Podcasts about Seven Pounds

Send us Fan MailWe're back on TJ's Top 100 movie list, and we're doing it the only way that makes sense for our brains: spinning a wheel, pulling a random title, and immediately putting a number on it like we're absolutely sure. The catch is we're guessing TJ's rankings, not our own, so every pick turns into a mini argument about vibes, rewatches, and the one scene you can't forget. If you like movie podcasts that feel like a group chat with structure, this is that.We bounce through a stacked mix of genres and eras: The Road and Tremors for the “survival vs comfort” contrast, Coraline and Where the Wild Things Are for the weird-kid canon, and heavy hitters like Django Unchained and Seven Pounds when the wheel wants emotional damage. From there we sprint into Chronicle, End of Watch, It, and Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse, which turns into a full-on debate about what makes a movie iconic versus just popular.Then we hit the big fandom lanes: Dune lore, Bond talk with Skyfall, nostalgic staples like Zathura and Zombieland, plus animated cult favorites like Rango, Monster House, and Surf's Up. If you've ever tried to explain your personal “top movies of all time” list and realized it's basically a personality profile, you'll feel seen. Subscribe for more survival-grade movie conversations, share this with a friend who thinks their rankings are flawless, and leave a review with the one film you'd defend at any number on your list.

Van de 70's tot het heden, duiken we elk seizoen duiken we in een filmdecade. Dit jaar tackelen we de tijd van Paris Hilton, emo-culture, de iPod, MSN en een bak aan teen comedies die we nog steeds quoten. Waren de 00's nét zo iconisch als hun voorgangers?

E455 Louisa Kendrick Burton is a former Radio City Rockette, writer, producer, and actor. You've seen her on Dirty Sexy Money, As the World Turns, Medium, Seven Pounds, Bridge Across Forever and on stage in Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, Jesus Christ Superstar, and more!   For more information and links, please visit: […]

In this enlightening discussion, Gino and Julia dive deep into the world of storytelling with special guest, Stan Williams, author and expert on the "Moral Premise." They explore the magic behind memorable movies, the essence of well-rounded characters, and why some films resonate while others fall flat.Stan sheds light on the importance of connecting with an audience's values and the art of showing rather than telling. The conversation takes a turn into the realm of business, where Gino seeks insights on using storytelling to captivate potential investors.Key Highlights:The significance of flawed yet redeeming characters in storytelling.A critique on current Disney movies and their didactic nature.Practical storytelling tips for business and real estate pitches.The transformative power of narratives in personal and professional settings.We're here to help create multifamily entrepreneurs... Here's how:Brand New?Start Here: https://jakeandgino.mykajabi.com/free-wheelbarrowprofitsWant To Get Into Multifamily Real Estate Or Scale Your Current Portfolio Faster?Apply to join our PREMIER MULTIFAMILY INVESTING COMMUNITY & MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.(*Note: Our community is not for beginner investors) https://jakeandgino.com/applyAbout Jake & GinoJake & Gino are multifamily investors, operators, and mentors who have created a vertically integrated real estate company. They control over $250M in assets under management. They have created the Jake & Gino Premier Multifamily Community to teach others a simple three-step framework for investing in multifamily real estate.Connect with Jake & Gino on the social media platform you are most active on: https://jakeandgino.com/link-tree/  We're here to help create multifamily entrepreneurs... Here's how: Brand New? Start Here: https://jakeandgino.mykajabi.com/free-wheelbarrowprofits Want To Get Into Multifamily Real Estate Or Scale Your Current Portfolio Faster? Apply to join our PREMIER MULTIFAMILY INVESTING COMMUNITY & MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. (*Note: Our community is not for beginner investors)

“Seven Pounds of Tongue In a brand new episode, Kevin is joined by Joe Lopez from the Big Dad Energy Podcast, to discuss 6 brand-new entries to the 2024 Dad Rock Summer playlist, a new track from Being Dead, and the best new music that's coming out on this #NewMusicFriday. Songs Played In Episode: Being Dead - Van Goes from EELS out September 27th on Bayonet Records Photo Credits: Athen Smith Listen to our Best Song Ever Official Playlist. Listen to our Dad Rock Summer 2024 Playlist. Presented by Planet Ant Podcasts (planetant.com) & Offshelf (offshelf.net)

True righteousness, true morally correct behavior as righteousness is defined, can only come from a truly correct, truly pure, and truly perfect source - Jesus Christ! As you and I seek to be righteous, in our thoughts, in our actions, in our character, and in our interactions with others, we have to understand, just as the Apostle Paul did, that true righteousness can be and will only ever be found in the redeeming power of faith in Jesus and a life submitted to Him. - NEXT STEPS  Looking to take your next step?  We want to help! Text the word NEXT to 909-281-7797 or visit sunrisechurch.org/nextsteps. - GIVE TO SUNRISE CHURCH Imagine what God can do through our giving. You can give today at sunrisechurch.org/give. - FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SunriseChurchCA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunrisechurchca Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/SunriseChurch

Robinne Lee, an accomplished actress and author, has a diverse career spanning both film and television. She made her screen debut in the 1997 independent film "Hav Plenty" and has since appeared in movies like "National Security," "Deliver Us from Eva," "Hitch," "Seven Pounds," and the "Fifty Shades" sequels.On television, Robinne is known for her role in the BET drama series "Being Mary Jane" and has guest-starred on shows such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Numbers." Her impressive educational background includes degrees from Yale University and Columbia Law School.Transitioning from acting to writing, Robinne published her debut novel, "The Idea of You," in 2017. This story, which explores themes of love and fame, has recently been adapted into a film starring Anne Hathaway and is currently available to watch on Amazon Prime Video

Finch me, I must be dreaming! In this episode, Colin and Sean discuss David Fincher's sequel to Seven Pounds, The Game, an exciting and twisty thriller designed to make you question who you are and what a game is. Colin and Sean pay homage to a courageous but disgraced Film Flammer who put his name on the line, and came out worse for wear and with nothing gained. But is he still better off than gamer Nicholas Van Orten? Tune in to find out. Email us at realfilmflampod@gmail.com

Kevin is joined by the acclaimed producing team Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal, who give rare insights into their creative process and share lessons learned from decades of successful filmmaking.In this episode, Kevin Goetz sits down with two of the most prolific, decorated, and respected producers in the business - Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal. As partners at Escape Artists, Jason and Todd have produced an incredible array of award-winning films spanning over 20 years. From critical and commercial hits like The Pursuit of Happyness, The Equalizer franchise, Seven Pounds, and Being the Ricardos, they have cultivated a reputation for making character-driven films with soul and meaning.Jason Blumenthal's Superpower [05:05]Jason believes his superpower is being able to "create something from nothing" when developing film ideas.Landing Denzel Washington for The Equalizer franchise [10:59]After years of relationship building, Todd and Jason landed Denzel for The Equalizer by paying for the rights themselves and developing the script extensively before showing him.The importance of character-driven movies [24:30]Todd emphasizes having likable characters that audiences connect with as the key ingredient for successful films.Nerves before every test screening [28:38]Both Todd and Jason discuss their intense anxiety and physical symptoms before every test screening. Despite the nerves, the trio discuss how important the test screening process has been for the success of their films.Memorable test screening moments that shaped their films [31:56]To illustrate how important it is to listen to the audience, the producing pair discusses how cutting a love story from Equalizer 3 significantly improved test scores.Will Smith's insight on why endings matter most to audiences [43:13]After a test screening of The Pursuit of Happyness, Will Smith surprised the audience and gave Jason a valuable piece of advice about the importance of a good ending.Tune in to hear Jason Blumenthal and Todd Black offer invaluable insights into producing in this wide-ranging conversation with host Kevin Goetz. The pair explain their creative ethos, share how test screenings have shaped their films, and recall sage advice received over their decades-long careers. Their passion for the test screening process illustrates a deep commitment to the audience above all else. With candor and humor, Jason and Todd impart hard-won lessons about the importance of likable characters, owning mistakes, and maintaining integrity in Hollywood. Their openness provides a rare look inside the art and craft of great producing.Host: Kevin GoetzGuests: Todd Black and Jason BlumenthalProducer:  Kari CampanoWriters: Kevin Goetz, Darlene Hayman, & Kari CampanoFor more information about Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal:Escape Artists: https://escapeartists.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapeartistsentertainment/Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_ArtistsFor more information about Kevin Goetz:Website: www.KevinGoetz360.comAudienceology Book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Audience-ology/Kevin-Goetz/9781982186678Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: @KevinGoetz360Linked In @Kevin GoetzScreen Engine/ASI Website: www.ScreenEngineASI.com 

