GRAMMY Award winning singer CeCe Winans released a lyric video today for her first new recording in six years, “Never Have To Be Alone.” Winans is a Platinum selling gospel artist with lifetime sales of more than 12 million records worldwide. The new song, posted to her Facebook page, has a late 70s’s breezy soundtrack with sweet, simple, but encouraging lyrics. As a longtime CeCe Winans fan, I really love it. What do you think? Check it out below: Visit... Read more
Tonight I’m in Nashville covering the 2016 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. It’s my 12th time doing this but the first time for this Reel Faith blog, so I’m going to try and periodically update on the winners with comments, pictures and video. Stay tuned for more and you can also follow me on Twitter for the latest – www.twitter.com/dewaynehamby. 2:53 – The pre-telecast awards show is going on now. Winners have been announced and the Bowling family is... Read more
Celebrating the the success of Welcome To The New, GRAMMY® nominated band MercyMe has announced an exclusive two week free download of their song “Greater,” available through Oct. 9 at FreeCCM.com. The song is the second single from the band’s 2014 album and has spent 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard National Christian Audience chart. The fourth single from the album “Dear Younger Me” is proving to be another hit, currently at No. 2 on the Billboard AC Monitored Chart. The album is currently... Read more
American Prodigal, the second solo release from Crowder (David Crowder), continues the musician’s musical evolution on a generous offering of fun, worshipful and frequently upbeat songs. Unafraid to blend and alternate musical genres, many of the songs mashup sounds of bluegrass, Americana, folk, electronica, rhythm and blues, rap and even disco. “Run Devil Run,” the project’s first single is a danceable ditty that contemporizes the sounds of old spirituals. In that same vein is “Keep Me” and “All You Burdens.”... Read more
Principal photography has begun on ALL SAINTS, an inspirational drama from AFFIRM Films, a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company and Provident Films, starring Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe nominee John Corbett (MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, “Northern Exposure”) and Cara Buono (“Stranger Things”, “Mad Men”). Filming continues through mid-October on location in Nashville and Smyrna, Tennessee. ALL SAINTS is inspired by the true story of salesman-turned-pastor Michael Spurlock (Corbett), the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a... Read more
There’s a minor, understated scene in the new film Sully where a New York City policeman is helping one of the cold, shell-shocked airplane passengers disembark from a ferryboat. In a split second, the officer pulls the warm blanket further down the passenger’s back and for that moment, this dramatized account gives way to an astonishing sense of reality—this event actually happened and that potentially tragic day showcased the best of humanity coming together. The film, starring Tom Hanks and... Read more
Tale of famous pilot Chesley Sullenberger offers hope and inspiration for viewers Read more
The new preview for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story premiered tonight during the Olympics, giving fans a deeper look at the plot, which is set before the original film, A New Hope. Relevant recently reported that the new film will feature more religious themes than previous Star Wars entries. Director Gareth Edwards is quoted as saying: The Force is basically in Star Wars like a religion, and they’re losing their faith in the period that we start the movie.... Read more
Hollywood loves a good comeback story and Eddie Murphy may have his lined up with the upcoming Mr. Church, arriving Sept. 16 from Cinelou Films. Mr. Church tells the story of a unique friendship that develops when a little girl and her dying mother retain the services of a talented cook – Henry Joseph Church. What begins as a six month arrangement instead spans fifteen years, and creates a family bond that lasts forever. The film also stars Britt Robertson... Read more
The Gospel Music Association (GMA) announced today the nominees in 44 categories for the 47th Annual GMA Dove Awards. The awards show will take place on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena in Nashville at 6:30 p.m. CST. Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) will exclusively air the awards show on Sunday, October 16, reaching over 100 million viewers in the U.S., plus global and multi-platform distribution. Voting for the final winners will run August 23 through August 30. ... Read more
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