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Watch Video: ‘Sex and the City’ Movie Featurette
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lmarcus
After several years off, the “Sex and the City” crew is back and better than ever. In this behind-the-scenes featurette, you’ll get the inside scoop on the cast, the clothes, and the characters you know and love. embedVideo(1577898357);
‘My Stroke of Insight’: New Book Outlines Alternative Path to Nirvana
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Donna Freitas
Former Harvard neuroscientist, Jill Bolte Taylor has taken a strange path on the road to enlightenment—and not one that most of us would want to follow—it was while she was having a stroke that she reached nirvana. Now she’s written a book, “My Stroke of Insight,” detailing how the left brain is what gets in…
Sharon Stone: Karma Chameleon
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Paul O'Donnell
Sharon Stone was caught by reporters on a Cannes red carpet and asked what she thought of the earthquake in China. (Funny, but do they ever ask George Bush or U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon what they thought of “If These Walls Could Talk 2”?) Stone was happy to discourse on the spiritual implications of…
Dancing for Abstinence? Purity Balls and Party Dresses
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Donna Freitas
I don’t know how I, watcher for all-things Christian chastity culture-related, missed this big New York Times feature, “Dancing the Night Away, With a Higher Purpose,” by Neela Banerjee, from last week about the growing popularity of the Purity Ball. A Purity Ball, writes Banerjee, is a formal dance where “men st[and] and read aloud…
Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Alien Coven! (I Mean, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
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Donna Freitas
I just wanted to make a few quick remarks about my wonderful, Indiana Jones movie adventure this weekend… First of all, finally(!): the return of the true, non-stop fun, adventure flick. Whatever happened to that old-fashioned, Indiana Jones-style action adventure, I found myself wondering as I left the theater this weekend after seeing “Indiana Jones…
Saint Ron Paul? At Least According to Remaining Supporters…
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Donna Freitas
John McCain may have sealed the Republican nomination, but apparently libertarian Ron Paul’s supporters are not only hanging on, they are approaching his continued campaign with all the fervor of religious zealots, according to a New York Times Sunday Styles section article, “It’s Not a Campaign, It’s a Mission,” by Alex Williams. From missionaries to…
Steven Curtis Chapman: A Heartbreaking Video
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mkress
We all grieve for Steven Curtis Chapman’s loss of his daughter. Today, in memory of her and as a way for fans to grieve, an entry in Chapman’s video blog featuring him with his beautiful children in much happier times is one of the most viral videos on the web, according to a website that…
‘Shakespeare Behind Bars’: The Sequel
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Kris Rasmussen
There are a handful of movies that I can say have not only inspired me, but haunted me. A little-seen documentary from three years ago “Shakespeare Behind Bars’ has been one of those movies. The stories surrounding a group of men in search of truth and forgiveness as they courageously band together to perform a…
Twin Peaks: An Interview with tobyMac
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Paul O'Donnell
Since he released his third solo album, “Portable Sounds,” a year ago, Christian music veteran tobyMac has been, well, reborn. The hip-hop heavy collection entered the Billboard 200 at #10— tobyMac’s highest showing ever—and this year, with his Diverse City band, he’s been dubbed best Christian act by anyone who makes such distinctions, including the…
Video Clip: Lacking Moral Fiber on ‘Family Guy’
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dross
In this funny clip from “Family Guy,” Lois become the church’s new organist and tells the family she wants them to start going to church more often.
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