PAGE b8 THE STATE JOURNAL FUAREbR y 22, 2012 Wednesday ALMANAC 50 YEARS AGO Franklin Mason returned from Franklin, Tenn., where he attended the Father and Son Banquet at Battle Ground Playing with SEALs School as a guest of his son, Sam A. Mason. 25 YEARS AGO City Commissioner and Mayor Pro Tem Russell Kennedy In ‘Valor,’ actress Sanchez worked with real deal joined Duane V. Ellis, Michael A. “Mickey” Mills and Wil- liam L. “Mutt” Parker in the mayor’s race. Kennedy was in his third term on the commission and was the leading vote- getter in the 1985 election. Kennedy said a top priority of his By Joseph V. Amodio administration would be the establishment of a full-time NewsdAy drug enforcement and drug education unit in the Frankfort “Act of Valor,” a new film Police department. John W. Updike announced his first run about the lives and sacrific- for elected office in the City Commission race. es of Navy SEALs, was orig- inally to star all actors. But tYOdA in hiStORY co-directors Mike “Mouse” By The AssociATed Press McCoy and Scott Waugh Today is Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2012. soon realized if they want- There are 313 days left in the year. ed to accurately portray On Feb. 22, 1732, the first president of the United States, this elite special force, and George Washington, was born in Westmoreland County in be true to who these sol- the Virginia Colony. diers are, they’d need the In 1967, more than 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese real deal – real SEALs. troops launched Operation Junction City, aimed at smash- They’d been hanging ing a Vietcong stronghold near the Cambodian border. with SEALs for months, Today’s Birthdays: Basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving researching that world. So is 62. they asked. Every SEAL said no. After much convincing, nine finally agreed to ap- bCw A k Ard GLANCes pear in the film, alongside a handful of actors cast in non-SEAL roles, like “With- out a Trace” star Roselyn Sanchez, who plays a CIA agent. “Valor” is the first of its kind – a fictional, feature courtesy relativity media film, starring active-du- i n “act of valor,” a navy seal squad goes on a covert operation to rescue a kidnapped cia of- ty military personnel, de- picting actual tactics and ficer, while also taking down terrorists who aim to strike america. the movie is the first of its kind assets (including a real – a fictional, feature film, starring active-duty military personnel, depicting actual tactics and nuclear submarine), us- assets (including a real nuclear submarine), using live ammo and vetted by the u.s. navy. ing live ammo (standard procedure for SEALs, but tors.” But once I read it, and at five in the morning, and Q: it must be brutal for fam- not done in film since the met the directors, I thought at eight at night I’d still have ily members. 1920s) and vetted by the it was fantastic. that stuff all over my face. In A: I can’t imagine. There’s U.S. Navy. Mississippi, where we shot. that scene where the guys The government and Q: the SEALs may be outside leave home – and you see all filmmakers have taken In the summer. I decided to their comfort zone ... but the wives and kids? Those are pains not to reveal SEALs’ just use my bad mood. Be- i guess they’ve seen a lot real wives and kids. I remem- identities, or tactics or cause my character goes worse. ber the girls asking the direc- technology that could po- through hell. A: Exactly. In the film, I get tor, “What are we supposed tentially threaten national to do?” And he said, “Well, security. beat up, and have to wear all Q: did you get a sense of these prosthetics on my face. what do you do when you courtesy george a. hill and rodgers studio Sanchez, who lives in what these guys are like? I was extremely uncomfort- have to say goodbye?” And Los Angeles and recently A: They’re normal. But se- they were like, “We just try The Hi-12 baseball team and coaches pose at the able. I had a bit of a situa- gave birth to a baby girl, rious. I have incredible re- to keep it together because tion one day – it was hot, my Second Street baseball field in 1953. chatted by phone: we don’t want to show that face was melting, it was tak- spect for them. They know they can die at any moment. we’re dying inside.” So that’s Question: What did you ing forever and I was in a bad They risk their lives every what they do. Then they go HIS IMA FRA think when you first heard mood. They saw me ... acting Now day, and don’t tell their fam- home and they’re ... hysteri- Available about a film ... starring up a bit. (She laughs.) They’re cal. (A baby cries in the back- TOR GES NKF ilies about missions. It’s an real navy SEALs? looking at me, going, “What ground.) I’m sorry, can you IC OF ORT Answer: It sounded ... are you complaining about?” incredible world. Some of give me one second, Joe? weird. I was like, “Whad- I felt bad. I’m like, “Ohhh, I’m them came from Afghani- RODGERS STUDIO • 223-3123 dya mean – I’m not gon- an actress, guys, sorry.” (She stan – shot the movie – and Visit Us At Q: Sure. is that ... ? na do a movie without ac- laughs again.) I’d be called went back. A: Sabella Rose. She’s six weeks. Let me just accom- modate her for a moment. Brought To You By www.fpb.cc 352-4372 Q: Oh, sure, sure ... ON TV TONIGHT A: (Quietly, to Sabella.) Ohhh, I’m sorry, here you go. WEDNESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 22, 2012 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 You all right? (Back into the Wave 3 News at NBC Nightly News WAVE 3 News at WAVE 3 News Whitney “Mad Are You There, Rock Center With Brian Williams (N) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit The WAVE 3 News at The Tonight Show phone.) OK. As I was saying, # # 6 (N) (N) ’ Å 7 (N) Å at 7:30 Women” (N) Å Chelsea? 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