Hollywood: you can't lose with family friendly films
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August 29, 2005
FAMILY FILMS DOMINATE INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE; HOLLYWOOD SURPRISED, BUT MOVIEGUIDE® IS NOTBy Dr. Ted Baehr, Publisher of MOVIEGUIDE®
HOLLYWOOD, CA (ANS) (ANS) -- Hollywood executives are scratching their heads, Daily Variety reported on 08/02/05.
A pair of slow-rolling family movies, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and MADAGASCAR, have been beating out lackluster action movies at the international box office, which, along with DVD sales, has become one of the few economic bright spots for Hollywood in the past two years.
Studio execs may be surprised but Ted Baehr, the entertainment maven at MOVIEGUIDE®, the family guide to movies, is not.
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How will Hollywood be redeemed? -- one prayer at a time
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
MORE MINISTRIES GATHER TO PRAY FOR HOLLYWOODTed Baehr
HOLLYWOOD, CA (ANS) (ANS) -- Year after year, more ministries realize the strategic importance of the entertainment industry, and they make the wise spiritual decision to pray for Hollywood and the mass media of entertainment. The Hollywood Prayer Network and several other important ministries exist just to pray for the entertainment industry. Yearly convocations and gala events are being held to prayerfully support those who work in the mass media of entertainment. As a result, Hollywood is changing, as every major movie studio is in the midst of producing movies and entertainment with strong Christian content.
However, there is still a far distance to go to redeem the mass media of entertainment. This summer has seen the release of some truly horrible movies in terms of both quality and content, including THE DEVIL’S REJECTS, WEDDING CRASHERS, and LAND OF THE DEAD.
Therefore, it was a great joy recently to join with two dozen ministries from across the country, and some as far away as Israel and Jordan, who came to the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. for three days to pray for the Hollywood entertainment industry.
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