r.s.s. feeds now with the palm of your. machine on the dot com. turn to update you on our main stories at half past the hour here in the russian capital moscow says there's no alternative to the u.n. envoy peace plan in syria stressing it will not allow a military intervention with both sides to blame for the violence russia has proposed an international conference to resolve the conflict with. demonstrators breaking the law now face higher fines in russia not synonomous claim the protest movement support numbers are dwindling. or eastern europe correspondent investigates why is the new security police blacklisted him after a series of reports about some of the country's policies. and russian tennis star maria sharapova wins the french open crown the twenty five year old has become only

the tenth woman in the world to have called could all four grand slams. but that's it for me on the news team for the moment we'll be back with another summary for you in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime in the film making process know many scripts are made all the time but few realize it's the pentagon frequently corn in the shots thanks artie talks to writer and former journalist for data variety in hollywood reporter david rohde and he shares his thoughts and sheds light on the approval process. whether mays david rabbit a veteran hollywood journalist and he has been nominated for the pulitzer prize three times in one of his books he takes his readers behind the scenes during the making of many well known movies in hollywood and also we reels deep connections between the pentagon and hollywood thank you very much for joining me here today

thank you medea is my pleasure and your book operation hollywood how the pentagon shapes and censors the movies you claim that the pentagon selectively supported some movies and some filmmakers and that the way it has done is unconstitutional why do you think so the pentagon admits that they do selectively support some filmmakers and not others if you are willing to give your script to the pentagon and let them review it before you shoot the movie and if they have any changes they want to make if they want to take out a portrayal of the military that they think is negative that will hurt their recruiting goals. if they want that taken out and you agree that you'll take that out or to put in something that's more positive to help them recruit people then they'll assist you with your movie then you can get the great you access to aircraft carriers and submarines and tanks and ships and planes and if you don't

play ball with them they won't give you that stuff it's unconstitutional because the supreme court has ruled over and over and over again that. the first amendment states that. congress shall make no. so make no law abridging the freedom of speach. the supreme court has ruled that that means that the government cannot favor one form of speech over another and that's exactly what the pentagon does if you say what they want you to say the hope you with tax payer funded equipment and if you don't play ball they won't help you but these are just b.s. is it just movies this is just going to taint why's it that important it's a form of speech and that's what the constitution protects government interference in the government can't give you tax breaks by saying nice things about them movies or our form of speech just like a book if a book if people thought that their newspapers or our books are being sent it has

by the military if the military was telling book writers or newspapers what to take in and want to take out of their scripts people be outraged why do you think so few people are aware of the situation at the end of every movie at the very bottom of the ball the credits pass all the the music and all the actors and all the drugs everybody is a long long list of credits at the very end they'll be a little things saying we great feeling gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of the us. army or air force and that's the only way you'll know that this is happening to the movie you just watched so you mention in their book that there was a link between the pentagon and hollywood and that link was the film liaison office so why did that office do well right here in los angeles a few miles from the u.c.l.a. campus there's a tall building on one entire floor as the film liaison offices of the marine corps

air force army navy and the coast guard and they are. i sit up there and they and filmmakers who want military assistance give them their scripts they look at the scripts they mark out what they think is they don't want and make suggestions on how to change the scripts to get approval then if they make a deal they sign a contract then once they start shooting the film they have a military minder who actually comes on to the set to make sure that it's shot just the way it was agreed to be done and then before it's released to the public it has to be screened in washington d.c. for the generals and admirals i think the american people knew that their films were being sent to thais by the military and then prescreened for the for the wash in washington for the generals and admirals that they would be outraged so what kind of script where by the military and what kind of scripts were blocked they

want films and television shows they will aid in the recruiting and retention of military personnel they want people to see a movie and to be inspired by the heroics and join up and join the military and if a film negatively portrays anyone in the military they consider that. not helping their recruiting goals so they will not help any picture that shows war crimes shows military people doing bad things drunk cursing you mentioned that they target children they really do they target children because they are the future recruits and there's. a great example letter that my book is based on thousands of pages of the pentagon's notes and to the producers and their own internal documents talking about how they're wanting to influence the the the film making. one of the notes was written from an air force.

