Angela Aleiss
Angela Aleiss is an author at Religion News Service.
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NEWS FEATURE: `Friday Night Live’ Draws Young Jews to Their Faith
By Angela Aleiss — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _ “Please put your hands above your head. Let us know that you’re here,” says musical director Craig Taubman to a crowd of young Jewish adults at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. Taubman and his band are leading the congregation in the hand-clapping melody of “Romemu,” a Jewish […]
NEWS FEATURE: Screenwriter’s journey into faith with `Stigmata’ project
By Angela Aleiss — January 1, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service UNDATED _ For screenwriter Tom Lazarus, the movie”Stigmata”was a journey into his own faith, an unusual venture into a realm traditionally believed to be Roman Catholic.”This was my personal journey, examining my own beliefs and lack of beliefs,”said Lazarus, the co-screenwriter and writer of the original story,”Stigmata,”on which the film […]
NEWS FEATURE: Movie Moses telling more of the Bible’s stories
By Angela Aleiss — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _ He parted the Red Sea in”The Ten Commandments.”He baptized Jesus in”The Greatest Story Ever Told.”He painted the Sistine Chapel in”The Agony and the Ecstasy”and he bent down to give Jesus a drink of water in”Ben-Hur.” But mostly, Charlton Heston’s name is synonymous with Moses and over the […]
NEWS FEATURE: Filmmakers consult widely for animated movie on Moses
By Angela Aleiss — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _”Get all the advice you can, and you will succeed, without it you will fail,”says the biblical book of Proverbs. The honchos at DreamWorks SKG, it seems, are paying close attention. The studio has covered just about every Judeo-Christian-Islamic base possible before releasing its much anticipated animated feature […]
NEWS FEATURE: Plethora of sci-fi films explore creation, human nature
By Angela Aleiss — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service HOLLYWOOD _ As planet Earth hurtles toward the year 2000, Hollywood has turned, once again, to outer space to explore the mysteries of creation and the meaning of life.”I think there’s more of an interest in science fiction as we approach the millennium,”says D.C. Fontana, one of TV’s top sci-fi […]
NEWS FEATURE: Plethora of sci-fi films explore creation, human nature
By Angela Aleiss — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service HOLLYWOOD _ As planet Earth hurtles toward the year 2000, Hollywood has turned, once again, to outer space to explore the mysteries of creation and the meaning of life.”I think there’s more of an interest in science fiction as we approach the millennium,”says D.C. Fontana, one of TV’s top sci-fi […]
NEWS FEATURE: The devil’s back in Hollywood
By Angela Aleiss — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _ The devil is back in Hollywood. After a brief hiatus, Satan has re-emerged on the screen to embody evil and claim human souls. With this month’s release of”The Devil’s Advocate,”Satan returns in the guise of John Milton (Al Pacino), a slick, high-powered attorney who heads up a […]
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