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New Gay Site

In case you're tired of all those straight sites. Courtesy of (who else?) NBC: > The Bravo network is expected to announced today that it is joining with PlanetOut Inc., the largest gay media company in the country, to start a new broadband channel on the Web aimed

LOTR on Stage

The preview of the Toronto stage production is getting good reviews: > The gnarled forests of Middle Earth thrust out to embrace the audience. The automated, cantilevered stage turns, twists, rises, falls and tilts in myriad and extraordinary ways -- at one moment, a winding forest path, the next, a

NBC Pulls Show

> The NBC "Will and Grace" episode featuring Britney Spears hosting a cooking show called "Cruci-fixins" has been cancelled in the wake of Christian protests, but the term was actually recycled from a Fox network show. It was first used on the oddball comedy "Arrested

Pixar is Christian?

Fascinating post at Get Religion [http://www.getreligion.org/?p=1381] yesterday: > The rumor is that the Pixar hierarchy – near the top and in the talent pool – includes more than a fair share of traditional Christian believers and that this has played at least some role in the company&

New CNBC

> News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said he plans to launch a rival to business news channel CNBC by the end of 2006, according to an article in the February 13 issue of Newsweek magazine [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060205/bs_nm/media_newscorp_murdoch_dc]. The Left&

Pretty Good Cogitatin'

Charles Featherstone meditates about television [http://blog.lewrockwell.com/lewrw/archives/009890.html]. I'm not sure I agree with everything he says, but he raises interesting angles to ponder. > For almost all of my adolescence and adult life, I have gotten most of my news from the

TV in Public Space

A woman writes about television [http://blog.lewrockwell.com/lewrw/archives/009888.html#more]. If I weren't happily married already, I'd propose to her: > I notice that everywhere I go now, there is an irritating tv blaring at me, and, as always, at high volume.

Tommy Lee Jones and Flannery

Apparently, TLJ is a fan of the devout Catholic writer [http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2006/02/02/in_his_latest_film_jones_is_just_where_he_likes_to_be_in_control/] . > His directing technique can be startling. He told [Actor Barry] Pepper to prepare for his

NBC Lashes Out at Christians, Again

Are these folks just ignorant or so bigoted that they can't see straight [http://blog.catholicsphere.com/?p=489]? > The April 13 episode [of Will and Grace] will mock the crucifixion of Christ, the American Family Association said. > April 13th is “Holy Thursday”. > “On the

The Common Culture

The Christian Science Monitor asks, "In an age of increasing sources of reading and viewing material, do we have a common pop culture anymore?" It concludes that, though weakened, we do. It's an entertaining article. It also provides this Top Ten List of pop events that