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2015-02-11T18:45:02-08:00

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From CatholicVote — ’50 Shades’ of Schadenfreude

Last updated on: February 11, 2015 at 6:45 pm By Kate O'Hare

Over at CatholicVote, I couldn’t resist spreading a little ray of sunshine … No matter what sort of dreck is foisted upon the world and eagerly gobbled up by apparently intelligent people — in this case, mostly women — there are moments when light bursts through the clouds and glistens on the muck below. One of those moments was the press event for the movie version of the schlock-erotica novel “50 Shades of Grey,” which comes out this weekend to... Read more

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2015-02-10T16:40:53-08:00

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

Last updated on: February 10, 2015 at 4:40 pm By Kate O'Hare

Born in 2008, Professional Bull Riders competition animal Mr. Bull (seen above) weighs 1,500 pounds and is larger than some compact cars. Getting on his back and going for a ride could be considered either incredibly foolhardy or incredibly brave. But one thing’s for sure, it takes a lot of faith — in oneself, in training, in the strength of an arm and a strap … and even in a higher power. Last Saturday night (Feb. 7), I was down at... Read more

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2015-02-13T14:55:27-08:00

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‘Sleepy Hollow’: Catholic Orlando Jones on Rising From the Dead

Last updated on: February 13, 2015 at 2:55 pm By Kate O'Hare

(Spoiler warning: If you haven’t seen the episode that aired Monday, Feb. 9, bookmark this page and come back later.) It would be a stretch to call Fox’s supernatural drama “Sleepy Hollow,” currently airing its second season Mondays at 9 p.m. ET, a faith-based show, but there’s a lot in it that people of faith can appreciate — including a character who’s a faithful Catholic. At its core, “Sleepy Hollow” is about people with morals and ethics battling to prevent... Read more

2015-02-13T14:55:45-08:00

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‘Gotham’: Penguin’s Revenge, and the Dark Catholicism of Harvey Bullock

Last updated on: February 13, 2015 at 2:55 pm By Kate O'Hare

There’s a reason why superhero tales resonate with audiences. They deal with huge issues — life, death, revenge, love, courage, cowardice and hate. On Monday nights at 8 (ET), Fox offers “Gotham,” a Batman-prequel drama featuring the child Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz), a young (pre-Commissioner) Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie), and both early versions of DC Comics villains and characters created just for the series. Robin Lord Taylor plays the younger edition of comic villain Penguin — Oswald Cobblepot, first seen... Read more

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2015-02-08T23:43:29-08:00

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Showbiz 101: Not-quite 62 Rules for Negotiating Hollywood (Part 2)

Last updated on: February 8, 2015 at 11:43 pm By Kate O'Hare

On Friday, Feb. 6, entertainment lawyer Peter Kaufman, from his @Dealfatigue Twitter account, sent out 61 tweets (they’re numbered to 62, but he missed number 6) about how to give your screenplay its best chance of being bought and produced. In the previous post, I listed up to number 34, and we pick up where I left off (edited for grammar and clarity): 35: Do they stick their necks out if they think they’ve found the next “Birdman”? I truly doubt that. What... Read more

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2015-02-08T23:44:13-08:00

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Showbiz 101: Not-quite 62 Rules for Negotiating Hollywood (Part 1)

Last updated on: February 8, 2015 at 11:44 pm By Kate O'Hare

On Friday, Feb. 6, entertainment lawyer Peter Kaufman, from his @Dealfatigue Twitter account, sent out 61 tweets (they’re numbered to 62, but he missed number 6) about how to give your screenplay its best chance of being bought and produced. Since so many Hollywood folks are seen living lives of libertine excess, you might think that the town is light on rules and etiquette-free. In truth, it’s less like a mass Woodstock love-in than a medieval court, complete with royalty, lords, courtiers... Read more

2015-02-08T00:08:33-08:00

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Ray Lewis Counsels Angry Youth-Sports Coaches in Spike TV’s ‘Coaching Bad’

Last updated on: February 8, 2015 at 12:08 am By Kate O'Hare

From Variety, for “Coaching Bad,” a reality series premiering Sunday, Feb. 8, on cablenet Spike TV, created by John Irwin, the man behind reality hits “Celebrity Rehab” and “Couples Therapy”: “What made this interesting to us is that one out of four people struggle with anger management in this country and leading the charge in that category are athletic coaches,” said Irwin who serves as an exec producer on the original series. “Flying under the radar are literally tens of thousands of... Read more

2015-02-07T23:47:19-08:00

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Showbiz 101: A TV Showrunner Explains How to Be a Staff Writer

Last updated on: February 7, 2015 at 11:47 pm By Kate O'Hare

On Jan. 30, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, a veteran TV writer and producer, shared some wisdom on Twitter — follow him @OKBJGM — about the ins and outs of being a staff writer on a TV show. TV is one of the few writing endeavors that’s collaborative (or involves more than just one other partner). It does happen that one writer pens a whole show, especially in the U.K. One example is Catholic Julian Fellowes and his “Downton Abbey,” which airs in the... Read more

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2015-02-06T21:38:14-08:00

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Chromecast Has $6 for You in Time for Valentine’s Day

Last updated on: February 6, 2015 at 9:38 pm By Kate O'Hare

If you own one of Google’s Chromecast devices — plugged into an HDMI port on your TV, it allows you to stream content via Wi-Fi from mobile devices and laptops — then the good folks in Mountain View have a St. Valentine’s Day present for you. As reported at TechCrunch: As noted by Android Authority, Google is giving out $6 in Google Play credits to Chromecast owners. One catch: it seems to be U.S.-only as far as I can tell. The... Read more

2015-02-06T23:25:27-08:00

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Making Peace With the Culture and Those Who Create It

Last updated on: February 6, 2015 at 11:25 pm By Kate O'Hare

This is Eadwine the Scribe. Drawn by an anonymous artist around 1147 as an illumination on parchment, he can currently be found in the collections of Trinity College, Cambridge, in England. Ironically, the founder of Trinity College was Henry VIII, who also ordered the dissolution and looting of the very sort of English monasteries that would have been home to a scribe like Eadwine. It was also scribes like Eadwine, laboring especially in Irish monasteries, that preserved the great works of... Read more

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