Big brother, and Sofia's perfect match donor, Tevis, joins this episode of WITH. He offers a unique perspective about donating bone marrow, insights on complications he faced following the procedure, and the importance of donating organs. BMF donor process:https://bethematch.org/transplant-basics/donation-process/donating-bone-marrow/

The blerdz are back and this week they talk about watching Horror comedy M3GAN, Seven Pounds, dumb criminals and a different perspective of being jealous.WE ALSO GOT MERCH YALLhttps://acoblerdz.etsy.comGeorge's Weird News Segment* Customer shoots and kills mechanic he thought was stealing his car, Georgia cops sayhttps://www.macon.com/news/state/georgia/article270700542.html* Psychic “cleaning” “dirty money” https://reason.com/volokh/2022/07/13/this-case-involves-a-religious-psychic-trying-to-break-a-family-curse-by-cleaning-dirty-money/?ampApple Podcast: Spotify: Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuc3Vic3RhY2suY29tL2ZlZWQvcG9kY2FzdC8zMTA5My9zLzE5ODgyLnJzcwFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWhomstTwitter: https://twitter.com/RegularAsGeorgeYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RegularAssPodcasts/featuredListen to George and Jaljuda's Solo shows* The Whomst Podcasthttps://whomst.substack.com/podcast* Fat Girl Magichttps://whomst.substack.com/s/fat-girl-magicWant to support the show?+ For just $1 a month (https://thewhomst.gumroad.com/l/TheWhomstpod )OR-Buying something from Amazon soon? Please use our Affiliate link ——> https://amzn.to/3FdwZdQ

We are sitting down with CA, and she is doing her own Will Smith, and Tom Hanks, Movie tournaments. Check out this episode to see what she thinks is the best movie from both actors. If you want to do your tournament, please contact us, and we will set it up. Here are all the movies in the tournaments: Will Smith: MEN IN BLACK (1997) King Richard (2021) After Earth (2013) SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION (1993) WINTER'S TALE (2014) SPIES IN DISGUISE (2019) Men In Black 2 (2004) BAD BOYS FOR LIFE (2020) COLLATERAL BEAUTY (2016) ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998) WILD WILD WEST (1999) HITCH (2005) BAD BOYS II (2003) MEN IN BLACK 3 (2012) GEMINI MAN (2019) I AM LEGEND (2007) SUICIDE SQUAD (2016) ALI (2001)BRIGHT (2017) INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996) SEVEN POUNDS (2008) THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (2006) MADE IN AMERICA (1993) CONCUSSION (2015) SHARK TALE (2004) ALADDIN (2019) HANCOCK (2008) FOCUS (2015) BAD BOYS (1995) I, ROBOT (2004) THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE (2000) Tom Hanks: TOY STORY 2 (1999) Splash (1984) THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES (1990) TOY STORY (1995) THE CIRCLE (2017) TOY STORY 3 (2010) ITHACA (2015) TOY STORY 4 (2019) INFERNO (2016) BIG (1988) THE DA VINCI CODE (2006) CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002) PINOCCHIO (2022) APOLLO 13 (1995) LARRY CROWNE (2011) A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (2019) ANGELS & DEMONS (2009) CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (2013) EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE (2011) SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) THE MAN WITH ONE RED SHOE (1985) THAT THING YOU DO! (1996) THE MONEY PIT (1986) BRIDGE OF SPIES (2015) TURNER & HOOCH (1989) CAST AWAY (2000) DRAGNET (1987) THE POST (2017) THE 'BURBS (1989) NEWS OF THE WORLD (2020) NOTHING IN COMMON (1986) SULLY (2016) BACHELOR PARTY (1984) CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (2007) THE LADYKILLERS (2004) ROAD TO PERDITION (2002) THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004) A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992) VOLUNTEERS (1985) SAVING MR. BANKS (2013) PUNCHLINE (1988) ELVIS (2022) THE TERMINAL (2004) THE GREEN MILE (1999) JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO (1990) PHILADELPHIA (1993) CLOUD ATLAS (2012) GREYHOUND (2020) YOU'VE GOT MAIL (1998) SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993) FORREST GUMP (1994) THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD (2008) A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING (2016) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mass-debaters/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mass-debaters/support

Mark, Lily, and Eric breakdown the Will Smith movie "Seven Pounds". Subscribe at www.patreon.com/thegentlemensclub

Polish your tail light because we are preparing for the re-re-reopening of the Pynk. Break off your crooked letter, put on your clean floss as we apply seven pounds of pleasure with P-Valley season 2 this week. Warnings surrounding talks of Suicide, Domestic Violence and Abortion.Resources:USNational Sexual Assault Hotline:(800) 656-HOPEWWW.RAINN.ORGNational Domestic Violence Hotline:(800) 777-SAFEWWW.THeHoTline.orgAUS1800 RESPECThttps://www.healthdirect.gov.au/sexual-assault-and-abuse-helplinesUKhttps://www.thehavens.org.uk/https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/--Tasty links below...Site: https://fyrpodcast.comApple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/for-your-reference/id1453532214Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ForYourReferenceTwitter: https://twitter.com/ForYourRefPodInsta: https://www.instagram.com/foryourrefpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6oOmo_3tzdD0VtBzt2d0JA

أغلى ما يملك الإنسان هو جسده، الذي يبقى معه من أول يوم حتى آخر لحظة يفارق فيها الحياة.لكن ما الذي يمكن أن يوصل إنسانا أن يتخلى عن جسده؟ وهنا لا أقصد التخلي النفسي لا.. حرفيا، ما الذي يمكن أن يوصل إنسانا أن يتبرع بكل عضو في جسده؟ما الدافع لهذا؟ ترى ما نتيجة هذا غير أنه سيفارق الحياة؟هذا ما يحكي عنه فيلم Seven Pounds، شاهد الفيلم الآن وانتظرني الحلقة المقبلة كي نراه بمنظور مختلف، منظور ما وراء الأفلام.

In this episode, Mike dives into the “Woke” environment and oooh snap, somebody needs to look in the mirror! Please support the show!   Like, Subscribe, Follow, Listen, Comment and Share.  It only takes a moment, and it really truly helps spread the love.    Also, if you have the means to support the show in monetary fashion, please do so and help the show grow.  You can do so here:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-mikes-opinion-podcast-get-new-computer?qid=acd2206bd8a95d13669e78c47a18b170 PayPal - https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/mikesopinion or Venmo - @mikesopinion or Cashapp - https://cash.app/$planomike Support of any kind is truly TRULY appreciated! You can email Mike at:  mikesopinionshow@gmail.com  Twitter:  @mikesopinion1 or https://twitter.com/mikesopinion1/status/1471075607349977092?s=20 Instagram:  mikesopinionshow or https://www.instagram.com/mikesopinionshow/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/MikesOpinionPodcast/ YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWc2n-HDSOxEX7qMiONqHw?view_as=subscriber Big thanks to my wife for the intro/outro and to Seven_Pounds for the music! Thanks again for listening and stay safe out there.

The Sistahs are back to dish episode 2 of P-Valley entitled, "Seven Pounds of Pressure". This was a very good episode where we will never think of an Amazon delivery the same again. Send us your feedback yall!sistahspeak@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/sistahspeakcasthttps://twitter.com/_SistahJhttps://twitter.com/_SistahKhttps://twitter.com/_SistahLMhttps://twitter.com/_SistahAhttps://www.facebook.com/SistahSpeakPodcast/https://www.sistahspeakproductions.com/https://patreon.com/sistahspeakhttps://youtube.com/sistahspeakproductions

作品情報 7つの贈り物(Original title:Seven Pounds) 2008年公開　アメリカ 監督　ガブリエレ・ムッチーノ 出演　ウィル・スミス、ロザリオ・ドーソン、ウディ・ハレルソン、他 予告 YouTube https://youtu.be/MwrtEI-fcmM 本編 Amazon prime https://amzn.to/3Nb1J14 Amazon prime Video登録 https://amzn.to/3IP4i6I オープニング曲 kc-mahjack in LABEL https://kcmah.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/yuimaru コミュニティ　https://bit.ly/3rGzfV2 応援メッセージのハッシュタグ #夜のゆいろく#ゆいろく 聴いてくれてありがとう

Seven Pounds of Pressure is P-Valley's most controversial episode to date. Let's discuss. * I had to delete some things out. Sorry for a few quick audio transitions this time. I usually don't do edits. (1:23) I could never date Tyler Lepley aka Diamond. (8:52) I am very sorry for talking sh*t about Derrick and therefore the actor who plays him. (12:46) The Amazon dick scene. (16:46) Not everyone in an interracial relationship uses racial slurs. (19:25) We wanna see Uncle Clifford dance and sing! (22:55-27:23) Diamond does root work on Mercedes. I stand w/ P-Valley. Relax, y'all! (30:04) Keyshawn's manager wants Keyshawn. Follow @pvalleypodcast on Twitter and IG! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pvalley/support

