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Nick Starichenko/Shutterstock On November 16, Michigan sheriff Scott Stephenson was arrested on suspicions of drunk driving after leaving a deer hunting camp. He can be heard saying in footage WJRT obtained that he couldn’t be arrested, adding, “Jesus Christ, I’m a sheriff.” Stephenson was found asleep behind the wheel of his car, which was parked […]
As Orthodox Christians across the globe mark Easter Sunday, watch the live broadcast of the grand midnight service from Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral, led by Russian Patriarch Kirill. At Easter, the faithful celebrate the resurrection of Christ after his death by crucifixion. The vigil at Russia’s main church, Christ the Savior Cathedral, attracts thousands […]
THE PERFORMER|Brandon Victor Dixon THE SHOW|Jesus Christ Superstar Live (April 1, 2018) THE PERFORMANCE| Good god almighty, did NBC choose the right person to play Judas in its Jesus Christ Superstar Live or what? Broadway mainstay/Power actor Dixon brought history’s most famous betrayer to vivid life in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera, […]
Forty minutes into NBC’s broadcast of Jesus Christ Superstar Live on Sunday, former Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly tweeted his displeasure with the production’s choice to depict the Son of Man’s followers as a bunch of inked-up true believers. “My best friend texted me right after she saw it,” Superstar makeup designer Joe Dulude II — who […]
A Catholic church in Brazil has come under fire for its innovative yet controversial approach to carrying the Blessed Sacrament to the altar during an Easter Sunday mass. Footage recorded at São Geraldo Magela church in the Archdiocese of Sorocaba on Easter Sunday shows a drone flying in the door and delivering the Eucharist to […]
Jesus Christ Superstar Live ruled Easter Sunday. NBC’s rousing production delivered 9.4 million total viewers and a 1.7 rating, topping the night on both counts while placing fourth in audience and sixth in the demo among the past four-plus years of live musical events (as detailed below). TVLine readers gave the show an average grade […]
NBC doled out quite the religious experience Sunday, giving viewers a tw0-and-a-half-hour live performance of Jesus Christ Superstar on one of Christianity’s holiest days: Easter. The event’s cast drew from a variety of genres, featuring R&B star John Legend as Jesus, singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene, rock legend Alice Cooper as King Herod and Power‘s Brandon […]
At the darkest moment in Sunday’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live, production designer Jason Ardizzone-West found a way to sneak in a little light. As John Legend’s Jesus was strung up and crucified at the end of Jesus’ trials and tribulations, he ascended into — and then disappeared into — a cross made of light. (Nice counterpoint to […]
Back in 2004 The Passion of Christ was made on tiny budget of $ 30 million and went on to make over $ 600 million worldwide. Covering the betrayal, trial and crucifixion of Jesus, the movie became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time – a huge feat for a foreign language film. Now that […]
In the basement of The Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan, a long, wide room where The Rockettes often practice their kicklines and such, rehearsals are taking place for Sunday’s broadcast of Jesus Christ Superstar Live (8/7c), the next entry in NBC’s list of live musical events. Folding tables littered with laptops and paper line […]
