November 20, 2007 Archives

If you’re driving this Thanksgiving weekend, buy and listen to Steven Curtis Chapman’s first new CD project in three years, “This Moment.” SCC fans will love and appreciate this new collection of material that combines a fresh themes and lyrics with a new expression of the easy sound that has marked his long career. This is his 16th CD project.

“Miracle of the Moment” is the kind of good vibe with a memorable hook that should start any good CD. “Broken” features the kind of transparent reflection that should mark any authentically spiritual person, and having met Steven twice and watched his career over time, I know that he lives what he’s saying (err…singing!)

Thanksgiving weekend is a wonderful opportunity for us to be reminded of what we’re thankful for. As spiritually minded people, it’s also an important chance to reflect on who it is we’re thankful to. Then, it’s usually an awesome weekend to be off to the movies!

But if you’re looking for some added choices to this year’s T-day new crop (“Enchanted, “ “This Christmas,” “The Mist,” “Hitman,” “August Rush,” “I'm Not There, “Christmas in Wonderland” and “Nina's Heavenly Delights,”) perhaps this is the weekend to buy or rent the DVD versions of the greatest Thanksgiving-weekend releases of all time. They’re really a great bunch, and here are my family’s Top Ten out of the 25 highest-grossing Thanksgiving releases of all time:

When you think of the world of business, you can't help but think of Donald Trump and his show "The Apprentice," which, as the show's theme song tells you, was all about "money money money...money!" The idea was that people could come from different backgrounds, not necessarily out of the world of business, and become Trumpian. After all, before the Donald started marrying and divorcing trophy wives, creating an iconic-if-derided hairstyle, and living in apartments with three-dimensional gold frescoes, he was just an ordinary guy. And so, in taking other ordinary guys (and women) and allowing them access to the resources and challenges that will prove their abilities, he was acting as the alternately stern and occasionally rewarding parent who will decide who would make the best Trump clonelet.

But now there's "Celebrity Apprentice." Why would celebrities need "The Apprentice"? They, by definition are not ordinary people. They have been elevated by popular culture to the point of intense familiarity, they're people we already love to hate and hate to love. They're not in it for the money, that's for sure, reports the Daily News:

Unlike the past six seasons, the celeb contestants will not be battling it out for a spot in the boardroom next to Trump, but instead will be working to benefit their favorite charities. The winner will receive a $250,000 for the cause of their choice.