We are very pleased to announce that the Act One | Executive Program is expanding to serve twice the number of students in 2006! And in a new partnership with Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management, all Executive Program students are now eligible for continuing education credits. The 2005 Executive Program has been proclaimed a phenomenal success by students, faculty, and employers. Ten of the fifteen students from this inaugural year are now working in strategic positions within... Read more

FEBRUARY 13 – Monday 7pm Book Signing Open to public Eighth Day Books2838 E. DouglasWichita, KS 67214316.683.9446 MARCH 4 – Saturday Speech – “Hollywood, The Arts and the Church” Holy Trinity Apostolate Sterling Heights, MI 586.264.3789 Register Online: www.holytrinityapostolate.com Read more

HOLLYWOOD CHRISTIANS BRING SEMINARS TO NASHVILLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — December 1, 2005 — Act One, Inc., a nonprofit organization that trains Christians for careers in mainstream film and television, is coming to Nashville this summer. Act One will hold its much-lauded Writing Program at Vanderbilt University from May 16 – June 10. The Writing Program is a four-week intensive course on writing for TV and film, taught by Hollywood professionals. It will also be held in Los... Read more

I am just back from Sundance. And I don’t even have time for therapy over that before I am off again on another trip. I’ll be in Vegas this weekend for an Act One Screenwriting Weekend. Then, while everybody else gets to watch the Superbowl, I will be flying to Nashville for a Pastor’s Conference. On Tuesday I’m off to Chicago. Then, up to Appleton, WI. Back in L.A. next Friday. Doubt I’ll be blogging while I carpetbag. Besides…I’m on... Read more

The Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Media Apostolate, presents, Signs of Hope from Hollywood featuring Barbara Nicolosi, M.A.Executive Director, Act One, Inc. Wednesday – February, 8, 2006, 7:00pmArchbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminarywww. quigley.org Topics to be covered include: – Post-Sexual Revolution Hollywood and the search for spirituality going on in the entertainment industry– Hollywood after The Passion of the Christ– Thoughts on Narnia, Brokeback Mountain, Book of Daniel and The Da Vinci Code– What to do if your college student wants... Read more

I admit it. I search regularly to find out who is writing about Act One. Someone told me once this is called ego-surfing. I call it just another way to keep from writing. Anyway, I’m glad I was at it today because I found a really nice review of our recent Screenwriting Weekend in Fort Lauderdale. Go here to read all about how these weekends unfold, and what one writer’s experience was. It means a lot that somebody with no... Read more

I am, as I keep telling you, on a blogging hiatus. [ahem] As I keep telling you. However, lots of Act Oners are out there in blogdom, spreading the gospel of artistry, professionalism, substance and spirituality. I have created a set of links on the right of the Act Oners of whom I am aware who are blogging. If you know of others, or if you are an Act Oner with a blog, do let me know so I can... Read more

Here is an answer I posted in the comments for the Munich review I did below under the heading “Fleeting Thoughts.” I want to be clear that I am endorsing the film Munich for its craft, again, in the way that John Paul II said, ‘We owe secular artists appreciation for showing us what the world without God looks like.” Here’s my answer to Clayton’s thoughtful objection… ————- Clayton – I think that art – in the broadest sense –... Read more

Big deal. It’s kind of boring. Nothing much happens. Just a lot of horseback riding and cold cowboys supposedly bonding over cans of beans and shuffling around staring off-screen. I didn’t ever get emotionally engaged. I don’t even know what it was about really. Ang Lee has done much better. The Ice Storm is a masterwork by comparison. At least in that film he created some cool visual imagery to heighten and echo the themes of the piece. In Brokeback,... Read more

Here is a super nice review from the insightful Michael Dalton who writes movie reviews for The Phantom Tollbooth. They will be posting a review of the book in February, but Michael posted the following on Amazon… —————————- He who is wise wins souls, January 19, 2006 Most Christians don’t associate Hollywood with wisdom. Since wisdom can be defined as scholarly knowledge or learning, and since many in Hollywood are at the top of their craft, this may not be... Read more