On his Instagram account, crooner Michael Buble' often takes requests for "dressing room warm up" songs before shows and on April 30 the song selected was Jamie Grace's first single, "Hold Me."
Buble' noted on Instagram that the selection was one that his fans zealously requested.
"This dressing room warm up has been requested by SO many followers that we couldn't list you all!" he wrote. "But you know who you are."
Complete with ukulele, guitar, piano and brushes on a snare drum, Buble' proved that the song could easily be converted into a big-band hit.
Jamie Grace, of course, was elated by news of Buble's 15-second cover. She said, "I never thought in my whole life I would hear Michael Buble sing 'Hold Me'... my goodness."
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Michael Sweet to Release Band Project with Members of Dokken, White Lion and Whitesnake
Frontiers Records announced a yet unnamed new band project featuring Stryper's Michael Sweet, former Dokken and Lynch Mob axeman George Lynch, former White Lion bass player James Lomenzo and ex-White Snake drummer Brian Tichy.
Stryper frontman Michael Sweet talked in-depth to Noize In The Attic about his new solo CD I'm Not Your Suicide, his autobiography Honestly, a live Stryper DVD, his upcoming project with George Lynch and more.
The free podcast is available (the interview starts at the 31 minute mark).
Sweet: "I just finished up an album with George Lynch. It's a great vibe, it's different for me. Eighty percent of the record reminds me, if you got in to a time machine and went back to 1978. It's a real classic rock kind of a vibe. It worked and I'm excited for people to hear it."
Stryper frontman Michael Sweet talked in-depth to Noize In The Attic about his new solo CD I'm Not Your Suicide, his autobiography Honestly, a live Stryper DVD, his upcoming project with George Lynch and more.
The free podcast is available (the interview starts at the 31 minute mark).
Sweet: "I just finished up an album with George Lynch. It's a great vibe, it's different for me. Eighty percent of the record reminds me, if you got in to a time machine and went back to 1978. It's a real classic rock kind of a vibe. It worked and I'm excited for people to hear it."
David and Goliath' Director Assures Big-Budget Movie Will Be Biblically Accurate
Tim Chey, the director behind the upcoming big-budget "David and Goliath" film, told The Christian Post in an exclusive interview that the project is set to be "biblically correct in every way," and that he hopes audiences will be moved to tears when they see it.
The film, which is to be shot in Morocco is said to have a $50 million dollar budget and is currently scheduled for an early 2015 nationwide theater release. Chey has directed and produced nine feature films, including the $20 million "Carry Me Home" (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), coming out nationwide in December, "Suing the Devil' (Malcolm McDowell), and "Genius Club" (Stephen Baldwin).
While traveling from London to Casablanca, Chey shared his faith background and how it inspired the decision to get involved with the "David and Goliath" movie:
Acknowledging the recent controversy around Noah, he noted the importance of accuracy:
He also addresses the importance of quality to attract a mass audience:
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The film, which is to be shot in Morocco is said to have a $50 million dollar budget and is currently scheduled for an early 2015 nationwide theater release. Chey has directed and produced nine feature films, including the $20 million "Carry Me Home" (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), coming out nationwide in December, "Suing the Devil' (Malcolm McDowell), and "Genius Club" (Stephen Baldwin).
While traveling from London to Casablanca, Chey shared his faith background and how it inspired the decision to get involved with the "David and Goliath" movie:
I was a former atheist who found Christ in a hotel room after reading a Gideon's Bible in Manila. I never looked back after that. Our production company has had this film "David and Goliath" in the works for almost 11 years. We realized to film it right we needed to shoot the film on a grand scale (much like "Lawrence of Arabia"). It's one of the most incredible stories in the Bible about faith. In this case, it was much greater than a mustard seed.
Acknowledging the recent controversy around Noah, he noted the importance of accuracy:
First off, it will be biblically correct in every way. But I want to show more of the cruelty of who the Philistines were and who Goliath was through historical data. Also, I want to flesh out the powerful fear Goliath instilled on Saul's army. Also David's brothers – the incredible tears they must have shed knowing the little brother was going to take on the 9-foot warrior. It could have been a Shakespearean tragedy, but turned into a victory through God.
He also addresses the importance of quality to attract a mass audience:
The mass audience is used to the best acting, the best visual effects, and the best epic filmmaking. To me, filmmaking is like playing professional basketball. It takes years of training and then ultimately, talent to do it. To get super-talented filmmakers who passionately love the Lord is a rare commodity. And to get super-talented filmmakers, who passionately love the Lord, and can raise millions of dollars, is next to impossible. This is why Christian films are looked down upon. However, even if a small cheesy film can win just one person to Christ, then let's be careful not to mock it like so many cruel Christians do.
