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Little Mizz Innocent has been languishing in development hell for several years as the ‘female Jason Bourne movie’ has struggled...

In late 2009 the FBI got wind of the fact that Martin Scorcese was developing The Wolf of Wall Street,...

Several people spotted this one and passed it along this week, and it makes for some... well, very intriguing reading. UFOs, warp drives, stargates: […]
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A story doing the rounds claims that the Trump administration is taking advantage of the government shut-down to change the...

In explosive new testimony to the U.S. Congressional House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, a team of financial investigators raised serious questions about the legal status of the Clinton Foundation – presenting evidence that alleges the organization operated as a ‘foreign agent’ and does not qualify as a 501c3 charity.

I recently filed a FOIA request for documents on Top Gun 2. Going through the entertainment liaison office reports it is clear that - just as on the original film - the Navy are taking the lead on military support. The Navy responded saying they found over 20,000 pages of potentially responsive documents, but are trying to charge me thousands of dollars to release them.

Pitch Perfect 3 appears on the surface to be a family-friendly piece of lighthearted, forgettable entertainment. But beneath that surface lies a carefully-crafted piece of military PR, aimed at recruiting people the DOD usually finds it hard to attract. Documents recently released by the US Air Force and the Pentagon detail exactly what the military provided in support of the film, and what changes were made to the film by the DOD.

Two and a half  years ago I asked the US Navy for various documents relating to their work with the entertainment industry, including the Production Assistance Agreements they sign with Hollywood producers.  After over a year’s delay they responded saying that they don’t keep any copies of these contracts.  Following an appeal and further delays […](

As part of their outreach efforts the Air Force's entertainment liaison office has started running annual tours for dozens of Hollywood bigshots. Recently released documents detail last year's tour to US Space Command. In this focus episode I go through the documents page-by-page as an open source case study in the government-Hollywood relationship and in how to do this kind of research. (Read more...)

Allegation investigations, Charlie's fallen angels and an abusive workplace + this day in history w/the Attica riots and our song of the day by Lana Del Rey on your Morning Monarchy for September 13, 2018.