Jack LaLanne dies

I remember him from when I was a kid.

Jack LaLanne, fitness guru, dies at 96 - latimes.com

Beauty and the Artist

Here are a few great links that are of relevant and of current importance to all in entertainment.

The World Needs Beauty

Pope Benedict's Address to Artists

Catholic Media Professionals Should Proclaim Gospel

Some advise from The Director of the Holy See’s Press Office -

Catholic Media Professionals Should Proclaim Gospel

Fireproof

In this excellent article, the producer says movie making is ministry, not business.

Holy Father on Internet Media

There have been a few stories about the Pope and the new communication technologies recently.  In this article POPE STRONGLY ENDORSES APOSTOLIC USE OF THE INTERNET the Holy Father strongly encourages Christians-- and especially young people-- to use the new media fully as a means of spreading the Gospel.  This Zenit News POPE GIVES TASK TO YOUTH: EVANGELIZE THE NET article has more information also.

The Holy Father also now has a YouTube Channel.  More info in this article on Zenit News.

We are on the right track and need to spread the Good News on the Internet through truth, beauty, and goodness.

More links:

Pope Reaches Out on YouTube
Pope channel makes debut on YouTube
Pope Praises Potential of New Technologies

Joe Eszterhas story

An excellent radio interview with Joe Eszterhas, about his discovery of faith and his new book Crossbearer: A Memoir of Faith.

Voting Article

Check out this article on Voting and Fear

Music and Spirituality | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P.

The Ignatius Insight just published an article from Fr. Basil Cole Music and Spirituality | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. | Ignatius Insight | Ignatius Insight that is very insightful and very much needed in this Society Gone Madd!  I've read his book Music and Morals which really helped me, he is just awesome.  Now he connects Music and Spirituality to the tune of St Thomas Aquinas - my favorite saint.  Part of spirituality is using your mind, but people today seem to believe whatever they feel is ok.  When music (or any of the arts, I believe) causes feeling a certain way for a prolonged period of time it is bound to have it's effects.  Please consider reading the article (which I think can be applied to all forms of the arts), it may change your life, like his book Music and Morals did mine. 

Clarification by Bishop on Catholic Voting

Catholic Culture : Catholic World News Feature Stories hopefully will clear up or at least inspire some of the faithful to form their consciences and vote according to church teaching.  We need the bishops to all come out very forcefully so that the faithful at least hear them.  Our country, our lives, and our future rely on it.  Consult Voters Guide for Serious Catholics to form your conscience.

GH Nightshift 08/06/08

General Hospital is by far the best soap on right now.  I began watching it in the dayroom with all the second shift guys in the dorms on the Air Force Base I was at.  It was during the Luke and Laura days.  About twenty five years later, I got back into it somehow.  Now all the kids of the characters are in it and it's as good, if not better than ever.  Then Last year they started a spinoff, Nightshift, with some of the same characters and they bring in new ones also. 

This particular episode was the best one ever.  I was really happy they tackled the subject of abortion in a worthy way.  They really brought out the horror of abortion and how it really affects the mother, even years later.  This is what will stop the crisis the entertainment industry is in.