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'Zero' controversy extends with senators' missive

In a competitive awards season in which you're trying to avoid running into any reason an Academy member might not vote for your film, this letter from U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein, John McCain and Carl Levin calling "Zero Dark Thirty" "grossly inaccurate and misleading" is potentially combustible. "Lincoln" and "Les Miserables" aren't going to face similar challenges ...

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