Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.
1. Ark! Who goes there? From Deadline: Russell Crowe is set to float the boat as Noah in Darren Aronofsky’s edgy Biblical re-telling of Noah’s Ark.
2. OWNing up to problems @ Oprah’s network. From MediaBistro: Oprah Winfrey‘s struggling network, OWN, is headed for some major restructuring. The network announced one-fifth, or 30 staffers based in New York and Los Angeles, are being laid off...Just last week, OWN pulled the plug on Rosie O’ Donnell‘s short-lived daytime show.
Encourage one another and build each other up – 1 Thessalonians 5:11