook and Her Upbringing". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1998/dec/07/news/cl-51378. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ a b Sylvia Rubin (1996-04-09). "She Makes His Day / Salinas anchorwoman Dina Ruiz gets used to role as Clint's wife". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1996/04/09/DD32520.DTL&ao=all. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ a b Brett Wilbur (2007). "Dina Eastwood Prefers Substance Over Style". Carmel Magazine. http://www.carmelmagazine.com/archive/07sp/dina-eastwood.shtml. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ^ Susan Marg (2004). Las Vegas Weddings: A Brief History, Celebrity Gossip, Everything Elvis, and the Complete Chapel Guide. Harper & Brothers. pp. 127. ISBN 978-0-06-072619-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=mZfrkVX9jSoC&pg=PA127&dq=Las+Vegas+Weddings:+A+Brief+History,+Celebrity+Gossip,+Everything+Elvis,+and+the+Complete+Chapel+Guide+Dina+Ruiz&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jYwUT863JuSgiALRo_3cDQ&ved=0CEsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ^ "Broadcasting and Journalism — Alumni Hot Shots". San Francisco State University. http://www.sfsu.edu/~hotshots/journalism.html. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ "Dina Ruiz-Eastwood Returns To KSBW", ksbw.com, accessed February 8, 2011.
[edit] External links
- 1965 births
- Living people
- African American film actors
- Eastwood family
- American people of English descent
- American people of German descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Japanese descent
- Native Hawaiian people
- American television personalities
- People from Fremont, California
- University of San Francisco alumni
