‘American Sniper’ DVD Sales to Raise $1 Million for Wounded Warrior Project

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‘American Sniper’ DVD Sales to Raise $1 Million for Wounded Warrior Project

'American Sniper' DVD Cover (Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros.)

Christian Post Report – Warner Bros. released the Blu-ray/DVD combo package of “American Sniper” on May 19, 2015.

The Wounded Warrior Project, an organization that helps verterans and members of the U.S. Armed Forces who’ve sustained mental or physical injuries since 9/11, is expected to receive up to $1 million in donations from DVD sales of the Oscar-nominated film “American Sniper” that was released on Tuesday.

The Clint Eastwood-directed film, which is based on the book American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. History, and stars Bradley Cooper as Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from physical and digital sales will be donated to the Wounded Warriors Project from Warner Bros.

“One dollar of each purchase will be donated up to $1 million from April 21 [digital sales] through Dec. 31,” reads a Warner Bros. statement that was shared with The Christian Post.

The Wounded Warrior Project offers an array of programs to assist veterans, service members as well as their families and caregivers to ensure they receive the support they need. WWP also helps soldiers navigate through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense to obtain benefits and locate local community resources.

The multi-million dollar box office hit “American Sniper” tells the story of Chris Kyle who’s considered the most lethal Navy SEAL sniper in American history with a 160 confirmed kills.

Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller in "American Sniper" (Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros.)

Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller portray Chris and Taya Kyle in the 2014 film “American Sniper.”

Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield, were tragically shot and killed by a Marine that the former was trying to help overcome PTSD while at a Texas gun range in 2013, shortly before the film went into production.

Kyle’s killer, Marine Eddie Ray Routh, was found guilty of capital murder in February. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Taya Kyle, his widow, was instrumental in the making of “American Sniper.” After her husband’s death she told the film’s screenwriter, Jason Hall, who had previously worked with her late-husband, that this film would now take on a whole new significance, and if it was going to be made, it had to be as accurate as possible, according to a special feature on the DVD.

Before he we killed, Kyle is said to have wanted to secure Clint Eastwood as the film’s director, and after his death producers made sure to get the award-winning actor and director to join the project.

“American Sniper” grossed $543 million worldwide, however, left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore appeared to be critical of the film, calling snipers “cowards” in a controversial tweet around the film’s release.

Taya Kyle responded to criticisms of her husband in an interview with People Magazine.

“There’s an inaccurate stereotype of these guys, that they love war,” Taya said in the 2014 interview. “I can promise you, they don’t love war. But they do love that fight for what they would say is justice for each other.”

Chris Kyle was raised Christian with a father who served as a deacon and a mother who taught Sunday school. He discussed his personal faith in Jesus in his autobiography and how it played a role in his job as a Navy SEAL sniper.

“I believe the fact that I’ve accepted Jesus as my savior will be my salvation,” he wrote. “But in that backroom or whatever it is when God confronts me with my sins, I do not believe any of the kills I had during the war will be among them. Everyone I shot was evil. I had good cause on every shot. They all deserved to die.”

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CHC Pastor Kong Hee’s Popstar Wife Sun Ho Claims Multi-Million ‘Crossover’ Project Was Meant to Serve the Church and Not Herself

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CHC Pastor Kong Hee’s Popstar Wife Sun Ho Claims Multi-Million ‘Crossover’ Project Was Meant to Serve the Church and Not Herself

Christian Post Report – Singer Sun Ho attending the Grammy Awards in this undated photo.

Sun Ho, the co-founder of Singapore’s City Harvest Church and wife of lead pastor Kong Hee, took the stand for the first time on Tuesday in the long-standing case against Kong and five other CHC leaders accused of misusing millions of church funds for Ho’s career. The singer claimed that the Crossover project was meant to serve the mission of the church, and not her own career.

The Straits Times reported on Tuesday that Ho, who has not been charged herself, said that the Crossover project was “always about the church.”

The six CHC members are being accused of funneling money into Ho’s career through sham bond investing in the management company called Xtron, which the prosecution says was operated by CHC’s leadership. The six accused face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of having misused the $19.2 million in church funds in question.

Kong has denied participating in such a scheme involving Xtron, and has said that church support for the Crossover project, which funds Ho’s music tours, is part of its mission to spread the Gospel and increase CHC’s presence.

Ho has stood by her husband and CHC’ leadership throughout the trial, maintaining the pastor’s and the church’s innocence.

Today Online reported that Ho was also asked while on stand about the documented “wild fluctuations” in her album sales figures.The prosecution claim that the figures were supposed to create the image that her music career was going strong. The popstar said that she was “under the impression” that her albums sold well and received platinum awards.

Ho also revealed that she had been working toward “sales of multi-millions” for a U.S. album because producers said they were confident in her, but the album was never launched.

CHC former investment manager Chew Eng Han, who is acting in his own defense, asked Ho how she could have possibly been under such an impression, when email correspondence between the popstar and U.S. producers clearly shows that her first five Mandarin albums could not have sold 4 million copies.

“If that was the case (that 4 million albums were sold), Xtron would not have been scrambling for money for the U.S. album. There was no way you would have believed that the albums sold 4 million copies,” Chew said.

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