For Hattie Kauffman everything is “Falling into Place”

April 3, 2014, 5:54 am

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Faith journey. Growing up as a member of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho, Hattie Kauffman (one of seven children) became the first Native-American reporter and anchor for a broadcast network when in 1987 she was hired as a Special Correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America....

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“Jesus Christ Superstar” reimagined and other items from the crossroads

April 7, 2014, 6:55 am

≫ Next: New “Noah” movie part of UP’s ambitious 2014-2015 slate + “Alone Yet Not Alone” to bow in over 200 theaters

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. What's the buzz? Jesus Christ Superstar, which debuted on stage over 40 years ago, is being reimagined for the 21st century as an arena rock spectacular.  A  North American arena tour of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ground-breaking rock musical is scheduled hit the road this summer with an extraordinary cast of rock, pop and R&B superstars.  The 50+ city tour...

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New “Noah” movie part of UP’s ambitious 2014-2015 slate + “Alone Yet Not Alone” to bow in over 200 theaters

April 9, 2014, 9:21 am

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. UP, UP and away in 2014-2015. With sci-fi Noah taking on water at the box office, the UP TV network may just tap into that large swath of the audience thirsting for a more traditional (and decidedly...

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Magic Johnson’s ASPiRE TV network unveils 2014-2015 programming

April 10, 2014, 11:02 am

≫ Next: Gretchen Carslon acts in faith-based political thriller + other items from the crossroads

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. ASPiRE aims high. ASPiRE, a partnership of UP TV and basketball legend-turned-entrepreneur Earvin "Magic" Johnson, has unveiled its programming slate for the second half of 2014 into 2015. The ambitious development roster showcases the network’s ongoing commitment to presenting positive African-American images to its viewers while building on growth achieved during the year to...

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Gretchen Carslon acts in faith-based political thriller + other items from the crossroads

April 11, 2014, 9:11 am

≫ Next: Comparing “Heaven is for Real” with “God’s Not Dead” + an interview with “Heaven” writer/director Randall Wallace

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Ripped from tomorrow's headlines? Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson is set to make her in the faith-based political thriller Persecuted. She'll play (guess what?) a TV journalist in the film which stars James Remar (X-Men: First Class) as John Luther, a nationally-known evangelist who is the last obstacle in the way of so-called "religious reform" legislation in the United...

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Comparing “Heaven is for Real” with “God’s Not Dead” + an interview with “Heaven” writer/director Randall Wallace

April 16, 2014, 10:30 am

≫ Next: Valerie Harper on her health, her thoughts on faith and her role on Hallmark Channel’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Heaven is for Real arrives. the highly-anticipated based on the New York Time #1 bestselling book by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent opens in theaters nationwide today (4/16) Synopsis: Heaven if for Real tells the true story of Todd Burpo (Greg Kinnear), a small-town church pastor who must confront his...

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Valerie Harper on her health, her thoughts on faith and her role on Hallmark Channel’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”

April 17, 2014, 11:06 am

≫ Next: This Easter weekend, Roma Downey wants you to know that “Son of God” is still in theaters and still changing lives

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Taking life one day at a time. Valerie Harper guest stars on the first two episodes of Signed, Sealed, Delivered, the humorous drama series debuting on Hallmark Channel this Sunday night (4/20) at 8:00 PM (ET). The show, created by Martha Williamson (Touched by an Angel) follows a team of postal investigators (led by Eric Mabius of Ugly...

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This Easter weekend, Roma Downey wants you to know that “Son of God” is still in theaters and still changing lives

April 19, 2014, 8:19 am

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Son of God lives. Faith audiences certainly have option at the box office this weekend -- with Randall Wallace's genuinely sweet slice-of-life (and afterlife) Heaven is for Real joining Darren Aronofsky's strange take on Noah, and the Pure Flix sleeper his God's Not Dead.  But Roma Downey called in to ask me to remind you that there is a fourth option. Read the full post here »

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Submission deadline for UP Faith & Family Screenplay Competition is Friday

April 22, 2014, 2:23 am

≫ Next: Cassi Davis talks about Tyler Perry, reprising Aunt Bam in “Madea’s Neighbors from Hell” and her relationship with God

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Here's today's dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Three Finalists Will be Chosen to Compete for $5,000 Grand Pr

Three finalists to be chosen to compete for $5000 grand prize. The UP TV cable network and the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) want you to know that this Friday (4/25) is the final deadline for entries in the fourth annual UP Faith & Family Screenplay Competition.  The contest promotes the development of faith-friendly, family entertainment...

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Cassi Davis talks about Tyler Perry, reprising Aunt Bam in “Madea’s Neighbors from Hell” and her relationship with God

April 22, 2014, 11:36 am

≫ Next: “Touched by an Angel” producer Martha Williamson has “Delivered” a new hit to Hallmark Channel

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Aunt Bam is back! And so is Madea in Madea's Neighbors from Hell. The latest comedic and inspirational episode of the tough-as-a-drill sergeant old broad (played with cross-dressing gusto by creator her prolific Tyler Perry) and her sidekick Aunt Bam Murphy (Cassi Davis) is out on DVD, Digital HD, Video on Demand...

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“Touched by an Angel” producer Martha Williamson has “Delivered” a new hit to Hallmark Channel

April 24, 2014, 2:41 pm

≫ Next: Kevin and Sam Sorbo speak out in support of “Gosnell” movie + “Ragamuffin” biopic tells story of late Christian singer/songwriter Rich Mullins

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. On a wing and a prayer. When I first spoke Martha Williamson, the respected writer/producer who brought Touched by an Angel to life for nine highly-successful seasons on CBS,  her two-hour movie...

