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I apologize to folks who have had to read this several times in the past few months, but for the good of the order... when this blog began 3+ years ago it was tracking the experience of publishing a multi-denominational book of examples of how homileticians in different countries were working with one specific slice of pop culture. It has continued both as a promotional effort for the book and as a way to highlight similar examples of the faith/culture dialogue in the academy and the church. Frankly, there is nothing especially unusual or new about that: theologians have always critiqued and/or highlighted the implicit and explicit theologies expressed in the cultural products of their age. If you're looking for some new celebrity-mad gimmick or other, move along; nothing to see here.