{"id":4840,"date":"2014-02-12T12:43:17","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T17:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=4840"},"modified":"2014-02-12T16:12:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T21:12:53","slug":"son-of-god-film-begets-soundtrack-album-box-office-numbers-prove-demand-for-faith-friendly-films-horn-family-album-due","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/02\/son-of-god-film-begets-soundtrack-album-box-office-numbers-prove-demand-for-faith-friendly-films-horn-family-album-due.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Son of God&#8221; film begets soundtrack album + Box office numbers prove demand for faith-friendly films + Horn Family album due"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_3969\"><strong><em>Songs of God. <\/em><\/strong>Republic Records is teaming with\u00a020<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Century Fox\u00a0and\u00a0LightWorkers Media, which is owned and operated by\u00a0Mark Burnett\u00a0and\u00a0Roma Downey, to release the original motion picture soundtrack album for the <strong>upcoming film\u00a0<i>Son of God<\/i><\/strong>. The collection is available in stores in North America and Canada February 25 as well as via iTunes globally the same day.<\/p>\n<p>The online pre-order has recently gone live this past week\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/son-god-original-motion-picture\/id811456784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>. Meanwhile, the movie will be released in theaters across the United States Friday February 28.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_3955\">Oscar winner, Golden Globe winner, and multiple Grammy winner\u00a0Hans Zimmer\u00a0and\u00a0Lorne Balfe<b>\u00a0<\/b>composed the music for the film which is punctuated by lyrics and vocals from\u00a0Lisa Gerrard. Enhancing the emotional impact, some of Jesus Christ&#8217;s most revered teachings, from the film\u00a0Son of God entwine with<b>\u00a0Zimmer<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Balfe<\/b>&#8216;s composition. This inclusion of the film&#8217;s dialogue proves utterly moving, bringing Christ&#8217;s words to life.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_3966\">In addition, the soundtrack album includes exclusive remixes of songs for\u00a0<i>S<\/i><i>on Of God\u00a0<\/i>by multiplatinum-selling and award-winning acts such as\u00a0CeeLo Green, Steven Stern &amp; George Krikes,\u00a0OneRepublic,\u00a0Sara Bareilles,\u00a0The Fray,\u00a0Hillsong UNITED, and more.\u00a0Green&#8217;s poetic performance on <em>Mary Did You Know <\/em>serves as the end title song.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AmBWqRoENl4\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AmBWqRoENl4<\/a>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_3978\">\u00a0&#8220;The music and talent on this soundtrack is truly such an incredible part of telling this story.&#8221; said producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett. &#8220;The great Hans Zimmer has been an inspiration since the beginning and now we are excited to be able to add even more voices to <i>Son of God<\/i> and engage our audience through music that they have yet to experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_3986\">Label executive vice president Tom Mackay shares his enthusiasm declaring &#8220;<b><i>Son of God<\/i><\/b> is a film that Mark and Roma were called to create. Every detail of this film has their meticulous approval for authenticity and accuracy. They applied that same passion and attention to detail with the soundtrack as well. \u00a0All of us at Republic Records are thrilled that Mark and Roma chose us as their label partner to help create this soundtrack and partner with them on its release.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Son\u00a0of God<\/i>\u00a0tells the story of Jesus Christ from birth following his incredible journey and examining his crucifixion and resurrection. The soundtrack adds a passionate and powerful musical accompaniment to this riveting tale, matching the emotions conveyed on the screen.\u00a0<i>Son Of God<\/i>\u00a0is the first feature film release for\u00a0LightWorkers Media.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Son of God Movie Trailer 2014 - Official [HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WcIXCok9HPg?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>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_2764\"><strong>By the numbers, faith\/family-friendly films do best.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movieguide.org\/\">Movieguide<\/a>, which bills itself as &#8220;The Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment,&#8221; is out with its 22<sup id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_2765\">nd<\/sup> Annual Report to the Entertainment Industry and it provides convincing data that clearly shows what this blog has been contending for some time:\u00a0 that moviegoers are drawn to movies that prefer clean, family-friendly movies and consistent with traditional Judeo-Christian faith and values.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_2776\">\u201cThis was abundantly true in 2013,\u201d said Dr.\u00a0Ted Baehr, founder and publisher of Movieguide. \u201cFor the first time ever, 90% of the Top 10 Movies in the United States and overseas were Movieguide Award winners, from <em>Iron Man 2<\/em> and <em>Despicable Me 2<\/em> to <em>Frozen, Gravity<\/em> and <em>Man of Steel<\/em>. Also, two-thirds of the Top 10, 60 percent, had overt references to Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_2778\">According to the report, movies with very strong Christian, redemptive worldviews averaged $87.07 million at the domestic box office in 2012 while movies with very strong Non-Christian worldviews averaged only $21.64 million. In fact, the report says, movies with humanist\/atheist worldviews did the worst &#8212; averaging only $3.66 million.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_2780\">Movieguide analyzes movies according to basic biblical principles and theology. Here are some of the highlights of the 2013 Report to the Entertainment Industry:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Very Strong Dominant Worldviews<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Count<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>% of All Movies<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>B.O. Sum<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>B.O. Avg.