{"id":1968,"date":"2012-02-13T09:15:58","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T14:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2012-02-13T09:15:58","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T14:15:58","slug":"ll-cool-js-prayerful-grammy-tribute-to-whitney-houston-the-vow-scores-big-box-office-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/02\/ll-cool-js-prayerful-grammy-tribute-to-whitney-houston-the-vow-scores-big-box-office-victory.html","title":{"rendered":"LL Cool J&#8217;s prayerful Grammy tribute to Whitney Houston + &#8220;The Vow&#8221; scores big box office victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p>1.<strong> LL Cool J&#8217;s opens the Grammy Awards with a prayer for Whitney Houston.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=id5M1sHr8P4<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<strong><em> The Vow<\/em> tops record-breaking weekend box office. <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/movies\/article\/vow-safe-house-top-record-breaking-box-office-weekend-35316\">From The Wrap<\/a>: <em>For the first time since Christmas weekend 2008 &#8212; and for the first non-holiday weekend ever &#8212; four movies debuted to more than $20 million. &#8220;The Vow&#8221; more than doubled that sum, taking an estimated $41.7 million. &#8220;Safe House&#8221; nearly doubled it, with $39.3 million.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Vow (2012) - Official Trailer [HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8swF2-R6X9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. 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