Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Nominees for 2012 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards  announced. The 43rd annual even will be held at the Fox Theatre  in Atlanta on April 19, 2012. Least year’s event, which was hosted by The View’s Sherri Shepherd and aired on the Gospel…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Trite shock. From NewsCore @ myFoxdetroit.com: The Catholic League on Monday slammed the organizers of the Grammy Awards for allowing Nicki Minaj’s act, in which she portrayed an exorcism laden with religious iconography and sexual imagery. The R&B singer failed to take…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. LL Cool J’s opens the Grammy Awards with a prayer for Whitney Houston. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id5M1sHr8P4 2.  The Vow tops record-breaking weekend box office. From The Wrap: For the first time since Christmas weekend 2008 — and for the first non-holiday weekend ever —…

1. The Super Bowl goes gospel.  Singer Natalie Grant will appear at the 13th Annual National Football League’s Super Bowl Gospel Celebration. The show will tape before a live audience at 7:30pm EST on Friday, February 3, 2012 at the Clowes Memorial Hall on the Butler University campus in Indianapolis, IN. Wayne Brady (Let’s Make…

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