Ever since Matt Damon let slip, like "a 14-year-old girl," that Steven Soderbergh wanted to retire from filmmaking, Soderbergh has been toying with his adoring public. Look people, he's not retiring anytime soon. He's said as much, side career in fine art or no. What more evidence do you need? How about the bazillionth new project announcement from Team Soderbergh? Good, because here it comes.
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This weekend, Brad Pitt announced that he plans on retiring from acting in three years. Sure, a declaration like that should be taken with a grain of salt, especially considering the similar threats made by actors like Ryan Gosling and drunken directors like Steven Soderbergh, that turned out to be mere fantasies rather than concrete plans. Regardless of the sincerity of this statement though, Movieline wonders: Is it time for Brad Pitt to quit acting?
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After decades on the circuit, retiring sci-fi icon Leonard Nimoy put in his last Star Trek convention appearance, waved his last Vulcan finger sign, and uttered the line "Live long and prosper" to a con crowd for the final time last weekend in Rosemont, Illinois. If you've been to Comic-Con or any of Creation Entertainment's Trek-specific gatherings, you know how much the erstwhile Spock will be missed; if not, here's a scene from an incisive documentary about the scene that pretty much sums it up.
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Super ancient director Steven Soderbergh recently announced that he'll be retiring after he finishes his next two films: a Liberace biopic and a remake of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (And why shouldn't he go out with a bang before spending his twilight years sitting on the porch swing, cradling his Oscar statuette?) Soderbergh's revelation is cause for contemplation, of course, and so the Guardian UK put the question to its readers: "Should there be a retirement age for artists?"
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