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I admit, I was feeding a hunger for vampires when I initially tuned into “New Amsterdam,” which airs Mondays on FOX. I was hoping to find my new David Boreanaz in the series’ star, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, or at least my new Angel in Coster-Waldau’s character, John Amsterdam. (The show’s name also refers to New York,…

There’s a grand old tradition of changing your name in order to make it big. But usually the change is made to distance yourself from tradition or religious affiliation (I’m looking at you, Melvin Kaminsky!) or because there’s already another actor in the union with a similar name (and that’s how Michael Fox got his…

When the movie theaters fail to live up to your romantic aspirations and sensibilities (though I have hope for the upcoming releases of Priceless starring Audrey Tautou, and Sex & the City, of course), there are always the time-tested, tried and true, favorites on DVD to make you sigh, believe in love again, and all…

Speaking of confessions, I’m not Catholic and I don’t know much about the Sacrament of Penance (or Reconciliation) except for what I’ve seen in the movies and on television. I certainly don’t know anyone that goes to traditional confession, though lapsed friends will stumble into a random Mass or give up something for Lent like…

Read “The Secret” and thought you knew it all? Apparently you don’t. A new movie, “The Moses Code,” by James Twyman, opening the weekend of April 5-6, features some of the biggest spiritual and inspirational authors and speakers–Debbie Ford, James Van Praagh, Dr. Iyanla Vanzant, Neale Donald Walsch, and others–talking about how Moses was given…

In this clip from the new Disney film, “College Road Trip,” Donny Osmond’s nerdy character, Doug, takes saying “goodbye” to Martin Lawrence’s character to the extreme. embedVideo(1460783975,1460867924);

“Rock of Love,” VH1’s “The Bachelor”-style dating show starring ’80s glam rock band Poison’s lead singer Bret Michaels, is my favorite guilty pleasure TV show. That said, I never thought I would have a reason to write about it on Idol Chatter–until now. Let me catch you up to speed. Season 1’s winner, Jes, dumped…

I believe it is both a strength and a weakness of my nature that I simply have to rant when I see a social injustice— be it big or small—being perpetrated on the masses. And that is why I simply have to speak up about the grave injustice being done to Penn Jillette, Steve Guttenberg,…

It seems more and more of the media are no longer afraid to take shots at Scientology and the celebs who may or may not be a part of their flock. The latest expose of the cult–and it seems like there is one every week now–will hit newsstands next week as Radar magazine makes the…

Starting with this week, the third week of the Oprah Winfrey/Eckhart Tolle “A New Earth” Web Event, I’ll be posting here on what I gleaned from the live “class” held each Monday evening at Oprah.com (9/8c) (you can also watch the classes here on Beliefnet) and from the corresponding chapter in the Eckhart Tolle book,…
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