We're back twerkin and werkin! Welcome back to The Insecure Experience with Bre, Candice, and Tia! Today we'll be discussing Ep. 2 of Season 2 of #PValleyStarz where Lil Murda and Keyshawn head out on tour, Uncle Clifford celebrates 40 in style, and we are beautifully introduced to Mississippi VooDoo and HooDoo by way of Diamond. Enjoy the show and share your thoughts! Support Purchase some merchandise! Use the hashtags #TheInsecureExperience, #TheInsecureExp, #TISE, on social media when live listening and posting about the show! Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger! Contact Twitter: @TheInsecureExp | @NotSoNewlywedPC | @TeeTheGem | @_ItsMissBre Instagram: @TheInsecureExperience | NotSoNewlywedPC | BreTastical | _TeeTheGem Facebook: The Insecure Experience Email: TheInsecureExperience@gmail.com Website: The Insecure Experience Patreon: Patreon.com/FlawlessNoises The Insecure Experience™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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Konfidence in the Klutch's Donald Nelson is joined by Kels as they discuss P-Valley Episode 202 "Seven Pounds of Pressure".  Double D and Kels discuss 7 things to know about E 202 from the opening to the final scene and the next episode predictions. Double D's and Kels love of “P-Valley” allows them to break down the episode in a way that only they can. This podcast was recorded at 7:00 p.m. CT on Sunday, June 12th, 2022. What we know so far (1:20) Favorite moment of the show (3:47) Takeaways to know about Ep. 201 (10:20) Season predictions / What I think (47:00) Host: Donald Nelson Guest: Kels Producer/Engineer: Donald Nelson

Mercedes please retire, you officially too old to be stripping. I'm here for Uncle Clifford going home to drag Autumn to his Grandma but their lack of communication skills is going to hurt them and the club in the short and the long run. I'm concerned for Keyshawn leaving her kids with abusive a$$ Derek. The hoodoo and voodoo is out and in action and so is the symbolism and programming. Let's talk!  Tap in/Donate:  glamourmagickbeauty.com Venmo: @glamourmagickbeauty  Zelle/Apple Pay: 504-421-8147  IG @glamourmagickbeauty  Twitter @glamagickbeauty Twitch: @glamourmagickbeauty Stationhead: glamagickbeauty 

P-Valley Season 2 Episode 2 Review & Recap "Seven Pounds of Pressure" "F*** You Respectfully: The After Party Podcast" for P-Valley Season 2 Episode 2 The unfiltered, highly opinionated, and explicit views from all of entertainment including Television Movies music and more! For season 2 of P-Valley we are going to cover the 3 hottest topics coming out of each episode! - Episode 202: Seven Pounds of Pressure Season 2 Episode 2 Still reeling from the events of Murda Night, the Pynk family faces off against a new foe: Rona. Tags #PValley #PValleySeason2 #STARZ Thank you for watching our videos here at BGB Media! If you liked the video be sure to Like Comment and Share! Also be sure to click that Notification bell for all the latest channel updates! *Help us reach our NEW goal of 20k - SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/2VGnDQz * Be sure to visit us at our website - https://biggoldbelt.com for additional news and updates

“A caval DONATO non si guarda in bocca” recita un antico detto. Ma solo io da piccolo pensavo che non si dovesse guardare in bocca ai cavalli di nome Donato? Solo io?!? Bene… (Pi)| Libro:Me -> Il misterioso caso di villa grada - Gavino Zucca |Pi -> La ragazza nella nebbia - Donato Carrisi || Canzone:Me -> Grazie mille - 883 -> https://spoti.fi/3siXRDI |Pi -> Un mondo d'amore - Gianni Morandi -> https://sptfy.com/8jLq|| Film:Me -> Sette anime (Seven Pounds) - diretto da Gabriele Muccino |Pi -> Kung Fu Panda - diretto da Mark Osborne e John Stevenson |Siamo su• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parlandompodcast• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parlandom_podcast/• Telegram: https://t.me/parlandomPuoi recensirci su Spotify, oppure su: https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/parlandom-parole-random/id1508896821| Fonti: https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/donare/, https://magazine.corsicef.it/armocromia-cose-e-a-cosa-serve/, Nord corea -> https://youtu.be/69O1FyBcnR8, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_dell%27amicizia || Sigla: Whiskey Blues - Ilya Truhanov - https://icons8.com/music/author/ilya-truhanov-1

Seven Pounds got destroyed by lazy critics. What does AKAPAD have to say about it?

Seven Pounds got destroyed by lazy critics. What does AKAPAD have to say about it?

Adam and Andrew D interview Houston Cougars OLB Derek Parish to discuss the Coogs' 2022 success, what Dana Holgorsen is like in the locker room, the impact of the transfer portal, CFP expansion, getting NIL deals for Sack Avenue, and Derek eating SEVEN POUNDS of steak! Music provided by Rujay. Instrumental: "Habits" by YoungGotti. Channel: https://YouTube.com/user/RujayTV

In this episode, I am joined by Robinne Lee, author of "The Idea Of You".  You may also recognize her as an actor, seen in some of my favorite films including "13 Going on 30",  "Hitch", "Seven Pounds", "Fifty Shades Darker" and so many more!!Coined the "sleeper hit" of the pandemic by Vogue Magazine, Robinne joins me to discuss the inspiration behind this all-consuming story, its deliciously captivating characters (she gets in to the whole Harry Styles of it all... if you know, you know), THE ENDING, her acting career, what she's working on next, and everything in between! ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡About Get Lit With Lianna: The PodcastJoin Instagram book content creator @getlitwithlianna as she sits down with a different guest author to chat about their books, writing career, and everything in between! Of course each conversation will have a very *LC* touch - aka crying over book boyfriends, marvelling over swoony moments, and obviously a ton of pop culture references!⁣Instagram: www.instagram.com/getlitwithliannaGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/getlitwithliannaEmail me: liannareadsbooks@gmail.com

Welcome to Drink the Sherri Whine! Today I chat about movies that made me ugly cry. The Top 6: Hope Floats, The Pursuit of Happyness, Five Feet Apart, A Star is Born, Stepmom and Nights in Rodanthe. My honorable mentions are: Dead Poets Society, Hachiko: A Dogs Story, My Sisters Keeper, Seven Pounds and Marley & Me. Hope Floats clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BjnwESs7ho The Pursuit of Happyness clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuWxXKgwRA8 Five Feet Apart, link to Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80236271 A Star is Born, link to the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSbzyEJ8X9E Stepmom clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk2xVp_rgTA Nights in Rodanthe link to Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_r1Y6zgCSg Thank you for listening to this episode of Drink the Sherri Whine! Come back to enjoy our next episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sherri-bashaw/support

Another step closer to the end with a lovely Hurley episode. Warning: contains mild spoilers for bad WIll Smith movies.

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Can you ever really right your wrongs? Is suicide selfish or can it be selfless? This week, Cadey G and Cori tackle the movie "Seven Pounds" starring Will Smith and Rosario Dawson. This movie brings fruitful discussion around events that change your life, suicide, and ethics! They also share stories about moments that changed their lives! Tune in and remember, always, press next!

Actors, businessmen and real-life husbands Taylor Frey and Kyle Dean Massey joined me live in The Locher Room on February 10, 2020This talented duo will discuss their thriving acting careers and their journey to creating one of the nation's premiere surrogacy company's Elevate. Taylor is the Founder and CEO and Kyle Dean is the Founder and Director of Surrogacy. Together they see the joy this process can bring to those who have lost hope. Their goal is to find you a donor that excites you, motivates you, inspires you and helps you expand your family. Taylor Frey is best known for his work as Topher in the teen comedy film G.B.F., and to Broadway audiences in Hairspray, Finian's Rainbow, South Pacific, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, and The View Upstairs where he starred to critical acclaim as "Patrick". Taylor also starred in director Gabriele Muccino's (The Pursuit of Happyness, Seven Pounds), the feature film Summertime that debuted at the Venice Film Festival as well as IT CHAPTER Two. Kyle Dean Massey is an actor best known for his work on Broadway in Pippin, Next to Normal, Wicked and Xanadu. In addition to his stage work, Kyle Dean has been seen on the screen as Kevin Bicks from Nashville (ABC), The Good Wife (CBS), Inside Amy Schumer (CC), High Maintenance, Up All Night (NBC), Hart of Dixie (CW), Cupid (ABC), Sex And the City 2 (HBO Films), Contest and After Party.

