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I love fictional vampires, especially the ones that show signs of more substance than just the bite-and-kill instinct. First, there’s my well-documented love for all things Buffy, plus I have read every Anne Rice book, and even saw that awful “Queen of the Damned” film. But there’s something about this Twilight series – from the…

In terms of plot, I think “Eclipse” is my favorite of the Twilight Saga books. Well, aside from “Twilight”. It has lots of sign-worthy Bella-Edward romantic moments, plus some good Edward-Jacob conflict, and then, of course, the moment of reckoning between Bella and Jacob, when she decides to choose Edward forever. So I’m excited to…

A young boy with cancer describes to his friend how writing a letter to God for help with a problem is like “texting a best friend.” The film releases April 9, 2010. You can watch the full “Letters to God” movie trailer on Beliefnet.

Corey Haim died early Wednesday morning of a possible overdose.

Will the creation account from Genesis become a 3-D epic movie?

One of the most underwhelming Oscar shows of all-time sure stood in contrast to perhaps the most significant–if, indeed, the last–of the Barbara Walters Specials. I was on the West Coast so I watched it after the Oscars and, yikes, did I see first hand how much times have changed since she first launched her…

Have you ever seen Mother Teresa in a cinnamon bun or Jesus in a chicken cutlet? A new book, “Look! It’s Jesus!” by Harry and Sandra Choron compile photos and stories of amazing holy visions seen by people around the world, from Arizona to Australia. There are fantastic sacred sightings photos of Jesus, the Virgin…

One of my all-time favorite books to teach is the Zooey side of JD Salinger’s “Franny and Zooey.” Without giving too much away for those who haven’t read this wonderful novel(a), the end has one of the most stunning, beautiful conversations about Jesus I’ve come across in literature. That JD Salinger’s recent death has folks…

One of my favorite moments of last night’s Oscars show was Ben Stiller’s “Avatar” spoof, when he presented the award for best makeup in blue-face (and blue-tail) Nav’i get-up, with his speech mixing English and, of course, Na’vi. Alas, all but the most die-hard “Avatar” fanatics or sharpest-eared Jews out there probably missed the fact that Stiller’s Na’vi…

Hollywood and evangelical Christians don’t agree on much, but last night they shared a deep conviction that only God could have put an Oscar in Sandra Bullock’s hand. Often dismissed as the actress with the least star quality since the Blob, Bullock, playing a Republican, evangelical, NRA-card carrying Southern princess in “The Blind Side,” beat…
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