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CCC (Christian\/Redemptive)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">6.59%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$1,567,314,394<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$87,073,022<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Very Strong Non-Christian Worldviews+<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">63<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">23.08%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$1,363,297,527<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$21,639,643<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_2795\"><strong>Of the Top 10 Movies Overseas in 2013:<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All, or 100%, of the Top 10 Movies Overseas in 2013 had strong or very strong Christian, redemptive, biblical, and\/or moral worldviews, earning 100% of $4.951 billion!<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 More than three-fourths, or 80%, had very strong Christian, redemptive content or worldviews, earning $3.925 billion out of $4.951 billion, or 79% of the total amount for the Top 10 Movies Overseas in 2013.<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Also, 80% had very strong moral content\u00a0or worldviews.<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From a traditional Judeo-Christian faith perspective, none of the Top 10 had a strong or very strong, thoroughly unacceptable worldview, In fact, the report declares, 100% of them had a strong or very strong positive world view.<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 None of the Top 10 Overseas were rated R.<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Only one, or 10%, had any excessive foul language (more than 25 obscenities and\/or profanities) but 30% had a moderate level (10-25 obscenities).<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 None of them had any depicted sexual content in them, and 60 percent had no sexual references whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_2796\"><strong>Domestic Box Office:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_2798\">Movies with No Foul Language Earn the Most!<\/p>\n<table width=\"301\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Lang.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>2013 Avg. B.O.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No obscenities\/profanities<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$65.81 million<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1-25<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$36.20 million<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>More than 25<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$30.43 million<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Movies with No Sex Earn the Most!<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Sex<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>2013 Avg. B.O.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No Sex<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$51.15 million<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Implied Sex<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$37.29 million<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Strong or Depicted Sex<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$24.00 million<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Extreme Sexual Content<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$17.85 million<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Movies with No Nudity Do Best!<\/p>\n<table width=\"325\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Nudity<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>2013 Avg. B.O.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No Sexual Nudity<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$42.81 million<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Some or Extreme Sexual Nudity<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">$19.17 million<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_2260\"><strong>A Family affair.<\/strong> After a decade-long tour, performing over 100 concerts a year, The Horn Family is slated to release their long awaited self-titled debut project on March 4, 2014 from RayLynn Records through Provident Distribution. <i>The Horn Family<\/i> album was recorded in Nashville, Tenn. and produced by prolific country artist and renowned songwriter Mark Collie who has worked with artists such as Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, and Alabama.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1392222170424_2266\">The Horn Family offers a unique combination of country and contemporary gospel and is made up of Joel Horn, Tina Horn, Jamie Horn and Tracy Horn. Born for careers in Southern Gospel music, Joel and Jamie Horn were raised by their father, a Pentecostal preacher, on the tunes of legendary gospel families such as The Hinsons, Paynes and Crabbs. From what started off as a childhood passion, the two Horn siblings began to perform, eventually expanding into The Horn Family, when Joel and Jamie\u2019s wives, Tina and Tracy, came on board to offer their vocal harmonies.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sample from their repertoire:<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"I&#039;m Gonna Rise Above The Fall - The Horn Family\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yHExnDx4i5w?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>\n<p>The self-titled debut album will be available at Christian retail stores, iTunes, and Amazon beginning Tuesday, March 4, 2014. For more information about The Horn Family, you can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.HornFamily.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.HornFamily.com<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raylynnrecords.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.raylynnrecords.