Assisted living sounds like a rational, caring way to tend to our old folks while giving them their independence. I won’t hear the phrase the same way after watching “Andrew Jenks, Room 335,” a new documentary that debuted on HBO Tuesday night (click here for the remaining airings). Jenks, a 19-year-old from suburban Westchester County,…

A New York Times News Service piece on VeggieTales founder Phil Vischer tells the tale of how his zeal to build a world-beating Christian media company overwhelmed both his connection to God and his management skills. “I had made the work more important than my relationship with Him,” he says. “It’s a common evangelical mistake.”…

Andrew Morton, author of two biographies of Princess Di, is used to getting blowback from his subjects’ defenders. And he expected his new book on Tom Cruise to raise the considerable ire of both Scientology and Cruise himself. (His publisher, Pan-Macmillan, was so worried about legal repercussions that they won’t be releasing the book in…

Finally, ‘American Idol’ is back, with its new season kicking off tonight. If you’re a fan, check out our new ‘American Idol’ group to dissect the new season and talk about your favorite contestants from years past. Click here to join the group. Also, don’t miss our gallery of the top 10 spiritual moments on…

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