American Movies Today: Good News, Bad News
Pat Boone
Sunday, March 5, 2006

I've gotten into the habit of spouting off about things that concern me in the shifting, changing makeup of our culture. I sense that countless other Americans share my concerns, and they've let me know that by a heavy volume of e-mail about it.

Well, today I want to share some really good news. It's news that, mysteriously, you probably won't come across anywhere else, though it's readily available.

That tribal rite, the Academy Awards, is approaching at warp speed, and we will not be able to avoid it, no matter how we might try. You could be snowed in up in the Rockies, with no phone or TV, and some passing mountaineer will tap on your door to tell you who won for "best actress" or "best film."

Many of us have seriously lost interest in the whole thing, because we may not like any of the nominated films or people's performances, and really cringe when we see things fawned over and awarded that trouble us greatly. The rest


Winners of 'Christian Oscars' Announced
Cinema's Narnia, TV's 7th Heaven, Extreme Makeover, Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye Big WinnersGala Also Honors Entertainer Pat Boone With Lifetime Award
By Dan Wooding and Dr. Tom Snyder
March 3, 2006

(ASSIST News / AgapePress) - Disney and Walden Media's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, WB's 7th Heaven, ABC TV's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and PAX TV's Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye won the three biggest honors at the 14th Annual MOVIEGUIDE® Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry, held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel Thursday night (March 2).

The glittering event, also dubbed "The Christian Oscars," was held just days before the 78th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood and attracted more than 150 celebrities, Hollywood executives, producers, writers, and directors and their guests. The evening began with red carpet media interviews with many of the stars, including Pat Boone and Stephen Collins, as well as many other actors and actresses who were attending the event and who openly shared their faith in Jesus Christ.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the "X-Mas" episode of 7th Heaven took home the two $50,000 John Templeton Foundation Epiphany Prizes for "Most Inspiring Movie" and "Most Inspiring TV Program" of 2005. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye tied for the First Annual $50,000 Ware Foundation Libertas Prize for Promoting Positive American Values. The rest