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by Amy and Nancy Harrington, Pop Culture Passionistas A skate boarder empowers kids, a green musician is honored and a movie star spits for a good cause. Here are this week’s most inspirational pop culture moments.

  Butterscotch Brew. Treacle Fudge. Mmmmmmmmmmm… Harry Potter aficionados recognize those names as they’ve undoubtedly dreamed about JK Rowling’s imaginary confectionary creations. Who hasn’t wanted to pop a Peppermint Humbug into their mouth? Well, here’s your chance. “The Unofficial Harry Potter Sweet Shoppe Kit” by Dinah Bucholz is out now and it’s the closest thing…

Hit “Like” to share this post with your friends! NBC’s The Voice crowned it’s first champion tonight.  In an extremely competitive voting finish, and Javier Colon took home the prize!  Javier stunned America from the very beginning of the show with his razor sharp voice and dynamic stage presence, and his performances last night sealed…

By Karen Keller Insider humor might be one of the funniest genres of comedy. My Mormon brother jokes about the old Mormon male ‘garments’ – gauzy white underclothes Mormon adults wear – saying they were ‘onesies’ that gave you a wedgie if you shrugged. But admittedly, as I watched “Book of Mormon,” the new Broadway…

The Family Movie Night folks have consistently churned out some good, wholesome family films. They’re not epic feats of cinematic excellence, but they’re reasonably entertaining and you’re guaranteed that there won’t be loads of inappropriate content you’ll have to change the channel to avoid. The next film in their series is “Field of Vision” and…

Hit LIKE to share! This little boy loves the Warblers, the male prep school glee club that featured prominently in Season 2 of Fox’s hit show, and he has the moves (and costume) to prove it. His parents are going to have to beat the girls off of him when he gets older. You Might…

Donald Miller’s “Blue Like Jazz” was a rallying cry to many twentysomething Christians who felt jilted by the hollow faith of their parents and peers. With an intimate, personable style, Miller poured out his thoughts and struggles with an oftentimes embarrassing honesty. A feature film, directed by Steve Taylor, was in the works but put on hold…

Hit LIKE above to spread the word to all your friends about the DVD giveaway! Do you like music?  Do you like to laugh?  Well, then you’ll love this excellent Christian DVD grab bag!  Just one lucky winner will receive four fun Christian DVDs from our Beliefnet vault!  The DVDs will be selected randomly from…

by Amy and Nancy Harrington, Pop Culture Passionistas A rock star unites with puppets, an author urges fans to light a candle and a TV mainstay turns to the world wide web. Here are this week’s most inspirational pop culture moments.

Terrence Malick is not an easy filmmaker to wrap your head around. In a career spanning four decades, he’s only directed five films (for you those of you who aren’t math wizzes, that works out to a film every 8 years – he’s like the antithesis of Woody Allen!). His work is often beautiful, meditative, obtuse,…

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