Update: Taylor Hicks won this year’s American Idol.Tech Review site has already begun posting about the American Idol 5 Winner, that just started. Should be a great season, wonder who will be the first to predict who wins the Season 5 on Fox’s American Idol.
There are some changes to American Idol 5. Unlike previous seasons, American Idol 5’s initial “the good, the bad, and the ugly” open audition broadcasts will focus more on Idol judges Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson reactions to each. “This time, we left the cameras rolling on the judges after the person left the room,” American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe told reporters during a Friday conference call. The change means more screen time for Paula , Simon, and Randy and of course more footage of their squabbles. “At one point, Simon storms out of the room and can’t take Randy and Paula anymore and leaves the audition,” said Lythgoe.
Also changed in the new season will be the presence of celebrity judges in a move that pleased Idol’s regular judges, the new season won’t have any.
Rebecca St. James is a veteran of the Christian music scene with a couple of gold records, a Grammy Award, numerous prestigious titles including “Favorite Female Artist” named by CCM magazine and “Best Female Artist of 2005″ at Campus Life Magazine, and a recipient of Christian Music’s highest honor, the Dove Award. She is a spokesperson for sexual purity and a respected author as well. These are amazing accomplishments for one at the ripe old age of 28 and yet she says “I’m not called to be a star…God has called me to be a servant.”
St. James recently (more…)
New York, NY – January 11, 2006- Gotee Records group GRITS has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Rock Gospel Album category. The 48th annual Grammy Awards will be held on Wednesday February 8th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The group had a very busy year having 10 #1 Christian hip hop singles, Dichotomy A/B selling nearly 120,000 copies, sharing the stage with Outkast and Jay-Z, receiving a Billboard Video Award, 4 Dove Award’s (Christian Grammy), and most impressively their Dichotomy B album is up for Best Rock Gospel Album of the Year at this year’s GRAMMY AWARDS.
Grits has been recognized by such media as The Source, XXL, SPIN, VIBE and many more. There songs have been featured on MTV Cribs, The Real World, Pimp My Ride, Made, Boston Public, Kevin Hill as well as such feature films as “Something’s Gotta Give” and “The Perfect Man.”
This year was great for Grits and this Grammy nomination has sprung them into a whole new stratosphere. The sky seems to be the limit for this group and we can only wait and see what they do next.
Good job Grits!
Nashville, TN (January 5, 2006) Award-winning singer/songwriter Jeremy Camp closed 2005 in gold. Camp’s first two releases with BEC Recordings, his debut Stay and the fan follow-up Carried Me: The Worship Project, have both been certified Gold, according to the RIAA/Recording Industry Association of America, shipping more than 500,000 units. His current release, Restored, is close to Gold certification, making Camp’s music and videos to ship well over 1,500,000 copies in less than three years.
Camp also garnered the number one spot in R&R Magazine’s year-end charts. The magazine recently announced Camp’s No. 1 hit single, “Take You Back,” scored top ranking as the No.1 “Song Of The Year” for both its AC and CHR formats. On the Christian Radio Weekly/CRW year-end charts, Camp scored the AC and CHR top spots for “Take You Back” and “Lay Down My Pride,” respectively. He also was voted the Best Male Artist in the 2005 Reader’s Choice Christian Music Awards for Christianity Today. All results can be found here.
Constantly on the road for his fans, Camp finished headlining his Restored Tour, which was one of the most successful tours last fall. This was the third headlining tour of his career thus far. Performing to thousands of people in 2005 at his tours and festivals, Camp will find himself back on the road this year, headlining a 13-date acoustic tour, The Live Unplugged Tour, this March with Bethany Dillon opening. Tour dates are listed below.
SYNOPSIS
“Cinderella Man” is a film based on the true story of legendary fighter Jim Braddock. His once promising career in the boxing ring comes to a halt after he breaks his hand and suffers other injuries which result in a string of heartbreaking losses and his boxing license is removed. The nation enters into the Great Depression and years go by as Braddock struggles to keep his family warm, well fed and most importantly, together. He hustles down the to docks everyday hoping to be picked to work and earn a days wage. Braddock however, never abandons his dream to box again, and he gets an opportunity to enter the ring when another fighter cancels a challenge against the second-ranked world contender. Braddock, as the “fill-in”, and to everyone’s amazement, wins in the third round. This sets in motion a series of events that catapult Braddock, a true underdog, to challenge a fighter renowned for killing two men in the ring, Max Baer, the heavyweight champion of the world.
BASIC FACTS
“Cinderella Man” stars Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger and is directed by Ron Howard. It takes place in the early 1930’s during the Great Depression and is the story of boxer Jim Braddock.
QUICK REVIEW
This is a very enjoyable film because the hero, Jim Braddock, is a man of integrity and honor. He is extremely likable and as a viewer, you want to see him win in the ring. You hurt when he doesn’t and Howard’s direction almost makes you physically hurt during some of the fight sequences.
This movie is not only about boxing, for me it is about family. Braddock has a love for his family that is so deep, so true, that the viewer is pulled right in. He cares for his children and works very hard to provide for them which was a daily struggle during the depression. There are some very heart touching moments of Jim with his children, teaching them honesty and sacrifice. He is a man of humility and that is what makes the character so great. (more…)
Are you fed up with all of the bad language you are subjected to when you watch a movie?
Do you cringe each and every time you hear the Lord’s name taken in vain?
Are you sick and tired of having to fast forward through, or actually having to sit through those gratuitous sex scenes found in too many movies these day?
And these are the movies that are rated PG-13!?
Me too!
With that kind of glorified sin going on, I don’t dare watch an “R” rated movie!
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I found a service that makes it possible to view movies that I wouldn’t normally view and simply wanted to pass the information along to those readers who enjoy family time watching movies without worrying about “bad scenes” and who often avoid movies because of the unacceptable language/sex/violence. This service is helpful to those who try so hard to live a life that is holy and pleasing to the Lord.
Clean Films provides movies that are edited. The filthy language is removed and some of the most violent or sexually explicit scenes are simply omitted. Clean Films refers to the final product as a “Family Edited” movie. From CleanFilms.com:
“We take out profanity and other offensive language. We also remove nudity, sexual situations, and extreme or gory violence. Our intent is to edit movies so that they become comparable to a PG rating, which often means that we will edit out content that the networks might leave in when they show the same movie on TV.”
With Clean Films, there is also peace of mind when allowing your children to view these movies, especially when they may have friends over. You don’t need to worry that they will see something inappropriate but Clean Films does warn: (more…)
Overall reviewers of this movie are giving it low ratings. No one seems to think that the movie Rumor Has It is very good. Here are some responses:
What a lousy movie!! - by hpeter
This movie was not good or funny! - comdotsit
Not worth $9, and a waste of my time. - blinktime
Rumor Has It, is not a well done movie, and definitely a sleeper. - moviefanatic
This movie is not a movie to see. It is based on sex, and while there are a few good qualities, we do not think overall there is any reason to spend money or time going to see this movie.
Genres: Comedy and Drama
Release Date: December 25th, 2005 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content, crude humor and a drug reference.
Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
DIRECTED BY
Rob Reiner (Alex & Emma, The Story of Us, A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride)
STARRING
Jennifer Aniston as Sarah Huttinger; Kevin Costner as Beau Borroughs; Shirley MacLaine as Katherine Richelieu; Mark Ruffalo as Jeff Daly; Mena Suvari as Annie Huttinger
