Efrem: A HOLLYWOOD

POWER COUPLE SAVES SEX FOR

MARRIAGE.

WHAT YOU FIND IS EVERY

TIME YOU'RE NOT WITH YOUR

HUSBAND, YOU GIVE A PIECE

OF YOURSELF AWAY.

Efrem: AND SHARE THE

STORY BEHIND THE WAIT.

AND THEN...THE MAN BEHIND

THIS VIRAL VIDEO ON

STUDENT DECK NOW TALKS

SEXUALITY PURITY.

MY NAME IS D-1, AND I'M

IN "STUDIO 5" WITH EFREM.

Efrem: "STUDIO 5"

STARTS NOW.

*

Efrem: AND THOSE ARE

JUST SOME OF THE SIGHTS

AND SOUNDS OF HOLLYWOOD,

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,

WHICH TODAY IS THE HOME OF

"STUDIO 5."

WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL

PURITY TODAY, AND SITTING

DOWN WITH DEVON FRANKLIN

AND HIS WIFE.

FIRST, LET'S TAKE A LOOK

AT THE TOP FIVE FROM

"STUDIO 5."

AT NUMBER FIVE:

*

Efrem: THIS IS MUSIC

FOR NATE MARKWAR.

FANS VOTED AND "O LORD" IS

THE TRACK THAT WILL PLAY

AS NATE ENTERS THE ARENA.

AT NUMBER FOUR: ORANGE IS

THE NEW BLACK, HOUSE OF

CARDS, AND SERMONS?

NETFLIX ADDS SERMONS

STARTING IN DECEMBER.

YOUNG SAYS, LIKE JESUS, HE

SHOULD FIND WAYS TO REACH

THE MASSES.

NOW TO NUMBER THREE: EWAN

MCGREGOR STARS IN "THE

LAST DAYS" TWICE.

THE ACTOR PLAYS JESUS AND

THE DEVIL IN THE SAME

FILM.

THE STORY ATTEMPTS A

THOUGHTFUL LOOK AT CHRIST,

BOTH AS GOD AND AS MAN,

WITH HIS OWN DEMONS TO

BATTLE.

IT IS IN THEATERS MAY

13th.

NOW TO NUMBER TWO: KIRK

CAMERON SPARKS A MARRIAGE

DEBATE.

HE TRAVELLED THE COUNTRY

TALKING ABOUT MARRIAGE IN

HIS "LOVE WORTH FIGHTING

FOR" TOUR.

CAMERON SAYS WIVES SHOULD

FOLLOW THEIR HUSBANDS, AND

THAT CAUSED SOME

CONTROVERSY.

AND HE ALSO SAID MARRIAGE

COMES WITH INSTRUCTIONS,

RIGHT THERE IN GOD'S WORD.

MOST LIKELY REFERRING TO

COLOSSIANS 3: 13.

AND FINALLY TO NUMBER

ONE: MEGA CHURCH PASTORS

BECOME TALK-SHOW HOSTS

THIS SUMMER.

SHE IS A ROLE MODEL FOR

A STRIPPER.

I DON'T WANT MY DAUGHTER

SAYING, I WANT MEN TO PAY

ATTENTION TO MY BEHIND

INSTEAD OF YOUR MIND.

Efrem: AND THERE IS A

PANEL OF FOUR PREACHERS.

AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP

FIVE FROM "STUDIO 5" THIS

WEEK.

THE FOCUS OF TODAY'S SHOW

IS SEXUAL PURITY.

AND WE'RE SITTING DOWN

WITH A ACTRESS MEHGAN GOOD

AND DEVON FRANKLIN.

THEY'VE RECENTLY WRITTEN A

BOOK CALLED "THE WAIT."

AND IT'S THE FOCUS OF

TODAY'S INTERVIEW.

HERE IN HOLLYWOOD, DEVON

FRANKLIN ISN'T YOUR FIP

TYPICAL FILM EXECUTIVE.

HE IS MARRIED TO ACTRESS

MEGAN GOOD, AND HE IS A

MINISTER.

WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE

TO THE BOOK OF JOSHUA, GOD

SAYS MOSES IS DEAD, BUT

YOU GUYS HAVE TO GET UP,

STOP MOURNING, AND GO INTO

THE LAND THAT IS PROMISED

TO YOU.

Efrem: YOU ACTUALLY

STARTED PREACHING WHEN YOU

WERE 15.

SOME WOULD SAY, WHAT IS A

PREACHER DOING IN

HOLLYWOOD?

