Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, and Ben Foster sign on for Navy SEAL movie ‘Lone Survivor’ (IrishCentral)

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:45:15 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

Mark Wahlberg is reportedly in talks to star in a new project with ‘Battleship’ director Peter Berg. ‘Lone Survivor’ will star Wahlberg as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan who is the lone survivor of an ambush attack.

FirstShowing reports that along with Wahlberg, Ben Foster and Taylor Kitsch will have starring roles in the new film as well. With the recent success of ‘Act of Valor,’ it’s clear that the American box office is still receptive to war-based flicks.

Assimilating differently, Irish Americans re-discover Gaelic Ireland (IrishCentral)

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:25:14 PDT

President O'Bama said it best when he said "is féidir linn," "yes we can," at a Saint Patrick's Day reception last year in the White House More and more these days, Irish Gaelic is returning to Irish American life at functions and in art, as perceptions of what makes something Irish shift towards more detail and care In multi-cultural America, the old Irish American assimilation model is giving way and making it possible for Irish Americans to rediscover what they were once told to give-up in the past Irish Americans have battled on behalf of "The Others" (themselves foremost) in American history for a hundred years, giving-up their language and culture as payment for acceptance READ MORE

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Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, and Ben Foster sign on for Navy SEAL movie ‘Lone Survivor’ (IrishCentral)

Assimilating differently, Irish Americans re-discover Gaelic Ireland (IrishCentral)