THE BUZZ DO YOU FEEL LUCKY?

Byline: - Staff and Wire Services

Clint Eastwood, himself no stranger to the rough and tumble of elected office, says his friend and fellow actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to need a good measure of luck in his new role as California's governor.

``Politicians have to make unpopular decisions. Schwarzenegger is going to understand the nature of his job. I wish him good luck, he's going to need it. It's going to be difficult for him,'' Eastwood said in an interview published Tuesday by respected French daily Le Monde.

Eastwood, the tough-guy actor-director known for his ``Dirty Harry'' character and Oscar-winning movie ``Unforgiven,'' was elected mayor of Carmel in 1986, and served for two years.

Schwarzenegger, a former champion bodybuilder-turned-action-star, was easily elected last week to replace Gray Davis as governor of the most populous U.S. state.

Eastwood, 73, told Le Monde that his love of movies curtailed his own political career. His latest film, ``Mystic River,'' premiered in the United States last week.

``I knew I was in place for two years, and I had absolutely no desire to present myself'' for re-election, he said. ``I was able to direct two movies during my mandate without failing in my duties as mayor. Everyone imagined me on course for the White House, especially with a former actor, Ronald Reagan, in power. But I love cinema too much for that.''

Actors honor Malden

The Screen Actors Guild has announced that veteran actor Karl Malden will receive the guild's lifetime achievement honor at its next awards ceremony. Malden, 90, won a supporting-actor Academy Award for playing Mitch in ``A Streetcar Named Desire,'' and was nominated for his role in ``On the Waterfront,'' both for director Elia Kazan and opposite Marlon Brando. He also earned an Emmy for the miniseries ``Fatal Vision.'' Malden served on the SAG board of directors from 1963 to 1972, and was president of the motion picture academy from 1989 to 1991. SAG president Melissa Gilbert said calling Malden to inform him of the honor was ``one of the most moving and joyous tasks'' of her presidency. The 10th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be presented Feb. 22 on TNT.

A full season for 'All of Us,' 'Eve,' 'The O.C.'

The broadcast networks are starting to give votes of confidence to the fall's new crop of prime-time series.

UPN has given a full-season order to two of its new comedies, the Will Smith- and Jada Pinkett Smith-produced ``All of Us'' as well as ``Eve,'' which features hip-hop star Eve, both from Warner Bros. TV.

The sitcoms are the first series to receive so-called back-nine pickups - which fill out an initial 13-episode order to a full season's worth of 22 episodes - since the formal start of the 2003-04 TV season on Sept. 22.

Last month, Fox also gave a full-season pickup to its teen drama ``The O.C.,'' also from Warner Bros., which got a jump-start on the fall season by launching Aug. 5.

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(1) That's Armani

Giorgio Armani, left, poses on Tuesday with ``American Gigolo'' stars Lauren Hutton and Richard Gere - who both wore Armani clothes when they made the 1980 film - to promote ``Giorgio Armani: A Retrospective,'' at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

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(2) Clint Eastwood