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Filmmaker talks “Gosnell” movie which is now an IndieGoGo go and seeking a TV network + Newsday quotes me on NYS guv race
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Goal met! Through the persuasive power of truth, an important story will be told. Despite Hollywood’s obvious fascination with serial killers, the case of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia late-term abortionist who in May of 2013 was convicted of three (out of eight) murder charges…
Movie Review: Faith-friendly comedy “Moms’ Night Out” presses powerful cultural buttons
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Synopsis: Three moms head out for a night on the town while the guys take care of the kids. Hilarity ensues. Cast: Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton, Trace Adkins, David Hunt, Andrea Logan White, Harry Shum Jr., Abbie Cobb, Robert Amaya, Kevin Downes,…
Video interviews: The cast of “Moms’ Night Out” (including Sarah Drew & Sean Astin) on making a faith-themed family comedy
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. My talk show. As I previously mentioned, I spent last week hanging out in Hollywood where I attended the red carpet premiere of Moms’ Night Out, the new Erwin Brothers’ faith and family-friendly comedy about the challenges and importance of motherhood that is perfectly…
Patricia Heaton plays a pastor’s wife in the big screen family comedy “Moms’ Night Out”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Married to another Ray. In the Erwin Brothers’ new family comedy Moms’ Night Out, opening this Friday (5/9), Patricia Heaton brings the comic skills she’s honed on long-running sitcoms to the movies. She plays Sondra, the wife of Pastor Ray who, BTW, is not…
Kevin and Sam Sorbo speak out in support of “Gosnell” movie + “Ragamuffin” biopic tells story of late Christian singer/songwriter Rich Mullins
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Hollywood heroes. I spent last week in Hollywood for the big red carpet premiere of the faith-themed family comedy Moms’ Night Out which opens wide this Friday (5/9). I’ll have more on that, including interviews and my review, over the next few days. Today…
“Touched by an Angel” producer Martha Williamson has “Delivered” a new hit to Hallmark Channel
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. On a wing and a prayer. When I first spoke Martha Williamson, the respected writer/producer who brought Touched by an Angel to life for nine highly-successful seasons on CBS, her two-hour movie pilot for Signed, Sealed, Delivered was just about to air on Hallmark…
Cassi Davis talks about Tyler Perry, reprising Aunt Bam in “Madea’s Neighbors from Hell” and her relationship with God
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Aunt Bam is back! And so is Madea in Madea‘s Neighbors from Hell. The latest comedic and inspirational episode of the tough-as-a-drill sergeant old broad (played with cross-dressing gusto by creator her prolific Tyler Perry) and her sidekick Aunt Bam Murphy (Cassi Davis) is out on…
Submission deadline for UP Faith & Family Screenplay Competition is Friday
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Three Finalists Will be Chosen to Compete for $5,000 Grand Pr Three finalists to be chosen to compete for $5000 grand prize. The UP TV cable network and the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) want you to know that this Friday (4/25) is the…
Easter Sunday TV treats: “Apple Mortgage Cake” on UP ; Martha Williamson’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” debuts on Hallmark
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Nice people are staging a comeback on TV. Tonight’s first-run offerings on UP TV and Hallmark Channel proves that programming about nice, decent people can be both entertaining and intelligent. The broadcast networks should take note. These two up-and-coming cable outlets are tapping into…
This Easter weekend, Roma Downey wants you to know that “Son of God” is still in theaters and still changing lives
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Son of God lives. Faith audiences certainly have option at the box office this weekend — with Randall Wallace’s genuinely sweet slice-of-life (and afterlife) Heaven is for Real joining Darren Aronofsky’s strange take on Noah, and the Pure Flix sleeper his God’s Not Dead. But Roma…
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