CBS reporting:

WBZ-TV’s Jim Armstrong was in the area of Franklin Street when he heard what he described as 15-20 seconds of rapid gunfire. He was forced to take cover, and was quickly moved back by police.

Someone’s down.. Developing..

Stay indoors request lifted, public transit service restored in Boston, authorities say.

However, Boston bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev remains at large, Col. Timothy Alben, of the Massachusetts State Police said.

The Academy Award for best picture went to ARGO at this year’s Oscars. Michelle Obama presented.. And the movie was about the CIA using a fake sci-fi script to help rescue Americans in Iran in 1979. Whether the movie was worthy of best picture or not, it was compelling to watch a movie about the government helping create a fake movie win best picture, with the wife of someone from the government giving the movie the award. I wrote then that I was quite shocked with how in-your-face it was.. I received some angry comments from several readers of the HORROR REPORT…

My overall point by showcasing the Obama award presentation and the movie ARGO even winning was that the CIA and Hollywood so often work hand in hand.. the CIA writes scripts and pitches them to Hollywood. That is not just the little ole HORROR REPORT saying that, but it’s from WIRED magazine. In a report in 2011, WIRED wrote that the CIA helps the entertainment industry create movies and gives them ideas for subjects.. Just in February of this year, SALON wrote about how the CIA infiltrated Hollywood..

So with that said, it’s plausible that the government can also censor what should be in movies..

And not just the United States. China has been busy, as well.

The NEW YORK TIMES reported late last week about Chinese censors and their anger over DJANGO UNCHAINED. The movie was pulled at the last minute in China..the TIMES wrote that the story showcases the rocky relationship between Hollywood and China’s evolving movie industry..

China was apparently angry at DJANGO.. but they should be quite happy with IRON MAN 3. Why? Because their censors were permitted by Disney to be on the set, and they were able to help get their own version of the film to show in China.  Marvel Studios is released a special cut of the film specifically for that nation..

So is this censorship or is this marketing? After all, Hollywood’s success may revolve around getting into new markets. And China is a huge market. They have a lot of people, and therefore a lot of potential movie fans. If Hollywood could tailor its films to be eaten up by other nations? Well,  that’s just good business, right? After all, fast food company censor their own product in a sense, too. They don’t give other countries the same unhealthy garbage that is served to Americans.. So it makes sense that, to be successful in emerging markets, Hollywood would have to change their ‘bad guys’ and perhaps their topics.. maybe get rid of some characters that could be thought of as being offensive..

I ask, however, what the long term ramifications of this self-censorship by Hollywood could bring?
After all, we know that they have worked closely with intelligence agencies from America, so what would it really matter that they are working with other government intelligence agencies, too? If we ate up the entertainment before, won’t we just do it again?

But making more than one movie just to satisfy a Communist government that so often tortures and abuses its citizens? Making a film watchable to a country that could very well be hiding information on an evolving bird flu–one that could eventually turn into a global pandemic? Is that right? Is that moral? Is that just…Hollywood?

We can sing hooray for Hollywood all we want, but the close ties between government and Hollywood is creepy for me. But it’s so ingrained in movies, television, music, and print, that we all just accept it and hardly think about it.
Until ARGO gets an award from the First lady.
And until IRON MAN 3 gets an alternate cut for another nation..

The IRON MAN 3 example is censorship. But it is smart censorship?
I’d love your thoughts. Comment on this story, or email me at Bryan@HorrorReport.com, or debate it on the HORROR REPORT Facebook page..

Graphic photos now leaked online of a corpse of Tamerlan Tsarnaev..

Hospital staff in damage control..

Tsarnaev became an American on …9/11/12…

FBI Evidence Photo Shows Boston Bomb Suspect Standing Near Child Later Killed In Marathon Blast

In a chilling image obtained by the FBI, one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects can be seen standing behind the young boy who was killed by one of Monday’s terror blasts, 

A moment in time captured. The evil lurking behind the young innocent Martin Richard.. the eight year old would die moments later in a pointless act of terror at the Boston Marathon. 

This picture is chilling. But after the initial shock and sickness you feel, you should feel anger. I did. I felt so angry seeing this.. thinking that this vile creature placed the bomb next to this innocent young man, standing and watching a race, and looking forward to a life of happiness. It was taken away from him for a cause.. The cause yet unknown. But we can figure out it, I think can’t we? It’s one of those causes that many have had over time.. causes that do nothing but injure and kill innocence while robbing humankind of beauty and goodness.. 

This is a photo that will haunt me for the rest of my life…
If you pray, pray. If you don’t, think about doing it..

BREAKING: Police now looking for two suspects, according to authorities in Boston

Boston and its surburbs, universities and transit system were on total lockdown Friday as police hunted for marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — on the loose after his terrorist brother was killed in a stunning chain of events that left one cop dead and another injured, officials said.

Authorities were confronting a double-edged nightmare: a ruthless killer at large in a densely populated area and a four-mile stretch of road possibly littered with explosive devices tossed from the suspects’ getaway vehicle during a wild chase and firefights.

Two unidentified people were taken into custody at the Cambridge, Mass., home where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan grew up, but they were not being described as additional suspects. Three dozen FBI agents were ringing the house.

Suspect in Boston Marathon bombing died of gunshot and possible blast wounds, doctor says