AND I WOULD SAY, WHAT

IS A PREACHER NOT DOING IN

HOLLYWOOD?

[LAUGHTER]

GOD CONSISTENTLY PUTS

HIS PEOPLE IN PERCEIVED

DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENTS,

PERCEIVED DARK

ENVIRONMENTS, AND

PERCEIVED CHALLENGING

ENVIRONMENTS BECAUSE WHAT

BETTER WAY FOR HIM TO GET

THE GLORY THAN FOR HIS

PEOPLE TO SUCCEED IN

ENVIRONMENTS WHERE PEOPLE

THINK IT IS NOT POSSIBLE.

Efrem: SUCCEEDING

AGAINST THE ODDS IS A

FAMILIAR STRIPT. SCRIPT.

FOR THE MAN WHO HELPED TO

MAKE "THE PURSUIT OF

HAPPINESS," HEAVEN IS FOR

REAL," AND ANNIE."

ON A SET IS WHERE HE MET

HIS WIFE, ACTRESS MEGAN

GOOD, BACK IN 2011.

WHEN WE FIRST GOT

TOGETHER, I HAD SO MUCH

DAMAGE AND SO MUCH BAGGAGE

AND SO MUCH PAIN, WE HAD

TO UNPACK IT.

WE HAD A LOT OF EVEN

PRE-ENGAGEMENT

COUNSELLING.

WE FOUND I HAD THIS DEEP

ROOTED PROBLEM OF I'LL

NEVER BE ENOUGH FOR

SOMEBODY, NO MATTER HOW

HARD I TRY.

IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR US

TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE

GOT PAST THAT.

Efrem: THIS WAS A

UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP FOR

MEGAN, WHO'S HEART HAD

BEEN BROKEN AT PREVIOUS

CHANCES SHE HAD TAKEN AT

LOVE.

YOU GIVE A PIECE OF

YOURSELF A WAY.

YOU LOSE A LITTLE OF WHO

YOU WERE CREATED TO BE TO

BEGIN WITH.

IF YOU'RE BEING

PROMISCUOUS THROUGHOUT

THOSE YEARS, IT DAMAGES

YOU.

Efrem: DEVON SHARED

WITH HER HIS VOW TO GOD TO

RESERVE SEX FOR MARRIAGE.

IT WAS A SPECIAL

RELATIONSHIP FROM THE

START.

AND EVEN HOLLYWOOD TOOK

NOTICE.

PEOPLE WOULD COM COME UP TO

US AND ASK, HOW DID YOU

GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER?

Efrem: THAT CURIOSITY

OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE

COUPLE TO SHARE A SECRET

TO THEIR RELATIONSHIP

STORY: THEY WERE WAITING

UNTIL MARRIAGE TO HAVE

SEX.

AS WE STARTED TELLING

OUR STORY, MORE PEOPLE

WERE INTERESTED, AND

PEOPLE WANTED TO GET REAL

INFORMATION THAT COULD

HELP THEM IN THEIR LOVE

LIFE.

WHAT I FOUND IS THAT A

LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

ARE PRACTICING IT, BUT WHO

WOULD NEVER TALK ABOUT IT,

WHO ARE TOO EMBARRASSED.

Efrem: CELIBACY

BEFORE MARRIAGE IS

BIBLICAL, BUT HOLLYWOOD

DOESN'T ALWAYS PORTRAY IT

AS THE BEST CHOICE TO MAKE

IN RELATIONSHIPS.

IT IS JUST THE MERE

PRESENTATION OF DOUBT THAT

MAYBE IT'S ACTUALLY NOT AS

BAD FOR YOU AS YOU THINK,

OR MAYBE IT IS ACTUALLY

BETTER FOR YOU THAN YOU

THINK, AND THAT IS WHERE

THE THE LIE COMES IN.

THAT WE DON'T NEED TO

FOLLOW GOD'S PLAN, THAT

THERE IS A BETTER PLAN OUT

THERE, AN EASIER PLAN, AND

A PLAN THAT WILL MAKE YOU

HAPPIER.

AND THE TRUTH IS, THERE

ISN'T A BETTER PLAN.

GOD'S PLAN IS THE BEST

PLAN.

AND IT DOES REQUIRE

SACRIFICE.

AND IT DOES REQUIRE

OBEDIENCE.

AND IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY,

BUT IT IS DEEPLY

REWARDING.

I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A

RELATIONSHIP BEFORE WHERE

I HAVE SO MUCH TRUST.

IT HAS GIVEN US A LOT

MORE PEACE AND

UNDERSTANDING.

