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March 2015

March 07, 2015

Catholic Ed Burns on the ‘Twelve Best Days’

From Saturday's (March 7) The Hollywood Reporter, Ed Burns, born into a large Irish-Catholic family in...

March 07, 2015

Netflix Talking to Alfonso Arau About Spanish-Conquest Miniseries

From Saturday's Hollywood Reporter: Alfonso Arau (Like Water for Chocolate) is in talks with Netflix to...

March 05, 2015

The ‘Very, Very Good’ Preacher Man of Fox’s ‘Backstrom’

You can take the boy out of the Church, but it's hard to take the...

March 03, 2015

‘Jane the Virgin’ Candles: Cute Tchotchkes or Sacrilege?

Celebrity prayer candles are a thing. Earlier today, Patheos' own Deacon Greg Kandra posted a...

February 2015

February 28, 2015

‘Finding Jesus’: Notre Dame’s Dr. Candida Moss on the CNN Series About Faith and History

On Sunday, March 1, CNN launches a six-part series based on the St. Martin's Press...

February 27, 2015

‘Duck Dynasty’ Patriarch Phil Robertson Delivers a Fiery Sermon at CPAC

If the attendees at CPAC -- Conservative Action Political Conference -- didn't have the Holy Spirit...

February 27, 2015

Leonard Nimoy Has Departed for the Undiscovered Country

"Death, that undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns ..." Shakespeare's "Hamlet," Act 3,...

February 26, 2015

5 for Friday: (Almost Entirely) Not My Mom’s Tuna Casserole

Say "tuna casserole" and people either get all weak-kneed with comfort-food nostalgia or announce that...

February 26, 2015

Terror on TV: Doc to Recall Massacre of Israeli Athletes at ’72 Munich Olympics

Just landed in the inbox today -- NEW DOCUMENTARY BY AWARD-WINNING TEAM TO EXAMINE THE FIRST...

February 24, 2015

Breaking: Eddie Ray Routh Convicted in ‘American Sniper’ Trial

From Mashable via the Associated Press: A former Marine was convicted Tuesday in the deaths...

February 24, 2015

PBS Looks at the Byzantine Past and Uncertain Future of Hagia Sophia

From 537 until 1453, Hagia Sophia was a Christian cathedral, mainly for the Orthodox church...

February 24, 2015

In Which Russell Brand Gets It Right on Porn … and Quotes a Saint. (Video)

Every now and then, someone you may find generally repellent actually gets something dead right,...

February 23, 2015

‘Restaurant Startup’ Star Joe Bastianich on What He’d Cook for Pope Francis

On CNBC's Tuesday-night reality show "Restaurant Startup," restaurateurs Joe Bastianich and Tim Love choose between...

February 22, 2015

Mapping the Oscars Vs. America (Plus Commentary from Plastic Jesus)

There's what Hollywood (and New York) likes at the movies, and then there's what America likes....

February 21, 2015

The Hollywood Reporter’s ‘Brutally Honest’ Oscar Reports

What's behind that velvet Oscars curtain? Let's take a look ... At the Hollywood Reporter,...

February 21, 2015

From ‘Buffy’ to ’50 Shades’ — The Romance of Brutality

While Googling today for something I'm going to write about a bit later, I came...

February 21, 2015

Teen Behind Viral Photo Commits Suicide

This is one story where I'm sure there's a lot more below the surface and...

February 20, 2015

5 for Friday: Macaroni and Cheese

It's the first Friday of Lent, and, aside from tuna and fish & chips, seafood...

February 19, 2015

‘Outcast’: Cinemax Picks Up Demonic Possession Drama From ‘Walking Dead’ Creator

Here's news on an upcoming supernatural drama from the creator of AMC's zombie drama "The...

February 19, 2015

When Doves Cry: Resurrecting a Beautiful Typeface From the Depths

From Gizmodo, "The Gorgeous Typeface That Drove Men Mad and Sparked a 100-Year Mystery" ......

February 18, 2015

10 Awesome Grilled Cheese & Soup Combos for Lent (With Help From TV)

I can't help you with your fasts -- being hungry is the point, so you're...

February 16, 2015

Larry Gatlin on the Witness of Joy

An airport cleaning woman schools the veteran country singer, as related in a FoxNews.com opinion...

February 16, 2015

The Laudate App Crashed! Libera Me, Domine!

Loving this youth video from Catholic Athlete: And if you're wondering about Laudate (available for iOS and...

February 16, 2015

ISIS and the End Times: What the Media Should Be Doing

Over at CatholicVote, in a post called "ISIS and the End Times," I offer some...

February 14, 2015

NFL Star Benjamin Watson on Christ and True Love for St. Valentine’s Day

Ever since he wrote a thoughtful, heartfelt post about the unfortunate events in Ferguson, Missouri,...

February 13, 2015

‘All About Sex’ With Cradle Catholic Heather McDonald

We're always happy to see a successful Catholic in the entertainment business, but let's be...

February 12, 2015

PBS’ ‘Shakespeare Uncovered,’ Part 2: The Bard’s Out-of-Control Humanity

In this companion piece for CatholicVote, I sat down with "Shakespeare Uncovered" producer Richard Denton,...

February 12, 2015

PBS’ ‘Shakespeare Uncovered’: Joseph Fiennes and Joseph Pearce on ‘Romeo and Juliet’

On Friday, Feb. 13, one day before St. Valentine's Day, season two of PBS' "Shakespeare...

February 11, 2015

From CatholicVote — ’50 Shades’ of Schadenfreude

Over at CatholicVote, I couldn't resist spreading a little ray of sunshine ... No matter...

February 10, 2015

Matt Triplett and Mr. Bull — The Prayer of a Cowboy

Born in 2008, Professional Bull Riders competition animal Mr. Bull (seen above) weighs 1,500 pounds and...

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