I stopped praying when in 1996. That's the year I prayed very hard for my parents to not get divorced, to no avail, subsequently prompting me to make the decision to stop thinking magic might help me in some way.

Turns out that God had a very good reason for forsaking me back then: she was saving up all her energy to make millions for a couple of Christian filmmakers!

“I’m not impressed with Hollywood in general. They don’t make a lot of movies that lift our standards and morality.” That’s what director Alex Kendrick told me in a telephone interview on Monday after his new movie "Fireproof" (IDP Films/Samuel Goldwyn) opened with a downright shocking $6.5 million opening weekend.

LA and New York are filled with talented film professionals who spend countless hours and millions upon millions of dollars making movies. The cost of development, production, a director, actors and marketing make the craft of filmmaking prohibitive. So how did a little church in Georgia score the 4th-best gross of the just-completed weekend?

The answer, according to director Kendrick, is prayer. “Before we shot a tough scene, we prayed. This movie was bathed in prayer.” He is serious.

Although Alex and his brother, co-writer and producer Stephen Kendrick, “grew up making silly movies in the backyard with a video camera,” they have no formal training in the business. They are both Associate Pastors at Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, 3 hours south of Atlanta. They are in “the prayer business” full-time.

Fireproof, starring 80s heartthrob-cum-Christian right icon Kirk Cameron, tells the story of a fireman whose marriage is falling apart. I've not seen it, but I bet the couple stays together. With the help of the Lord, no doubt.

• Kim Kardashian still doesn't know how to properly use her assets. [HT]

• Scarlett Johansson wants you to know she is not the Statue of Liberty. Common misconception. [INO]

• Why, Brad Pitt? Why? [PS]

• Brooke Hogan confirms that her breasts are real. That doesn't change the fact that she looks mannish. [Yeeeah]

• Kirk Cameron refuses to kiss another woman, even if it means being a diva on set. [DListed]

• The Mac guy finally wised up and split with Kirsten Dunst. [ICYDK]

This isn't a joke. I'm not sure how this isn't a joke, I just know that it wasn't meant to be funny. Or a giant sexual innuendo. That televangelist alongside Kirk Cameron didn't try to act out both multiple types of sex with that banana. He just did.

Kirk and Candace Cameron love God far more than any of us knew while watching them on the tv growing up. Now Kirk prances around town with a freaking bullhorn preaching to anyone unfortunate enough to be standing in the area. And if you think he's the more psycho Cameron sibling, check out this website where DJ Tanner will tell you that you are a horrible person.

Nothing like child stars filling you in on the details of burning in hell. Thanks guys, thanks a lot.