Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Davy Jones is dead. From The Wrap/AP:  Davy Jones, a former actor turned singer who helped propel the TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts and into rock `n’ roll history, died Wednesday in Florida. He was…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s “Way” with words. During his historic address to Pope Benedict over the weekend, New York’s newly-elevated spiritual leader offered something of a movie review: “We as believers, must have at heart even those people who consider themselves agnostics or…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Another honor for October Baby. Prior to its March 23 nationwide opening, the award-winning, coming-of-age film  will screen as an Official Selection of the Omaha Film Festival Saturday, March 10, at 12:30 p.m. at The Great Escape Theater. Released by Provident Films…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1.  Rick Bieber on a mission. Mission Pictures International has inked a three-picture production deal with Rick Bieber,  the writer,director and producer of the Golden Crescent Best Film award-winning film The 5th Quarter. The movies will be co-produced by Mission’s Cindy Bond and…

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