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Kevin and Sam Sorbo speak out in support of “Gosnell” movie + “Ragamuffin” biopic tells story of late Christian singer/songwriter Rich Mullins

May 6, 2014, 10:15 am

≫ Next: Patricia Heaton plays a pastor’s wife in the big screen family comedy “Moms’ Night Out”

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Hollywood heroes. I spent last week in Hollywood for the big red carpet premiere of the faith-themed family comedy Moms' Night Out which opens wide this Friday (5/9). I'll have more on that, including interviews and my review, over the next few days. Today though, I'd like to tell you about a conversation I had during the event with Kevin Sorbo, an actor I've interviews twice before (re:...

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Patricia Heaton plays a pastor’s wife in the big screen family comedy “Moms’ Night Out”

May 7, 2014, 11:11 am

≫ Next: Video interviews: The cast of “Moms’ Night Out” (including Sarah Drew & Sean Astin) on making a faith-themed family comedy

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Married to another Ray. In the Erwin Brothers' new family comedy Moms' Night Out, opening this Friday (5/9), Patricia Heaton brings the comic skills she's honed on long-running sitcoms to the movies. She plays Sondra, the wife of Pastor Ray who, BTW, is not to be confused with Ray Barone (Ray Romano), the often befuddled sports writer she spent nine seasons pretending to be married to in...

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Video interviews: The cast of “Moms’ Night Out” (including Sarah Drew & Sean Astin) on making a faith-themed family comedy

May 8, 2014, 1:05 pm

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. My talk show. As I previously mentioned, I spent last week hanging out in Hollywood where I attended the red carpet premiere of Moms' Night Out, the new Erwin...

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Movie Review: Faith-friendly comedy “Moms’ Night Out” presses powerful cultural buttons

May 9, 2014, 11:24 am

≫ Next: Filmmaker talks “Gosnell” movie which is now an IndieGoGo go and seeking a TV network + Newsday quotes me on NYS guv race

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Synopsis: Three moms head out for a night on the town while the guys take care of the kids. Hilarity ensues. Cast: Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton, Trace Adkins, David Hunt, Andrea Logan White, Harry Shum Jr., Abbie Cobb, Robert Amaya, Kevin Downes, Alex Kendrick and Sammi Hanratty/Directed by: Jon and Andy Erwin/Written by: Jon Erwin and Andrea Gyertson...

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Filmmaker talks “Gosnell” movie which is now an IndieGoGo go and seeking a TV network + Newsday quotes me on NYS guv race

May 10, 2014, 8:29 am

≫ Next: 65th Annual Christopher Awards honoring positive media to be held tonight + “Moms’ Night Out” connects with its audience

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Goal met! Through the persuasive power of truth, an important story will be told. Despite Hollywood's obvious fascination with serial killers, the case of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia late-term abortionist who in May of 2013 was convicted of three (out of eight) murder charges involving a mother and seven infants, weirdly has escaped...

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65th Annual Christopher Awards honoring positive media to be held tonight + “Moms’ Night Out” connects with its audience

May 15, 2014, 8:33 am

≫ Next: Lawyer-turned-priest David T. Link and “Seinfeld” writer Tom Leopold honored with Christopher Awards

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. "It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." That's the motto of The Christophers, a Catholic organization founded in 1945 by a Maryknoll priest named Fr. James Keller. Keller believed that the power to positively shape the future lies within individual and that, in fact, God has given each individual a special assignment in...

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Lawyer-turned-priest David T. Link and “Seinfeld” writer Tom Leopold honored with Christopher Awards

May 19, 2014, 3:07 am

≫ Next: Michael and Gina Spehn on seeing their real-life “Brady Bunch” story portrayed in Hallmark Movie Channel’s heartwarming “Color of Rain”

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Honoring the best in us. I attended the 65th annual Christopher Awards ceremony last Thursday recognizing those who use the power of communication to uphold the Catholic organizations motto (and Chinese proverb) that "It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness” Father David T. Link [right] receives  of the James...

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Michael and Gina Spehn on seeing their real-life “Brady Bunch” story portrayed in Hallmark Movie Channel’s heartwarming “Color of Rain”

May 22, 2014, 11:57 am

≫ Next: “Return to the Hiding Place” tells amazing true story of teen heroes battling Nazi terror + A talk with the father/daughter team who brought the story to the screen

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Here's the story...For those of us who watched The Brady Bunch growing up and wondered whether bringing two families together after one had recently lost its mother and the other its father really could really be that void of any real emotion, the answer -- as revealed in Hallmark Movie Channel's The Color of Rain (Saturday, 5/31, @ 9:00 PM ET) is an honest and resounding no....

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“Return to the Hiding Place” tells amazing true story of teen heroes battling Nazi terror + A talk with the father/daughter team who brought the story to the screen

May 24, 2014, 8:02 am

≫ Next: Video: Maya Angelou reflects on love, forgiveness and how saying the words “God’s love me” changed her life

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Return to the Hiding Place opens this weekend. Just in time for the Memorial Day holiday, Return to the Hiding Place is a suspense-filled action-packed World War II drama about a ragtag band of Dutch teenagers who risk their lives to thwart the Nazis and save innocent Jews during the Holocaust. The film, a winner of Read the full post here »