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February 26, 2013
The Briefing 02-26-13
Story 1 – Worldview Matters – political persuasion can predict movie habits
Politics Counts: The Split Screen on Oscar Movies, Wall Street Journal (Dante Chinni)
Story 2 – Entertainment industry calling for higher taxes while receiving millions in tax breaks
The Hollywood Tax Story They Won’t Tell at the Oscars, Wall Street Journal (Glenn Harlan Reynolds)
Story 3 -…
February 25, 2013
The Briefing 02-25-13
Story 1 – The Oscars and the inescapable influence of Hollywood
Longest Oscars In Hollywood History? Yawnfest Instead Of Usual Snorefest? Deadline.com (Nikki Finke)
Film is finished – this could be its last Oscars, The Independent (Jonathan Owen)
Story 2 – The Sequester: synthetic hysteria over manufactured crisis
The manufactured crisis of sequester, Washington Post (George F. Will)
Story 3…
February 12, 2010
Avatar and the Popular Culture
The recent success of the movie Avatar demonstrates an ongoing fascination in the popular culture with spirituality and redemption. Yet, the popular culture’s thinking on this crucial subject can only vaguely mirror the truths revealed in Scripture. How should Christians think and interact with the popular culture? On today’s show, Dr. Mohler engaged with a…
June 29, 2007
Hollywood’s Newfound Love Affair With Evangelicals
Ever since The Passion of the Christ Hollywood marketers have been trying to figure out how to reduplicate that level of box office success among American evangelicals. The recent release of Evan Almighty highlights this growing trend among studios and marketing agencies. But it also raises some serious questions. On today’s program, Dr. Moore is…
March 13, 2007
“Fame Junkies”: Addicted To The Culture Of Celebrity
Jake Halpern has written a compelling indictment of Americans’ obsession with celebrity in his new book, Fame Junkies: The Hidden Truths Behind America’s Favorite Addiction. Mr. Halpern joins us on today’s program for a revealing look at this especially problematic phenomenon within American culture.
February 26, 2007
Can Anything Good Come Out Of Hollywood?
Last night’s 79th Academy Awards provide us with an opportunity to explore what our movies say about us as a culture and what would be a thoughtful Christian approach to the medium of film. To help us sort these questions we’re joined today by Jeffrey Overstreet, film critic at ChristianityToday.com and author of Through a…