HONORING GOD IN THIS AREA,

HE HAS BLESSED EVERY OTHER

AREA.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU PRESENT

YOUR BODY AS A LIVING

SACRIFICE, HE HONORS THAT.

Efrem: THIS HOLLYWOOD

POWER COUPLE IS SHARING

THE POWER OF GOD'S PLAN

FOR RELATIONSHIPS IN THE

BOOK "THE WAIT."

IT IS ALREADY A "NEW YORK

TIMES" BEST-SELLER.

THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY,

FOR EVERYBODY AT EVERY

AGE, AT ANY POINT IN YOUR

LIFE.

THE GOAL IS TO HELP

PEOPLE IN THIS AREA.

WHICH IS AN AREA THAT

PEOPLE DON'T REALLY TALK

ABOUT OPENLY.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK

ABOUT IT FROM THE CHURCH

PERSPECTIVE AND THE FAITH

PERSPECTIVE -- YOU KNOW,

HOW DO YOU WAIT?

SOMETIMES THAT IDEA, EVEN

FOR A CHURCH COMMUNITY AND

A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, CAN

FEEL LIKE, WE KNOW THAT'S

IN THE BIBLE SOMEWHERE,

BUT IT'S NOT REALLY IN THE

CULTURE.

SO WE DON'T REALLY TALK

ABOUT IT BECAUSE NO ONE

REALLY DOES IT ANYMORE.

IT IS LIKE ONE OF THOSE

OLD KIND OF RULES.

AND WE THOUGHT, NO, IT IS

ACTUALLY AS RELEVANT TODAY

AS IT WAS THEN.

WHEN YOU PRACTICE IT,

THERE IS A BLESSING AND A

BENEFIT TO IT.

AND BECAUSE PRACTICING IT

HAS BENEFITED OUR LIVES IN

SUCH AN INCREDIBLE WAY, WE

FELT LIKE WE WANTED TO

SHARE IT.

Efrem: DEVON AND

MEGAN ARE CELEBRATING FOUR

YEARS OF MARRIAGE.

THEIR BOOK "THE WAIT," IS

AVAILABLE NOW WHEREVER

BOOKS ARE SOLD.

STILL AHEAD ON "STUDIO

5," THE HIP-HOP ARTIST WHO

SAYS NO TO ALCOHOL,

PORNOGRAPHY, PROFANITY,

AND SEX, AS WE CONTINUE

THIS "STUDIO 5"

CONVERSATION ABOUT SEXUAL

PURITY.

*

Efrem: THAT'S JUST A

SAMPLE ABOUT A SONG ABOUT

STUDENT DEBT THAT IS

MAKING D-1 FAMOUS ALL OVER

THE PLACE.

WE'RE SITTING DOWN WITH

THE LOUISIANA RAPPER TO

TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE OF

SEXUAL PURITY, AS WE

CONTINUE THE INTERVIEW

RIGHT HERE FROM HOLLYWOOD.

* I SEE THE SPIRIT IN THAT

MAN *

Efrem: D-1 IS A

RAPIDLY-RISING RECORDING

ARTIST, BUT THE FAME ISN'T

GOING TO HIS HEAD.

CHECK OUT HIS RIDE AROUND

TOWN WHEN HE IS AT HOME IN

NEW ORLEANS.

A NEARLY 20-YEAR-OLD CAR

WITH MORE THAN 250,000

MILES ON IT.

ARE YOU STILL DRIVING THE

'98 HONDA?

OH, YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?

I'M DEFINITELY STILL

DRIVING MY '98 HONDA.

I LOVE IT.

I LOVE IT.

I LOVE IT.

Efrem: DID YOU FIX

THE GEAR?

YEAH.

BECAUSE I COULDN'T GO

ANYWHERE WHEN THE GEAR

BROKE OUT.

I CAN'T EVEN LITERALLY PUT

IT IN PARK AT THE MOMENT.

I RIGGED IT UP SO I CAN GO

TO CHURCH THAT MORNING.

Efrem: AND GO TO THE

STUDIO?

GO TO THE STUDIO.

I LEARNED MY LESSON, ASAP.

YES, I'M STILL DRIVING THE

'98 HONDA.

IT IS SYMBOLIC OF MY

JOURNEY.

I WAS DRIVING IT WHEN I

WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH

TEACHER A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND I WAS TELLING MY

STUDENTS, IT'S NOT ABOUT

YOUR MATERIAL POSSESSIONS.

