Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The legacy of Vincent Price. On October 25th, it will be exactly 20 years since the legendary film actor Vincent Price from lung cancer at the age of 82. Such is the timing of Joel Eisner‘s new book The Price of Fame: The Film…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Uplifting Entertainment UPdate. As of midnight this morning (June 1) GMC TV — which began its life in 2004 as a cable channel focused on gospel music and has grown into a full-scale entertainment network — underwent a name change. UP is  intended to…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. O Romeo, Romeo, what doth thou story teach us? Romeo and Juliet are, perhaps, literature’s most iconic lovers — but does their story reflect a specifically Christian world view. Literary biographer Joseph Pearce says yes — because their creator William Shakespeare was a closeted…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s Dolores Hart was a young, beautiful and talented actress who had starred alongside the likes of Elvis Presley (Loving You, King Creole), Anthony Quinn (Wild is the Wind) and Montgomery Clift (Lonelyhearts). By the time she made…

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