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The notion that fiction does not affect reality is overused. This is similar to saying that wars don’t affect their countries’ economies or lifestyle, or that a person’s activity level doesn’t affect how quickly they can complete running a mile. Fiction has a direct impact on how people view their reality. Fictional worlds drive creativity […]… Continue reading How Fiction Affects Reality — Dreamer’s Concord

Have you noticed all the recent television ads that point to a gay lifestyle? Commercial after commercial shows same sex couples. Sometimes it’s a quick picture of a same sex couple that flashes onscreen in the midst of showing heterosexual couples. Other times, it’s featured longer in the commercial. And that’s apart from the many […]… Continue reading LGBTQ Indoctrination Aimed at Kids ~ RELEVANT CHILDREN’S MINISTRY — Truth2Freedom’s Blog

The entertainment mogul has big things planned for people who’ve traditionally been ignored. via Everything We Can Expect From Tyler Perry’s Groundbreaking Atlanta Studio — 97.9 The Box

Media entrepreneur, actor and producer Tyler Perry, during the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios, revealed why he chose to represent blacks with the kind of movies he puts out and what pushed him to build his latest edifice. via I clearly believe i’m ignored in Hollywood – Tyler Perry — P.M. News

Let’s take a tour with the fabulous Cherry Vanilla to all the places in her life. via Cherry Vanilla – Places I Remember — Madeline Bocaro

It’s already clear that 2018 will be remembered as a benchmark year for LGBTQ rights in India. But, can the same be said for queer cinema in India? Probably not! While gay and lesbian characters are finding finally their places in Western Cinema and Television, India is still way too behind. With only one LGBTQ […]… Continue reading 5 Reasons why we don’t make enough Gay Themes Movies in India? — Blued

Many moons ago, I remember how excited I was to go see Vampire Academy at the theatre. If memory serves right, this film, which currently holds a 5% rating on RottenTomatoes, was in and out of the multiplex so fast I never got to see it. Fast forward a few years later, and I finally […]… Continue reading Vampire Academy (2014) — Ten Stars or Less

[ad_1] Talia Shire. Now in the indie “Working Man.” About a factory closing, a husband fired, a marriage tough. Real fairy tale. “The story’s about fighting to keep a factory and a marriage. The real story’s about me quarantined in LA’s Westwood with three dogs. I’m a mystic so I pray, meditate, read, listen to […]… Continue reading Talia Shire on her newest, indie drama ‘Working Man’ — piinions

The Woman Who Wasn’t There is a documentary about Tania Head, a decidedly peculiar woman who for several years successfully posed as a 9/11 Twin Towers survivor, when in fact she had not even been in the country at the time of the terrorist attacks. That’s not a spoiler, by the way, or at least […]… Continue reading The Woman Who Wasn’t There — Philo on Movies

A Paris Review interview from 2012: Wallace Shawn is recognizable to most of the world as a character actor: he made a memorable debut in Woody Allen’s Manhattan (1979) and, since then, has appeared in movies as diverse as The Bostonians and The Princess Bride and on the popular television series Gossip Girl. He has… Continue reading Wallace Shawn, The Art of Theater — Later On