Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Davy Jones is dead. From The Wrap/AP:  Davy Jones, a former actor turned singer who helped propel the TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts and into rock `n’ roll history, died Wednesday in Florida. He was…

Here are today’s quick dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Faith-based Left Behind saga reportedly getting a movie reboot. From Hollywood Reporter: Paul Lalonde, the writer and producer of the original set of movies made by Lalonde’s Cloud Ten Pictures, and John Patus, who worked on the final entry, 2005’s Left…

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.…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Lion King devours Dolphin. From Hollywood Reporter: Disney’s 3D re-release of The Lion King remained lord of the jungle in its second weekend, pulling off another surprise upset in beating a number of new players to top the domestic box office chart…

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