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Whoopi is possibly the only person who is defending Mel Gibson right now.

By Amy & Nancy Harrington, Pop Culture Passionistas This week Hollywood hot shots cheat for charity, celebs offer walk-on roles for cold hard cash, and two city slicker farmers help out their local community artisans. Here are this week’s most inspirational pop culture moments. Celebs Cheat to Raise Money for Charity Dianna Agron from “Glee”…

These days people tweet mass on Sundays. My fellow Beliefnet blogger, Jana Riess (of Flunking Sainthood) is even tweeting the ENTIRE bible, one tweet per chapter–she calls it the Twible. (Yes, really, Jana is doing this–it’s awesome. And her tweets are hilarious.) In a recent New York Times article, “Mythic Past, Resonating in the Present,”…

A Jewish doctor says he will abide by all Orthodox Jewish laws while in the "Big Brother" house.

Friday Night Lights finally gets an Emmy nod.

Jon Gosselin is possibly writing a memoir.

It’s official: ‘Eclipse’ is not only the third movie installment in the ‘Twilight Saga,’ it’s also the best. It’s fast, intense, dramatic and manages not to take itself too seriously (at one point Edward quips–to Jacob: “Do you ever wear a shirt?”). The special effects with the werewolves and the fighting–vampire on vampire and vampire…

Here are a few undiscovered DVD picks for the holiday.

By Amy & Nancy Harrington, Pop Culture PassionistasThis week Matt Damon offered to take one in the kisser for a good cause, Miss (Bald) America took the crown, and Sir Paul McCartney went viral for charity. Here are this week’s most inspirational pop culture moments.Matt Damon Says He’ll Take ‘One in the Kisser’ for 1GoalThe…

I love ‘In Plain Sight,’ the Marshall Service/Witness Protection show on USA. Not only does it star two fantastic actors from West Wing, Mary McCormack and Joshua Malina, but I find the relationship (and growing, sweet romantic tension) between the show’s two primary characters, Mary and Marshall, rather riveting. The last episode, “A Priest Walks…

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