Oasis Church Celebrates New Location, Expands Outreach to the LA Community

Oasis Church Celebrates New Location, Expands Outreach to the LA Community Los Angeles, CA – For the past 29 years, Oasis Church has been known as a racially diverse non-denominational Christian congregation, focused on positively impacting the LA community.  After a decade and a half meeting at the Oasis Theater, the church is honored and thankful to announce their new home at the historic Wilshire Christian Church. Sunday, September 8, Oasis Church will host an official Grand Opening, with celebration…

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Model and Actress Nicole Weider Seeks to Encourage A New Generation with ProjectInspired.com

Los Angeles, CA – While Nicole Weider’s name may not be familiar, her face certainly is. She has graced the pages of some of the world’s biggest magazines and catalogs, and has been seen in a variety of movies and hit TV shows. For years, she chased after a dream of Hollywood stardom. This success, however, came at a large cost.

Now, Nicole has dedicated her life to a more lasting and meaningful pursuit – encouraging teen girls to live full, healthy lives. What began as Nicole simply sharing her spiritual transformation on Facebook has quickly become one of 2011’s fastest growing teen-focused websites, ProjectInspired.com. Focused on nearly any issue facing teens, Project Inspired opens conversation and gives advice from a Christian perspective on topics such as faith, beauty, culture, relationships and life.

JESUS Film in Animé Goes Viral

As a Board member for the Christian Comic Arts Society, I am SUPER excited to share this with you! My friends over at Campus Crusade just completed a monumental project. They’ve taken history’s most-translated film, JESUS, and done a very innovative new translation. Instead of being in a different language, this new short film uses tells the story of Jesus in Japanese animé! The short film is called My Last Day and will premiere online worldwide today. It is the first professionally produced Christian movie ever done in animé. Seven years in the making, the nine-minute movie frames the story of the crucifixion through the eyes of the thief crucified next to Jesus of Nazareth.

New “Access Lunch” Networking Event To Provide Attendees with One-on-One Access to Leading Professionals at the Biola Media Conference

The Biola Media Conference announced today a new networking event called the “ACCESS LUNCH” where a limited number of attendees will have exclusive one-on-one access to 12 key entertainment industry professionals at a privately held luncheon on the CBS Studio Center lot taking place on Saturday, April 30th.

Which film, television or digital media Exec would you like to meet personally?

We’ve announced the workshops for the Biola Media Conference! These breakout sessions are the best opportunity you’ll ever have to hear from Hollywood’s film, television and digital media experts in a very intimate setting where, in most cases, you can ask questions. I am not overstating that point. There is NO other event in the country where you can have this much access to this many professionals who share your faith.

The Biola Media Conference Adds ‘Access Lunch’ To Networking and Instructional Opportunities on April 30th @ CBS!

We just final confirmed this today! I’m excited to let you know about the new Access Lunch programming for the Biola Media Conference which is taking place on April 30, 2011. Be a part of an intimate (10 person) “round table” lunch hosted by an industry professional of your choice during the Biola Media Conference. Held privately in Carla’s Café on the CBS Studio Center lot from 12:00pm-1:30pm, the Access Lunch provides our BMC attendees with a new opportunity to learn from leading industry professionals and “access” their wisdom.

JUST ADDED: Biola Media Conference adds Sponsorship Option for Pre-Conference Session: From Idea To Pitch! Breakfast with Ken Wales and Jerry Jamison

We just added a new session and sponsorship option for the Biola Media Conference! Now available for sponsorship, a pre-conference workshop and breakfast reception with Producer Ken Wales (Amazing Grace, Christy – CBS TV Series, Revenge of the Pink Panther) and Director Jerry Jamison (Raise the Titanic, Hallmark, JAG Touched by an Angel, Magnum PI.)

AMC and Columbia Pictures VPs to Speak at Biola Media Conference on April 30, 2011

Halleen and Franklin join ten newly added workshop speakers including screenwriter for two Jerry Bruckheimer films Bill Marsilli, producer of “Scary Movie” Lisa Blum, director of Fox’s “Sunset Strip” Adam Collis, world-renowned Hollywood Economics lecturer Bobbette Buster, producer of “Like Dandelion Dust” starring Mira Sorvino, Bobby Downes, co-producer of “Mission Impossible III” Arthur Anderson, Co-Founder of the LA Film Festival, Thomas Ethan Harris, former supervising producer for “The Late Show” Dan Rupple, social media strategist Matt Meeks, production executive Susana Zepeda, and BMC host and founder of Cooke Pictures, Phil Cooke.

Biola Media Conference Adds World-Renown Lecturers To Line-Up: Bobette Buster On Hollywood Economics and Thomas Ethan Harris On Film Festival Strategies.

Consultant to Disney Animation, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions and Twentieth Century Fox, Bobette Buster, and film festival strategist and producer, Thomas Ethan Harris, will join the Biola Media Conference speaker line-up. In its 16th year, attracting more than 700 attendees, the one-day seminar is assembling leading voices in the entertainment industry to inspire those working in cinema and media arts.