White House officials shaped pending bin Laden movie
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Top White House officials worked closely with producers of a movie about the successful killing of Osama bin Laden and pushed them to incorporate the administration’s talking points, according to administration documents unveiled by Judicial Watch. “I took your guidance and spoke to the WH and had a good meeting with [John] Brennan and [Denis] McDonough and I plan to follow up with them; and they were forward leaning and interested in sharing their point of view,” screenwriter Mark Boal wrote in a July 2011 transcript of a Pentagon meeting. Brennan is President Barack Obama’s chief counter-terrorism adviser and Denis...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 03:53:59 PM
Judicial Watch Obtains DOD and CIA Records Detailing Meetings with bin Laden Raid Filmmakers
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DOD Officials Disclosed to Filmmakers Identity of SEAL Team Six Operator and Commander; Ask Film Director to Withhold Operator’s Name, ‘because he shouldn’t be talking out of school.’ (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it has obtained records from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) regarding meetings and communications between government agencies and Kathryn Bigelow, Academy Award-winning director of The Hurt Locker, and screenwriter Mark Boal. According to the records, the Obama Defense Department granted Bigelow and Boal access to a “planner, Operator and...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 03:53:59 PM
AMC Theaters Purchased By Chinese Conglomerate
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AMC Theaters Purchased By Chinese Conglomerate Posted: May 21, 2012 AMC Theaters Bought By China CompanyU.S. owned AMC Theaters is being sold to Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co. for $2.6 billion, marking the largest China takeover of an American company to date. According to the Dalian Wanda Group the purchase will place them directly in charge of the world’s biggest movie theater operation. Based in Beijing the group says it will immediately invest $500 million to help expand AMC’s development, creating a much bigger machine. According to Wanda chairman Wang Jinlin: “We support AMC becoming bigger, not only in...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 03:53:59 PM
"Jesse Stone: Benefit Of The Doubt" CBS-TV Movie
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EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD WINNER TOM SELLECK STARS IN “JESSE STONE: BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT,” A NEW TELEVISION MOVIE TO BE BROADCAST SUNDAY, MAY 20 "JESSE STONE: BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT", the eighth in the series of television movies starring Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Tom Selleck as Police Chief Jesse Stone, will be broadcast Sunday, May 20 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. In JESSE STONE: BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 03:53:59 PM
TCM Classic Movie Alert 5/16
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This is your Turner Classic Movie channel alert! Tonight...Dead End (1937), 8pm est "A killer returns to his childhood home to plot his escape from the law."
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 03:53:59 PM
City Turns to Residents For Bad Investment Bailout - Loses millions in quest for film business
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Allen Park City Manager John Zech says if a tax increase isn't approved by voters today, the city will likely have to get an emergency manager. Zech says a 4-mill, 2-year tax increase to pay for $28 million it borrowed to buy land for a failed movie studio is much needed. The city also borrowed $2 million against next year’s tax revenue and is asking for another $2 million from the state of Michigan in an emergency loan, Zech said. If the state doesn’t loan the city money, Zech said the city would try to sell “fiscal stabilization bonds” so...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 03:53:59 PM
TCM Classic Movie Alert 5/9/12
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This is your Turner Classic Movie channel alert! Tonight...The Most Dangerous Game (1932), 8pm est "A big game hunter decides to stalk human prey."
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 03:53:59 PM
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