IT IS ABOUT THE CONTENT OF

YOUR CHARACTER.

IT IS NOT ABOUT WHAT I

DRIVE.

IT IS WHAT AM I RAPPING

ABOUT THAT IS INFLUENCING

PEOPLE TO FULFILL THEIR

GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE IN LIFE.

NOW THAT I HAVE ACHIEVED

SOME SUCCESS IN THE

HIP-HOP INDUSTRY, THAT CAR

HAS BEEN LOYAL TO ME THE

WHOLE TIME.

I SAID, I'M GOING TO BE

LOYAL TO YOU.

Efrem: HE WAS BORN

DAVID AUGUSTINE, JR., AND

HE BECAME D-1, THE RAPPER,

IN COLLEGE, FOLLOWING A

FLOOD OF NATURAL DISASTERS

AND REAL-LIFE

DISAPPOINTMENTS.

HIP-HOP WAS JUST A HOBBY.

I WAS BORED, SO MY BOYS

AND I, WE WOULD JUST FREE

STYLE IN THE DORM ROOM.

THAT'S THE SAME YEAR THAT

HURRICANE KATRINA HIT NEW

ORLEANS.

I WENT FROM BEING THE HIGH

SCHOOL STAR ON THE

BASKETBALL TEAM TO GETTING

CUT WHEN I STARTED

COLLEGE.

MY EGO IS REAL BIG.

I'M THE MAN IN HIGH

SCHOOL, AND I GET CUT.

AND THAT'S THE SAME YEAR

THAT MY GIRLFRIEND, WHO I

HAD BEEN WITH SINCE 10th

GRADE, CHEATED ON ME WHEN

WE WENT TO COLLEGE AND WE

BROKE UP.

AND THE SAME YEAR ONE OF

MY BEST FRIENDS FROM NEW

ORLEANS, WHO I GREW UP

WITH SINCE I WAS FIVE

YEARS OLD, GOT MURDERED.

THAT'S WHAT INSPIRED ME TO

WANT TO EXPRESS ALL OF

THESE EMOTIONS I WAS

FEELING THROUGH HIP-HOP.

Efrem: D-1 TOUCHED

THE EMOTIONS OF MANY

PEOPLE IN AMERICA WITH

THIS HIT "SALLY MAYBACK,"

A SONG INSPIRED BY THE

FREEDOM HE FELT AFTER

FINALLY PAYING OFF HIS

STUDENT LOAN.

*

Efrem: DID YOU EVER

THINK THAT A SONG ABOUT

STUDENT DEBT WOULD BE

SOMETHING THAT WOULD

CATAPULT YOU TO SUCH

POPULARITY?

HONESTLY, I KNEW IT

WOULD.

I WAS 100% CONFIDENT.

LET ME EXPLAIN.

IT WAS ABOUT THE TIMING.

SEE, GOD HAD REVEALED TO

ME THAT HE HAS PLACED ME

ON THIS EARTH AND IN THIS

INDUSTRY TO GLORIFY HIM,

TO BE A LIGHT.

TO BE A BRIDGE.

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THIS

INTERVIEW RIGHT NOW, AND

THEY'RE LOOKING AT ME AND

THEY'RE, LIKE, WHERE DID

THIS GUY COME FROM.

BUT WHEN THEY HEAR WHAT

COMES OUT OF MY MOUTH,

THEY'RE, LIKE, WOW, HE IS

INSPIRED BY SOMETHING

OTHER THAN IN THIS WORLD.

AND THAT'S TRUE.

I'M INSPIRED BY GOD'S

BLESSING OF ME.

HE HAS A MR. CHAIRMAN,

THAA PLATFORM THAT ISWAY LARGER THAN I KNO W

ABOUT, BUT I KNOW GOD

WOULD NOT ELEVATE ME TO

THAT PLATFORM UNTIL I'M AS

PURE AS HE CAN HUMANLY

MAKE ME.

Efrem: YOU MADE SOME

REAL CONSCIOUS DECISIONS

TTALK ABOUT.

ONE IS TO BE NOT JUST

CELEBRATE, BUT PURE.

YES.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

THERE ARE THESE LEVELS OF

CHRISTIANITY.

I HAVE SUCH AN AWESOME

STORY THAT JUST HAPPENED

IN NEW YORK.

I'M DOING A RADIO

INTERVIEW ON A

HIGH-PROFILE RADIO

STATION, MAINSTREAM,

HIGH-PROFILE D.J., AND I

GUESS HE HEARD ABOUT THAT

AS WELL, ABOUT ME BEING

CELEBRATE.

