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Megan Danielle showcased her beautiful voice while singing Lauren Daigle’s “Thank God I Do” after advancing to the Top 12 in “American Idol.” The 21-year-old Christian singer-songwriter sang the beautiful song after Ryan Seacrest announced that she had won America’s vote. “It was Lauren Daigle who inspired her and sang with her back in the Vegas…

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The Reverend Edward Siebert’s journey with “The Pope’s Exorcist,” a movie about the Catholic Church’s most famous exorcist, started with a trip to Milan six years ago. The Jesuit priest says he was sitting at a restaurant drinking wine and contemplating an airline ticket he had bought a day earlier. He was also concerned about…

The surprising box office success of the Christian film “His Only Son” is bringing Christian content to the forefront. The film, which tells the story of Abraham being told to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, found in Genesis 22, was made on a budget of $250,000. To date, the film has made over $12 million…

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Starring in a movie focused on gospel music felt natural for five-time Grammy nominee Chloe Bailey. She told The Christian Post, “I grew up singing in my nana’s church in South Carolina with my sister. All the Sundays that we would be down there, we’d be singing. My late cousin, Sherry, was a choir teacher,…

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Actor Jesse Metcalfe said he’s developing a “much stronger connection” to his faith as he gets older. He recently argued that belief is a necessary factor missing from most people’s lives today. Metcalfe told CBN’s Faithwire, “I have a much stronger connection to my faith as I’ve gotten older. I don’t know if it’s because,…

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Social media and news outlets have been abuzz since it was revealed in an article in Vanity Fair that some of the lyrics from popular songs in the live-action remake of Disney’s The Little Mermaid had been updated. The changes were made to the movie’s songs “Kiss the Girl” and “Poor Unfortunate Souls.” Composer Alan Menken, who was also one…

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During Season 20 of “American Idol,” 2016 Miss America Betty Maxwell got a unanimous “yes” from the judges after performing her rendition of “Jesus Take the Wheel.” The former Miss Georgia went to her audition with her beauty pageant crown with her. At first, she performed “A Moment Like This” by first season “American Idol”…

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Darius Rucker is grateful for his fame, but the country star admits that success in the entertainment industry comes with its burdens. Rucker, who rose to notoriety as the lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish before starting his solo career in country music, recently talked with Fox News about the struggle of being away…

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Life comes with a lot of surprises. For a street performer, one thing he didn’t expect was a performance with Jennifer Hudson. Jennifer Hudson is an accomplished woman whose talents are limitless. She’s a member of the EGOT club, having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. However, one day while walking along the…

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Mary J. Blige has released 15 studio albums, selling over 100 million worldwide. Now in her fourth decade in the music business and at 52 years old, Blige knows how to carry herself when she arrives on a music video or photo shoot set. However, she says her work feels different now than in her…
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