Sebastian Junger

'Tim Hetherington' Exposes The Horrors of War

Posted 03.23.2012

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Tim Hetherington was an individual blessed with finding precisely what he was born to do. As a photojournalist, Hetherington followed the atrocities o...

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Journalists In War Zones To Get Medical Training

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.20.2012

NEW YORK -- Tim Hetherington didn't have to die in Libya. It's that belief that has led Sebastian Junger, a close friend and colleague of the awar...

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Where Are Women's Voices Against War?

Michele Willens | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Serial Killer, Warfare, Sebastian Junger, War, Justin Timberlake, Women and War, Los Angeles, Jessica Biel, Women News

Why aren't women, in particular, more vocal about ending warfare?

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In Memorium: Tim Hetherington

Kisa Lala | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Tim Hetherington, Kisa Lala, Sebastian Junger, Vanity Fair, Photography, Restrepo, Graydon Carter, Libya, Liberia, Photo-Journalist, Arts News

By Kiša Lala Tim Hetherington, ©Tim A Hetherington Photo-journalist Tim Hetherington was killed by a rocket propelled grenade on April 20th whil...

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Tim Hetherington in His Own Words. R.I.P.

Terry Keefe | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Restrepo, Libya, Tim Hetherington, Afghanistan, Sebastian Junger, Vanity Fair, Tim Hetherington Dead, Tim Hetherington Killed, Media News

Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger created what I believe to be one of the best films about war ever made, fiction or non.

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Remembering Tim Hetherington

Jon Chattman | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Photographer, Libya, Tim Hetherington, Cameraman, Restrepo, Sebastian Junger, War, Entertainment News

When I interviewed him, photographer and filmmaker Tim Hetherington struck me as a man who cared so deeply for the subjects he met in the trenches. He was killed today in Libya.

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Docu-Drama: Surprises and Snubs for the Best Documentary Oscar

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Tim Hetherington, Restrepo, Fracking, Afghanistan, Lucy Walker, Thierry Guetta, Sebastian Junger, Street Art, Charles Ferguson, Gasland, The Oscars, Oscars Best Documentary, Banksy, Waiting for Superman, Marwencol, Charter Schools, Josh Fox, Inside Job, Waste Land, Rethink Reviews, Jonathan Kim, Movie Reviews, Rethink Interview, Films, Oscars-2011, Entertainment News

It's a good time to dust off your queue and take a look at some of the best documentaries of 2010 while we can still remember them.

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From the Korengal Valley to the Kodak Theatre: The Long Journey of Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's Oscar-nominated Restrepo

Terry Keefe | Posted 05.25.2011

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When the filmmakers shot Restrepo, ideas of attending the Oscars with the film as a nominee in the Best Feature Documentary category were likely quickly replaced by thoughts of survival.

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Oscar Nominee Sebastian Junger Speaks About His Year in Deadliest Place on Earth

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Documentary, Tim Hetherington, Iava, Academy Award, Sebastian Junger, Sal Giunta, Restrepo, Perfect Storm, Afghanistan, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Oscars, Korengal Valley, Paul Rieckhoff, Oscar Nominees, Laura Linney, Time Stands Still, Medal of Honor, Entertainment News

Junger's film, Restrepo, is an eye-opening look at the war for viewers who know Afghanistan only from two-minute clips on cable, followed by hours of political analysis.

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The Imperfect Storm

Michael Brune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deepwater Horizon, Tony Hayward, Bp, Gulf Oil Spill, Barack Obama, Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm, Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling, Epa, Green News

President Obama's independent commission has painstakingly examined what led to the Gulf disaster. And it's no dry recital of facts. It presents a storm of imperfection.

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All Access Pass to War

Samantha Kreindel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Restrepo, Tim Hetherington, Afghanistan, Sebastian Junger, War, Books News

A few months ago, I heard about a book that was to be released soon, titled War. Written by Sebastian Junger, I was interested at first because I had ...

