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God and Hollywood: Notes from the Variety Family Entertainment & Faith-Based Media Summit
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. A Common Purpose. For the second consecutive year, Variety (in coordination with the P.R. firm Rogers & Cowan) held a day-long gathering of distributors, producers, writers, directors, actors and others who are the faces behind the current boom in uplifting entertainment — which, BTW,…
Real-life “Blind Side” mom Leigh Anne Touhy talks about her life since the movie, the importance of adoption and her new UP reality show launching tonight
By
John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Team Touhy takes on television. Family Addition with Leigh Anne Touhy, premieres tonight (Friday, June 7 @ 9:00 PM ET), is the first new original to premiere on UP since the Uplifting Entertainment network formerly known as GMC TV changed its name last Saturday.…
If I programmed the broadcast networks (part two): Fox
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Note: This week, the broadcast networks are announcing their 2013-2014 schedules. Yesterday, I offered my thoughts on how NBC could improve its fortunes next season by moving away from so-called edgy programming toward shows that uplifted as they entertained. Now, it’s on to Fox.…
“The Bible” a home-vid blockbuster too
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. More proof of The Bible‘s power. From The Wrap: The miniseries, produced by “Survivor” boss Mark Burnett and his wife, Roma Downey, did big business in its first week of home-video sales, setting a five-year record for DVD sales in the TV category and…
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