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You may know Jon Foreman best as the lead singer and guitarist for the incredibly successful rock band Switchfoot (“Meant to Live,” “Dare You to Move). But are you familiar with his solo projects? Late last year, Foreman released two EPs–“Fall and Winter,” and just last month released the follow-up EPs, “Spring and Summer.” Beliefnet…

Okay, there’s some cynicism brewing out there about today’s sale at a London auction house of John Lennon’s scrawled lyrics to “Give Peace a Chance.” Gail Renard, a Canadian television writer who lives in London, parted with the scrap of cardboard, on which Lennon’s penned the song during his 1969 lie-in for peace with Yoko…

Esquire Magazine’s August 2008 cover is of none other than the king of comedy (at least according to me), Stephen Colbert, posing as a jolly St. Sebastian! St. Sebastian is the Patron Saint of, among many other things, athletes, and he is always portrayed with a number of arrows stuck painfully into his body (complete…

Last week, Mata Amritanandamayi, known popularly as Amma, or the “Hugging Saint” sponsored a three-day hugging marathon in New York City as part of her U.S. visit. The lines were astounding–people waited upwards of seven hours for their hug–reports April Dembosky in her article for The New York Times about Amma’s visit, “Tour of Embraces…

I admit to knowing very little about the “Hellboy” franchise, but one of the more interesting tidbits I found surfing the web this past weekend was on Doug Jones, an actor featured in both “Hellboy” movies as well as other Guillermo del Toro productions. Although Jones enjoys working with the acclaimed writer/producer, he almost didn’t…

True, the wedding had been planned for this summer. But this week a London tabloid reported that actor/comedian/rabble-rouser Sacha Baron Cohen and “Wedding Crashers” actress Isla Fisher are postponing their nuptials until Fisher has had a chance to learn more about the Jewish faith: The source added: ‘Right now there’s no wedding date set because…

First and foremost, “Journey to the Center of the Earth” is *categorically* a movie for the kids. “Journey” has no interest in being taken seriously or leaving behind a single droplet of memorable dialogue. It is only concerned with having a blast and looking great doing it, and in this regard the movie is a…

Watch a sneak peak of boxing legend, ordained minister, and “King of the Grills,” George Foreman’s new reality show, “Family Foreman”–coming soon to TV Land–in which he encourages his 10 children to follow their dreams and be the best at what they do. embedVideo(1659830793);

On Wednesday I posted the Idol Chatter movie trivia question for the week: How many Oscar winners have played angels on the big screen? The answer is a little tricky because several actors have played angels and also have received Oscar nominations– but they didn’t win. Likewise, actresses like Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson have…

I’ve heard of taking life’s lemons and making lemonade, but the award for making the best of a bad situation has to go to the women from the polygamous sect referred to as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Some of the women from the sect, which made headlines for having…
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