In this second week of the Netflix and Church sermon series Pastor Marlon preached from the subject What You Got. In this message he used the movie Seven Pounds to encourage us to be more generous in giving to others what God has given us in abundance. Tune in to be challenged by this word and after you finish may you ask God to give you a name!

Robinne Lee is a Los Angeles-based writer, actor, and producer. A graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School, Robinne was born and raised in Westchester County, New York. As the daughter of Jamaican parents of African, Chinese, and British descent, Robinne has long had an affinity for travel and the arts. Her past endeavors include working as an Editorial Assistant for ELLE Magazine, both in New York and Paris, writing celebrity profiles for the now defunct youth culture magazine, TELL, and running a music management company.Robinne has numerous acting credits in both television and film, most notably opposite Will Smith in both “Hitch” and “Seven Pounds,” Don Cheadle in “Hotel for Dogs,” and Jennifer Garner in “13 Going on 30.” Robinne played Christian Grey's trusted COO, Ros Bailey, in the Fifty Shades franchise. Most recently she starred in the SYFY series, “Superstition.”Robinne's debut novel, The Idea of You, was published by St. Martin's Press in 2017, and developed somewhat of a cult following that has led to its success with a wider audience. Vogue Magazine recently dubbed it “the sleeper hit of the pandemic,” citing it as “electric, triumphant to read.”  Robinne also narrates the audiobook.An inactive member of the New York Bar, Robinne has served as a producer on various independent films and regularly speaks on panels and writes for trade magazines regarding the roles of women and actors of color in the industry. Robinne currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.Learn more about Robinne's "sleeper hit of the pandemic": https://www.vogue.com/article/idea-of-you-bookAnd learn more about Robinne: https://www.robinnelee.com/

"We go through life with stuff that isn't ours." - Kevin P.Things that happened in our past may have caused us pain and created limiting beliefs. Remember that it's not your fault. It never was, it never will. However, ask yourself, are you taking responsibility for the future that you want to create? In this episode, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros talk about why taking responsibility is good. They also share a ton of examples to make this topic very digestible and relatable to their listeners. If you are stuck because of a limiting belief or a debilitating pain that wasn't your fault, to begin with, and you don't know how to move forward, please reach out to Alan and Kevin, or anyone in the NLU community. You don't have to go through this alone. Group coaching details: https://nextleveluniverse.com/group-coaching/We love connecting with you guys! Reach out on LinkedIn, Instagram, or via emailWebsite

In this Episode with Nicole down for the count with a migraine, Terry and our Daughter and they discuss movies and a whole bunch of marvel stuff its all very geeky. If you have anything you would like to ask us or you have opinions on Black widow or any of the movies or shows we talked about lets us know by contacting us @wedontmatchpodcast on Instagram or email us at wedontmatchpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode, Wellington and Savon discuss their early thoughts on the Suns' Finals lead over the Bucks and how prepared Phoenix has looked this entire postseason plus how the supporting cast for Milwaukee needs to be more consistent for a championship to come. They also discuss the rumors of Damian Lillard possibly being traded from Portland, how the Lakers would be the best fit for him if it actually happens and thoughts on Sha'Carri Richardson's disqualification from the Tokyo Olympics and the strict rules that have been enforced; which have been highly analyzed. Finally, they review Snoh Aalegra's new album Temporary Highs In The Violet Skies and how there's a strong amount of introspection and emotional availability packed in it, also a review of Vince Staples' new album Vince Staples and the flawlessness of it with how concise it is and Bas' new single “The Jackie” review. In the second half, they're joined by special guest Max Petion, a good friend of the show to review Seven Pounds, a 2008 drama film, directed by Gabrielle Muccino. Starring Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Barry Pepper and Michael Ealy. They dive into how Will Smith delivered an impressive range of emotional speeds, how the plot presentation was delivered and some of the flaws of the storyline. They also discuss the storied career Will Smith has had, what some of his best films are and how consistent Rosario Dawson has been over the years. 

