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Does TV have a conscience? + The "B" is back + Democrats, Republicans and the movies

Date: 10/11/2011

Here's today's dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media & culture. 1. Does TV have a conscience? That question was posed by Laura Zalaznick, head of NBC Universal Entertainment & Digital Networks in a speech before TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), a non-profit group dedicated to what it calls "Ideas Worth Spreading."  View the video here . She makes some interesting poin ...

Related Topics: Good Christian Bitches, Laura Zalaznick, Indiana Jones, Sherwood Pictures' Courageous, Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, TED (Technology, Entertainment, Don’T Trust The B—- In Apartment 23, Good Christian Belles, Republicans And The Movies, Forrest Gump, Emilio Estevez Film The Way (Starring His Father Martin Sheen)

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Gloria Steinen calls out "The Playboy Club" + Why Hollywood ratings don't make sense + $tar $alaries

Date: 08/10/2011

Here are today's dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Television makes strange bedfellows. From The Wrap : Gloria Steinem is no fan of NBC's upcoming "The Playboy Club." In the 1960s, the feminist icon rose to public attention after posing as a Bunny in the New York Playboy Club for an investigative piece that ran in Show magazine. It did not leave her with a warm f ...

Related Topics: Tim Allen, The Playboy Club, Al Gore, Gloria Steinen, Kiefer Sutherland, Laurence Fishburne, Current TV, Anderson Cooper, Time Warner, The Wrap, NBC, Parents Television Council, Cnn, PG-13 Rated Movies Are Getting Edgier, TV Guide, Ted Danson, CSI, Ashton Kutcher, Keith Olbermann, TV's Fat Cats

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Cindy Bond and Chevonne O'Shaughnessy are on a faith-filled cinematic mission

Date: 08/02/2011

Mission: Possible: To bring positive, inspirational messages back into the global marketplace. Such is the goal  of Mission Pictures International (MPI) , the global film financing and distribution company founded by Cindy Bond and Chevonne O'Shaughnessy in 2008. Based in Los Angeles, MPI's goal is to seek out the very best in uplifting, values-based entertainment (often produced by unabash ...

Related Topics: The Blind Side, Galley Molina, Cindy Bond, Chevonne O'shaughnessy, Mission Pictures International (MPI), AFM, MIPTV, American Cinema International, Frank Yablans, Ron Booth, Christian Filmmakers, The Hallmark Channel, Letters To God, David Boreanaz, What If... (With Kevin Sorbo, Ted Mcginley, The Confession, Chronicles Of Narnia, Sherwood Pictures, Fireproof And Couragious, Soul Surfer, The Mighty Macs, Carla Gugino, Ellen Burstyn, NATPE, DISCOP, Promenade Pictures, 2007'S CGI Version Of The Ten Commandments, The Shunning, Jerusalem Countdown, Kristi Swanson And John Ratzenberger), My Last Day Without You, Christmas With A Capital C, Nancy Stafford, Daniel Baldwin, I'm In Love With A Church, Walden Media's Amazing Grace, Alex Kendrick

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Pro gay marriage video mocks Christians + A cyber-threat to Christianity? + Can a movie help Heal America?

Date: 07/20/2011

Here are today's dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Pro gay marriage video mocks Christians. From The Christian Post :  A website in support of gay marriage in Minnesota has come out with a new vulgar video in which actors mock and slander Christians and even show two young boys kissing each other. The purpose of the website F**H8.com is to raise money for Minnesot ...

Related Topics: The Christian Post, Minnesotans United For All Families, Apologist Josh Mcdowell, Campus Crusade For Christ International, The National Black Pro-Life Coalition, Heal America, Homeless Activist Ted Hayes, Francis Chan, NYT Bestseller List, The Wrap, The Blaze, The Huffington Post, Billy Graham Center, Pro Gay Marriage Video Mocks Christians, Casey Anthony, Sands Digital Media, Ron Howard, Jon Krakauer's 2003 Book "Under The Banner Of Heaven, Planned Parenthood, Big Hollywood, The Dome Village, Captain Planet Movie, Cartoon Network, Angry Filmworks

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Andrew Cuomo -- the Ted Kennedy of the Next Generation?

Date: 07/01/2011

    Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York is supposed to be a Catholic, yet he celebrated the passage of a same-sex marriage bill in his state. At the press conference after the signing he expressed the hope that same-sex marriage in New York would be the beginning of a "progressive" movement across America. Andrew Cuomo is destined to become the Ted Kennedy of the next generation unle ...

Related Topics: Catholic Advocate, Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Marriage, New York, Catholic Vote, Andrew Cuomo

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Did you miss Al Capp's 100th birthday?

Date: 03/25/2011

The 100th birthday of cartoonist Al Capp, has come and gone, ignored by the hundreds of newspapers that used to carry his satirical daily comic strip “Li’l Abner.” In today’s politically correct environment, Capp’s centennial quite a few months ago didn’t rate mention since he was a iconoclast who mercilessly made fun of such popular heroes as Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and Tedd ...

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NIMBYitis Alert: Not In My Back Yard!

Date: 01/24/2011

Most Americans want things to get better in our nation. We want the economy to flourish. We want the government to be solvent. We want affordable, excellent medical care. We want clean energy. We want all of these things . . . but don't want to have to incur any personal cost or inconvenience to get them. Surely, somebody else has to pay. "Fix it," we say, "but not in my back yard!" We are sufferi ...

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