Anybody who follows Christian music has probably heard the old saw from Christian bands: “if we cross over, we’re going to carry the cross over.” Really, though, when was the last time you heard a Christian pop band sing about the cross on, say, MTV? In fact, when the dust of 2007 cleared, there was…

Oprah hit it big last Sunday with her new philanthropic reality series “The Big Give.” Angelina Jolie has made more headlines for her recent op-ed piece on Iraq in the Washington Post than for her latest baby bump. Clearly, being a socially-conscious, conspicuously charitable celeb is going to continue to be the hot trend— possibly…

“Does being Paris’ spirituality chihuahua mean the guy was especially horrible in a past life,” my friend asked me when confronted with the recent story of Paris Hilton’s new Buddhist monk sidekick. According to the Daily Mail, the celebutante’s newest guru had her reading “The Path to the Painted Shaman” and also persuaded her “to…

In the upcoming military movie “Stop Loss,” releasing March 28th from MTV Films, Ryan Phillippe plays an Iraq war hero who returns home from his tour of duty and tries to go back to his civilian life. Then, against his will, the Army orders him to return to active duty. The movie examines issues with…

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