This week's episode is a true return to form, in which my old friend Michael Jacobs (aka The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo, aka Void Denizen) and I talk about pretty much everything — including plenty of things I honestly can't believe I spoke about so freely.Every once in a rare while I have a discussion on Future Fossils that truly exemplifies the spirit in which this show was born — the truly omnivorous amateur enthusiasm that pervaded it before I started worrying about defining these investigations for an audience.Here is just a set of sampling slices from our most heartfelt and epic yarn, in which Michael talks about taking care of his father, who suffers Alzheimer's; about getting back out of city life and onto the road in the American Southwest, communing with the landscape; about nonduality and artistry and memory and transpersonal somatics and their implications…It is an honor to meld with this guy, especially as my first not-exactly-post-pandemic, back-in-person podcast with a friend in the same room since God Knows When. Throughout this episode: he and I bat 1000 on the revelatory portmanteaus:The IcarOS, Genre Fluid, Vagabondage, The Industry and The Artistry, (my Dantien used to be a) Dantwienty, (and of course) The Transtempouroboros (tasty!).✨ Housekeeping:Come out as a future fossil on Patreon for another 25 minutes of this awesome conversation, plus two extra episodes a month, invites to our book club, new weird inspired essays, art and music that I labor on late night sometimes for months, and other things that help me share the wondrous inquiry. And please leave a good review on Apple Podcasts!• Discord Server | Facebook Group(Where people go to be weird enough to make it.)• Bookshop.org Future Fossils Reading List(Buy the books we talk about. You support local booksellers and I get a cut. Bezos gets nothing.)Episode edited by this tired guy right here. Theme music by Future Fossils co-host Evan “Skytree” Snyder.  For when you'd rather listen to music than conversation, follow me and my listening recommendations on Spotify.✨ Discussed:“If time is circular, you can be behind the curve and ahead of the curve at the same time.”– MG[Topics]Life transformations; place-based spirituality; the praxis, challenge, and path of caregiving; knowing when it's time to shake things up; time, loss, memory, the shedding of ego…realizing you've been forgotten; Improv vs. composition; genii loci; when the doer and the doing are the same; time travel in the music studio; the difference between emphasis on UFO craft or the aliens themselves; scrutinizing my UFO experiences as potentially “just” a social hallucinogenic placebo effect or accidental transpersonal charismatic gaslighting…[Listening]Michaelangelo on FF: 37, 101Bayo Akomolafe on Rune SoupSelf Portraits As Other People Episode 1 with LogaReincantations (theme of The Sentimental Centipede)Anthony Peake on Self Portraits As Other PeopleShea Hembrey at TED: How I Became 100 ArtistsJF Martel on FF: 18, 71, 126FF 150 on a Unifying Meta-Theory of UFOs and The WeirdMG on Aliens and ArtistsOn Dreams and Waking at the San Francisco Evolver Spore, April 2010FF 149 with Tada Hozumi, Dare Sohei, Naomi Most, Onyx AshantiFF 117 with Eric Wargo[Other People]Void Denizen, Stewart Brand, EOTO, Tyson Yunkaporta, Jeff Buckley, David Bowie, Ween, Mike Patton, Yeasayer, Ben Harper, Bo Burnham, eter and The Wolf[Reading]Michaelangelo's Meowsoleum and new book, The He and She of ItMG's The Evolution of Surveillance, Part 4: Augments and AmputeesMartin Nowak et al.'s The evolution of syntactic communication (paper)“Time binding” was coined by Alfred Horzybski (who also said, “The map is not the territory.”)Rolf Potts' VagabondingDavid Eagleman's SumArthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter's The Light of Other DaysPola Olaixarac's Dark ConstellationsDavid Abram, Becoming AnimalJohn C. Wright's Count To A Trillion and The Golden AgePeter Watts' BlindsightKurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse FiveAldous Huxley's Heaven and Hell[Viewing]Westworld, Constantine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Altered Carbon, Coco, Seven Pounds (re: organ transplants),Dark Crystal & Labyrinth (re: Brian Froud),Lucy with Scarlett Johannson (re: black goo),Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase✨ Products I Endorse:• I transcribe this show with help from Podscribe.ai — which I highly recommend to other podcasters. 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Episode 210: On the road! In this episode, Dan talks with Kansas City-based comedian, Will C (Veteran's of Comedy, Modern Family). Will C talking shares stories about bombing at military shows and a time when a bar owner made him do his whole time for an empty room. Dan and Will talk about working the road, small towns, and being true to yourself. Plus more! Please rate and review.Will CWill C is a veteran of 3 branches of service (Air Force, Marine Corps, Army). After leaving the military he chose to pursue a career in acting and touring as a National Comedian. He has been performing his comedy in the United States, Canada, and Overseas for the last 26 years. He is the founder of The Veterans of Comedy and is the writer of Combat 2 Comedy. Will has been featured on TV shows like Modern Family, Mom, Monk, Numb3rs, Knight Rider, MANswers, "Gene Simmons" Family Jewels, Storage Hunters, and Hello Ladies.  He has also appeared in movies like, ”Revival”, "Yes Man" with Jim Carrey, ”Seven Pounds” with Will Smith, “Gone Girl” with Ben Affleck, “Purge: Anarchy”,” Inherent Vice” with Joaquin Phoenix, “Hail Caesar” with George Clooney, and many others.   Website: Will C  Twitter: @comedianwillc  Instagram: @therealwillc  Art of Bombing:  Dead & Mellow: https://deadandmellow.com/  "Nobody Had a Podcast Called The Art of Bombing" Theme by John Hult  Bumpers provided by Joe Nicola Music  Website: https://www.artofbombingpod.com/    Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/blitzed-entertainment Buy me a beer: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbubcomedy  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artofbombingpod  FB: https://www.facebook.com/artobpodcast/  Twitter: @artofbombingpod  Instagram: @artofbombingpod  YouTube: Art of Bombing Podcast  Dan Bublitz Jr: http://www.danbublitz.com/  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Another huge week in British distance running, Oliver Dustin is looking v.nicey (copyright Lucian Allison) in Nice, Dever wins the NCAA title, and Butchart sets a BMC record. Matthew Clowes been here there and everywhere (Thinks he's Will Smith from Seven Pounds), but hopefully has a plan to recovery after seeing the doc. Josh Lunn is back at peak levels of excitement following a couple of half decent sessions. If anyone wants to take over our WhatsApp chat for us then feel free, as myself and Matt don't have the time to respond to his incessant messaging. While Aaron Scott bagged his podcast head-to-head win if he simply toes the line in Leeds. He's been suffering with hayfever, and generally feeling pretty tired thanks to Dad life. No interview this week, but we will try to go in depth into a couple of listener questions, and we will be back with a big interview next week. Have a distinctly average week people, and enjoy the pod. NCAAs The week started in an exciting way when Patrick Dever won the NCAA 10,000m final in Eugene with a stunning performance. Six athletes were still in the running with 200m to go but Patrick Dever absolutely smashed the last 50 meters to finish in a winning time of 27:41.87. That puts him 15th all time in Britain and is a huge 46 seconds faster than his existing PB. Charles Hicks placed seventh and another big PB of 27:47.63 breaking Dave Bedfords British teen-best of 28:24.4 which was set in 1969. Poppy Tank made sure it wasn't just the gents setting new bests, as she ran 32:50.57 for ninth in her 10000m final. Meeting International de Nice  Revee Walcott-Nolan ran a PB of 4:06.28 to place second in the 1500m and in the mens 1500m George Mills was seventh in 3:37.00. Earlier in the week Mills had been at the WA Continental Tour Bronze meet in Prague and ran a 3:36.42 for fourth place. Eilish McColgan was racing again, running herself a 5,000m second place finish in a time of 14:55.79. She now has the Olympic qualifying time for 1500, 5000 and 10,000! In the men's 5000m it was great to see Jonny Davies clocking a fine 13:21.56, a performance hat has gone under the radar a bit this week but which was a near 10 second PB for the former European u/23 XC Champion. Mark Pearce was in action in the chase running a big PB of 8:25.43, another athlete coached by Luke Gunn delivering top results. In shorter news but absolutely the jaw-dropping moment of the week was Oliver Dustin's (Border AC) performance of 1:43.82 over 800m which secured him the title of European U20 champion and 6th place on the UK all time list. Issey Boffey was in action in the women's 800m running 2:05.53. Meeting Pro Athlé Tour de Marseille Charlie De-vall Grice cut down his distance to 800 where he clocked 1:45.63. At the same meet, Elliot Giles went the other way and ran the 1500 where he was 2nd in 3:33.80, Piers Copeland ran 3:34.62 which is his first OT, Jake Heyward continued his fine form with 3:34.63 also with George Mills running 3:36. Butchart breaks BMC best Andy Butchart put in a strong contender for performance of the night, setting a BMC record over 3000m to win his race in 7:43.57, beating Jack Rowe's PB run of 7:49.71 The men's 5000m was PBs all the way for the podium placers – it was won by U23 Isaac Akers in 13:47.31, followed by Ellis Cross in 13:50.53 and Daniel Jarvis in 13:55.02. In the B race there was a breakthrough performance from welshman Osian Perrin who was first in the u20 5000m in 13:53.20 and set a new Welsh junior record. The women's 5000m had a strong lineup of new and very experienced talent, including one Jo Pavey who took to the track for the first time in three years. With Euro u/23 places up for grabs youth won out here too though with the U23s claiming the top three spots and new PBs in the process thanks to Izzy Fry with 15:49.25, Charlotte Dannatt with 16:06.70 and Naomi Land in 16:09.13.   On the roads, The City of Norwich Half Marathon was back with Natasha Cockram winning in 1:16:31 and Norman Shreeve was the winning man running 1:08:30. In other news…. Good news from Parkrun this week, it's back in England and will restart on June the 26th. Listener Questions - 10 mins As the Euros have started, and Lunners knowing even less about football than I do, who would win the following football match: 1 horse with Lunners' head, or 11 Lunners' with a horses head - SHANE ROBINSON I have a question if you don't mind… do you all do S&C and if so what are you doing and how often? Do you periodise your S&C alongside your running programme? And, should a hobby runner, like me, with time goals (2:45 marathon at London) prioritise S&C over recovery or junk miles outside of the main sessions? SEAN DARNEY How much do you know notice the crowd in a race and does a good cheering/support crew help you race? KAT CHANNING PHILLIPS Alright lads. Looking to break sub 3 hour marathon time in Liverpool in October. Wondered if you could all recommend an interval session and a long run session I can build into my weekly training. Planning an 18 week block to give myself the best chance to achieve it. (Currently 3:19 PB with a 14 week block). Cheers. MARC JOYCE   MARATHON BUILD UP BLOCKS - CLOWES TO DISCUSS BERLIN 2:13 Any big events next week? British Trials 25th - 27th June in Manchester Aaron continues his build up to Leeds 10000m (24th June, 1.5 more weeks). Josh asks for friends to play COD with him.

Donate one of your organs and listen to this week's episode covering the 2008 drama romance film starring Will Smith and Rosario Dawson. Maria and I break down everything that happened in this movie and we even ranked all the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings movies from 1 through 6 for fun! Follow us here! Twitter - https://twitter.com/MovieMunchPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/moviemunchpod/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tyler-hall87/support

Here we are once again, folks. This time on The B-Side, from The Film Stage, we go Big Willie Style. An enduring bright light in a time of fading movie stars, myself and producer Conor O'Donnell talk through the films that didn't quite hit.  Specifically, Seven Pounds, After Earth, Focus and Collateral Beauty. So, as Gemini Man hits theaters, join us as we dissect why exactly the Fresh Prince made these movies, what works, what doesn't and what's next. We talk about the Kevin Smith/Wild Wild West spider story, the insane voice cast for Dreamworks' Shark Tale and the Scientology-ish undertones in After Earth. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Overcast. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor.

Kathleen “Bird” York is a study in creative versatility: an Oscar nominated songwriter and recording artist, (IN THE DEEP from Oscar winning film CRASH), a screenwriter who has developed pilots for Warner Bros, Sony, Paramount and Fox, and an accomplished actor having starred or costarred in dozens of films, miniseries and Emmy award-winning television series.A musician since fifteen, Bird's songwriting ability got the attention of Warner Chappell which then lead to her critically acclaimed record with EMI. Her love for writing to picture found her composing and producing songs for several projects including Oscar winning film maker Paul Haggis' CBS drama FAMILY LAW, Sony's SEVEN POUNDS, Magnolia Pictures DUMBSTRUCK, and Warner Bros' SUBLIME, as well as for television series CSI:NY, HOUSE, AMERICAN IDOL, ARMY WIVES, STAND OFF, NIP TUCK and WAREHOUSE 13. As an actor, she is best known for her work as Congresswoman Andie Wyatt on the West Wing, and can currently be seen as a series regular on the CBS/CW series IN THE DARK.

On today's episode we try to catch up on as many movies news that we missed over the past two weeks. Rich and Francisco dispute over two film with shitty leads.

