'Blind Side' No. 1 at box office

Football drama "The Blind Side" rose to first place at the box office this weekend with $20.4 million.

After settling for second place behind "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" the past two weeks, "Blind Side" showed its legs by dropping only 49 percent and overtaking the vampire phenomenon. "Blind Side," which received mediocre reviews but obtained a rare "A+" rating from CinemaScore moviegoers, has reached a cumulative gross of $129.3 million. It should have no trouble passing "The Proposal's" $164 million total to become Bullock's biggest hit.

The inspiring, based-on-a-true-story film has been gaining fans in the Christian community. Reviewers for Christian publications as well as mega-church pastors have been raving about the Hollywood film, which gives credit to the Christian faith for the good deed performed by the Tuohy family.

With unapologetically Christian characters, “The Blind Side” stars popular actress Sandra Bullock as Leigh Ann Tuohy

Casting Crowns Helps the World Hear

Casting Crowns' latest album, Until The Whole World Hears sold 167,432 copies its first week, landing at No. 4 on Billboard's Top 200 chart. That makes Casting Crowns the third strongest album debut in the nation on Billboard's Top 200 Chart, behind John Mayer and Norah Jones.

In addition, the band had another strong sales week as its recent RIAA certified Gold 2008 Christmas album Peace On Earth sold over 56K units this week alone.

Casting Crowns' 2003 self-titled debut has sold 1.7 million units, according to Nielsen SoundScan, spawning such hits as "Voice of Truth" and "Who Am I." The band followed with 2005's "Lifesong," which has sold 1.2 million units. "The Altar and the Door," released in 2007, has sold 949,000 copies. Along the way, the act has also issued a 2008 Christmas collection, "Peace on Earth," and three live projects.

Skillet's Comatose Goes Gold

Rockers Skillet’s 2006 release, Comatose, has been certified Gold by the RIAA, while their latest effort, Awake, which debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at No. 2, has surpassed 200,000 units in just 12 weeks.

Flyleaf Drops in at #8

Memento Mori, the new album from FLYLEAF, debuted at No. 8 on The Billboard 200, selling 56,400 copies in its first week of release according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was produced by Howard Benson who also has Daughtry, Third Day, Creed, Mae, Relient K, Skillet and P.O.D. to his credits. It's interesting how he continues to work with Christian artists.

Foreigner's Lou Gramm Knows What Love Is

Lou Gramm is interviewed by the 700 Club. Interesting learnings include that he takes 16 prescribed medications twice a day because of a brain tumor that almost killed him.

He became a Christian after checking himself into rehab and soon afterwards found himself praying the sinner’s prayer with a staff pastor.