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As phony as the rest of the movie... and Chris Kyle himself!American Sniper opened to a record $105.3 million over the long Martin Luther King Jr. weekend in North America. In addition to that achievement — as well as its six Oscar nominations, including a best picture mention — critics and moviegoers also are talking about something else when discussing the Clint Eastwood-directed war biopic: that fake baby. The most glaringly obvious scene in which a fake baby is used features Bradley Cooper and his onscreen wife, Sienna Miller. The two pass the partially mechanized baby back and forth as they talk about Cooper leaving for another tour. The actors do their best to compensate for their prop kid, but people have taken notice (in at least one media screening, the audience laughed out loud at how obviously fake the prop is). Read More |