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Saturday, February 8, 2014



2/3/14  BIG BAD HOLLYWOOD QUASHED LITTLE JONI's FAITH-BASED MOVIE SONG? HELLO HOLLYWOOD,R U PROUD of YOURSELVES? SHAME ON U
!  (I've heard discussion of this on the radio,etc,& some so-called "neutral" parties such as those on NPR discuss it & say it seemed unusual that the Academy would do this (acknowledging that everybody plugs their film & songs et al) while at the same time they refer to the singer as "some quadriplegic Christian" as if she's almost an anonymous unknown when in fact she's on the radio regularly & also speaks at conferences regularly,among other things. Those of us in the Christian community know this "quadriplegic" affectionately as Joni (pronounced "Johnny") and she's "been around" for a LONG time (longer than most of the people speaking about her & this issue) & the NPR people should know better than to refer to her in such a vague,generalized, manner. It doesn't surprise me that liberal NPR would try to straddle the line in the liberal direction in this case. If it was a "lesbian quadriplegic" their blood would be boiling,but since its a somewhat-conservative Christian quadriplegic,  their objections to the Academy's action are tentative. search:, broughton,alone yet not alone,Joni Eareckson Tada,Dennis Spiegel;*read more at
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/02/01/academy-cites-integrity-for-pulling-oscar-nomination-for-original-song-alone
"The Academy takes very seriously anything
that undermines the integrity of the Oscars
voting process," motion picture academy
said in the statement. "The Board
regretfully concluded that Mr. Broughton's
actions did precisely that."...
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/02/01/academy-cites-integrity-for-pulling-oscar-nomination-for-original-song-alone
ALSO SEE
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscar-song-alone-not-yet-alone-reaction-20140131,0,3214466.story#axzz2rz9qv2AR
"..."They had previews and parties and huge
promotion," Broughton said of the studio
campaigns for Oscar-nominated songs
from other films, which include box-office
hits such as Disney's "Frozen" and
Universal Pictures' "Despicable Me 2."
"We had no budget. There's no Oscar
campaign. All there is is this really stupid
email that went out to about 70 people
saying, 'Please look at my song.'"..."
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscar-song-alone-not-yet-alone-reaction-20140131,0,3214466.story#axzz2rz9qv2AR
"He [Barnabas] was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord."Acts 11:24
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