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Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Tonight Show joke results in Sikh lawsuit. From The Wrap: …(Host Jay) Leno has taken heat from a religious group after cracking that presidential contender (Mitt) Romney keeps the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, as his summer home. And how he’s being…

1. The Super Bowl goes gospel.  Singer Natalie Grant will appear at the 13th Annual National Football League’s Super Bowl Gospel Celebration. The show will tape before a live audience at 7:30pm EST on Friday, February 3, 2012 at the Clowes Memorial Hall on the Butler University campus in Indianapolis, IN. Wayne Brady (Let’s Make…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. March for Life weekend in D.C. The march itself (protesting the 1973 Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision) will take place on Monday but there will be various events leading up to it over the weekend. They include a speech by former…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Yes YOU can win a day with Lino Rulli! Time with the Sinner author and SiruisXM/Catholic Channel host is the prize in Servant Books’ Saints, Sinners and Salami contest. The winner gets a trip to New York City and the opportunity to…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Courageous and Serving Life out on DVD today (1/17/12). 1. Courageous surprisingly good — but hits some of its notes rather hard. This latest effort from Sherwood Pictures (Facing the Giants, Fireproof)  the film production arm of  Sherwood Baptist Church located in Albany,…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. October Baby arriving in…March? I guess this is what you call a preemie.  Actually, the pro-life film from award-winning directors Jon and Andrew Erwin is already garnering heaps of praise from the likes of the Dove Foundation.  Provident Films—known for its association…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Bruce Almighty sequel planned. From Entertainment Weekly: Nine years after Bruce Almighty, Universal is plotting a second coming. (Or technically a third.) EW has confirmed a Variety report that the studio has plans to reunite Jim Carrey with the Yes Man writers (Jarrad…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. New book delivers an interesting perspective on Mother Teresa.  Msgr. Leo Massburg, her longtime companion and confessor, shares his insights in Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Personal Portrait, available now from Ignatius Press. The 23-chapter work, which includes never-before-published color photos from…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. How Oprah Winfrey’s TV network can finally come into its OWN. The media mogul’s year-old TV network scored a ratings bump on New Year’s Day with the debut of her new interview show Oprah’s Next Chapter. But, overall, OWN (a joint venture of Oprah’s…

Happy New Year! Here’s  today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Oprah’s OWN network struggles. From The Huffington Post: The cable channel, which marks its first year Jan. 1, is trying for a fresh start after executive turnover and missteps that proved OWN lacked a solid foundation on which to build, this…
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