Several weeks after overseeing the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, then-CIA Director Leon Panetta violated security rules by revealing the name of the raid commander to the writer of the film Zero Dark Thirty, US Defense Department investigators say. An unpublished draft report was first disclosed by the Project on Government Oversight and has been confirmed by Representative Peter King, who asked for the investigation nearly two years ago.
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Bollywood actress Jiah Khan found dead
Bollywood actress Jiah Khan has been found dead at her home in Mumbai, police said. A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the body of the 25-year-old actress was found in her apartment in Mumbai’s Juhu neighbourhood late Monday.
Not really a Great Gatsby
Australian director Baz Luhrmann goes over the top, writes Sarah Watt.
Inside the pet hospital
Janie Smith visits Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, the setting for a new Prime documentary series. Whether it is X-raying an injured tui or performing lifesaving surgery on a horse, the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital is the place for the job.
Quiz and win with Shapeshifter
Shapeshifter are releasing their fifth studio album today. To celebrate the release of Delta we have five prize packs to give away
Lesbian love story wins at Cannes
An intimate lesbian love story by French director Abdellatif Kechiche has won the top prize at the 2013 Cannes festival, ending 12 packed days of premieres, celebrity appearances, rain and dramatic jewelry thefts.
Polanski: No to equality, yes to skimpy dresses
Famed French director Roman Polanski complained that the fight for female equality is a “great pity” as his wife showed off some eye-popping cleavage at the Cannes Film Festival.
Polanksi: No to equality, yes to skimpy dresses
Famed French director Roman Polanski complained that the fight for female equality is a “great pity” as his wife showed off some eye-popping cleavage at the Cannes Film Festival. Polanski, who is at the festival with his new film Venus in Fur, said that “trying to level the genders is purely idiotic”
Liberace film spotlights gay rights
The relationship between the flamboyant pianist Liberace and his young lover has dazzled at the Cannes film festival and threw the spotlight on gay rights at the movie industry’s largest annual gathering. Director Steven Soderbergh said he struggled five years ago to secure funding for Behind the Candelabra because some financiers thought the film would only appeal to a gay audience and, at a cost of US$25 million (NZ$30.6 million), would be a financial risk
Jennifer Lawrence in a blue movie
Last month adult movie fans voted Jennifer Lawrence as the Hollywood star they would most like to see in a porn film. While that’s never going to happen – not unless Lawrence’s career take a Lindsay Lohan-style turn for the worse – the Oscar-winner is in a blue movie of sorts