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Faster than you can say: ‘Hey! Ho! Let’s go!,’ self-taught drummer Marky Ramone continues to rock out his legacy as the last member of the most iconic punk bands in history.  In his book, Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone, Marky gives an account of the punk scene in the 1970s, a look…

The journalism community received tragic news last night, legendary writer and reporter Bob Simon was killed in a car crash on the West Side Highway, after Simon’s limo driver lost control of the vehicle. According to law enforcement reports, the Lincoln Town Car that Simon, 73, was riding in collided with a Mercedes-Benz, then veered across…

After more than 30 years, Eddie Murphy is making a return to Saturday Night Live. Murphy was a young 19-years-old when he joined the cast in 1981 and his last guest host appearance was in 1984. In an interview with News One Now Murphy said, “It just never worked out where the timing was right…

During an episode taping, Jon Stewart, the host of The Daily Show, said that he will be stepping down as the host. “This show doesn’t deserve a slightly restless host and neither do you,” said Stewart as he humbly announced his departure. Stewart commented that he did not have any specific plans but that his…

The wait is over! In collaboration with NBC’s Television event series A.D. THE BIBLE CONTINUES, the Dove Award-winning, Grammy-nominated Christian pop-rock band Newsboys has created a new music video set to their hit “We Believe,” incorporating never before seen footage from the upcoming series. Considered one of the most popular Christian bands ever assembled, this…

Take a sneak peak at CNN’s new investigative series Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery, which explores the many mysteries of the Bible while scientifically proving what we already know spiritually: that Jesus lived, was crucified, arose and ascended back to heaven. The first investigation covers the Shroud of Turin –a centuries old linen cloth used…

No one knows much about Miles Sloman, the actor who is playing David in the highly anticipated ‘David and Goliath’ film that releases in theaters nationwide April 3, 2015. Sloman is a young Cornish immigrant who attended the prestigious Oxford School of Drama. Sloman had minor roles in various TV series in Great Britain but his big…

EchoLight Cinema releases its first world-premier film, “Hoovey” based on the true story of Eric “Hoovey” Elliot from Illinois, a promising high school basketball player, who develops a near-fatal brain tumor.  The family struggles to keep it all together through faith, and the power of the human spirit. “The movie is inspiring to me because…

“The Imitation Game” is growing to become the highest grossing independent film overseas and domestically. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, the film has garnered critical claim starring Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays British computer scientist, Alan Turing. The mathematician was instrumental in cracking German codes to aid the Allies during WWII. After the war Turing was…

The choices we make are the stories we tell. Can broken stories have happy endings? Confessions of a Prodigal Son, a new inspirational drama starring Kevin Sorbo (God’s Not Dead, Storm Rider, Hercules) and Nathan Clarkson (The Veil, Mayflower 2), is a modern retelling of one of the most commonly recognized parables of Jesus, the…

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