colonel to the producers of the the film the right stuff which is about their early days of the american space program the colonel told the producer this picture the it was based on a book by tom wolfe which was filled with lots of cussing very funny very colorful book but the military didn't want that and the colonel wrote the obscene language jews did seems to guarantee an r. rating distributed as an art cuts down on the teenage audience which is a prime one to the military services when a recruiting goals are considered so they they they change the script in accordance with what the military want and they they took out a bunch of the city and they got a a g. rating and then. actually got a p.g. rating right and then they got the target they got the target audience the by changing the script and so everybody was happy whatever benefits a cop aeration or for hollywood what hollywood wants which is cheap

access to really expensive military weaponry and hardware and personnel and hollywood has what the pentagon wants which is. an audience millions of eyeballs looking at their their movie and thinking positively about the military of course filmmakers have the right to say no they can certainly say no i'm not going to do and many have done that many many filmmakers of stood up have been and said no i'm not going to do and they made their own movies or in some cases they weren't able to make the movies and many films and not been made because they couldn't get this is a sense from the military can you name a new popular a examples of popular movies that went through the military control before they were actually filmed james bond golden eye. one of the dupes in the film was american admiral and the milage is that no we'll

help you but you have to change the nationality at most they changed it to a french admiral but then later they wanted to go to they went to france to actually shoot the picture. and the prince said well you want some of our stuff will help you but you got to switch the the admiral to something else so they actually in the film it's a canadian hollywood filmmakers were just given access to classified information concerning the bin laden s.s. nation what do you think of well when i was interviewing the for the book the producers of the films they would always say oh no we didn't give any trade up there only we can really tell by seeing the notes the producers and the exchange of course spies trained the military and the producers i haven't seen those noted i think anybody's seen those notes i don't know if there's been a trade off there was no trade off i don't have a problem that the government wants to just release information to people and

there's no quid pro quo there's no deal i think that's fine but is it's the problem is when there's a deal made behind the backs of the american people in violation of the constitution and american law that's what i object to. how do you think this long term collaboration between the padding on and hollywood a fact of the minds of the americans when the american people are seeing hundreds and hundreds of films and television shows that have been sent to thais by the military and to make military seem more heroic than it really is and never wrong and always good that this creates a false image in the american people's mind and i think it's helped make the american people a more warlike people thank you you thank

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top stories this hour on r t moscow says there's no alternative to the u.n. envoy for peace plan in syria stressing it will not allow a military intervention with both sides to blame for the violence russia has proposed an international conference to resolve the conflict. demonstrators breaking the law now face higher fines here in russia announces analysts claim the protest movement supported numbers are dwindling. eastern european correspondent investigates why stimulus security police blacklisted him after a series of reports about some of the country's policies. and russian tennis star maria sharapova wins the french open crown the twenty five year old has become only the tenth woman in the world to have conquered all four grand slams. and we stay with sporting matters now because paul is next with your sports update.

thank you very much but welcome to the world of sports here's what we've got coming up sharapova success as you've just seen maria sharapova becomes only the tenth woman in history to win all four grand slam titles as she claims the french open with a straight sets win over sort of rani. the group of death we take a look at the opening fixtures in group b. at euro two thousand and twelve with germany portugal the netherlands and denmark all in action. checkmate russia thrashed the czech republic four one in their opening game to move top of group a. but first tennis and maria sharapova has continued a great sporting weekend for russia she's become only the tenth woman in history to an all four grand slams after a six three six two win over italy saw the iranian the final of the french open the

twenty five year old went into saturday's final victory at roland garros was the only open upset from her impressive see they are. siberia native was too strong for her opponent from start to finish wrapping up the straight sets win in one hour and twenty nine minutes the last grand slam success came in australia in two thousand and eight and not long after she dropped out of the world's top one hundred as she battled injury and loss of form this win and see her return to number one in the world when the new rankings are released on monday. now moving to euro two thousand and twelve where group b. or the so-called group of death take center stage on saturday will preview germany against portugal surely but the netherlands and denmark are just approaching half time in their encounter and for the half time whistle i can tell you it's literally just gone and it looks as if it could be a bit of a surprise the heart of the danes are leading one half time michael cohen delhi is going after twenty four minutes to put morton olson's men. well later on saturday

the other two teams in group a go head to head when germany face portugal partridge previews the action. where in liverpool which was the venue for the first ever officially recognized football match in what was poland is now ukraine that was in eighty ninety four i am saturday here right two thousand and twelve three time winners germany work take on two thousand and four pinus portugal in the second match of group b. the so-called. germany were one of the pre-tournament favorites and have the best european correct order of all the countries taking part at euro two thousand and twelve as well as winning the trophy three times they've also been runners up three times and they're also a team in form after reaching the semifinals of the world cup in south africa they soon made up for that relative disappointment here can live side won all ten of their group a match is conceding just seven goals in the process and became the first team through to the summer's finals however they were drawn in the difficult group be

not only with tricky portugal but also nine hundred ninety two champions denmark plus the recent well cut runners up and assistant coach anstey to flick is targeting a vital opening victory it's always important to win the first game this specially in our group because the next games against the netherlands and denmark are going to be even more difficult despite there we believe that we're going to survive in the so-called group of death. in south africa germany had many players missing but this time they're at full strength influential midfielder bastian schweinsteiger returns after missing the final warm up friendly with israel due to a calf injury yet despite this and their impressive defensive record in qualifying flic is not taking the portuguese attacking threat lightly that's right yesterday evening we started study in portugal and we pointed out how strong the portuguese team is especially in attack with nani and ronaldo there are two extraordinary players who get always do something special in the game we have to be aware this