0:00:00 - 0:20:31 - Star Wars Episode Seven: The Force Awakens 3D IMAX Experience (2015), directed by JJ Abrams, written by JJ Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan, Michael Arndt, starring Harrison Ford, John Boyega, Daisey Ridley, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Peter Mayhew, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyongo, Andy Serkis, Domnhall Gleeson, Simon Pegg, Max Von Sydow, Yayan Ruihan, Iko Uwais, and Gwendoline Christie.  Also discussed in this section: Star Wars, Avengers 2, Empire Strikes Back, Girls, Attack the Block, Young Indiana Jones, James Cameron, Zack Snyder, Fantastic Four, Return of the Jedi, and Halloween. 0:20:32 - 0:31:05 - Silverado (1985), directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Scott Glenn, Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John Cleese, Brian Dennehy, Rosanna Arquette, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt, James Gammon, Brion James, Joe Seneca, Jeff Fahey, Lynn Whitfield, and Richard Jenkins. Also discussed in this section: Dreamcatcher, Pale Rider, Stephen King, Homicide, Heaven's Gate, Gene Hackman, Maverick, Lonesome Dove, Tom Selleck, Jesse Stone, Jack Reacher, Class of 1984, Parker, Jason Statham, Jim Brown, and Terrence Howard.  0:31:06 - 0:39:09 - In the Heart of the Sea (2015), directed by Ron Howard, starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Holland, and Ben Whishaw. Also discussed in this section: Rush, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Leviathan, Russell Crowe, The Machinist, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Vanilla Sky, Moby Dick, Barry Lyndon, Transformers 2, and A Hijacking.  0:39:10 - 0:43:20 - Knock Knock (2015), directed by Eli Roth, starring Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana De Armas, and Colleen Camp.  Also discussed in this section: Hostel 2, John Wick, and The Green Inferno.  0:43:21 - 0:59:02 - Ant-Man (2015), directed by Peyton Reed, starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lily, Michael Pena, T.I., Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Anthony Mackie, David Dastmalchian, Wood Harris, and Greg Turkington.  The Punisher (1989), directed by Mark Goldblatt, starring Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr, Jeroen Krabbe, and Kim Miyori.  Also discussed in this section: The Break Up, Attack the Block, Iron Man, Punisher War Zone, Aliens, Terminator, From Dusk Til Dawn, Kill BIll Vol. 1, Chuck Dixon, Circle Of Blood, Romancing the Stone, Agent Carter, Prisoners, The Wire, Mr. Show, Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean's Black Orchid, Dune, Thulsa Doom in Conan The Barbarian, David Cronenberg, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jerry Bruckheimer, Judd Apatow, Quentin Tarantino, and John Milius. 0:59:03 - 1:22:59 - eXistenZ (1999), directed by David Cronenberg, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, and Christopher Eccleston.  Also discussed in this section:  28 Days Later, Bane, The Revenant, Fury Road, Collateral, Blackhat, Thor, Vacation, Miami Vice, Sean Connery, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Darby O'Gill and the Little People,  Hugh Jackman, X-Men: First Class, Layer Cake, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Daniel Craig, Harry Potter, Simon Pegg, Keira Knightley, Godzilla Vs King Kong, Iron Man, Dr. Strange, Tarzan, Samuel L Jackson, Nicholas Cage, Christoph Waltz, Coming to America, Exorcist 3, Werner Herzog, Fantastic Four, Ridiculous 6, Ted 2, Katherine Heigl, Spotlight, Zodiac, All the Presidents Men, Concussion, Pursuit of Happyness, After Earth, Seven Pounds, Bad Boys 3, Suicide Squad, Martin Lawrence, Legends, Infinite Crisis, Jessica Jones, and Daredevil. 

DREAMS DO COME TRUE! I Imported from Detroit's Cass Tech to college boutique-owner to celebrity publicist to publisher to motivational speaker to teens to beauty product  inventor and NOW to the owner of The Socialite Beauty Bar. Arian Simone  is CEO of Arian Simone Enterprises, Publisher of FEARLESS MAGAZINE, Executive Director of Live Your Dreams Foundation.   Not only a magazine publisher, but a public relations and event pro, Simone is credited with doing publicity work on films such as Takers, Quantam of Solace, Hancock, Seven Pounds, This Christmas, Limitless and many more. She was also the Head Women in Charge, planning Lil Wayne's and Braylon Edwards 25th birthday parties, Chris Brown's MTV My Super Sweet 18 and a plethora of other  entertainment industry events.  This multi-faceted business woman was listed as one of Ebony Magazine's top 30 business leaders under 30 and has been featured in various media publications and top blogs. See www.ariansimone.com Her story on video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUc5icKg0B4 The Socialite Beauty Bar Opens June 15.  VIP reception,  rsvp to info@ariansimone.com. It's located in downtown Birmingham, Mich. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheSocialiteBeauty