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Monday, April 28, 2014
God's Not Dead and Heaven Is For Real Quietly Surpass $50 Million at Box Office
After just two weeks, Heaven is For Real has already earned $52 million domestically at the box office while God's Not Dead has earned an equal amount in 6 weeks. Heaven Is For Real was the 3rd most popular film this past week, God's Not Dead was #11 and Noah, approaching $100 million was #14.
Forest Whitaker, Idris Elba and Oprah May 'Shack' Up in Controversial Movie
The Tracking Board is reporting that a film based on the bestselling book The Shack will reportedly be directed by Forest Whitaker and may star British actor Idris Elba and tv personality Oprah.
As a religious film it will definitely be controversial, and with such big-name talent it is sure to get huge press.
In January, Deadline first reported that the Academy Award winner Whitaker, who starred in the 2013 film The Butler, was in talks to direct William Paul Young's book. It also suggested that Whitaker could be a supporting character in the story that chronicles a man grieving the kidnapping and brutal murder of his seven-year-old daughter, who encounters God in the shed where his child died.
Elba, who stars in the television series Luther and was recently seen in Thor: The Dark World could be cast as the lead. It did not specify which part Oprah could be given, although the main character, Mackenzie Allen Phillips, encounters three versions of God while in the shed, one of them Papa, an African-American woman.
The two other members of the Trinity who Phillips meets are Jesus, a Jewish Carpenter, and Sarayu, a woman of unclear Asian descent whom he later discovers is the Holy Spirit.
Shooting is set to begin on the $30 million film in Atlanta or Vancouver later this summer.
Not all Christians flocked to the message of The New York Times bestselling book, which sold over 18 million copies.
In 2010, R. Albert Mohler, Jr. described The Shack as a "wake-up call for evangelical Christianity," and that its story reflected "a theology that is unconventional at best, and undoubtedly heretical in certain respects."
He also blamed its popularity among Evangelicals on their ignorance of "basic theological knowledge."
Young, who originally wrote the story for his family without intending to publish it, defended The Shack's message and theology shortly after it was released.
"I absolutely am convinced that this is a God-thing, that God is the One stirring this all up, challenging us to rethink and entertain growing deeper in a relationship with Him rather than pursuing our independence," Young said in 2008.
In 2011, Young added that "part of my journey is to say that the soul of the human being must be a massively intricate, wonderful creation that God has a respect for in ways that we do not and that leaves a huge amount of space to go explore. He (Jesus) didn't come to start a new religion. Jesus is not the 'founder of Christianity.' He came to destroy religious thinking by introducing relationship – and relationship always moves you away from control, which is a major theme in both The Shack and Cross Roads, and into the mystery of relationship."
As a religious film it will definitely be controversial, and with such big-name talent it is sure to get huge press.
In January, Deadline first reported that the Academy Award winner Whitaker, who starred in the 2013 film The Butler, was in talks to direct William Paul Young's book. It also suggested that Whitaker could be a supporting character in the story that chronicles a man grieving the kidnapping and brutal murder of his seven-year-old daughter, who encounters God in the shed where his child died.
Elba, who stars in the television series Luther and was recently seen in Thor: The Dark World could be cast as the lead. It did not specify which part Oprah could be given, although the main character, Mackenzie Allen Phillips, encounters three versions of God while in the shed, one of them Papa, an African-American woman.
The two other members of the Trinity who Phillips meets are Jesus, a Jewish Carpenter, and Sarayu, a woman of unclear Asian descent whom he later discovers is the Holy Spirit.
Shooting is set to begin on the $30 million film in Atlanta or Vancouver later this summer.
Not all Christians flocked to the message of The New York Times bestselling book, which sold over 18 million copies.
In 2010, R. Albert Mohler, Jr. described The Shack as a "wake-up call for evangelical Christianity," and that its story reflected "a theology that is unconventional at best, and undoubtedly heretical in certain respects."
He also blamed its popularity among Evangelicals on their ignorance of "basic theological knowledge."
Young, who originally wrote the story for his family without intending to publish it, defended The Shack's message and theology shortly after it was released.
"I absolutely am convinced that this is a God-thing, that God is the One stirring this all up, challenging us to rethink and entertain growing deeper in a relationship with Him rather than pursuing our independence," Young said in 2008.
In 2011, Young added that "part of my journey is to say that the soul of the human being must be a massively intricate, wonderful creation that God has a respect for in ways that we do not and that leaves a huge amount of space to go explore. He (Jesus) didn't come to start a new religion. Jesus is not the 'founder of Christianity.' He came to destroy religious thinking by introducing relationship – and relationship always moves you away from control, which is a major theme in both The Shack and Cross Roads, and into the mystery of relationship."
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