When Hollywood releases a faith-based movie these days, the marketing plan is sure to include sermon outlines, church-basement screenings and other come-ons for evangelicals. But at this weekend’s debut of “Evan Almighty,” evangelicals will be buddying up to the mainstream. Showings of “Evan” will be preceded by a trailer for “The Pirates Who Don’t Do…

When I was in film school in Los Angeles, I went to sneak previews all the time. It’s a great chance to see movies before critics and friends ruin them for you, and best of all, the audiences are a hodge-podge of teenagers, couples, college students, and families who come for free seats and glory…

Summer Solstice–one of the most important pagan holidays that celebrates the longest day of the year–is today, June 21st. Maureen Sullivan of MSN “set out to find the more popular–and more unusual–solstice-centered events around the country. … Some are spiritual in nature; others just use the solstice as an excuse to have a good time.”…

It’s a zeitgeist double-whammy, as celebutante-of-the-moment Paris Hilton is reportedly reading the best-selling, Oprah-endorsed “The Secret” while finishing out her time at a women’s jail in Lynwood, California. A Hilton representative told TMZ.com that “Paris is spending time reading ‘The Secret’ and ‘The Power of Now.’” As Elliot Mintz, Hilton’s publicist, recently told InTouch Magazine:…

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