after being warned if he was not released. hedges was forced to sign a confession in arabic although he did not speak it. the famed italian director has died at 77. bernardo bertolucci. the last emperor was nominated for nine academy awards and won all nine. including two oscars for him directing and writing. he died from cancer after a short illness. the mayor of rome tweeted condolences with his work and masterpieces, he marked the history of cinema worldwide. ten million people are facing a blizzard warning today. snow, wind, rain. it has it all. it is hitting the midwest at the close. thanksgiving travel. thousands of flights were canceled and delayed.
that was the dramatic ending to the first scene of the movie the hurt locker which has been nominated for nine academy awards. the oscar ceremony sunday and now a deepening controversy over the film. while time magazine calls it the perfect war film, many veterans say the movie is loaded with unforgivable accuracies. joining us, a former sergeant who served in iraq in 2003-2004. ryan, what are some of the inaccuracies that jumped out at you. first, thanks for having me. from the get go, the movie started off well enough. the scene you just showed, the opening scene, was actually quite compelling, captured what it felt like to be on the ground when an i.e.d. is going off and the drama surrounding that by the time they introduce the main character, sergeant first class james, it all went downhill. we re talking about anything right down to the smallest details about uniforms, military
human self transformed into this other being. larry: and to pandora. i want you to go on this journey into this world. larry: 14 years in the making. the technology didn t exist to create what was in cameron s mind then. and now he s changed the way movies will be made forever. how in the world did he do it? how can he top this avatar triumph with a sequel? next on larry king live. good evening. we have quite a show for you tonight. the incredible avatar. it s been nominated for nine academy awards and the film has broken every box office record there is. avatar s domestic haul today surpassed titanic s. worldwide it has broken all of the records. we welcome the man who created both films. director, screenwriter and producer of avatar, james cameron. thanks, james. we have quite a show planned for you. screens and everything. i love what you have done with the place. it s gorgeous. larry: we ve become avatar. you have. you ve taken over. larry: are you surpr
and again, your health insurance pays for this testing, so your health insurance then knows about 50 different diseases in some states whether or not your child has these 50 different diseases, and they might say, you know what, we don t feel like insuring this child any more. what if you just don t want it stored? well, in some states you can go online to the state department of health and fill out a form that says please destroy my child s dna. but in other states there is no such form. you can try writing a letter, but i ve talked to several experts and they re like good luck. you can write the letter but the state doesn t have to listen to you. they can just keep storing it. thanks, elizabeth. well, the most dangerous job on the front lines in iraq. hollywood s version nominated for nine academy awards. there s too many locks. there s too many i can t do it. i can t get it off, i m sorry, okay. you understand i m sorry. you hear me, i m sorry! i m sorry. there he is,
now real life hits hollywood with the hurt locker nominated for nine academy awards. it s the story of explosives detonation teams on the front lines in iraq. it s 131 minutes of emotion but for the real troops, it s 24/7. fred, you know you spent time with these guys on the battlefield. what do they think of their hollywood portrayals? reporter: well, of course it s very difficult for them. i spent several weeks with the eod guys south of baghdad and they were really having a lot to do every day. they are the final guys that you go to when you don t know how else to get rid of a bomb. but the one thing that i was surprised about is how matter of fact they speak about their work and they have to do such difficult things like try to get a bomb out of an iraqi truck, try and get a bomb out of a ditch. these things are hidden. the other thing is for them it was always very, very dangerous to operate in that area. they were telling me for some of them al qaeda had put a premium