AFI 2013 Closes Hollywood Blvd

     Hollywood - Days before the event Hollywood Blvd. was closed, as is the case for large events in tinsel town.  The night's biggest star may have been Oscar-winning composer Richard Sherman, who with his brother wrote all those classic "Mary Poppins" songs.  AFI 2013 opened with "Saving Mr. Banks," Disney's nostalgic, behind-the-scenes story of the making of  "Mary Poppins."  Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson walked the red carpet shaking hands with well-wishers at a reception, before the movie "Mary Poppins," played.  Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino became the latest to laud the career of the great Bruce Dern.  Tarantino introduced a reel of highlights from Bruce Dern's work, before introducing a screening of "Nebraska", arguably Bruce Dern's greatest performance.  A "Lone Survivor" question and answer (Q&A) session followed the world premiere of the action-adventure drama, "Lone Survivor," a fact based story of a small cadre of  Navy SEALs battling the Taliban in Afghanistan.  Mark Wahlberg, part of this Q&A, caused something of a media sensation, when he  talked for nearly five minutes on one topic alone.  A monologue in which he scolded actors who compare the experience of training for a film to that of actual military work.  "You don't do what these guys did...How dare you," said Wahlberg.  See also,www.vanityfair.com.