Dena Ross: February 2008 Archives

Check out gospel artist Kirk Franklin's new music video, "Declaration (This Is It!)" off his album, "The Fight of My Life." And be sure to check back with us in March when we feature an interview with the popular Christian star.

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Due to the Writers' Strike, filming of new episodes of last fall's Bionic Woman was put on hiatus. However, now there's rumors that the show may cancelled, though NBC has yet to confim this. One thing is for sure though, Fireflight, the band responsible for the cool song, "Unbreakable" that was used in promos for the show, is enjoying a lot of success, both in the Christian market where they got their start, and also in the mainstream.

Click on the photo below to listen to "Unbreakable" from their album of the same name releasing March 4th.

We would like to extend a big congratulations to writer Sara Shereeb Bakhshian, who just won 2nd place in the LA Press Club's 1st Annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards for Best Online Feature Story. Bakhshian's piece, "Must-Believe TV," which covered religion and faith on last fall's CW lineup--specifically "Aliens in America" and "Reaper"--ran on Beliefnet last September. Of course, we's also like to take a moment to pat ourselves on the back for hiring such a wonderful writer.

To read the piece, click here.

In Tyler Perry's new movie, "Meet the Browns," a single struggling mother, played by Angela Bassett, meets the family she never knew after the death of her father. Watch the trailer below.

Duane "Dog" Chapman--who you either know as the cool guy who catches criminals with the rest of his family, on the hit A&E show "Dog the Bounty Hunter," or as that guy who was outed by the National Enquirer for spewing racial slurs in a tape-recorded conversation with his son, and then appeared on every TV show and radio station crying and begging for forgiveness--will be returning to the airwaves, TMZ.com is reporting.

Although A&E suspended Dog's show immediately after audio was made public of him saying the N-word in reference to his son's girlfriend, they seem to have bowed to pressure from the overwhelming support Dog has received in trying to get his show back--including groups on social networking sites, such as this one on Facebook, which has over 16,000 members.

Dog also made a good-faith effort to reach out to the African-American community and to various groups promoting racial equality. He even went as far as to kiss up to Rev. Al Sharpton (gag!).

Sure, you've heard of the Academy Awards--and maybe even the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards--but what about the Beliefnet Film Awards? Every year, Beliefnet honors the best spiritual films, performances, and documentaries in our very own feature. Now's your chance...

In what was one of the highlights of last night's Grammy Awards, Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin performed a moving deut of "Never Gonna Break My Faith" with gospel star BeBe Winans. In addition, gospel artists The Clark Sisters, Trin-I-Tee...

If you're a fan of the rap rock/nu metal sound, you'll like Family Force 5, formerly known as The Phamily and The Brothers. I've just been introduced to their music, and I must say, they're winning me over. They sound...

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who introduced the Fab Four, as well as a number of other celebrities, like Mia Farrow and David Lynch, to the benefits of Transcendental Meditation, has died. Check out the 1968 video clip below where the Beatles...

This Sunday night, February 10th, the music industry will hand out top honors when CBS airs the 50th annual Grammy Awards. I don't watch award shows, but this is the 50th anniversary of the Grammys, after all. There's plenty of...

In case you haven't heard, today marks the release of the new praise and worship compilation album, "God of This City," by Passion, a group of Christian musicians and speakers that form the Passion movement. Included on the album are...