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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. A shining example of the positive power of words. The renowned author and poet Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86. Here she is talking with Oprah Winfrey about the revelation that  changed her life. H/T Drudge Report Encourage one another and build each other up – 1 Thessalonians...

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Previewing this weekend’s faith-themed TV + Ricky Skaggs has his “Moments” + “Return to the Hiding Place” scores in limited release

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Faith TV. Three big faith-themed movies debut on TV this weekend. The Color of Rain (Saturday, 5/31, @ 9:00 PM ET on Hallmark Movie Channel) Synopsis (from The Hallmark Movie Channel website): When Matt Kell, husband and father to two young boys, succumbs to terminal cancer on...

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Why Fox News chief Roger Ailes should run the Fox Broadcasting Network + Faith Links

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Fox News Alert. Amid the slow and painful-to-watch collapse of American Idol and generally dismal ratings, programming chief Kevin Reilly is leaving the Fox Broadcasting after about seven years at the helm. It's definitely time for a change at the network and Read the full post here »

“Son of God” on DVD and Blu-Ray + “Alice” remembered on INSP

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Son of God hits home entertainment market. The successful big screen spinoff of History Channel's hit miniseries The Bible has just been released on Blu-ray, DVD  and Digital HD. Executive Produced by Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel) and her husband Mark Burnett (The Voice, Shark Tank) via their LightWorkers Media shingle and Twentieth Century Fox Home...

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38 great new TV series (with positive themes) that you won’t be watching this fall

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Let there be light! The broadcast and cable networks recently wrapped up their annual upfront presentations in which they locked in and promoted their series selections for the 2014-2015 TV season. It's amazing to me that -- with the exception of networks like Hallmark Channel and UP -- how much dark dramas and so-called edgy dramas continue to dominate the TV landscape despite ample evidence that...

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Rita Cosby talks with Pope Francis + “Facts of Life” stars to reunite on Hallmark + UP’s “Comeback” story

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A great "get"! WABC Radio host Rita Cosby, who I used to work with Fox News and whose excellent book I reviewed here,  was granted a rare audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome last Wednesday (6/4), becoming one of the first American journalists to talk with...

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Roma Downey on “Son of God” success, future projects + “Alone Yet Not Alone” a genuine family project

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Doing good while enjoying what you do. Otherwise known as being blessed while being a blessing. And Roma Downey certainly appears to be achieving that dream. The former star of Touched by an Angel is now spreading her wings as a powerhouse producer. Along with her husband, Mark Burnett (the reality TV powerhouse behind such hits as Shark Tank, The Voice, The Apprentice and...

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Impressions from PURPOSE, Variety’s 3rd annual gathering of family and faith-friendly entertainment leaders

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Dateline Hollywood. Actually Beverly Hills. Like it was for its two previous sessions (which I also attended), Variety's 3rd Annual Family Entertainment and faith-based Summit was held at the Four Seasons Hotel. Here's the rundown: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Registration I arrived early to get the lay of the land and was immediately struck by just how diverse this sector of the...

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Dove Foundation launches subscription entertainment service + INSP remembers Ralph Waite + “Not Alone” at the box office

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. I've been busy since returning from the Variety Family and Faith-Friendly Summit in LA having meetings about an entertainment project of my own which I hope to tell you more about in due course. In the meantime, some headlines. 1. A faith-based Netflix. Read the full post here »

Eric Mabius is happy to be playing a good guy on Hallmark Channel’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. My stamp of approval. Signed, Sealed, Delivered delivers its first season finale on Hallmark Channel tomorrow night (6/22) at 8:00 PM ET with Carol Burnett guest starring. The TV icon, whose legendary variety show helped launch the writing career of Signed creator/producer Martha Williamson (Touched by an Angel), plays the grandmother of Norman, one of...

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A priest defends capitalists from negative media stereotypes + People are loving “I Like Being 98″

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Greed isn't good but capitalism is. And, no, contrary to what Hollywood stereotypes like Gordon Gekko might have us believe, capitalism is not synonymous with greed. Greed, of course is a sin. But Reverend Robert Sirico, the Catholic priest who founded the Read the full post here »

Dove Foundation CEO talks about launch of faith/family-friendly version of Netflix + Why Supremes are wrong on Aereo (and what to do about it) + Opportunity for Christian songwriters

A funny thing happened on the way to Jesus: “Seinfeld” writer Tom Leopold shares his heartfelt and inspiring faith journey + Thank you, Meshach Taylor + “Supernanny” on UP

TV Review: UP’s “Comeback Dad” + “The Giver” music video + “Moms’ Night Out” coming to DVD/Blu-ray

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.

Comeback Dad on UP. The original film, debuting tomorrow night (7/12) @ 8:00 PM (ET), stars Charles S. Dutton (Rudy, Roc) and Tatyana Ali (Love That Girl!, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) in an emotional story about a father's attempt to atone for his alcoholic past and form a relationship with his estranged adult daughter.  The cast also includes Brad James (UP’s Marry Me...

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This weekend: “Persecuted” in theaters; “Rocky Road” on TV

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. At the movies: Persecuted The faith-themed political thriller opens nationwide today (7/18). Synopsis: Nationally acclaimed evangelist John Luther is the last obstacle in the way of sweeping religious reform in the States. When a U.S. Senator orders Luther abducted and framed for the...

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Ricky Skaggs: Reflections on life and faith as the “Kentucky Traveler” turns 60

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Ricky Skaggs celebrates 60 years of learning. The legendary bluegrass and country star turned 60 on Friday (7/18).  The Kentucky Traveler (which also happens to be the title of his autobio) grew up in the small town of Cordell, Kentucky where he learned to play the...

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Coming Attractions: “The Boy from Baby House 10″, “Old Fashioned” and the latest from the Kendricks

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The Russian Philomena.  Michael Landon, Jr. and Brian Bird's Believe Pictures are teaming with Footprint Films of the U.K. to produce a feature film adaptation of the The Boy From Baby House 10, based on the internationally acclaimed book, The Boy from Baby House 10, written by British journalist Alan Philps and John Lahutsky. Landon and Bird first became aware of the...

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Planning ahead: UP and Hallmark gear up for Christmas

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Christmas is nigh. If by "nigh" we mean nearly six months away.  Which I guess is nigh if you're in the business of producing holiday movies. There was a time when Christmas-themed films, specials and series episodes were a staple of network television. But, except an occasional (usually "edgy") entry here and there, broadcasters have mostly backed away from such fare. Their loss. Fortunately, some...

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Seeing GOD in the life of a DOG + Jeff Bridges a real-life “Giver”

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. UP TV airs true story Susie's Hope tomorrow (8/3) at 8:00 PM (ET). Emmanuelle Vaugier (Two and A Half Men, CSY: NY) stars as Donna Lawrence, a  Greensboro, NC woman and animal lover left with a fear of dogs after barely surviving a ferocious, life-threatening attack by an abused pit bull. But she learns to overcome acquired fear in a most unexpected way – by adopting and...

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Faith-based film and TV development company hangs shingle in Mexico

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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Producer Pablo José Barroso launches Dos Corazones Films.  A new player in the world of independent film and TV development, finance and production has emerged out of Mexico as producer Pablo José Barroso has launched the independent production and finance outfit Dos Corazones Films.

Headquartered in Mexico City, Dos Corazones is a film and television production company with a vision toward...

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