one portugal are in possession in contrast the portuguese have never won the european title but have been twice beaten semifinalists and lost to surprise. when is greece in the two thousand and four final yet despite having the services of that talismanic skipper christiane iran al they're a nanny along with pets a realm radish et al portugal's road to qualifying was also a bumpy one drawn in five team group h. the portuguese started poorly during with cyprus and losing to norway which prompted the sacking of coach carlos queiroz palla bento took over and after then going unbeaten and finishing second they went through after beating bosnia herzegovina in the playoffs. well we know as you know that germany are a great attacking team with very few weak points there are very few moments in a game against them that you can benefit from one of their weaknesses but they occur in every game of football and then we have to be very quick and take our chances. the late surge in qualifying was matched by the domestic former now though

who is flick highlighted could prove pivotal the rail madrid star scored forty five goals in the league last season as he helped lead los blancos to their first league title in four years and will be aiming to replicate this form on the european stage so with the first two matches of euro two thousand and twelve over in poland the attention switches to co-host ukraine the netherlands face denmark in kharkiv to get the group b. ball rolling while a potential thirty thousand fans in the divorce arena plus thousands more in the city's fan zone as well as millions worldwide will be anticipating a clash of the titans a partridge r.t. live off ukraine well russia were in action on the opening day and was a super stars of the tournament for the advocates when they beat the czech republic for one to move top of group a which of important watched the drama unfold and. russia's preparations about three weeks ago played free warm up matches and the final warm up match could be gratefully free meal which is a really big confidence boost for the team and it really in

a relaxed mood since they've landed in warsaw and traveled here down here are all slow of the game itself in the rush of a really dominated from around the fifteen minute mark didn't start to well after they really took a stranglehold of a game the attacking trio of on their shot and islands a goal of an alexander character called really causing offense no end of problems it was really no surprise but russia did eventually manage to open the scoring. and go to up in the first half of the czechs did manage to pull a goal by but even intervention of roman public really did give the russians a boost and he provided the go over to seconds ago it would eventually go in when the man of the match and it was not a change in so who was suffering for bit of a gruelling injury early in the week when he showed that he's back to full fitness as he grabbed a fourth to get russia a fantastic start and some really big boost for take out the guardsmen have played so well in this match against the czech republic has very go into the rest of their

games the next match of course being in poland on the twelfth of june which is a national holiday in russia should be a fantastic atmosphere in warsaw but certainly this russian team shown. in the lead up to russia on really want to favorites to win the whole of veins but certainly showing a lot of bigger nations the likes of germany the netherlands spain they'll be taking no she's sort of this russian side especially be attacking prowess but russia has. a good way of. publishing can especially under sharp in the mena shot and he received a lot of stick really when he was at arsenal in the year played quite well for the national team during that time but today he really was sensational his movement his his direction of the ball is will to win was just fantastic and it's going to be a great boost obviously for dick advocaat he's kept in and really just how is man has returned to form so all in all a fantastic result for russia to get this year as two thousand and twelve campaign off to the best possible starts. now elsewhere has been the most memorable last

couple of months for rory mcilroy in the gulf in greens but the northern irishman has at last made the halfway cut out of p.g.a. event the reigning us open champion returning to full in stunning fashion at the st jude classic mcelroy sits on a seven under in tennessee after a birdie in three of his first four holes his round of sixty five on friday matching his lowest p.g.a. tour around this year and also propelled him into the weekend after missing the cut at his last three events second just a stroke off the later on six under the informed jeff market and j.b. holmes who is still working his way back from brain surgery last september or among the chasing. now to rugby union a new zealand have won their first match since being crowned world champions they beat ireland forty two ten you know clint on saturday it was the first match for the all blacks under the guidance of new coach steve anson and been delighted with what he saw in particular the contribution of julien surveyor school trick he

helped himself to two tries in the first half the home side strolls to a twenty three points to three the interval men showed no signs of taking their foot off the gas in the second period as they were now forty two ten winners it means ireland a yet to be the all blacks in twenty six. and finally with the twenty twelve london olympics on the horizon the russian of modern pentathlon federation has named their squad for the games double olympic champion and ramos a.f.n. reigning world champion alexandra let's assume will be in the men's squad catherine keener. will be competing for russia on the ladies' team prior to the olympics there's one more international competition that's the european championships but before that later this month the kremlin cup takes place in the russian capital an

organized. say it's ideal preparation. but it was your book. for the kremlin cup will have only our best athletes more than thirty countries also say they'll bring their first choice lineups for the competition remember the only international tournament which is shared will be for the upcoming london olympics is the european championships so i believe the crowning count will be very interesting. well that is all the sport for now but i'll have plenty for more for you later here on r.t. . lol the golden globes i told. her plan. good speech. to keep them good. on her.

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