People are always writing me asking me to plug their blogs. I mean to do it for everyone who asks, but then I never seem to get to it and then have to live with their thinking I’m uppity and exclusive and/or not as good a friend as they thought. But here are a couple friends who are variously new to the blogosphere with whose friendship I am particularly loathe to play fast and loose. So, here I am interrupting... Read more

Each year, hundreds of aspiring screenwriters flock to Hollywood with scripts in their hands and stars in their eyes. This year, Hollywood is coming to them. Next stop? Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Act One, Inc., a Los Angeles-based training program for writers and other film industry professionals, is partnering with Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale to present the Act One Screenwriting Weekend, a conference for professional and aspiring screenwriters. The workshop, slated for November 4-5, 2005 at the church, is an intense,... Read more

Greetings folks! This email is just to let you know that I will be singing Rosina in Rossini’s Barber of Seville with Commonwealth Opera next weekend. If any of you are in the area and can come I would love to see you! Commonwealth Opera is in Northampton, MA, just north of Springfield,MA and ten minutes from Amherst. This is a wonderful opera, very funny – a great intro for those of you who might not have seen an opera... Read more

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I’ll be on a panel with friend and fellow blogger, Mark Joseph Friday morning at the first annual GodBlog Conference. Mark is one of the contributors to the Ariana Huffington blog. The event is at Biola University in La Mirada. Our panel is 10:30am. I suppose I should conduct a break-out session called, “Failing to Hiatus.” Read more

Have to share a funny story from the day of the Narnia screening. The screening was very controlled — only about ten people in attendance besides the Disney and Wladen promotional folks. There were some prominent religious lieutenants there who are being courted to raise the same groundswell of support for Narnia that they did so astoundingly for The Passion of the Christ.(Note that I was the only Catholic invitee in the room…evidence that Catholic leaders are pretty much worthless... Read more

I am going to go on a brief hiatus from my hiatus here because I had the great privilege yesterday of seeing the highly anticipated The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe from Disney/Walden. I haven’t been so eager to see a film since The Passion of the Christ, nor felt the same sense of relief and joy! The movie is lovely. The print we saw had some special effects still in stages, but it didn’t detract from the stunning... Read more

“Can You Not Read the Signs of the Times?” Hollywood and the Church: One Year After The Passion A presentation and discussion featuring, Barbara R. NicolosiAct One, Inc., Hollywood, CA Tuesday, October 18th, 7pm-9pm Founder’s Room (1st Floor)EMI Christian Music Group101 Winners Circle.Brentwood, TN 37024 – Signs for hope in the entertainment industry – How Hollywood’s sudden openness to spirituality is both an opportunity and a challenge – Christian movies are not in where they end – but in where... Read more

Here’s a nice piece about Act One that aired recently on NPR’s Weekend America. The producer/journalist Shannon Mullen did a great job. Enjoy! Read more

…that I will still be posting links to Act One media sightings, Act One events, and my own speaking engagements. Just no original thoughts. Read more