Larry King announced on his CNN show last night that his 25 years old program would be coming to an end this fall. His sometimes messy personal life aside, ratings and changing viewer tastes no doubt contributed to his “decision.” Personally, I’m sorry to see the suspenders go (though everything must end sometime). While he was often…

It’s one of the great Hollywood mysteries.  Right up there with The Maltese Falcon, Rear Window and Memento. Why, despite continuous evidence to the contrary, does Hollywood continue to act as if making movies featuring protagonists who practice religious faith is somehow antithetical to mainstream box office success? True, the relative success of certain faith-based…

Today marks the one year anniversary of the deaths of two entertainment industry icons. Farrah Fawcett, who happened to be a practicing Catholic, died just hours before Michael Jackson on the same June day in 2009. Here’s what I wrote about their passings (as well as that of Ed McMahon who died just a couple…

Did she or didn’t she…exist? Based on a novel that is itself based on a legend that won’t go away, the new German film Pope Joan tells the story of a ninth century young woman who, frustrated by a lack of opportunities for women (the 9th century was, after all, pre-Title 9), allegedly disguised herself…

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