From the Desk

10 Questions with Peter DeLuise

Post author By Kurt Manwaring
Post date May 29, 2018
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Peter DeLuise is still best known for his work with Johnny Depp on 21 Jump Street. However, in the decades since 21 Jump Street went off the air, he has added countless movies and TV shows to his resume (including Peter DeLuise Hallmark movies). DeLuise walks readers through his career and provides rare behind-the-scenes stories for Stargate and When Calls the Heart fans. (And yes, Peter DeLuise would come back for a fourth Stargate.)

20th Century Latter-day Saint History

Leonard Arrington: Diaries of a Latter-day Saint Historian

Post author By Kurt Manwaring
Post date May 24, 2018
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The Leonard Arrington diaries reveal new information about the Latter-day Saint historian

Leonard J. Arrington is often known as the “Father of Latter-day Saint” history. In this interview, Gary J. Bergera discusses Leonard Arrington’s journals, including the historian’s encounters with Latter-day Saint leaders like Bruce R. McConkie and Ezra Taft Benson.

Business

10 questions with Freek Vermeulen

Post author By Kurt Manwaring
Post date May 22, 2018
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I recently had the privilege to interview Freek Vermeulen. He is a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the London Business School and the author of “Breaking Bad Habits: Defy Industry Norms and Reinvigorate Your Business.”

Freek Vermeulen, Photo provided by Harvard Business Publishing

Entertainment Stargate

Joe Mallozzi talks ‘Dark Matter’ cliffhanger, ‘Stargate’ revival

Post author By Kurt Manwaring
Post date May 17, 2018
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News that Dark Matter had been cancelled hit the cast, crew, and fans like a ton of bricks. It wasn’t quite as bad as when Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and Ercolano, but the emotions were raw and real. Joseph Mallozzi explains why he revealed Dark Matter‘s unproduced fourth series on Twitter, and comments on his hopes for a revival of his sci-fi favorites.

Entertainment

‘Dark Matter’ showrunner shares secret scenes live on Twitter

Post author By Kurt Manwaring
Post date May 17, 2018
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SALT LAKE CITY — Last August, the season three finale of the Syfy series “Dark Matter” ended on a cliffhanger. In what may be an unprecedented move, the showrunner of the canceled production is taking to Twitter to live-tweet his vision for the first episode of a potential fourth season.

Joe Mallozzi, Photo provided by Joe Mallozzi

Devotional Latter-day Saint History

Meet Biographer Dennis B. Horne

Post author By Kurt Manwaring
Post date May 15, 2018
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Dennis B. Horne is the author of several books, including a biography of Elder Bruce R. McConkie of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Horne’s writing can also be found on sites such as The Interpreter Foundation, LDS Living, and FAIR.

Stargate

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Corin Nemec and Stargate

Post author By Kurt Manwaring
Post date May 8, 2018
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Corin Nemec, Photo provided by Corin Nemec

There are plenty of Corin Nemec movies and TV shows, but one fan base in particular claims him as their own. Nemec brought the character of Jonas on Stargate to life when Michael Shanks departed the series. He even invented Jonas’s perk of eating all of the time. In what won’t come as a surprise to those who know him, Nemec wasn’t bitter when Shanks reprised his role as Daniel Jackson on Stargate: SG-1.

Latter-day Saint History

In Their Footsteps: Latter-day Saint Pioneers of Faith

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Post date May 8, 2018
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Donald G. Godfrey shares background from his life and insights from his Brigham Young University Religious Studies book, “In Their Footsteps: Mormon Pioneers of Faith.”

Latter-day Saint History

Mormon scholars ‘shoot for the top’ in new Oxford publication that shares 13 essays in historical context

Post author By Kurt Manwaring
Post date May 5, 2018
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The book cover for Foundational Texts of Mormonism — "Foundational Texts of Mormonism: Examining Major Early Sources." Image provided by Mark Ashurst-McGee

SALT LAKE CITY — From the gold plates and the Book of Mormon to the Nauvoo Female Relief Society Leadership and Minute Book to several of the Prophet Joseph Smith’s journals and letters, the collection of 13 essays in “Foundational Texts of Mormonism: Examining Major Early Sources” (Oxford University Press, $74, 448 pages) utilizes insights from the Joseph Smith Papers and a focus on historical context to more fully understand foundational texts of Mormonism.

Latter-day Saint History

The Joseph Smith Papers: The First 10 Years

Post author By Kurt Manwaring
Post date May 4, 2018
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President Russell M. Nelson at a release party for the Joseph Smith Papers Project — Joseph Smith Papers Release Party (Nov. 2008). Elder Russell M. Nelson was one of the Quorum of the Twelve advisers for the Church History Department at the time; Elder Marlin K. Jensen of the Seventy was Church Historian. Photo provided by Sharalyn Howcroft

The Joseph Smith Papers recently published its 17th volume associated with the life and works of Joseph Smith. The project, which began with the work of a single individual, has grown in scope and influence over its first decade.

Along the way, the project has changed in numerous ways, overcome challenges, garnered unprecedented popularity, secured academic prestige, and set the stage for a new era of Mormon history.