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Actor/director ROBERT REDFORD, who worked with late director SYDNEY POLLACK on seven movies, including 'Havana,' 'Three Days of the Condor,' 'The Way We Were' and 'Out of Africa,' expressed sadness over Monday's loss of his friend to cancer.

"Sydney's and my relationship both professionally and personally covers 40 years," he tells ET. "It's too personal to express in a sound bite. I would only hope for the sake of dignity that his family can get the peace it deserves at this time."

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TOM CRUISE said he remembers the late director SYDNEY POLLACK, who died over the weekend of cancer at age 73, as a generous, patient and unpretentious man.

Cruise said he had seen every one of Pollack's movies when they first met and he said the director was very generous at the time. "Years later, having lived through some short post schedules myself, I realized just how generous he was. He spent over six hours, with the patience of Job, answering all my questions."

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ET has learned that Oscar-winning actor/director SYDNEY POLLACK ('Tootsie,' 'Out of Africa,' 'The Electric Horseman') died from cancer Monday at his Pacific Palisades home in Los Angeles. He was 73.

Pollack was diagnosed approximately one year ago, but doctors reportedly were unable to determine what type of cancer he had.

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It will be intrigue, lies and the legal system when GEORGE CLOONEY's latest film, 'Michael Clayton,' heads into theaters on Friday, Sept. 28 -- but tonight, ET has the exclusive first look at the movie's trailer!

Clooney plays Michael Clayton, also known as "The Janitor" by his colleagues, because his job is to clean up the messes of the wealthy clients represented by his employer -- the law firm of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen. Burnt out and discontented in his job, Clayton doesn't have the option of quitting, because a divorce, a gambling habit and a failed business venture have left him without funds.

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HILARY SWANK, whose supernatural thriller 'The Reaping' hits theaters this week, is looking to develop a remake of the French film 'Intimate Strangers' to produce and star in, according to Daily Variety. The 2004 film revolves around a woman who mistakes an accountant for a psychiatrist and confesses her marital troubles to him.

FOSTER & BRESLIN SET OUT FOR 'ISLAND'

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Saucy Aussie NICOLE KIDMAN took on the Big Apple Tuesday night as she rolled down the star-studded red carpet for the New York premiere of the highly anticipated thriller 'The Interpreter.' And the movie topped the box-office during its debut weekend with $22.8 million! Kidman revealed the truth about certain rumors being interpreted about her!

"Oh, I'm not engaged!" Nicole tells our VANESSA MINNILLO, responding to the stories that she's marrying producer STEVE BING. "I'd like to say that straight from the horse's mouth -- but then that would make me a horse!"

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