{"id":5841,"date":"2010-03-05T15:10:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T20:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=5841"},"modified":"2014-03-18T14:41:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T18:41:16","slug":"march-5-2010-watching-the-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2010\/03\/05\/march-5-2010-watching-the-oscars\/5841\/","title":{"rendered":" Watching the Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch movie reviewer Rebecca Cusey, Georgetown University adjunct professor Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, and syndicated religion columnist Terry Mattingly talk with Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly production assistant and researcher Fabio Lomelino about the movie &#8220;Avatar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 56.25%;height: 0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"partnerPlayer\" src=\"http:\/\/video.pbs.org\/partnerplayer\/JtW-paqYxxWD6ZGvwIdZ3A==\/?autoplay=false&amp;start=0&amp;end=0&amp;chapterbar=false&amp;topbar=false&amp;endscreen=true\" height=\"100%\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Watch more of Religion &amp; 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