"Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish." -- Michelangelo
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ABC'S BIG TEN
Reporting from The Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Los Angeles, Mediaweek column Daily Programming Insider passes along the news that ABC is planning a mini-series about The Ten Commandments.
This epic two-part, four-hour miniseries will retell the story of Moses -- one of the most revered figures in world religions -- from his narrow escape from death as a child, to his emancipation of the Hebrew slaves and the renowned parting of the Red Sea.
Executive producer Robert Halmi, Sr. made it clear that this is not a remake of the movie: "This is my conception, my idea how to interpret the same words. There's a new generation who needs to know this, and there is new research that has been done that discovers new facts about the story. And so I wanted to keep this story alive. I wanted to talk to a new audience because I believe this story is extremely important. And I wanted to do it as a reality. My characters are real; the location is real. So I wanted to be more true to the story and to the characters as I think I saw it."
ABC has not confirmed a date, but the guess is that The Ten Commandments would air sometime around Easter.
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P.O.D. WITH A ROCKET
The new P.O.D. album, Testify (Atlantic / Word) is in stores today. Following the band's FIVE-song appearance on Friday's TRL, the single "Goodbye For Now" landed on the show's chart at No. 8. The song is also up to No. 6 on the iTunes rock chart.
coming up Jan. 30, P.O.D. appears on The Tonight Show, followed by an appearance the next night on Last Call.
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A HIT MAN IS HAUNTED BY A PREACHER'S DYING WORDS: "I FORGIVE YOU."
FORGIVING SOLOMON LONG (Harvest House Publishers), Chris Well
One of the Top Christian Novels of 2005 -- Booklist (American Library Association)
"A hard-edged, mean streets story -- in which God's grace shines all the brighter. Forgiving Solomon Long heralds a new day in Christian suspense." -- Brandilyn Collins, best-selling author of Web of Lies
Read the first chapter online
Buy now at ChristianBook.com
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Chris Well is a member of International Thriller Writers, Inc. Find him online at StudioWell.com or at his blog Chris Well: Learning Curve.
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