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Zero Dark Thirty

Emma Gray

Confessions Of A Hollywood Stuntwoman

HuffingtonPost.com | Emma Gray | Posted 05.07.2013 | Women

Gaƫlle Cohen is 41 years old and has been at the same job for the last 15 years. But since her job title happens to be Hollywood stuntwoman and stunt...

Report: CIA Dictated 'Zero Dark Thirty' Changes

Gawker | Posted 05.06.2013 | Entertainment

Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden revenge-porn flick Zero Dark Thirty was the biggest publicity coup for the CIA this century outside of the actual ki...

A Few More Words About Women and Work

Karen Hinton | Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics
Karen Hinton

In government, corporate and nonprofit offices across the country are women who are smart, work hard and care about their profession but are regularly ignored because they are viewed as too mousy or too pouty or too inexperienced or too something.

20 Movies That Would Make Awesome Musicals

Mark Brennan Rosenberg | Posted 05.02.2013 | Entertainment
Mark Brennan Rosenberg

The current trend on Broadway that doesn't seem to be going away is turning popular movies into musicals. All four Best Musical Tony nominees this year were, at one point, popular movies.

Boston's Own Zero Dark Thirty Shuts Down City

David Cleary | Posted 04.25.2013 | Crime
David Cleary

From roughly 6 a.m. on the morning of Friday, April 19, until almost 9 p.m. that evening, the ongoing story in Boston held me completely captivated.

This Isn't Homeland: Real Women Working in Counterterrorism

Whitney Kassel | Posted 04.12.2013 | World
Whitney Kassel

Between watching Homeland and Zero Dark Thirty, you could be forgiven for thinking our nation's defense and counterterrorism operations are run by rail thin, whip-smart blonde women and a cadre of loyal but less brilliant men.

Much Ado About a Dead Terrorist

Greg Schwem | Posted 04.03.2013 | Comedy
Greg Schwem

Does it really matter how bin Laden died? I wouldn't have cared if the SEALs had coaxed him into playing a fraternity drinking game and then slipped something into his beer when he wasn't looking.

Entertainment vs. Historical Accuracy?

Kathy Kemper | Posted 03.31.2013 | Entertainment
Kathy Kemper

A filmmaker who seeks to portray major events or periods in history has at least two objectives: being as faithful to the documentary record as possible, and producing a film that reaches as wide an audience as possible. While those goals aren't conflicting per se, it's easy to see how there can be tension.

Pakistan's Polio Program: Suspended at Zero Dark Thirty

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 03.29.2013 | Religion
Qanta Ahmed, MD

Polio is a devastating infectious disease paralyzing many of those infected, but following the Taliban's execution of 16 health workers engaged in Pakistan's polio eradication program in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, preventing polio is now deadlier than the disease.

DVDs: Horrible Hobbit, Great Day-Lewis, Treacly Life of Pi and More Oscar Faves Hit Stores

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.28.2013 | Entertainment
Michael Giltz

A flood of Oscar winners, nominees and those that should have been hit stores in the last few weeks. Here's a rundown of recent new films that have just debuted on DVD and BluRay.

Michael Calderone

Washington Post Withholds High-Ranking CIA Official's Name

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.27.2013 | Media

NEW YORK –- The Washington Post revealed Wednesday in a front-page story that a woman currently running the clandestine service had signed off on a ...

Society Instructs Hollywood on 'Moral Ambiguity' of Torture: Or, What the Zero Dark Thirty Controversy Means

Carla Seaquist | Posted 03.21.2013 | Politics
Carla Seaquist

Film, whether big-screen or TV, is a powerful medium of representation; it has the power to define. And with this controversy, Society pushed back and said we do not like how this film represents or defines us.

Veterans: Capitalizing on the Entertainment Industry

Kerry Patton | Posted 05.08.2013 | Entertainment
Kerry Patton

The days of traditional entertainment houses capitalizing on veteran's stories may soon be doomed. Doomed may be the wrong word used here however, the point is, traditional entertainment houses better beware. Veterans are on to something very unique.

The Argument for Authenticity in Popular Culture

Michael Drew | Posted 05.04.2013 | Entertainment
Michael Drew

At least the notion of authenticity is out there. It means we are looking for what we want to be true. That authenticity, however we define it, is important to us. It demonstrates a shift from earlier in the decade, at the tail end of an era.

Historical Fictions: Stranger than Truth?

Evan Gottlieb | Posted 04.30.2013 | Entertainment
Evan Gottlieb

This awards season, several movies that contended for Best Picture prizes came in for an unusual degree of scrutiny regarding their historical accuracy -- or lack of it. But playing fast and loose with history is nothing new.

Lena Dunham's 'Zero Dark Thirty' Audition

Posted 02.27.2013 | Comedy

Ever wonder what it would have been like if Lena Dunham was cast in the Oscar-nominated film, "Zero Dark Thirty?" Well, wonder no more. Thanks to New ...

The Most Shocking 'Zero Dark Thirty' Controversy Yet

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 04.29.2013 | Entertainment

NEW CANAAN, Conn. — A Connecticut woman whose son died in the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center says she's upset the Oscar-winning movie "Z...

Let's Crowdsource Our Own Hollywood Movie About Torture

Ateqah Khaki | Posted 04.28.2013 | Impact
Ateqah Khaki

Now more than ever, Americans must come together and send a message once and for all that torture is immoral, illegal and ineffective.

Boycott Oscar? Take These 3 Positive Steps Instead!

Jan Lisa Huttner | Posted 04.28.2013 | Women
Jan Lisa Huttner

In my heart-of-hearts, I wanted to boycott this year's Oscar ceremony, but even if I had -- even if we all had -- that would have been too little, too late.

Oscar 2013: Hollywood's CIA Celebration

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics
Robert Scheer

This is the movie season to consider the CIA as a benign force, occasionally stumbling but in the end, driven by good intentions. The example of Iran, where the Argo caper is set, is instructive of the absurdity of that view.

May I Have the Waterboard Please...

Allen Keller | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics
Allen Keller

President Obama emphasized we need to "turn the page" on the abuses committed under the Bush administration. But as Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy so aptly states, "We can't turn the page unless we first read the page."

Wild Wild West

The European Magazine | Posted 04.27.2013 | World
The European Magazine

Entertain yourself with this year's Oscar winners and nominees, but remember that however much they seem normal to celebrate the rescue of hostages from Tehran, or the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, in the real world it wasn't carried out by people half as good looking.

Senate Panel Drops Probe Of Bin Laden Raid Film

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics

(Adds screenwriter in paragraph 3) By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - One day after "Zero Dark Thirty" fa...

Zero Dark Thirty: After Oscar Snub, the Debate Deepens

Dan Siegel | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics
Dan Siegel

The controversy and shortcomings of Zero Dark Thirty has opened a critical conversation and debate. Hopefully it will lead to brave new Hollywood storytelling about these years when America went in search of monsters to destroy, and ended up slaying things once held dear.

Oscarmania! (Or Not): A Political Stew on Light Simmer

William Bradley | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics
William Bradley

Even before Jack Nicholson introduced the first lady of the United States to present the award for best picture, this year's Oscars had developed an unusual political cast to it, both in personalities and in substance.