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Mark Wahlberg as chief electronics technician Mike Williams in 'Deepwater Horizon," now available on 4K Ultra HD from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
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Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca, center, listens as his lawyer, Nathan Hochman, second from right, addresses the media in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. U.S. prosecutors will retry Baca on obstruction-of-justice and other charges stemming from a federal investigation of jail abuses. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)
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Patrick Osborne, from left, David Guarascio, Doug Robinson, Adam F. Goldberg, Jenna Elfman, Stephen Schneider and Rachel Dratch appear at the "Imaginary Mary" panel at the Disney/ABC portion of the 2017 Winter Television Critics Association press tour on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
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Jenna Elfman speaks at the "Imaginary Mary" panel at the Disney/ABC portion of the 2017 Winter Television Critics Association press tour on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
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Donald Trump (Associated Press)
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A book by Monica Crowley, President-elect Trump's choice for a job at the National Security Council, has been pulled from retailers over plagiarism claims. (Associated Press)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo, South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard waits to give his State of the State address at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D. (AP Photo/James Nord)
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Tom Barrack, chairman of the inaugural committee, speaks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, before meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Tom Barrack, chairman of the inaugural committee, speaks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, before meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Tom Barrack, chairman of the inaugural committee, speaks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, before meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Mary-Louise Parker, left, and Dustin Lance Black speak at the "When We Rise" panel at the Disney/ABC portion of the 2017 Winter Television Critics Association press tour on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
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Guy Pearce speaks at the "When We Rise" panel at the Disney/ABC portion of the 2017 Winter Television Critics Association press tour on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
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Dustin Lance Black speaks at the "When We Rise" panel at the Disney/ABC portion of the 2017 Winter Television Critics Association press tour on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
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The U.S. Army is looking for ways to create biodegradable training ammunition. (YouTube, Program Executive Office Soldier)
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 10,2017, after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Leonardo DiCaprio, What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Darlene Cates and Leonardo DiCaprio. The film follows 24-year-old Gilbert (Depp), a grocery store clerk caring for his morbidly obese mother and mentally impaired younger brother in a sleepy Midwestern town. Peter Hedges wrote the screenplay, adapted from his 1991 novel of the same name. The film was well-received; DiCaprio received his first Academy Award nomination for his role, the Best Supporting Actor Oscar went to Tommy Lee Jones for the The Fugitive.
Tootsie
Dustin Hoffman,Tootsie (1982) tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to adopt a new identity as a woman to land a job. The movie stars Dustin Hoffman, with a supporting cast that includes Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Geena Davis (in her acting debut), Doris Belack and producer/director Sydney Pollack. In 1998, the Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry Hoffman earned a nomination for Best Actor but the award went to Ben Kingsley for Gandhi.
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Christian Bale, The Machinist (2004) directed by Brad Anderson and written by Scott Kosar. The film stars Christian Bale and features Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Sharian, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, and Michael Ironside in supporting roles. The film is about Trevor Reznik (Bale), a machinist whose insomnia and psychological problems lead to a serious workplace accident involving a co-worker (Ironside). After Reznik is fired, he goes into a downward spiral of paranoia and delusion. Bale was not nominated for an Oscar, the Best Actor Award went to Jaime Foxx for Ray
TheAviator
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator (2004) American biographical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by John Logan. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn and Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner. The supporting cast features Ian Holm, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law as Errol Flynn, Gwen Stefani as Jean Harlow, Kelli Garner as Faith Domergue, Willem Dafoe, Alan Alda, and Edward Herrmann. Based on the 1993 non-fiction book Howard Hughes: The Secret Life by Charles Higham, the film depicts the life of Howard Hughes, an aviation pioneer and director of Hell's Angels. The film portrays his life from 19271947 during which time Hughes became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessivecompulsive disorder. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role for DiCaprio. The Best Actor Oscar was awarded to Jamie Foxx for Ray
