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“Gimme Shelter” strikes a rare artistic balance between edginess and inspiration + A talk with writer/director/producer Ron Krauss
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Powerful Gimme Shelter hits theaters this Friday (1/24) Synopsis: Based on the inspiring true events, Gimme Shelter centers on the courageous story of Agnes “Apple” Bailey (Vanessa Hudgens) and her incredible path to motherhood as a pregnant, homeless teenager. Forced to flee her abusive…
God and Hollywood: Notes from the Variety Family Entertainment & Faith-Based Media Summit
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John W. Kennedy
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,…
Rita Cosby’s “Quiet Hero: Secrets from My Father’s Past” is a vivid reminder of the gift of freedom and the power of forgiveness
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. A hero’s story. I’m a little late to the party celebrating journalist Rita Cosby‘s book Quiet Hero: Secrets from My Father’s Past (Simon & Schuster). Now in paperback, it first came out in 2010 and spent a decent amount of time on the bestseller lists…
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