Would you please open your Bibles up this morning to the Book of Colossians 2? I just want to bring us back to our theme and our purpose because its been a little while since I covered this. Were doing a series on ethical world views. In Colossians 2, Paul gives the Christians a word of ammunition. In Verse 8 (page 1166 of pew Bibles), he says, See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. His warning is to Christians, and hes saying, Listen, if you are not careful, you can be swept up. You can be susceptible. You too can succumb to the philosophies that are in the world until you end up resembling the world rather than Christ until you become captive in your mind to a mindset that is not of God, so he says to the church-to Christians, Because you live in this world, you need to be careful. Be careful what you espouse, what you believe, because there are influences around you that can steer you down a wrong path. So thats why were on this series. These messages arent the kind of messages that inspire you. Boy, I just feel good about myself or I feel good about my faith. This isnt that kind of a message. These arent designed to be. These are more designed to educate us and to make us aware and also to realize that things are not always as cut and dried as they seem. Sometimes as Christians, we think, Oh, we have it all figured it. We know black from white. Its all clear. And its not. There are issues that we should struggle with as believers in ethics. Whats right and whats clear to do if left up to you and me is not always clearly seen. Were going to watch a clip this morning because our subject matter is utilitarianism, which is a school of thought-a philosophy of generalism. It says there are no universal laws. We talked about antinomianism a few weeks ago which says every person makes up their own right and wrong. You are your own god. Well, in generalism or utilitarianism, we say, Well, there are general rules, but there are no universal rules. Really, what is good is what brings about the greatest good for the greatest amount of people. Thats what utilitarians believe. What brings about the greatest good for the greatest number of people-that is what is good. The end justifies the means. All is well that…? Ends well, exactly. You may have even muttered that. Well, is that true? Is all well that ends well? Does the end justify the means? Utilitarians would say that if you start off to do a good act and it has a bad consequence, that was a bad act. If you try to rescue somebody from a car thats balancing on a cliff and in the process of rescuing, the car tips over and they fall to their death, that was a bad act even though your intentions were right. The transverse is also true if you have no intention of doing good. In fact, you might be intending to do harm, but if it ends up being good for some strange reason, that was a good deed. Everything is consumed with the end, with the outcome; and the outcome-not the actual act-determines whether something is right or good. Were going to explore that prevalent world view this morning from Scripture and talk about that philosophy. The first thing were gonna do is were gonna watch a clip from the movie Seven Pounds. Has anyone seen that movie with Will Smith? Were gonna watch a short clip, and Im gonna tell you what happens in the movie. If you say, Oh, Ive been wanting to see that movie, youve had over two years to see this movie (congregation laughing). Your time is up, so I would encourage you to just plug your ears if you dont want to know what this movie is about-the surprise ending, which some people liked and some people didnt. Well talk about it. Lets watch this clip from the movie, Seven Pounds. [Clip is played.] Thats how the movie starts, and then it takes you on a lot of twists and turns, and you come to find out that this character was in a car accident. He caused the accident, and innocent lives were lost because of his negligence in driving, so he is racked with guilt. He is consumed by guilt, and he comes up with a plan of how to make it right, how to make his life count for something good. Hes young; hes healthy; hes in the prime of life, and he knows people who need his organs-his eyes, his heart. His girlfriend is dying of a diseased heart, and then she has a transplant. She is going to die. His brother needs one of his organs. Other people that hes come to know that are good people need other organs that he has, so he decides the best thing he can do with his life since he cost the lives of other innocent people is to surrender his life, so he commits suicide. He fills the bathtub up with water and ice to preserve his organs. He has a poisonous jellyfish come in the tub, and it stings him and he dies. Theres a note there for the ambulance workers to be careful because the floor is wet, and theres a poisonous jellyfish in the water. Hes warning them. Hes really been a good person. He gives his house away to a poor family, and you see these people become the recipients of his organs. You see them living and enjoying life. Its one of those movies that leaves you just thinking. My wife wants to go to a movie and be entertained and feel happy. She wants a happy ending, and this didnt do that for her; but for me, I said I liked the film because it made me think. It made me think about ethics. So a utilitarian would look at that and say, Well, heres a story. The greatest good was done. These people were helped. These people had happy endings. Their lives were prolonged. This guy got his vision back. All these wonderful things happened, and its good. Others of you would say, No, its wrong because he took a life. He committed suicide. He killed somebody-even though it was himself. Thou shalt not kill, and youd argue that what he did was wrong. Then others of you would say, Well, isnt that what Jesus did? Didnt Jesus lay down His life and sacrifice His life for the greater good? Didnt He give of Himself so others would live? So wed find that even in a room where people are followers of Christ, we might disagree on the meaning of what Will Smiths character did-the rightness or the wrongness. Things are not always easy to understand. Its not always easy to determine what is right or wrong. I want to share a story with you, but before I share the story, I want to ask a question. The question is this: how many of you think its ever right for a Christian who is a leader, a pastor, a theologian to plot to kill the head of state of a country? Can you foresee any circumstances where that might be acceptable or correct? For a Christian leader, theologian pastor to plot to kill the head of a country. Can you foresee any circumstances where that would be right? I have a few. In the past services, there has only been one hand that has gone up. In the Saturday night service, there was nobody. The 8 oclock service, nobody; 9:30, one [person put their hand up]. In this service, there are about five. I want to tell you the story about a young pastor and theologian. He was born into affluence. His father was educated, a professor at a leading university. His mother received a degree which was very rare in those days from a major university. He grew up in a very Godly home, very structured, and theology was something that attracted him at a young age. By the age of 21, he had already become a doctor. He became a doctor of theology at the age of 21. His dissertation was one of the greatest theological pieces ever written. Many people regard him as the greatest theological mind of modern times. By his early twenties, he was an ordained minister, was traveling around the world, and was teaching at a prestigious theological seminary. He was living a good life and doing good things, but the government began to change. A party was coming to power, which seemed to be corrupt. It was almost like he could read the writing on the wall that this party and this leader was up to no good. They were espousing doctrines of hate, of superiority, of one race over another. They were taking away human rights and civil rights. In fact, it had become so corrupt that for the state-run church and this corrupt regime, it was almost impossible to distinguish them. It was as if the state lived to propagate the doctrines of this regime, and the regime just fed in to the church. I use the word church with italics because they were espousing things that are contrary to the Scripture. This pastor said, We need to come out and be separate. This is not the church. The state is not the head of the church. Jesus is the head of the church. The church does not teach against the equality of all people. It should not, so we need to separate ourselves, and he started a new church called the Confessing Church. They said, All true Christians need to come out from the state-run church because its teachings are contrary to the Gospel, and we need to unite across denominational lines and form this Confessing Church, and thats what they did. His message became increasingly strong as the government became more aggressive in its steps. Innocent people, crippled people, minorities, Jews, handicapped people were all being put in to concentration camps, and rumors were that some were even being executed. There was an ethnic cleansing going on. People were hearing that their race, their color, was the superior, so many in the church and many in society were loving the message. This leader had brought economic prosperity at a time when the country had been in a depression, so people who should know better by the millions were following after his leadership. The pastor tried to warn, You have to get on the airwaves and warn, but he was literally cut off in the middle of his speech one time while on the radio. The leader of this country said that he should not speak anymore, so his rights to speak, to teach theology, and to ordain pastors were taken away from him, so his ministry went underground. He began to teach, train and write underground, so the Confessing Church continued but away from the eyes of the government. As the government became stronger and as the leader went from a leader to a dictator, this pastor who was a pacifist foresaw that millions of people were gonna die at the hands of this brutal man; so he decided amongst other people that he would plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. That would be his goal. As a Christian man, he made a decision that this man was going to kill millions of innocent people-Gods people-and he must be stopped. He plotted to kill the head of state. His name was Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He wrote many books-including books from prison-because he was soon arrested. The plot was uncovered, and he was ordered to be executed. Just days before the allied forces would come and liberate and defeat the Nazi Party, the Third Reich, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was lead to the gallows and hung by a wire until dead. The same question I asked you just a moment ago-is it ever right for a Christian, a pastor, or a theologian-to plot to assassinate the head of state? Most hands did not go up. A few of you now are telling me, You didnt tell me it was Hitler! The question still stands, and some of you who would not raise your hand a few moments ago if I were to ask again would probably go, Okay. In Hitlers case, okay. Others of you would say, No! No, not even in Hitlers case. Youd say, The government is ordained by God, and then others of you would wise up and say, Well, not that kind of government, not a government that kills people thats not ordained by God. Then, some would say, Well, thats murder. Youre murdering the head of state. Its still murder. Others of you would say, But hes gonna kill millions of people. So in this room, I guarantee you we would have a debate. People who otherwise get along and otherwise seem to think theologically along the same lines would be arguing their case, and their cases would be different. Do you see? Things are not always easy. Things are not always black and white. Things are not always cut and dry in the world of ethics. I want to talk about utilitarianism a little bit, and I want to look at it in light of the Scripture. Before we do that, I want to raise a couple of points, a couple of questions I have. You may be more skilled than this, but number one is if there are no universal laws, how do we ever determine whats good? You say, Well, whats great is good for the greatest number of people. Well, how do you know whats great is good? If there is no standard, if there is no norm by which were to measure what is good and what is not good, then how do we decide what collectively is good if we have no standard or measurement. If youre running a race and nobody has ever decided whats fast or whats far, how do you know if your time was good, if you were fast? There is no standard of measurement. We have to have a norm. We have to have a standard. Number two, if the end justifies the means, how do we know when the end is? How do we measure the end? Is it the day after the act that we determine whether it was good or bad? Is it the year after? The decade after? The century after? How many have ever had a situation where you thought something was terrible in your life, and it ended up being something good? Let me see your hands. You thought something was bad, and when all was said and done, it was good. We baptized seven people last night after the Saturday night service-seven people! A couple of those people got up and said, This bad thing happened to me, and this bad thing happened to me, but these [bad] things brought me to God. This thing that I thought was so terrible and so awful ended up bringing me to new life in Christ. So what was bad turned out to be something that led to something good. My wife wanted so desperately to get a job after nursing school, and she was hoping to get a job at the clinic; and they called her and said, No job. No dice. She cried. A couple days later the hospital called where shed been trained and said, We want you to come and work as a nurse. It was a better job, better money, something that she wanted to do more, and she wouldnt have been able to take the job had she already been at the clinic. You see? So what we thought was bad turned out to be good. And other times, some of you