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The Barbara Walters Special: Miley Cyrus

By sarah on February 25th, 2008 at 11:54 am in Movies, TV, Talk, multimedia

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As part of the 27th edition of The Barbara Walters Special, which aired following the Oscars on Sunday, Walters sat down with Disney star Miley Cyrus.

Cyrus is the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus and star of the hit Disney show, Hannah Montana. This year along she had a No.1 movie, a top-selling tour and a hit album (abc.com).

When Walters asked the young starlet what makes her think she won’t go down the same destructive road as so many former Disney stars that came before, Miley’s answer was simple: her family and her faith.

"I think a lot of these people, you know, do have Christian families and they’re just not seeing that they’re so much greater than the materialistic things that are there right now," said Cyrus, "the people that are the ones you wanna hold onto are the people that tell you the truth."

Miley Cyrus believes she has something different in her life that will keep her away from the lifestyle that has claimed so many young people in that fast-paced world of fame and fortune. Do you think she’ll end up like the others before her? Is the "Christian faith" she’s talking about different than what many famous people leave behind on their rise to fame?

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Hollywoodland

By Leah on January 24th, 2008 at 8:00 am in Movies, multimedia

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Over Christmas break, my husband and I watched Hollywoodland. It was a quiet but haunting tale of the life and suicide of George Reeves, the actor that played TV’s first Superman.

Through the movie different theories about his death are raised, some people believed it to be murder and some people believed it to be suicide. We won’t spoil the ending for you, you can draw your own conclusions. Still, the statement comes up " Superman wasn’t faster than a speeding bullet."

This movie begs the question, "are Hollywood stars infallible to real life troubles?" Why are we so horrified when one of them falls from grace? Do they deserve to be judged differently?

No Crying He Makes

By L_cool_J on November 13th, 2007 at 8:00 am in Movies, multimedia

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Most people know the line in the famous Christmas carol Away in a Manger -

The cattle are lowing
The poor Baby wakes
But little Lord Jesus
No crying He makes

Jesus was a baby born to bring salvation to a fallen world. He didn’t cry but he silenced a world with the promise of hope. In the move Children of Men (a movie I think mirrors Jesus’ story) the baby cried and it silenced a world at war.

In the scene where Kee, the baby and Theo are trying to escape the bullet ridden abandon building, the cries of the baby, a sign of hope for this world, stops the gunshots. Hearing the the screaming and wailing, enemies lay down their guns to clear the way for the promised child to be brought to safety. The world falls silent.

Not only did the baby quiet a war-torn city but for a brief second, he brought hope to the hopeless and peace and quiet to a chaotic and noisy world. Then seconds later, they resumed to their evil ways.

Do you think that it is human nature that faced with hope still chooses evil and violence? Are you tired of living in a chaotic and noisy world and would like peace and quiet in your heart? Don’t know where to start? Let us help.