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  • Mark Wahlberg Expresses Gratitude for His Family

    It was through a discussion with the man Mark Wahlberg portrays in his latest movie Lone Survivor that the actor realized how grateful he was to have his wife Rhea and his four children with him on set.

    Wahlberg plays real-life Hospital Corpsman First Class Marcus Luttrell in the film that recounts the failed 2005 Navy SEALs mission “Operation Red Wings,” which took place during the War in Afghanistan.

    “It’s really interesting to hear Marcus and other SEAL guys talk about when they go home to their families and they can’t discuss what they do. It’s just like trying to shut off what they just came from on some sort of mission, a special op, and then all of a sudden they’re at home and they’re taking their kids to school and they’re helping their wives make dinner,” Mark said.

    “But it’s always comforting to have your family there, absolutely. They’re here now, which is nice. I asked them if they wanted to come to work and they said, ‘Daddy, your job is so boring. Absolutely not.’”

    “It takes a very special individual to become a SEAL,” he said. “I felt it was so important to give the guys who never came down off that mountain their due. My wife couldn’t talk for 45 minutes after she saw the movie. All she kept thinking about were the sons and fathers and mothers and daughters out there fighting for our freedom.”

    During the making of the film, Wahlberg and his co-stars Eric Bana, Emile Hirsch and Taylor Kitsch were treated like real SEAL Team soldiers which provided the actor with a greater understanding of mental strength.

    “I’m 42-years-old so… As a man, I don’t want to sit on the bench; I want to be in the game. I always want the ball so you would think, but it’s not a question of a physical ability,” he explained.
    “It really comes down to that mental toughness that I think sets those guys apart from a lot of other guys that can’t get through the training and graduate.”

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  • Mark Wahlberg Says His Faith is Most Important

    Ever since his breakout role in the film “Boogie Nights,” actor Mark Wahlberg has been a mainstay on the big screen. But with everything he’s accomplished — both in Hollywood and in the music world as a rapper — he says faith and religion are the most important things to him.

    Faith is “The most important part of my life,” he said in an interview with Parade Magazine. “I don’t try to push it on anybody and I don’t try to hide it.”

    Wahlberg also revealed that he rarely misses church on Sundays and that he usually attends service twice on that day.

    “If the kids are good, I’ll have doughnuts for them at 6:30 in the morning and I’ll say, ‘You guys gotta let mommy sleep in,’ ” he says. “I’ll go to church at 7:30 and everybody will be eating breakfast when I come home. Then we’ll go to church again at 10:30 if things aren’t too hectic.”

    However his spirituality isn’t the only thing he discussed in the interview, as he also spoke about the upcoming “Entourage” movie, which is being filmed in April 2014, his hometown of Boston and how difficult it was to make the leap from rapper to respected actor.

    “I don’t think it was customary for people from a music background to be accepted in film in a serious way,” he admits. “Considering what I had to overcome, I’ve had plenty to motivate me. Even more so today, I’m passionate about what I do. I’m a little older, but I’m not getting lazy!”

    The 42-year old actor has been making the promotional rounds for his latest movie “Lone Survivor,” based on the Navy SEALs mission “Operation Red Wings,” which took place during the War in Afghanistan. Wahlberg said making this movie was extremely important to him.

    “It takes a very special individual to become a SEAL,” he said. “I felt it was so important to give the guys who never came down off that mountain their due. My wife couldn’t talk for 45 minutes after she saw the movie. All she kept thinking about were the sons and fathers and mothers and daughters out there fighting for our freedom.”

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  • Mark Wahlberg/Tom Cruise Feud On The Way?

    Mark Wahlberg reportedly got very upset recently during a Q&A session for his new film, “Lone Survivor”, in which he plays a Navy Seal. The actor ranted about actors who compare their jobs to those who serve in the military, which immediately sparked rumors that he was talking about Tom Cruise.

