{"id":537,"date":"2006-04-04T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-04T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2006\/04\/act-one-newsletter-2\/"},"modified":"2006-04-04T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-04T22:20:00","slug":"act-one-newsletter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2006\/04\/act-one-newsletter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Act One Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>ACT ONE UPDATE (4\/04\/06)<\/p>\n<p>In this issue:<\/p>\n<p>ACT ONE SPONSORS DA VINCI CODE EVENT APRIL 11 \/ SEE BARBARA NICOLOSI IN ARIZONA, INDIANA \/ ACT ONE SPONSORS FORUM ON MARRIAGE AND INTIMACY IN HOLLYWOOD \/ SHORT FILM PROJECT UNDERWAY \/ NEW INTERNSHIP FOR EXECUTIVE PROGRAM \/ ACT ONE BOOK IN STORES NOW <br>_______________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACT ONE CO-SPONSORS <em>DA VINCI CODE <\/em>EVENT APRIL 11<\/strong><br>\u201cDa Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction?\u201d<br>April 11, 7:00-9:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>featuring: <br>Mark Shea<br>Josh McDowell<br>Craig Detweiler<br>Craig Smith<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood Presbyterian Church (sanctuary)<br>1760 North Gower Street<br>Hollywood, CA 90028<\/p>\n<p>for more information, visit http:\/\/inter-mission.net\/events_la.html<\/p>\n<p>Is Jesus really God?<br>Did Mary Magdalene birth his child?<br>Is The Da Vinci Code book\/movie a dangerous challenge to the Christian faith, a ripe opportunity or both?<br>Are you prepared to answer these questions and more?<\/p>\n<p>With over 42 million copies in print, The Da Vinci Code is a runaway bestseller, but are the so-called facts in this book truth\u2026or are they fiction?<\/p>\n<p>The novel is written as fact, but on Tuesday, April 11, international authors and speakers JOSH MCDOWELL, MARK SHEA, CRAIG DETWEILER AND CRAIG SMITH explain the truth behind this popular story.<\/p>\n<p>Inter-Mission, Mastermedia International and Act One are inviting entertainment professionals, as well as the general public for this rare opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>_______________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE BARBARA NICOLOSI IN ARIZONA AND INDIANA!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Act One founder Barbara Nicolosi will be speaking at several upcoming events:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Does God Care about Hollywood? The Role of Entertainment in Human Life\u201d<br>Thursday, April 27<br>Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture<br>155 DeBartolo Hall<br>Notre Dame, IN 46556<br>7:30 pm<br>http:\/\/ethicscenter.nd.edu\/events\/HollywoodLectures.shtml<\/p>\n<p>Keynote Speaker at the Christianity and the Arts conference<br>April 28th \u2013 29th<br>Church For The Nations<br>11640 N 19th Ave <br>Phoenix, AZ 85029<br>Cost: $15<br>to register:  http:\/\/www.cftn.com\/arts.html<\/p>\n<p>_______________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACT ONE SPONSORS FORUM ON MARRIAGE AND INTIMACY IN HOLLYWOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cit\u2019s who you sleep with that matters\u2026\u201d<br>A conversation with Christians about marriage and intimacy in Hollywood<br>April 22, 9:30-12:00<br>www.hollywoodconnect.com<\/p>\n<p>brought to you by Hollywood Connect, Inter-Mission, Act One &amp; Hollywood Prayer Network<\/p>\n<p>_______________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHORT FILM PROJECT UNDERWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Act One is pleased to announce that producers for the Peter Glenville Short Film Project have been selected.  Anna Littles (Writing Program,  L.A. 2002) will produce PIE \u2018N\u2019 BURGER, from a screenplay written by  Clare Sera (Writing Program, L.A., 1999).  Monica Jimenez-Grillo and Thomas Deason (both from the Executive  Program, L.A. 2005) will produce THE PHILANTHROPISTS, from a  screenplay written by Douglas McKelvey (Writing Program, Washington,  D.C., 2004).<\/p>\n<p>Named after the late director\/filmmaker, Peter Glenville who was known for a number of highly acclaimed films including \u201cBecket\u201d and \u201cThe Comedians,\u201d the Peter Glenville Short Film Program\u2019s primary goal is to give a group of Act One alumni the opportunity to be involved in the production process from concept to distribution.  The secondary goal is to produce two laudable, well-produced short films, which will be entered into film festival competitions around the world.<\/p>\n<p>_______________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW INTERNSHIP FOR EXECUTIVE PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Executive Program is pleased to announce that Guy Walks Into A Bar (Elf) has joined the list of top Hollywood entities accepting interns from our program this summer.<\/p>\n<p>_______________________<br><strong><br>ACT ONE BOOK IN STORES NOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A new book written by the faculty and staff of Act One is now available for purchase at online and neighborhood bookstores. <\/p>\n<p>Behind the Screen: Hollywood Insiders on Faith, Film &amp; Culture presents a fascinating look at the much-maligned film and television industries through the eyes of Christian writers, producers, and executives living out their faith behind TV shows, on movie sets, and in studio offices. <\/p>\n<p>Writers include Scott Derrickson (Writer, Director, The Exorcism of Emily Rose), Ralph Winter (Producer, X-Men 2, Fantastic 4), Barbara Hall (Creator, Joan of Arcadia), and Dean Batali (Executive Producer, That \u201970s Show). <\/p>\n<p>Available now at www.amazon.com.  <\/p>\n<p>_______________________<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACT ONE UPDATE (4\/04\/06) In this issue: ACT ONE SPONSORS DA VINCI CODE EVENT APRIL 11 \/ SEE BARBARA NICOLOSI IN ARIZONA, INDIANA \/ ACT ONE SPONSORS FORUM ON MARRIAGE AND INTIMACY IN HOLLYWOOD \/ SHORT FILM PROJECT UNDERWAY \/ NEW INTERNSHIP FOR EXECUTIVE PROGRAM \/ ACT ONE BOOK IN STORES NOW _______________________ ACT ONE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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