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The Price of Passage: Restrepo and Corruption in Afghanistan

Derek Beres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tim Hetherington, Restrepo, Afghanistan, Rachel Maddow, Sebastian Junger, Korangal Valley, World News

Whatever your feelings on the war in Afghanistan, the documentary film Restrepo has captured perhaps the most important footage Americans have seen.

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What Sebastian Junger and Restrepo Won't Tell You About War

Nick Turse | Posted 05.25.2011

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The filmmakers may know something about Afghanistan, a good deal about combat, and even more about modern American troops, but there's little evidence in Restrepo that they know the true face of war.

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The Soldier/Blogger The US Military Shut Down Speaks Out On Sebastian Junger's 'War'

Matt Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanastan, Iraq, Matthew Gallagher, Kaboom, Sebastian Junger, War, Book Review, Books News

A book certain to join the annals of definitive war literature penned in the GWOT (Global War on Terrorism) era.

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The Los Angeles Book Festival: A Good Discussion

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Antwone-Fischer, LA Times Festival of Books, Ucla, Sebastian Junger, The Good Men Project, Healthy Living News

Honestly I didn't want to go. Panel discussions are not my bag. I had to fly all the way across the country from Boston to LA. And it so happened that I would miss my daughter's first prom.

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'The War Lovers': The Dangerous Temptation Of War

Evan Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Hawk Down, The Hurt Locker, The War Lovers, Teddy Roosevelt, War Writing, Sebastian Junger, Vietnam War, War, Books, War Lovers, Tobias Wolff, Books News

War is simply too alluring to young men who wish to prove their manhood and to old men who wished they had.

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LA Times Festival of Books: Notable Speakers & Hot Books

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dudley Seth Danoff, Buzz Aldrin, Magnificent Desolation, Sebastian Junger, War, Dan Siegel, Penis Power, Gary Small, LA Times Festival of Books, Gigi Vorgan, Book Festival, LA Times Book Festival, Slideshow, Mindsight, Ibrain, Books News

At the LA Times Festival of Books, I was thrilled to meet the likes of Buzz Aldrin, Dr. Gary Small, author of iBrain, Sebastian Junger, author of War, among others.

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Over There: Restrepo

Tribeca Film | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tim Hetherington, Restrepo, US Soldiers, Afghanistan, Sebastian Junger, Documentary, US Army, Entertainment News

In this award-winning doc, journalists Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington present a gripping, no-holds-barred look at the soldier experience in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.

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Summer Reading: 18 Great Beach Reads

EW | Tina Jordan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beach Reads, Summer Reading, Julie Orringer, Stieg Larsson, Reading, Elizabeth George, Sebastian Junger, Books, Stephenie Meyer, Books News

New titles just in time to tote to the beach from Sebastian Junger, Stieg Larsson, Stephenie Meyer, and more...

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Restrepo: Filming Afghanistan's Deadliest Valley

Michael Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tim Hetherington, Restrepo, The Institute for the Study of War, Sebastian Junger, Captain Dan Kearney, Documentary Film, Second Platoon Battle Company 173d Airborne Brigade, Pfc Juan Restrepo, James Fussell, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan War, Colonel Ostlund, Entertainment News

Restrepo puts you in the boots of the soldiers who spent every day, for fifteen months, trying not to do anything to get one of their brothers killed as they counted the days before they could go home.

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What Soldiers at War Can Teach Us About Surviving Financial Warfare

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: War Book, Philanthropy, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Real Unemployment, Sebastian Junger, War, Healthy Living News

In times of mortal danger, soldiers unconsciously create a sense of purpose and community and kinship. We must do the same if we are going to survive on the financial battlefield where millions of Americans find themselves.

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Book Review Roundup

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Carrie Diaries, Book Reviews, Book Review, Jonathan Alter, Sebastian Junger, Martin Amis, Scott Turow, War Sebastian Junger, The Pregnant Widow, Scott Turow Innocent, Books, Books News

If you missed the weekend's big book reviews, no need to fear: you can catch up with the highlights below! "Innocent," Scott Turow The New York Times...

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