You know how everyone is like “Jesus hates reproductive freedom?” Well, you know what predates Jesus by a couple thousand years? You guessed it! The above visual [click to enlarge] was created by Heather Ault, an artist and pro-choice activist with hopes of reframing the abortion debate not around politics, but around human history. 4,000 […]

Sarandon has never shied away from using her celebrity to spotlight causes that include abortion rights, repealing the death penalty and opposing the Iraq War. ~ Interview with actress Susan Sarandon, People magazine’s April 2 newsstand issue. Read a portion of her interview online. [HT: Jill; photo via Red River Autographs]

UPDATE 3/26, 10:45a: October Baby did very well at the box office this weekend. According to The Hollywood Gossip:

The anti-abortion drama October Baby opened in 390 theaters nationwide this weekend, earning the second-highest per-screen average behind The Hunger Games.
Samuel Goldwyn released the movie, starring Rachel Hendrix, John Schneider and Jasmine Guy, primarily in favorable political environments, earning $1.7M….

The movie’s overall gross is technically $1.9 million now….

In an effort to finance a wider release, filmmakers were able to raise $3 million from investors. To promote the film, its backers screened it for church groups and ran advertisements on networks such as Fox News.

While its niche may be relatively small, it is that dedicated, laser-targeted audience that helped make fellow faith-based fare Fireproof, starring Kirk Cameron, one of the most successful independent films of 2008, grossing $33.5 million.

According to Box Office Mojo, October Baby landed in the top 10 for the weekend, quite respectable.

UPDATE 3/26, 10:27a: I went to see October Baby Saturday night with a group of pro-life friends and was pleasantly surprised by a bonus feature that ran during film credits but was not in the cut I was sent to review.  Actress Shari Rigby spoke of her own abortion and the healing she had received.

Warning: Grossness and vulgarity ahead.

According to Wiki, band Xiu Xiu fits into the “post-punk, art rock, experimental rock, synth pop” genres.

A child of the 60s-70s, I’m open to this kind of music. I even found Deadmau5 ‘s Grammy performance fascinating.

But Xiu Xiu is simply creepy. For instance:

  I might model first because you don’t have to know how to do anything, but then I want to be a baby nurse. ~ Ten-year old Kaia Gerber , daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford, commenting on her mother’s decision to remove Kaia from the modeling business, as quoted by Shine, February 16 [HT:Anne Marie]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAdi3LIW898[/youtube] She also [performs] her latest hit Miracle, which she says is not delivering an anti-abortion or a pro-life message. “I didn’t sing it with that in mind,” she explains. “I think about the air we breathe, the earth we live on. I think about our children. I think about a lot of things, things […]

I’m saddened by the news that Whitney Houston passed away yesterday.  Here is the New York Times obituary.  TMZ is reporting the 48-yr-old drowned in her hotel bathtub. More on her last days here. And yet the party went on. Such a tragedy, all the way around. Whitney Houston was raised a Christian. We pray […]

Click all photos to enlarge… [W]e really didn’t think we’d get the opportunity to see Blue Ivy precious face for a long time…. Well, today is our lucky day. The little lady – who has already made music history, is in the process of having a her name trademarked and was creatively honored and represented […]