SO HE ASKED ME -- HE'S,

LIKE, MAN, SO YOU MEAN TO

TELL ME THAT IF YOU MEET A

FINE GIRL IN THE LOBBY

RIGHT NOW, THAT YOU

WOULDN'T BE TRYING TO TAKE

HER UP TO YOUR ROOM AND

HAVE SEX WITH HER?

AND I SAID, BRO, WHEN I

SIGNED UP FOR THIS

CHRISTIAN WALK, IT IS

EQUIVALENT TO YOU GETTING

THIS JOB AT THIS RADIO

STATION, AND IF THERE IS A

SET OF ETHICS YOU SHOULD

BE STRIVING TO ABIDE BY --

WHAT IF YOU JUST PICK A

COUPLE OF THEM OFF THAT

LIST -- LET'S SAY THERE BE

10 OF THEM -- AND YOU SAY,

I'M NOT GOING TO FOLLOW

THIS ONE.

NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER

SEVEN, NAH.

FOR ME, THAT'S HOW I VIEW

SEXUAL PURITY.

IF YOU'RE NOT MARRIED --

WE HAVE THESE LEVELS, MAN,

TO WHERE SOME PEOPLE SAY,

I'M NOT SLEEPING WITH THAT

MANY PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF

MARRIAGE, SO, LOOK, I'M

COMPARING MYSELF TO THESE

OTHER PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE

WAY WORSE THAN ME.

AND YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE

WHO SAY, WELL, I AM NOT

HAVING SEX AT ALL OUTSIDE

OF MARRIAGE.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT

I DON'T WATCH PORN.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT

MASTERBATION ISN'T A PART

OF MY LIFE.

ONCE AGAIN, WHO ARE YOU

COMPARING YOURSELF TO?

I JUST GOT TO THE POINT

WHERE I'M NOT ASKING GOD

FOR ANY HALF-HEARTED

BLESSINGS.

I'M NOT ASKING GOD TO JUST

LISTEN TO MY PRAYERS 80%

OF THE TIME.

SO WHY SHOULD I TRY TO

ADHERE TO 80% OF HIS

RULES.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

I WANT TO STRIVE TO BE

MORE LIKE JESUS.

AND WASN'T HE PERFECT?

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE

PERFECT, BUT AT LEAST

STRIVING FOR IT, THAT'S

WHAT GETS ME EXCITED EVERY

DAY.

THAT'S WHAT GETS ME

EXCITED EVERY INTERVIEW.

IT'S LIKE OOH, I'VE GOT

WORK TO DO.

BECAUSE I KNOW I'M NOT

PERFECT, BUT, MAN, I'M

TRYING.

WHEN I MESS UP, I THINK MY

BIGGEST THING IS NOT TO

GET TOO DOWN ON MYSELF.

Efrem: THAT'S WHERE

GRACE COMES IN.

YES.

Efrem: YOU ARE ALWAYS

READY TO RHYME?

YES.

Efrem: SO BEFORE I

LET YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO

SPIT SOMETHING FOR ME.

BE REAL, BE RIGHTEOUS,

BE RELEVANT.

D-1 IS GOING TO REPRESENT

LOVE.

EVERY SINCE MIKE BROWN

SHOT, IF YOU'RE STILL

RAPPING ABOUT KILLING

FOLKS, YOU'RE JUST AS BAD.

I'LL BE DEALING WITH

CHILDREN, AND TELLING THEM

JUST BECAUSE THEY ALIVE,

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE

LIVING.

ALL OF THE GIRLS SAY I

LOOK LIKE CRIS BROWN WITH

DREADS.

YOU DON'T KNOW ANYBODY

LIKE ME, MIDDLE SCHOOL

TEACHER TURNED RAP STAR.

IT IS MY SEASON.

BEFORE THIS, GOD HELD ME

BACK FOR A REASON.

NOW THEY OUT OF MY SYSTEM,

SO I'M BACK TO HAVING FUN.

THE BARBER SHOP SAYING,

WHO BETTER, COLEMAN OR

D-1.

UNTIL I'M MARRIED, NO SEX.

IT IS TIME TO PU PURIFY MY

BODY.

Efrem: AND D-1

RECENTLY TEAMED UP WITH

BIG CREEK FOR THE REMAKE

OF HIS 2014 HIT "AGAINST

US."

> STILL AHEAD, KICKING

OFF THE SUMMER MOVIE

SEASON.