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><b>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Songs of God. Republic Records is teaming with\u00a020th\u00a0Century Fox\u00a0and\u00a0LightWorkers Media, which is owned and operated by\u00a0Mark Burnett\u00a0and\u00a0Roma Downey, to release the original motion picture soundtrack album for the upcoming film\u00a0Son of God. The collection is available in stores in North America and Canada February&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,13,24,25],"tags":[6336,35,506,6351,6337,798,6349,6350,6345,6338,6348,6355,4981,4238,6354,6346,2339,6342,6353,5198,6352,6339,6340,6343,6341,6344,6347],"class_list":["post-4840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atheism","category-christianity","category-family-matters","category-movies","category-music","tag-son-of-god-film","tag-1-thessalonians-511","tag-20th-century-fox","tag-christian","tag-demand-for-faith-friendly-films","tag-despicable-me-2","tag-frozen","tag-gravity-and-man-of-steel","tag-hillsong-united","tag-horn-family-album","tag-iron-man-2","tag-joel-and-jamie-horn","tag-lightworkers-media","tag-mark-burnett-and-roma-downey","tag-mark-collie","tag-mary-did-you-know","tag-movieguide","tag-onerepublic","tag-provident-distribution","tag-raylynn-records","tag-redemptive-worldviews","tag-republic-records","tag-s-ceelo-green","tag-sara-bareilles","tag-steven-stern-george-krikes","tag-the-fray","tag-tom-mackay"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Son of God&quot; film begets soundtrack album + Box office numbers prove demand for faith-friendly films + Horn Family album due<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/02\/son-of-god-film-begets-soundtrack-album-box-office-numbers-prove-demand-for-faith-friendly-films-horn-family-album-due.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Son of God&quot; film begets soundtrack album + Box office numbers prove demand for faith-friendly films + Horn Family album due\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Songs of God. Republic Records is teaming with\u00a020th\u00a0Century Fox\u00a0and\u00a0LightWorkers Media, which is owned and operated by\u00a0Mark Burnett\u00a0and\u00a0Roma Downey, to release the original motion picture soundtrack album for the upcoming film\u00a0Son of God. The collection is available in stores in North America and Canada February&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/02\/son-of-god-film-begets-soundtrack-album-box-office-numbers-prove-demand-for-faith-friendly-films-horn-family-album-due.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Faith, Media &amp; Culture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-12T17:43:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-02-12T21:12:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John W. Kennedy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"Son of God\" film begets soundtrack album + Box office numbers prove demand for faith-friendly films + Horn Family album due","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/02\/son-of-god-film-begets-soundtrack-album-box-office-numbers-prove-demand-for-faith-friendly-films-horn-family-album-due.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"Son of God\" film begets soundtrack album + Box office numbers prove demand for faith-friendly films + Horn Family album due","og_description":"Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Songs of God. Republic Records is teaming with\u00a020th\u00a0Century Fox\u00a0and\u00a0LightWorkers Media, which is owned and operated by\u00a0Mark Burnett\u00a0and\u00a0Roma Downey, to release the original motion picture soundtrack album for the upcoming film\u00a0Son of God. The collection is available in stores in North America and Canada February&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/02\/son-of-god-film-begets-soundtrack-album-box-office-numbers-prove-demand-for-faith-friendly-films-horn-family-album-due.html","og_site_name":"Faith, Media &amp; Culture","article_published_time":"2014-02-12T17:43:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-02-12T21:12:53+00:00","author":"John W. Kennedy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/02\/son-of-god-film-begets-soundtrack-album-box-office-numbers-prove-demand-for-faith-friendly-films-horn-family-album-due.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/02\/son-of-god-film-begets-soundtrack-album-box-office-numbers-prove-demand-for-faith-friendly-films-horn-family-album-due.html","name":"\"Son of God\" film begets soundtrack album + Box office numbers prove demand for faith-friendly films + Horn Family album due","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-02-12T17:43:17+00:00","dateModified":"2014-02-12T21:12:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/#\/schema\/person\/e5d5ef9caeb6b01bcbf08ca6de6591c2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/02\/son-of-god-film-begets-soundtrack-album-box-office-numbers-prove-demand-for-faith-friendly-films-horn-family-album-due.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/02\/son-of-god-film-begets-soundtrack-album-box-office-numbers-prove-demand-for-faith-friendly-films-horn-family-album-due.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/02\/son-of-god-film-begets-soundtrack-album-box-office-numbers-prove-demand-for-faith-friendly-films-horn-family-album-due.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8220;Son of God&#8221; film begets soundtrack album + Box office numbers prove demand for faith-friendly films + Horn Family album due"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/","name":"Faith, Media &amp; Culture","description":"Beliefnet Voices - John W. Kennedy","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/#\/schema\/person\/e5d5ef9caeb6b01bcbf08ca6de6591c2","name":"John W. Kennedy","description":"John W. Kennedy is the founder and Dir. of Development of The Creative Universe Entertainment\u2122, a media consultation and development company focusing on the creation, development and support of high-quality mainstream entertainment that upholds positive timeless values, including trust in God. Current projects include \"Bryant Park\" (an uplifting romantic-comedy) and \"Photo Finish\" (an award-winning sci-fi TV pilot). He has written over 100 children's novels based on episodes of the Cartoon Network series \"Ben 10\", \"Ben 10: Alien Force\", \"Ben 10: Ultimate Alien\", \"Ben 10: Omniverse\" and \"Generator Rex\" among others. He also writes Beliefnet\u2019s \"Faith, Media &amp; Culture\" blog. Previously, he has produced successful news and talk programming for CNN, Fox News, Pax TV and SiriusXM. Specialties: Script Writing, Movie\/TV Novelizations &amp; Adaptations, TV Content Creation and Development, Creative Consultation, Producing and Booking News and Talk shows. He can be reached for writing, producing and consulting services at 516-640-1182.","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/author\/jkennedy"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4840"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4843,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4840\/revisions\/4843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}