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Tag Archives: fame
I Was (Almost) a 12-Year-Old Star!
My Real Memoir By the time I was 12, my focus had shifted from drawing to storytelling. Although, in truth, even my art had been visual storytelling; I loved movies, after all, and what were movies but visual stories? The … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir, Movies
Tagged fame, funny, My Real Memoir, sixth grade, storytelling, talent show, theatre
28 Comments
A Worthy Life
Photo by Christian Holzinger Thought for the Week No one who lived for riches or fame or power ever died satisfied. So live for what is worthy, what neither moth nor rust can destroy (Matthew 6:19). It may or may … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Albert Einstein, death, fame, Matthew 6:19-21, power, satisfaction, success, wealth
12 Comments
Fame vs. Flame
A Filmmaker’s Journal Four years ago on a June day like this we wrapped production on my first feature film as a writer-director Healing River (then titled Over-the-Rhine). Never dreaming it would take as long as it did for the … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Movies, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Exodus 3:2, fame, forgiveness, healing, Healing River, hope, protests
29 Comments
Rebel Without Applause
The first film I starred in, apart from home movies, was a cheesy low-budget Rebel Without a Cause knockoff called Eden Cried. And by starred in I mean, of course, that I was an extra. I’d just gotten out of … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir, Movies, Popular Culture & Entertainment
Tagged dating, fame, funny, game, Rebel Without a Cause, stardom
47 Comments
To be Immortal
High School graduation was a big deal. We were finally adults! En route to prom, my lacey-gowned girlfriend and I were asked if we were married. Married? That’s what grown-ups do! A few days later, I threw an all-night party, … Continue reading
What the Academy Awards are Really About
The Academy Awards exist to sell tickets, particularly for Hollywood movies. Which is why American studios and American movie stars dominate the event. There’s nothing particularly evil about that; every industry promotes itself. Movies cost megabucks to make, after all, … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Popular Culture & Entertainment
Tagged Academy Awards, Black Panther, fame, films, Hollywood, Oscars, politics, winners
21 Comments
To be Immortal
High School graduation was a big deal. We were adults, and underclassmen suddenly seemed so young. En route to prom, my lacey-gowned girlfriend and I were asked if we were married. Married? That’s what grown-ups do! A few days later, … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged fame, God, graduation, high school, immortality, stardom
16 Comments
A Filmmaker’s Journal
Fame vs. Flame “Fame! I’m gonna live forever, I’m gonna learn how to fly. I’m gonna make it to heaven. Baby, remember my name!” Lyrics from the title song of a once-famous movie that, ironically, most people under 30 have never … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Movies, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged fame, filmmaking, fire, forgiveness, God
49 Comments