Jump to content

Dina Eastwood

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by WhiteKMJK (talk | contribs) at 19:50, 31 August 2012 (→‎Career: Updated and provided citation for The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts Board of Trustees entry.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Dina Eastwood
Born
Dina Ruiz

(1965-07-11) July 11, 1965 (age 59)
Castro Valley, California
NationalityAmerican
EducationOhlone College
Alma materSan Francisco State University
Spouse(s)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]

Early life

Dina Ruiz was born in Castro Valley, a community within the East Bay area of northern California. Her father was of African American and Japanese American descent, but adopted by a Portuguese American/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]

Career

In 1990 Dina Ruiz was hired as a reporter and eventually a news anchor for KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Arizona. About a year later she 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.[5]

In 1998 Dina Eastwood 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 was featured in the San Francisco State University's 2009 "Alumni Hot Shots" list.[6] She is a former co-host of the TV show Candid Camera.

She discovered Overtone, a South African a cappella band, during the filming of Clint's film Invictus. She was impressed she arranged a special performance for them during a day off from filming. The band so impressed the cast and crew from Malpaso Productions, the director later had them record several songs, many of which were used in the soundtrack.[7]

Eastwood made brief appearances as a reporter in two of her husband's films, True Crime (1999) and Blood Work (2002).

Eastwood joined The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts Board of Trustees in 2007 and is a past chair.[8]

Personal life

Ruiz 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. The couple has one daughter, Morgan Eastwood (born December 12, 1996).[9]

References

  1. ^ McNamara, Mary (2012-05-18). "Television review: 'Mrs. Eastwood & Company'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  3. ^ 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. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  4. ^ a b Brett Wilbur (2007). "Dina Eastwood Prefers Substance Over Style". Carmel Magazine. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  5. ^ "Dina Ruiz-Eastwood Returns To KSBW", ksbw.com, accessed February 8, 2011.
  6. ^ "Broadcasting and Journalism — Alumni Hot Shots". San Francisco State University. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  7. ^ Paul Miller (November 20, 2009). "'They have it all' -- including some amazing luck - From South Africa to Mission Ranch, courtesy of 'Invictus'". The Carmel Pine Cone. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  8. ^ [http://www.californiamuseum.org/profile/dina-eastwood |publisher=The California Museum |date= |accessdate=2012-08-31.
  9. ^ Susan Marg (2004). Las Vegas Weddings: A Brief History, Celebrity Gossip, Everything Elvis, and the Complete Chapel Guide. Harper & Brothers. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-06-072619-5.

External links

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dina_Eastwood&oldid=510164264"