    “For actors to sit there and talk about, ‘Oh, I went to SEAL training,’ and I slept on the — I don’t give a fuck what you did. You don’t do what these guys did, you just don’t . . . For somebody to sit there and say, ‘My job was as difficult as somebody in the military’s.’ How fucking dare you? While you sit in a makeup chair for two hours,” he said. “I don’t give a shit if you’re getting your ass busted. You get to go home at the end of the day. You get to go to your hotel room. You get to order fucking chicken . . . Bottle of Cabernet, or whatever the fuck it is.”

    The rumors began because of a recent deposition that was released to the public in which Tom Cruise was asked to talk about the part he plays in his daughter’s life. The deposition was part of a lawsuit between the actor and Bauer Publishing–the group responsible for Life & Style and In Touch Magazines–regarding covers that claimed Cruise abandoned Suri after his split from Katie Holmes. When asked whether he felt his job was comparable to “someone fighting in Afghanistan”, Cruise replied, “I didn’t hear the Afghanistan, but that’s what it feels like, and certainly on this last movie, it was brutal.”

    Wahlberg reportedly mentioned Cruise by name after the Q&A, saying, “I love Tom Cruise. He’s a great actor. I have the utmost respect for Tom Cruise, but I have the utmost respect for military guys… it’s just unfair for anybody to comment on that.” However, a “source” says that’s not the case.

    “Mark was not bashing or responding to Tom Cruise at the Q&A. He was responding to a question about his training, and he said that he would not even begin to compare it to SEAL training or anything like what they go through. Mark was honoring the real life [former SEAL] Marcus Luttrell, and the SEALS. He answered the same question weeks ago in the same way — before any of the Tom Cruise story was reported. Though he didn’t go to such an extreme.”

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  • “Wahlburgers”: Brothers Announce Reality Show

    “Wahlburgers”, the new reality show starring famous brothers Donnie and Mark Wahlberg, is set to premiere on A&E in January, and will showcase the family restaurant of the same name.

    The show will also include other Wahlberg family members, including brother Paul–the restaurant’s executive chef–and mother Alma, and may give us a glimpse into their history with one another; Donnie has said that the name of the burger restaurant came from a nickname he acquired as a kid.

    “They called us that as kids. They used to tease me,” Donnie said. “They’d say ‘Hey Wahlburger.’ [That is] if they weren’t calling me junior jailbird ’cause my older brothers being inmates all the time.”

    The family will see a second restaurant open in Toronto in 2014, which will surely add to the show’s drama factor. Yet this reality show will be different from any we’ve seen simply because of the subjects and their decades of fame prior to the show.

    A&E Network Executive VP and General Manager David McKillop said, “We’re thrilled to partner with the entire Wahlberg family as they graciously lift the curtain to share this new side of their story. This series offers viewers a new take on the celebrity reality series showcasing one of America’s favorite families.”

  • Mark Wahlberg Stars In Peter Berg’s “Lone Survivor” – Trailer

    With today being Veteran’s Day, what a perfect day to check out the trailer for the upcoming real-life military thriller “Lone Survivor”. Based on the best-selling memoir by Marcus Luttrell, the film tells the true story of the 2005 “Operation Red Wings“, which saw Navy SEALs caught off-guard when a simple reconnaissance mission quickly became a fight for their lives against the overwhelming Taliban army.

    Written and directed by Peter Berg, “Lone Survivor” stars Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Taylor Kitsch and Emile Hirsch. Eric Bana also shows up in the film as the lieutenant commander who loses contact with his men, and who ultimately leads the rescue mission for Luttrell, Wahlberg’s character. You can read the official synopsis below:

    “Lone Survivor tells the story of four Navy SEALs on an ill-fated covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative who are ambushed by enemy forces in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan. Based on The New York Times bestseller, this story of heroism, courage and survival.”

    The film will see a limited release on December 27th, before expanding nationwide on January 10th.

    Below you can see the first trailer for the film, which was released this past August.

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