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Zero Dark Thirty: Did Mark Boal Meet One of the Men Who Killed Osama Bin Laden?

Look what came out of all that right-wing saber-rattling in January: “According to documents obtained by Judicial Watch , the White House, Defense Department and CIA all offered rare, if not unprecedented, access to Boal and [Kathryn] Bigelow. The access included a guided tour of a secret CIA planning facility called The Vault and linking Boal up with what a Defense Department official described as ‘a planner, SEAL Team 6 operator and commander.’ The only restriction was that Boal not disclose the SEAL’s name.” Meanwhile, America’s “top commando officer” denies everything: “We don’t have a partnership I have no interaction and no one on my staff has any interaction with — what’s her name? Bigelow?” [ Danger Room ]

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Is Act of Valor the Closest Thing to Military Propaganda That You Will See in Theaters?

Have you heard about Act of Valor , the upcoming Navy-approved action film starring actual Navy SEAL s as Navy SEAL s on a covert mission that is based on actual Navy SEAL missions? The one that totally glamorizes Navy SEAL -dom and resembles, as EW points out, a feature-length Navy SEAL recruitment video? Not yet? Well, you’re in luck, because now there’s a trailer.

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Is Act of Valor the Closest Thing to Military Propaganda That You Will See in Theaters?

5 Possible Next Projects For Charlie Sheen If He Ditches Men

The news shook Hollywood to its very core: Charlie Sheen, the most handsomely remunerated mumbler in television history, has been telling “friends” (you know, the kind who respond to this kind of intimate soul-baring with an immediate call to People ) that this season of Two and a Half Men might be his last, rumblings that certainly are not just a carefully choreographed tactic for any upcoming contract renewal negotiations . But if he is is, in fact, ready to step away from Men if they’re not willing to make him a million-and-a-half-per-episode player, what’s next for the Ma-sheen? Movieline is more than happy to throw out some suggestions for Sheen’s potential new projects.

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