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Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Faith-based film producer killed in Hollywood shooting rampage. From Hollywood Reporter: In addition to his work in the music and events promotions businesses, Los Angeles native John Atterberry, who died Dec. 12 after suffering injuries during a gunman’s rampage in Hollywood, also…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. All-American controversy. From MSN: Hip-hop mogul and practicing Buddhist Russell Simmons is throwing his financial support behind the TLC reality series “All-American Muslim,” tweeting on Monday that he is trying to purchase ad time during this week’s episode of the show. “Just purchased…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Pastor Joel Osteen and producer Mark Burnett team up for new reality TV project. From Entertainment Weekly: The working title for the project is Pack Your Bags. In each episode, the popular Houston megachurch pastor will lead volunteers to a surprise destination to…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Film Review: The Greatest Miracle (Rated PG) Synopsis: Opening this Friday at selected theaters, the 3-D animated film tells the story of three Catholics facing personal crises whose paths cross during Mass at a parish church. They include a widowed mother struggling…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Robert Duvall reflects on amazing career. His faith-themed film Seven Days in Utopia  just debuted on DVD. I’ll have my review in the next blog. Till then, I had the opportunity to talk with the versatile legend about the movie itself, his remarkable career…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1.  Family Movie Night hits its creative stride. Game of Your Life (NBC, Friday 12/2 @ 8:00 PM ET),  the ninth of the impressive P&G-Walmart film series, is perhaps the most creative yet — featuring a genuinely original premise about a class of…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Eight‘s Odyssey. The other film currently in the works about Hanukkah hero Judah Maccabee (the one not involving Mel Gibson) has an interesting story of its own. I sat down with Odyssey Network’s EVP and Chief Content Officer Maura Dunbar to talk…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Following up on my recent interview with Odyssey Networks CEO Nick Stuart, I recently had the opportunity to sit down with him again, this time joined by Maura Dunbar, the multi-faith media group’s executive in charge of content development. Between them, the pair brings…

Here are today’s post-Thanksgiving dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture — including current and upcoming DVD releases. 1. Serving Life documentary serves up heart-rending yet inspirational chronicle of a prison hospice.  Narrated by Forest Whitaker and originally airing on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable channel, this Odyssey Networks production is as compassionate as…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. It’s Thanksgiving. Let the Christmas movies begin! Among the first arrivals (on Thanksgiving Eve, actually) is Arthur Christmas which purports to answer the question of how Santa delivers all those present to kids all over the world in one night. The CGI…
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