Oppenheimer

2022 - 12 - 17

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Gary Oldman On 'Slow Horses' & Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' (Deadline)

Gary Oldman talks Apple TV+ 'Slow Horses' and playing Harry Truman in Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'

“I did my time doing it and maybe I’ll do it again, maybe I won’t,” he adds, screwing up his face at the memory of appearing in the West End in Robert David Macdonald’s play Summit Conference in 1982 opposite Glenda Jackson. “He’s committed and passionate so it’s inspiring,” he says. “Well, I don’t feel the oldest,” he says. His ear for dialogue and interactions of white, working-class South Londoners rings as true now as it did then and Oldman was raised in that neck of the woods. I worked with him on Darkest Hour for the first time and then when his name was in the mix I was like, ‘Oh, I hope it works out.’ And he’s captured him very well.” “I’ve always said that when you’re working too hard for something – if the dialogue’s not good or the script isn’t good – you break a sweat and you go, ‘I’m working way too hard for this show.’” “I know I said that I don’t break a sweat playing Lamb but what you’re watching is 42 years of doing it,” he explains. The actor lifts his head up for a moment and talks of conversations he had on the Harry Potter set with Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith and others. And the sheer size of the production is like manoeuvring an army.” “It’s that ruthlessness and it’s also perspicacious,” he adds. “I think that rather than seeking a career in the spy world, the spy world finds you. [Gary Oldman](https://deadline.com/tag/gary-oldman/) has found “great joy” in playing the Falstaffian, flatulent-sharing, British espionage operative Jackson Lamb in Apple TV+’s [Slow Horses](https://deadline.com/tag/slow-horses/), which has just launched season two.

Oppenheimer wrongly stripped of security clearance, US says (WOKV)

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Biden administration has reversed a decades-old decision to revoke the security clearance of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, ...

Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" film is expected to be released in theaters in July. Oppenheimer was subjected to while the evidence of his loyalty and love of country have only been further affirmed," Granholm said in a statement on Friday. The commission, however, concluded there were “fundamental defects” in his character. The theoretical physicist [is headed to the big screen](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-movies-christopher-nolan-25e558671724d729a6d8ec5d0f725864). Years later, an Atomic Energy Commission lawyer concluded after an internal review that “the system failed" and a “substantial injustice was done to a loyal American," according to the secretary's order.

US voids 1954 revoking of J Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance (The Guardian)

Biden administration says 1954 decision that ended atomic bomb scientist's career was part of 'flawed process'

[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/science/j-robert-oppenheimer-energy-department.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share) .“History matters and what was done to Oppenheimer in 1954 was a travesty, a black mark on the honor of the nation.” [ultimately decided](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/science/j-robert-oppenheimer-energy-department.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share) to revoke Oppenheimer’s clearance. [held pro-Soviet loyalties](https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3778263-energy-dept-vacates-1950s-decision-revoking-security-clearance-for-father-of-the-atomic-bomb-j-robert-oppenheimer/). [wrote in a statement](https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3778263-energy-dept-vacates-1950s-decision-revoking-security-clearance-for-father-of-the-atomic-bomb-j-robert-oppenheimer/) published on Friday that the original decision by the Atomic Energy Commission on Oppenheimer’s security clearance had been part of a “flawed process that violated the Commission’s own regulations”. “As time has passed, more evidence has come to light of the bias and unfairness of the process that Dr Oppenheimer was subjected to while the evidence of his loyalty and love of country have only been further affirmed,” said Granholm. [Biden administration](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/biden-administration) has overturned a 1954 decision that revoked the security clearance of J Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist credited as a key architect of the atomic bomb who was caught up in the Red Scare over communism in US politics.

Oppenheimer was wrongly stripped of security clearance, says US (shropshirestar.com)

Dr J Robert Oppenheimer led the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War.

Years later, an Atomic Energy Commission lawyer concluded after an internal review that “the system failed” and a “substantial injustice was done to a loyal American”, according to the secretary’s order. US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm said the 1954 decision by the Atomic Energy Commission was made using a “flawed process” that violated the commission’s own regulations. “As time has passed, more evidence has come to light of the bias and unfairness of the process that Dr Oppenheimer was subjected to while the evidence of his loyalty and love of country have only been further affirmed,” Ms Granholm said in a statement.

U.S. wrongly revoked Oppenheimer security clearance: Biden admin (NBC News)

The Biden administration on Friday reversed a 1954 decision by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to revoke the security clearance of Robert Oppenheimer.

Oppenheimer’s clearance had less to do with a bona fide concern for the security of restricted data and more to do with a desire on the part of the political leadership of the AEC to discredit Dr. The Biden administration on Friday reversed a 1954 decision by the U.S. “More troubling, historical evidence suggests that the decision to review Dr.

J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance posthumously restored (UPI.com)

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist known as "the father of the atom bomb," has had his security clearance ...

Oppenheimer was subjected to while the evidence of his loyalty and love of country have only been further affirmed," she asserted. [Abraham Lincoln](https://www.upi.com/topic/Abraham_Lincoln/) Brigade in Spain and many of his associates fell under FBI surveillance. "If super bombs will work at all, there is no inherent limit in the destructive power that may be attained with them. Oppenheimer's profound contributions to our national defense and the scientific enterprise at large," she added. Robert Oppenheimer," she [Robert Oppenheimer](https://www.upi.com/topic/Robert_Oppenheimer/), the theoretical physicist known as "the father of the atomic bomb," has had his security clearance posthumously restored, U.S.

Oppenheimer was wrongly stripped of security clearance, says US (Belfast Telegraph)