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Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Gabriel Award Winners announced.  The prizes, presented by Catholic media professionals, honor inspiring works of excellence in film, television and radio. Among this year’s notable honorees are the excellent Odyssey Network’s documentary Serving Life (which aired on Oprah Winfrey’s Own Network) and…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. A long way from Little House on the Prairie. NBC is set to be the first of the broadcast networks release it fall schedule next week but already the peacock has announced some early pickups that include: 1600 Penn – A single-camera…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Positive Vibes. Grammy-nominated musician John Tesh continues to build his radio portfolio. The host of the successful syndicated radio program Intelligence for Life is in the process of launching a new new online Christian radio station called K Tesh Los Angeles. Though…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. The Three Keys That Open the Door to Great Success. That’s the title of a short motivational book by Harold Finch, the Christian entrepreneur, motivational speaker  and executive producer of the upcoming faith-based suspense film Unlimited. I met Harold during a trip…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. An October Baby t-shirt and cast-signed movie poster to reader Kevin McCulley for his winning appraisal of October Baby. Here’s what he wrote: I thoroughly enjoyed October Baby. I took another couple from church to see the movie on opening weekend and was able to…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. October Baby and beyond. The independently-produced Erwin Brothers film dramedy about the emotional journey of a young abortion survivor has proved to have had a strong limited release — grossing nearly $5,000,000 over five weekends, according Box Office Mojo.  Here’s hoping a major distributor…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Why it’s important to see October Baby THIS weekend. Jason Jones, the activist movie producer who formed the the organization and website Movie to Movement to mobilize audience support for films that promote faith-based values,  says that it’s extremely important for audiences to turn…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Daily Show’s below-the-belt shot at Christianity. From The Hollywood Reporter: Some conservatives are crying hypocrisy…over a segment on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart where the host flashed a picture of a naked woman with a tiny Christmas Nativity scene covering her genitals. The…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Heavy rain expected in March of 2014. From The Hollywood Reporter: Paramount and New Regency have settled on a release date for Noah, the Biblical movie to star Russell Crowe that Darren Aronofsky is directing. The new retelling of the Noah’s Ark…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Catholic group slaps the Three Stooges. Then pokes them in their eyes and hits them on their heads with a rubber hammer. Just kidding.  From The Hollywood Reporter:  The Catholic League is in an uproar over the way nuns are depicted in…
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