Apparently, Nicolas Cage doesn't just hunt for lost treasures in the movies -- and that includes the Holy Grail. Read more
Apparently, Nicolas Cage doesn't just hunt for lost treasures in the movies -- and that includes the Holy Grail. Read more
Disney's retooling of "The Lion King" was touted as "live-action," but other than a single shot of the African plains, it's all computer animation. Discovery's six-episode "Serengeti," premiering Sunday, Aug. 4, may tell a dramatized tale, but every shot is real. Read more
Cable channel EPIX (which also streams via an app) hasn't quite figured out what it is, other than it's the "Home of BIG Entertainment." While they have little else in common, "Pennyworth" and :Perpetual Grace, Ltd.: are definitely not small. Read more
If anyone was destined to work in faith-and-family broadcasting, it's UPtv founder and CEO Charley Humbard. The youngest son of Pentecostal televangelist Rex Humbard, Charley Humbard spent much of his youth touring stadiums and other sites around the world with his globe-trotting father. Read more
Oscar may have snubbed the Mr. Rogers documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor," but if the gut reaction to the release of the trailer for the scripted biopic "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," starring Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers, is any indication, there may be a few tear-soaked ballots in the Academy's future. Read more
Dig into the history of Hollywood or any major metropolis in the U.S., and you're bound to find every degree of rascal, scoundrel and scalawag. Many towns and cities in the U.S. were founded by people who had to leave somewhere else, sometimes in a great hurry and for good reason. Read more
Los Angeles has been accused of being full of spacey people, but did you know it's also home to actual space people? As PBS' "Summer of Space" launches, L.A. PBS station KCET also pays tribute to this "Blue Sky Metropolis." Read more
The world would say that faith and reason are mortal enemies. In truth, they are BFFs, especially in the world of a Catholic crimesolver like "Cadfael." Read more
The idea of artists grappling with existential despair is a common one, but are creative people doomed to suffer from mood disorders? And, is having these problems a boon to creativity? ... The answer appears to be, "not exactly" and "no." Read more
To my surprise, I enjoyed The Young Pope on HBO. Dare I hope that its successor, The New Pope, could be as good? The history of sequels argues otherwise, but we shall see ... eventually. Read more
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