Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/13/24 Scott in charge. After roles in hit shows like Happy Days, Charles in Charge and Diagnosis Murder, Scott Baio might have had an easier time continuing to grow his career in Hollywood – if he was willing to play but its rules, particularly…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/11/24 Lost and found. After experiencing a rough departure from his longtime perch at CNN, Don Lemon has bounced back with The Don Lemon Show podcast and a new book, I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America, in which he addresses…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/09/24 Don Lemon speaks his mind. The former CNN host gained fame covering and opining on such nationally traumatizing events as the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012, the police killing of George Floyd in 2020, the unrest that followed and the election-related…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/05/24 East meets west. Born in Seoul to an American soldier and a Korean mother in the wake of the Korean War, Newsong Church Founder & Pastor Dave Gibbons has long struggled to come to terms with his Korean roots and his American upbringing. His…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/03/24 Audiences double down on the Gipper. Widely projected to make $5 million at the box office, the biopic Reagan starring Dennis Quaid as the 40th President of the United States surprised box office prognosticators by doubling the $5 million box office take they…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/30/24 Ronald Reagan’s optimistic message still resonates in Reagan (in theaters today). While it’s predictable that wokestream media critics will do their best to dismiss the film as a puff piece (basically my view of last night’s overly hyped, overly produced and overly edited…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/26/24 Better off Ted. TV vet Ted McGinley is known for his long-running roles in such classic series as Happy Days, The Love Boat and Married…with Children. In all three of those cases he successfully stepped in after a prominent original cast member exited.…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/26/24 Day of infamy. Former President Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery this morning to take part in a wreath laying ceremony honoring the 13 American service members killed three years ago today in the horrible Abbey Gate attack outside an airport in Kabul during…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/22/24 Media Scroll: Ugly stuff. Two items from The New York Post resonated with me this week. Under the headline “Led by Obama, Democrats schoolyard tactics mirror Trump‘s trash-talking tactics,”columnist Bethany Mandel argues that the Kamala Harris Campaign is engaging in exactly the kind…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/21/24 From left to right. The legendary actor Jon Voight started his acting career in Broadway in the 1960s He soon moved on to television guest roles in classic series such as Naked City, The Defenders, 12 O’Clock High and Gunsmoke before his career…

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