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2015-05-22T06:42:09-08:00

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‘Texas Rising’ Boasts ‘Men Who Are Not Afraid to Be Men’ (Part 1)

Last updated on: May 22, 2015 at 6:42 am By Kate O'Hare

Come Memorial Day, it looks like the cowboys are back. Premiering Monday, May 25, History’s 10-hour, five-part miniseries “Texas Rising,” directed by British-born Roland Joffé (“The Killing Fiekds,” “The Mission”) and filmed in Mexico, picks up the story of the Texas Revolution in the wake of the 1836 Mexican siege, led by President General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. After the deaths of the Alamo’s defenders — who included James Bowie, William Travis... Read more

2015-05-21T19:42:38-08:00

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Twin Friars Do TV in Search of ‘Icons’

Last updated on: May 21, 2015 at 7:42 pm By Kate O'Hare

I’ve been talking a lot in this blog about how Catholics should seize the opportunity to join the mainstream media and the new digital-media world and become decision-makers and influencers, and that’s still vitally important. But, at the same time, the era of crowdfunding, coupled with the lowered cost of video production, offers us a chance to go it alone. A pair of twin brothers who are also consecrated Franciscan Friars of the Renewal are doing just that. From my... Read more

2015-05-21T18:39:19-08:00

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Blogger Popehat Opens Up About Depression

Last updated on: May 21, 2015 at 6:39 pm By Kate O'Hare

In a moving post, former federal prosecutor Ken White, chief contributor to the libertarian-leaning law blog Popehat, speaks about his recent hospitalization and his battle with mental illness. Every time I write about depression, I feel like I’m having the naked-at-school dream, exposed and poised for incoming ridicule. No matter how often I say that depression is nothing to be ashamed of, and how sincerely I believe it in my head, my gut tells me otherwise. But every time I write... Read more

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2015-05-20T10:19:42-08:00

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Kris Polaha on Being an ‘Open Christian Actor’

Last updated on: May 20, 2015 at 10:19 am By Kate O'Hare

In the feature film “Where Hope Grows,” currently in theaters, Kris Polaha plays Calvin Campbell, a former pro baseball player who had to retire early due to panic attacks. A single father of a teenage daughter (McKaley Miller), he’s drinking too much and on a downward spiral, until he meets a grocery-store worker, nicknamed Produce (David DeSanctis), with Down’s syndrome. Produce’s friendship, and his devotion to his work and his church, slowly help Campbell find his way toward redemption. Polaha... Read more

2015-05-19T22:46:30-08:00

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What ‘The Flash’ Finale Taught Me About the Gospel of John (SPOILERS)

Last updated on: May 19, 2015 at 10:46 pm By Kate O'Hare

THERE ARE MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD. DON’T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED THE SEASON-ONE FINALE OF “THE FLASH.” AND IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED “THE FLASH” AT ALL, YOU’LL BE VERY CONFUSED, BECAUSE THIS IS WRITTEN FOR FANS, BY A FAN. I’M NOT GOING TO EXPLAIN MUCH. GO GET CAUGHT UP FIRST. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends … Christ to the Apostles, in John 15:13 For the... Read more

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2015-05-19T14:48:48-08:00

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Fox Has Sympathy for the (DC) Devil in ‘Lucifer’ (Video)

Last updated on: May 19, 2015 at 2:48 pm By Kate O'Hare

In a series picked up to air on Fox in 2016, the devil’s in Los Angeles (not news, I know). As described on the official site: Based upon the characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint, LUCIFER is the story of the original fallen angel. Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, LUCIFER MORNINGSTAR (Tom Ellis, “Merlin”) has abandoned his throne and retired to L.A., where he owns Lux, an upscale nightclub. Charming,... Read more

2015-05-18T15:35:55-08:00

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Lessons on Blessings from ‘Idol’s’ Clark Beckham and a Seahawk

Last updated on: May 18, 2015 at 3:35 pm By Kate O'Hare

You can’t win them all, and if anyone knows that right now, it’s Clark Beckham from Fox’s “American Idol” and any member of the Seattle Seahawks. Back on Feb. 1, the Seahawks lost Super Bowl XLIX to the New England Patriots in a fourth-quarter nail biter. Then, last Wednesday, two days before his 23rd birthday, Tennessee native Beckham watched Connecticut Catholic-school graduate Nick Fradiani take the prize in “Idol’s” penultimate finale. I spoke to Beckham a couple of days after... Read more

2015-05-17T13:50:41-08:00

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Capturing the Wonder and Mystery of the Mass (Video)

Last updated on: May 17, 2015 at 1:50 pm By Kate O'Hare

Recently, I wrote a blog post about the exploding world of online video, about how there are tools available now to both professional and amateur videographers and filmmakers that allow them to create beautiful, sophisticated clips — and that these videos could be the most powerful weapons in the war for souls called the New Evangelization. Then, lo and behold, up on my Facebook page pops a 2014 video by Chris Stefanick of RealLifeCatholic.com, a excerpt from his confirmation series,... Read more

2015-05-14T06:53:46-08:00

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The Sky’s the Limit for the Creative Potential of Video

Last updated on: May 14, 2015 at 6:53 am By Kate O'Hare

With the announcement of shows like ABC’s midseason comedy “The Real O’Neals,” which uses a stereotyped caricature of a Catholic family for laughs, it’s tempting for folks like us to throw up our hands and yield the field, to turn off our TVs and vow that neither us nor any of our kin will have anything to do with the entertainment industry. Don’t. We’re on the precipice of an explosion of content (the umbrella term for anything involving words and pictures), available on... Read more

2015-05-13T15:36:05-08:00

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‘American Idol’ Finale: Will Clark Beckham Be the ‘Champion’? (Video)

Last updated on: May 13, 2015 at 3:36 pm By Kate O'Hare

Until this year, I’d never even seen a whole episode of “American Idol,” but I met Clark Beckham at a Fox-sponsored party for the Top 12 in early March, and was so impressed with him that I’ve been following him and the show ever since. Here’s a picture from that night: By all appearances, Beckham is a good guy and a strong, articulate Christian — click here, here and here for earlier stories in which he talks very eloquently about his... Read more

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