Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Behind every great pop icon there’s a mother. In Justin Bieber‘s case, her name Pattie Mallette. And with over 2.4 million Twitter followers and 290,000 likes on Facebook, it’s clear she’s already developed a following of her own — particularly after her autobiography Nowhere…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Love is Enough. UP TV is expanding its slate of slate of original programming next week when the reality family series Bulloch Family Ranch debuts on Wednesday (July 17) at 10:00 PM ET.  The show, which will follow new episodes of the scripted family…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. A Common Purpose. For the second consecutive year, Variety (in coordination with the P.R. firm Rogers & Cowan) held a day-long gathering of distributors, producers, writers, directors, actors and others who are the faces behind the current boom in uplifting entertainment — which, BTW,…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Cultural turning point. Man of Steel soared at the box office over the weekend — pulling in an astounding (and record-breaking) $125 million in North America. The super feat was at least partially as a result of a deliberate marketing decision to highlight the…

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