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  • CNN's 'Guns in America': Obama Challenged on All Sides

    CNN’s Guns In America: A Town Hall Meeting tried to gather together citizens with different views on gun control to discuss this subject with host Anderson Cooper and special guest President Obama. The result was a tedious session interrupted by a flashing spark of irritation—directed at Cooper by Obama—and some sniping by the NRA, which maintained an ambush position over on Fox News. Obama and Cooper sat on stools surrounded by the audience.

  • Clint Eastwood Says He And 'American Sniper' Are 'Anti-War'

    Speaking to students at Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television in Los Angeles last week, Eastwood described "American Sniper," which became 2014's highest-grossing film and collected a Best Picture nomination, thusly: “I think it’s nice for veterans, because it shows what they go through, and that life -- and the wives and families of veterans. Eastwood admitted the film "glorifies" the sniping that its true-life subject, Chris Kyle, did during his tours in Iraq, but he said Kyle's actions are qualified by regrets.

  • The Moment Eddie Routh's Parents Learned He Killed ‘American Sniper' Chris Kyle

    Jodi and Ray Routh’s son, Eddie, a Marine Corps veteran, was recently convicted of murdering former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle — the man who inspired the movie American Sniper — and Kyle’s friend, Chris Littlefield. In the video above, Jodi takes Dr. Phil through the moment she found out her son killed Kyle and Littlefield.

  • How ‘American Sniper' Chris Kyle Met The Man Who Killed Him

    Weeks after Eddie Routh was convicted of capital murder for killing Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL who inspired the movie American Sniper, Routh’s parents shed light on their troubled son. Jodi says she reached out to Kyle, who had established an organization to help veterans with PTSD, to help her son as a last resort. Jodi had no idea that a week later, her son would murder Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield.

  • Dad Of Man Who Killed ‘American Sniper': ‘This Wasn't My Son That Did This'

    Speaking publicly for the first time since their son, Eddie Ray Routh, was convicted of killing former  U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, Ray and Jodi Routh, open up about their son, whom they say had been suffering from PTSD and severe mental problems. It was his body that did it, but it wasn’t him in his right mind," Ray tells Dr. Phil in the video above. Need Dr. Phil's help in your life? Share your story here.

  • Bradley Cooper Says Playing Chris Kyle Changed His Life

    "American Sniper" was life changing, Bradley Cooper stated Monday at the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills. "You also never think about whether you’re going to wind up here," Cooper said, referring to his place in the Best Actor race. "American Sniper" has sparked debates and outcries from both sides of the political aisle.

  • Harvey Weinstein Defends 'American Sniper'

    Why would "American Sniper" need defending, you ask? After all, its $249 million domestic grosses have made it the most lucrative war film of all time, the best wide-release January opening and the now the record holder for strongest Super Bowl weekend (take that, Miley Cyrus). It also boasts six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.

  • Bill Maher Says 'American Sniper' Is About A 'Psychopath Patriot'

    The film -- based on the autobiography of Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history -- broke box office records when it raked in $90.2 million over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. On "Real Time With Bill Maher" on Friday, the host criticized the picture for what he views as a lack of nuance. "'Hurt Locker' made 17 million because it was a little ambiguous and thoughtful," Maher said.

  • Chris Kyle's Religious Faith Plays Small Part In 'American Sniper'

    The film offers a few similarities to “Unbroken,” Angelina Jolie’s recent World War II epic about POW Louis Zamperini. Both “American Sniper” and “Unbroken” include an early scene of their families sitting in church. As a Navy SEAL, Kyle reportedly recorded 160 kill shots during his four tours in Iraq.

  • Ventura passage to be cut from book

    By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Publisher HarperCollins says it will remove a passage from best-seller "American Sniper" that sparked former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura's defamation lawsuit against book

  • Fund For Slain Navy SEAL Sniper Helps Vets With PTSD

    Chris Kyle was a dedicated father, a decorated former Navy SEAL sniper and generous man. Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield, were killed by a troubled veteran at a North Texas gun range last weekend, the AP reports. Kyle's funeral was held Tuesday.

  • Decorated Sniper's Death Not Only Gun Disaster At Resort

    Last Saturday, the Rough Creek Lodge and Resort, a luxury getaway known for hosting corporate retreats and family vacations 90 miles southwest of Dallas, became the scene of a double homicide. Retired Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and a friend, Chad Littlefield, were fatally shot at the resort's gun range, allegedly by Eddie Ray Routh, a reportedly emotionally troubled veteran Kyle was trying to help. In the context of the Newtown, Conn., massacre and the renewed debate over gun control, the shooting death of Kyle made national headlines.

  • Author Of Bestselling 'American Sniper' Shot And Killed At Gun Range

    Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL who wrote the best-selling book American Sniper about his service in Iraq, was shot and killed at a gun range in Texas, multiple outlets reported Saturday night. According to local TV station KHOU, officials said that Kyle was shot at point-blank range "while helping another soldier who was recovering from post traumatic stress syndrome" at a range near the town of Glen Rose. The Dallas Morning News reports that Lancaster, Texas police arrested a suspect, 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh, after a brief chase.