Prayers and Blessings

Austin's done a lot of different things this year, One Tree Hill, SoGo, biking, pictures, trips, red carpet moments, being seen with old friends in new ways, but there is one thing that that he did this past year, that shouldn't be lost in the shuffle. Prayers for Bobby.

This Sunday is the Emmy awards, and this Austin Friday we want to look back at the Emmy nominated move Prayers for Bobby.



Mary Griffith is a devout Christian, however, when her son Bobby confides to his older brother he may be gay, life changes for the entire family after Mary learns about his secret. While Bobby's father and siblings slowly come to terms with his homosexuality, Mary believes God can cure him of what she considers his 'sin' and persuades Bobby to pray harder and seek solace in church activities in hopes of changing him. Desperate for his mother's approval, Bobby does what is asked of him, but through it all, the church's apparent disapproval of homosexuality causes him to grow increasingly withdrawn and depressed. Guilty over the pain he is causing his, Bobby moves away, hoping that some day his mother will accept him. He blames himself for not being the 'perfect' son to his mother he takes his own life. Faced with their tragedy, Mary begins to question her faith when she receives no answers from her church concerning her devastating loss. Through her long and emotional journey, Mary slowly reaches out to the gay community and discovers unexpected support and finds herself finding a place of acceptance, advocacy and faith.



Austin ,who played Bobby's older brother Ed, got a chance to "make an important movie" as his character, Julian, on One Tree Hill would say, a movie with a message, one that can make a difference, and one that needs to be shared with everyone.


Congratulations and Good Luck to Sigourney Weaver on her Emmy nomination.



While looking back over the past year, today we also celebrate a new one.

As Rosh Hashanah begins today at sundown, here's wishing Jake and all who celebrate, a sweet and joyous year ahead.

L'Shanah Tovah!

Happy 5770!



Update:

Rescheduling the JFC Discussion.

Does next weekend the 24th and 25 work for everyone interested in the JFC discussion?

Or do we need to look into October.

Emmy Noms for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Made For Television Movie, and Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for Sigourney Weaver.

Congratulations
to the entire cast and crew
of Prayers for Bobby.

What man with all the moves scored big with the guys in the cast and crew of OTH?

Not who you think.

But Former NFL star and Dancing with the Star finalist, Jerry Rice.

Sophia spoke to E! Online about when he arrived on set. "It was really funny to see every guy lose his mind. When he walked on set, camera equipment was getting dropped and people rushed in. The grips, who don't care about anything were like, 'Oh my God, Jerry Rice!' People went nuts. And I was like, 'This is man world. We've entered a man cave.' "

Jerry is set to appear in the season opener on September 14th.


And here's a teaser for you to go check out new pictures from the OTH set that Spooky has over at Austin Nichols Journal.