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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…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1.  Credit Where Credit is Due Dept. From The Daily Caller: Monday, the National Organization for Women (NOW) spoke out against Newsweek’s most recent cover, which features an extreme close-up of Michele Bachmann and the title “The Queen of Rage.” “It’s sexist,” NOW…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Time to redefine The CW Network?  From The Hollywood Reporter: It’s not like The CW is printing money, most of its shows get beat by cable channels that have done a better job of attracting that core audience (hello MTV, hello ABC Family) and,…

Who is Simon Miller?, the family espionage adventure airing tonight on NBC (8:00 PM ET) and the seventh of the Walmart-P&G Family Movie Night series, has been virtually ignored by the mainstream media (almost like they’re afraid to let people know about it) but it has been receiving strongly positive reviews from outlets concerned with…

A lot is riding on Who is Simon Miller? The TV movie airing this Saturday night (Aug. 6) at 8:00 PM (ET) on NBC (trailer) offers an action-packed tale of a family caught up in international espionage — after mom (Robin Lively) and the kids learn that dad (Loren Dean) is a good-guy spy working…

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…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. HBO renews crappy show. From Hollywood Reporter: HBO kicked off Wednesday’s Television Critics Association Tour session by announcing it has picked up Bill Maher’s show, Real Time With Bill Maher, for a 10th season. 2. Maher mocks Beck’s Israel speech. From The…

Here are today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Mrs. Miller sees series potential in Simon…  I had the opportunity to ask actress Robin Lively (Twin Peaks, Chicago Hope) about her role as Meredith, the loyal wife of the mysterious title character in Who is Simon Miller? The film, the seventh…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. I just had the pleasure of talking with music industry exec-turned- movie producer/writer Galley Molina about I’m in Love With a Church Girl, his upcoming semi-autobiographical film about a drug trafficker who has his life turned around by the love and faith of a…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Oslo shooter watched Dexter. Among the excerpts from the Norwegian terrorist’s so-called manifesto reportedly was this: “I am currently watching Dexter, the series about that forensic mass murderer” Comment: Of course, no TV show is to blame for the actions of a…
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