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Voices from the Edge of Culture: Interview with MTV Writer Kevin Chesley

Saturday, March 24, 2012

(Note: This interview was conducted before Hard Times‘ cancellation.) I can only hope that Randy Elrod‘s posts on edgy artists helped prepare you for today’s interview with Kevin Chesley, screen and television writer extraordinaire. Kevin’s current assignment is writing for MTV’s hit series The Hard Times of RJ Berger, whose Season 2 Premier is TONIGHT at [...]

Jessica Rieder, Writer for Hawaii-Five-O and Leverage, Shares “The Influencers who Influenced Me.”

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Jessica Rieder, TV writer for Hawaii Five-O (CBS) and Leverage (TNT) lists the writers, shows, films, and musicians who have most deeply influenced her life.

The Secret Knowledge of Prime Time Propaganda: A Christian Response to Pulitzer Prize Winner David Mamet and Journalist Ben Shapiro’s Warnings Against Hollywood’s Left-Leaning Culture

Thursday, June 2, 2011

New books by Pulitzer Prize Winner David Mamet and Journalist Ben Shapiro's are sure to shape industry conversation on faith and culture ...for good or for ill.

When a Star ‘Loses It’ Emmy Roundtable Video: TV Showrunners on how they would handle a Charlie Sheen

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Bill Prady (“Big Bang Theory”), Steve Levitan (“Modern Family”), Dan Harmon (“Community”) and others explain how they would handle the “Two and a Half Men” situation. The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual Emmy Roundtables don’t begin running until late May, but here’s a little tease of the great discussions we’ve got on tap for this season’s Roundtable [...]

Hollywood National Day of Prayer Gathering Tonight

Thursday, May 5, 2011

“I have found the greatest power in the world is the power of prayer” -Cecil B. DeMille, Academy Award-winning Producer Tonight believers in the entertainment industry and from local congregations throughout greater Los Angeles will gather at Bel Air Presbyterian Church to celebrate the 2011 National Day of Prayer. Hollywood professionals and men and women of [...]

Biola Media Conference CBS Studios April 30: with Wired’s Kevin Kelly, LOTR’s Sean Astin

Friday, April 22, 2011

. Hollywood’s Premier Faith-Based Entertainment Industry Event The Biola Media Conference has a rich history of advancing the integration of faith and the arts. Born in 1995 out of a desire to expose Biola University film students to working media professionals, it has grown to become a significant professional resource for Christians in the entertainment [...]

Emmy Magazine Interview with Emmy-winning Producer Kurt Schemper (Intervention), and Korey Scott Pollard (Lie to Me, Monk, House)

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

NEW SERIES: Soul-Nourishing Practices for a Soul-Deadening World: Finding the Voice of Your Own Gladness in Hollywood and Beyond To help launch our new series on spiritual formation in Hollywood, I thought I would repost the Emmy Magazine article that helped spark my thinking on the subject. At the time of the interview I was [...]

LOST Lessons of Leadership 2: Jack’s Position of Power, by Gary David Stratton

Thursday, February 3, 2011

In contrast to the “asshole” style of leadership evidenced by Sawyer and his gun (see, Lesson 1), the first season of LOST open’s with a compelling story of a radically different approach: service.