have had something good that turned out to be bad, right? Let me see your hands. Something you thought was great-maybe you took a job, and once you took that job, it wasnt what it was cracked up to be. Maybe you married Mr. or Mrs. Right, and they turned out to be Mr. or Mrs. Wrong. Some people wanted to win the lottery, Oh, if I could just be rich and have all this money, everything would be wonderful and good. They win the lottery, and theyre miserable. The whole world is at their doorstep asking for money. Some famous people have said, If I could just be famous, if everybody knew who I was and I was famous, boy would I be happy! Theyre miserable. The paparazzi follow them all over the place. They have no privacy! They say, I wish I could just be a regular person again. I wish I could just go to the grocery store again without people following me, taking my picture everywhere, and pictures of my children. You see, you think something is going to be good, and it turns out to be bad. But we know things can change. Things that we think are bad can become good and vice versa, so how do we define the end? Thats the second question. Then the third question is if its up to man to define what is good, then good is relative. We talked about that World War II theme. Staying on that theme, what about the dropping of the bombs to end the war in Japan-Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Is that good? A utilitarian might say, Well, it brought about the greatest good for the greatest number of people because millions of lives were saved. We ended the war. They would say its good because their son got to come home. If your son has been in Asia or been in Europe fighting World War II and theyve come home, and its not in a body bag, but theyre healthy and they get to live a normal life, you would say the outcome of the dropping of those two bombs was a good thing, but what if you lived in Hiroshima or Nagasaki? What if you lived in those cities? As the plane carrying fat boy, the name of the bomb, they didnt even sound the alarms because there were only a few planes. They thought it was just a recognizance mission. They didnt even sound the alarms. The bomb was dropped releasing energy unseen, unheard of before; 7,000 degree heat; 600 miles an hour stronger winds. Over 200,000 people died from those bombs. Half of them died because they were just incinerated in a moments time, and those were the lucky ones. Others hung around. There was no medical care. The hospital was destroyed. Ninety three percent of the doctors and nurses died in the bomb, so you would lie and suffer with your burns-men, women, children and infants-until they died. If that didnt kill you, radiation poisoning would kill you, and you would die a long, slow death-maybe many months after the bomb was dropped. If youd been a person living in Japan, and you had lost a child, father, mother, a spouse, or a friend, from your perspective, was the bomb good or bad? You see, it becomes a relative thing. Think about the cross for a moment. When Jesus announced the news to the Disciples that He was gonna suffer and die and He went to the cross, suffered and died, was it bad or good at that point? Its bad. Its bad. In fact, it was something to be prevented, Peter thought. Lets take a look. Lets go to Matthew 16. Youre gonna watch Peter as he falls from lofty heights here. If you follow the Bible, you know that Peter was a man who spoke his heart, often put his foot in his mouth, and didnt think about consequences until afterwards. Jesus is going to quiz His Disciples, and Hes going to ask, Who do people say that I am? Some say Youre John the Baptist. Some say Youre Elijah. Then He turns the question on them and asks, Who do you say that I am? Peter gets it right. Peter says, You are the Christ. You are the Son of the Living God. You are the One that weve longed for. Youre the One the prophesies foretold. You are divine. Youre the Son of God. Youre the fulfillment of prophesy. You are the Son of the Living God. Jesus said, Youve answered correctly, Peter. You solved the mystery. You answered the puzzle correctly. Peter is praised. He gets an A that day in the pop quiz. He is promoted to the head of the class. Way to go, Peter! You got it right. That is exactly who I am. Then Verse 21 says, From that moment on, Jesus began to change how He taught them. He began to disclose new revelation. He says in Verse 21, From that time on… from the time of that confession, …Jesus began to explain to His Disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. This does not sit well with Peter. Hes been to Sunday school. Hes studied the Scriptures. The Messiah abides forever. His kingdom never ends, so what Jesus is saying is wrong. Its wrong! He is going to let Jesus know that. Hes going to tell Jesus in no uncertain terms that what He is thinking is wrong. Jesus is his friend; Hes his leader; Hes his teacher, but more than that, He is everybodys Messiah. Think of what Peter is going through. He has just discovered and just made known who Jesus is, and not only is he seeing history fulfilled and seeing a prophesy fulfilled, he gets to be a part of it. He gets to walk and talk with the Messiah. He gets to learn from the Messiah-not just publicly, but privately. What a privileged person he is, and now its all going to end. Its going to be taken away from him. The way its going to be taken away from him-this man who he loves and follows is going to be taken away, beaten, suffer and die on a cross where thieves and criminals go. Jesus is a good person. Hes done miracles. Hes helped people. This isnt right! Good people dont die on a cross. Good people dont suffer at the hands of evil men. This is not going to happen on Peters watch. It would be like in that movie if Will Smith would have said, Im going to commit suicide and give my organs to people I love, and a friend would say, Oh no, youre not. Oh no, you wont because I love you! His girlfriend would have said, No, I dont want to lose you even if it means getting a new heart. I dont want to lose you! I will guard you 24/7. I will tackle you whenever I see you going near a bathtub. So thats what Peter does. Hes going to take matters in to his own hands. He says, Never, Lord! Verse 22 (page 973 of pew Bibles), Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. Never, Lord! he said. This shall never happen to You! Not only should it not happen to you, he says, It will not happen to You! Hes going to personally see that it does not happen. Remember Peter is the one in the Garden of Gethsemane that when the soldiers come to arrest Christ, he takes the sword and cuts off the ear of Malchus. Dr. Luke, whos in to detail, even tells us which ear it was. He cuts it off, and Jesus says [in John 18:11, page 1071 of pew Bibles], Put away your sword. Those who live by the sword shall die by the sword. The cup the Father has given me, shall I not drink it? So Peter is willing to defend Jesus. He says, I will stop You. You are working against Your own best [interest]. You dont even know what Youre talking about. The Messiah abides forever. Youre a good man. Youre not going to go to the cross. I will personally see to it that it never happens! In other words, Peter wants to personally see to it that he and every other human being is lost in sin for all eternity [congregation laughing]. Thats what it boils down to because he sees the end, and according to him, the end is the death of Jesus on the cross, and its bad! It must be prevented because you and I are finite. If you and I determine what is good, then good is relative. Peter did not want to lose a friend. He did not want to lose his Lord, and he didnt want anybody else to lose Him. He didnt want the world to lose Him, but he didnt understand that in order for the world to gain the benefits of the Messiah, Christ must die. Peter understood who Jesus was, but Peter did not understand why He had come. Do you see the difference? I know who Jesus is. Hes the Christ, the Son of the Living God, but I dont understand why He came. Peter thinks he knows better than Jesus. Peter thinks his plan is better than Jesus plan. I know nobody in this room has ever thought that, but the 9:30 crowd-you have to watch those guys because some of the those people think they know better than God. There have been occasions-some of those 9:30 people-have known the Will of God and done something contrary or read the Will of God and done something contrary. Not you guys! Understand, Im not talking to you, but some of these other folks sometimes think they know better than God. They get ahead of God, and they start trying to lead instead of follow. You might even know some of the people from the 9:30 service, so you know what Im talking about. Its good to talk to a group that is always in the Will of God and submissive to the Will of God. Thats why I love the 11:00 service so much! Anyway, what does Jesus say? He looks at Peter, and He says, Peter, get behind Me Satan or adversary. You are a stumbling block to me. You are trying to thwart Gods plan. You are trying to thwart the plan of salvation, which he doesnt understand at this point. He said, You do not have in mind the things of God but the things of men. People are very short-sided. The end of Jesus, Peter thought, was something bad. Now that brings us to point number four, utilitarianism exalts man. It makes man the arbitrator of whats right and wrong in our limited knowledge, in our finite wisdom; but apart from divine knowledge, you and I will not understand what is good. Thats point number four: without divine knowledge, you and I could not understand what is good-apart from divine knowledge. We are limited in our understanding. Now, keep in mind this same Peter who once said, You shall not go to the cross. Evil men go to the cross. Youre not an evil man. Criminals go to the cross. Youre not a criminal. Youre a good man. The Messiah is supposed to live forever. You are the Messiah, and this is a wrong plan. Through divine revelation, Peter came to see that entirely different. Lets turn to the Book that bears his name. Turn please, if you will, to 1 Peter 2 (page 1201-1202 of pew Bibles). The same man is now looking back on the same event. He says this in Verse 24, speaking of Jesus, He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness. He now sees the cross as not just an instrument of death but as a means of righteousness. …for by His wounds, you have been healed. As difficult as it was for him to watch his friend suffer, bleed, and die, he recognizes that God was going to use that event to bring healing, to bring reconciliation. Chapter 3:17, It is better, if it is Gods will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. Jesus, you cant go to the cross. Youre a good man. Now he sees its better for a good man to suffer for doing good than an evil man to suffer for doing evil. One of the few witnesses to Pastor Bonhoeffer said they had never seen a man more submissive to the Will of God. Before he walked the gallows, Pastor Bonhoeffer got on his knees and prayed earnestly to God and walked calmly up on the gallows and submitted to death without a struggle. In a matter of seconds, the witness said he was dead. Pastor Bonhoeffer discussed what it was to be a sufferer of Christ and a persecuted follower of Christ in his book, The Cost of Discipleship. If you havent read a book on discipleship, this is required seminary and bible school reading across our country, The Cost of Discipleship, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, I would encourage you to read that book-submissive to the Will of the Father. Verse 18, For Christ died for our sins once and for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit. He comes to see the death on the cross as the key to reconcile man to God. What he once regarded as evil and bad, he now sees as the means of salvation. Its how God would pay for sin. Its how God would bring sinners to Himself. He would exchange the righteousness of Christ for our unrighteousness. It is the good news-how God took this ultimate bad event and turned it in to the ultimate good for the greatest amount of people. Man could not conceive that in his limited wisdom. It took divine revelation and understanding-the Holy Spirit-to illuminate that truth. Utilitarianism is a form of humanism that puts man at the center and says, You and I are capable of determining right from wrong. You and I can understand all these complex issues and questions and come to right decisions on our own apart from divine revelation. And Im saying to you that we cannot. We are fallen; we are finite; and we are limited, and we need to take a good dose of humble medicine this morning and say, I am dependent upon the Creator, the author of good and righteousness to tell me how to live my life, to tell me whats good, whats right, and whats truth. Lets pray together, Father, this morning, we want to thank You for the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, for his writings, for his struggle against evil, against oppression, against a regime and a man who sought to kill and did kill so many people. Lord, we see in his example whether one agrees that he was right or wrong, this is a man who loved You, a man who was vexed in soul with what he had to do-a pacifist who was tormented over the suffering that he saw. Lord, these sermons, these stories, and these Scriptures raise a lot of questions in our minds, and we realize that things arent always tied and wrapped in a neat little package with a bow. We see Peter, and in Peter, we see ourselves. We see ourselves sometimes getting ahead of You and thinking we know better than You, thinking our plan is better yet realizing in the end that You are the One who determines what is right and good. You can take what is harmful and evil, and You can turn it in to something thats good in our lives; and so we are dependent upon You to know goodness and truth. Help us, Lord, to have this humble awareness. Help us to have our radar up, as the Apostle Paul said, to be aware of the subtleties and the hollow deception that is a part of our society and culture-that we might reflect Christ and not the world thats around us. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

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