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What’s new in November + Out-of-touch TV and movie critics + Baseball’s real homeruns
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/27/23 Here’s a look at what’s happening media-wise as we move into the holiday season. Don McLean’s Christmas Memories. The music legend has just released his latest album. Arriving today, Christmas Memories: Remixed & Remastered boasts twelve tracks and features such classic yuletide numbers…
Jewish-American journalist Jonathan Tobin reacts to America’s reaction to Israel’s 9/11
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/25/23 Jewish News Syndicate Editor-in-Chief Jonathan S. Tobin “Useful idiots.” That’s how Jonathan S. Tobin, the New York City born-and-educated (at Columbia University) editor-in-chief of JNS (Jewish News Syndicate), views Americans (and others) citing “humanitarian concerns” as they push for a ceasefire and oppose…
An Orthodox Jew and expert on fragile states offers his thoughts on how organized faith can help heal a fractured world
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/23/23 When everything goes bad everywhere all at once. Whether you’re tuning into the world or national news, chances are the bulk of what you’re seeing and hearing isn’t comforting. While the world appears to be teetering on the brink of all-out war, domestically…
Can civility save civilization? + Hope floats in George Clooney’s upcoming Christmas release “The Boys in the Boat”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/20/23 Click hate. If you’re like me you probably find the perusing of the comments section of any website (particularly the ones that deal with current events and politics) to be a disheartening activity as they have become places where any attempt at civil…
“The Chosen” producers choose theaters first for Season 4 + Crumbling Disney turns 100 amid emerging competition
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/18/23 The King of All Media. In what is probably a first for any TV/streaming series, the entire fourth season of the Christ-centered episodic drama The Chosen will premiere exclusively in movie theaters in the US and Canada before being released via streaming services…
Analyzing “Frasier”+ Saving streaming + Bill Maher’s take on the isolation pandemic
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/16/23 Following up on two of last week’s posts here. The Frasier reboot that is. On Friday, following the premiere of the much-anticipated Frasier reboot on Paramount+, I self-indulgently posted about my updated version of an idea for a series continuation (aka the Frasier…
Lucas Black saddles up for a traditional western in “Birthright Outlaw” + The “Frasier” reboot that wasn’t
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/13/23 Family Man. Known for his roles in 1996’s Sling Blade, 2013’s Jackie Robinson biopic 42 (in which he played Pee Wee Reese), the blockbuster Fast and the Furious film series and the long-running TV show NCIS: New Orleans, Lucas Black has reached that…
Author Richard Deming searches for meaning in “This Exquisite Loneliness”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/11/23 The Isolation Pandemic. In May the US Surgeon General issued an advisory on “the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in our country.” The report asserts that the mortality impact of being socially disconnected is akin to smoking up…
Don McLean’s prayer for “Jerusalem” + Roma Downey offers kids a timeless “Message in the Moon” + Why “The Burial” is the best film I’ve seen all year
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/09/23 Indefensible. That’s the only word I can think of describe this weekend’s cruel and heartless attack on the people of Israel. Speaking of the vicious assault Israel singer-songwriter Don McLean – who penned the song Jerusalem – put out this statement: “It is…
Great American Media is on a roll in linear and streaming TV + George Clooney guides inspirational “Boys in the Boat”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/06/23 b Great America success story. The family entertainment brand Great American Media continues to upset the Hollywood apple cart. For the eleventh consecutive month its Great American Family linear channel is TV’s fastest-growing network – up 185% in Total Day Household ratings…
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