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Watch ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle Interview with Conan O'brien: Best Actor Bradley Cooper Talks Oscar Nominated Movie Weight Gain
It is one of the most successful movies at the box office. It has been nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor Bradley Cooper. It has sparked a Twitter feud between 'The Interview' star Seth Rogen and virtually every conservative celebrity. However, at its core 'American Sniper' is the emotional story of real life Navy Seal Chris Kyle. Kyle, who is considered America’s most lethal sniper in American history, with over 160 confirmed kills. Kyle was tragically shot dead in 2013 by a young man who he was trying to help who was possibly suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Check out an interview that Kyle did with, talk show host, Conan O'brien one year before his death to see the man for himself: Critically Acclaimed Score for Alejandro G. Innaritu's 'Birdman' Deemed Ineligible for An Oscar: Antonio Sanchez Files an Appeal
Fans of the amazing Antonio Sanchez’s drum-heavy score for Alejandro G. Innaritu's widely acclaimed film "Birdman" will be disappointed to hear that it is has been deemed ineligible for an Academy Award this season.The branch disqualified the movie for best score because its soundtrack includes pieces of classical music in addition to Sanchez’s score. But this decision has not come without controversy. There is a highly contentious debate about whether or not to overturn the decision between Sanchez, Inarritu, Fox Music and the chairman of the academy's music branch executive committee, the details of which have not been previously reported.When the Golden Globe nominations were announced, "Birdman" topped the list with seven nominations, including one for best original score. Later that day, Dave Hanson, the Academy Awards's manager, passed along a note from Charles Fox, chairman of the academy's music branch executive committee, to Sanchez through his manager, notifying the composer that his score was ineligible and would not appear on the academy's long list for the best original score Oscar consideration.Fox wrote, "The [music branch] committee viewed the film, reviewed the cue sheets and discussed the score at length, particularly with regard to Rule 15, Section II-E of our Awards Rules, which state, 'Scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other preexisting music, diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs or assembled from the music of more than one composer shall not be eligible.’”