WHEN I REALIZED WHAT MY

WEAPONS WERE CAPABLE OF IN

THE WRONG HANDS, I SHUT IT

DOWN.

Efrem: A LOOK AT

""CAPTAIN AMERICA" AND

MORE IN THE "STUDIO 5"

*

IF YOU'RE IN A 20-YEAR

RELATIONSHIP, AND THAT'S

WHAT THIS HAS BEEN FOR ME,

A 20-YEAR RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE MUSIC INDUSTRY,

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU

DON'T FEEL AS IN LOVE.

IN A NATURAL RELATIONSHIP,

IT IS THE SAME THING.

AND YOU HAVE TO GO BACK

AND EXAMINE, WHY AM I

DOING THIS AGAIN?

AND FOR ME, I REALLY

PRAYED AND I SAID, LORD,

I'VE ACHIEVED MY NATURAL

GOALS.

SO I WAS, LIKE, WHAT IS

THE REAL LEGACY OF IT ALL?

AND HE SPOKE BACK TO ME,

TO THE HEARTS OF WOMEN AND

TO THE MINDS OF MEN,

ENCOURAGING THEM IN LOVE.

AND I SAID, OKAY, I'M

GOING TO SAY THIS WHEN I

GET ON STAGE.

EVERY TIME I GO OUT, I'M

GOING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW

THIS IS MY PURPOSE.

Efrem: KENNY

LATIMORE, COMING TO YOU

FROM HOLLYWOOD AND TALKING

ABOUT THE ISSUE OF SEXUAL

PURITY.

YOU KNOW, HOLLYWOOD IS

ALSO THE PERFECT PLACE FOR

US TO TAKE A PAUSE AND

LOOK AHEAD TO WHAT IS

COMING UP THIS SUMMER AT

THE BOX OFFICE.

"CAPTAIN AMERICA" KICKS

OFF THE 2016 SUMMER BOX

OFFICE SEASON.

IT IS IN THEATERS NOW.

IF SOMEONE DIES ON YOUR

WATCH, YOU DON'T GIVE UP.

WHO SAYS WE'RE GIVING

UP?

THIS DOCUMENT SHIFTS

THE BLAME.

SORRY.

THAT IS DANGEROUSLY

ARROGANT.

Efrem: IN THIS DAWN

OF JUSTICE, A RIFT BETWEEN

IRONMAN AND CAPTAIN

AMERICA PITS THE AVENGE AVENGERS

AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.

AND "FINDING DORI" HITS

THEATERS JUNE 17th.

IS IT LIKE A PICTURE IN

YOUR HEAD?

I USED THE WORD BEFORE

WHICH MEANS I'M

REMEMBERING SOMETHING.

Efrem: ELLEN

DEGENERES LENDS HER VOICE

TO THE ANIMATED CHARACTER,

IN THE STORY THAT TAKES

PLACE SIX MONTHS AFTER THE

EVENTS OF 2003'S "FINDING

NEMO."

"INDEPENDENCE DAY" HITS

THEATERS JUNE 24th.

IT WILL REVISIT THE ALIEN

INVADERS OF THE 1996

BLOCKBUSTER "INDEPENDENCE

DAY."

WILL SMITH OPTED OUT, BUT

MOST OF THE ORIGINAL CAST

IS ON BOARD.

JULY 15th BRINGS

"GHOST-BUSTERS" TO

THEATERS.

HERE IS YOU COFFEE.

DID YOU GET SUGAR IN IT

THIS TIME?

Efrem: CHRIS

HEMSWORTH PLAYS SUCCESS TO

THE ALL-STAR CAST OF

FEMALE COMEDIENNES,

INCLUDING MELISSA

McCARTHY.

AND ROUNDING OUT OUR LIST

IS "SUICIDE SQUAD" HITTING

THEATERS AUGUST 5PATH.

AUGUST 5th.

THIS ONE STARS WILL SMITH.

WITH A CAST THAT WANTS TO

TAKE DOWN THE MASTERMIND,

THE JOKER.

> AND SOON TO COME,

CATCHING UP WITH THE L.A.

DODGERS' PITCHER OFF THE

MOUND AND ON A PATH TO A

BIGGER PURPOSE.

NEVER STOPS WORKING WHEN

IT COMES TO BRINGING YOU

UPLIFTING ENTERTAINMENT

NEWS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AHEAD TO

NEXT WEEK.

HE'S THE MAN BEHIND "GOD'S

NOT DEAD" ONE AND TWO.

THE OPENING WEEKEND,

WHEN IT CAME OUT, ALL OF

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTERS

WERE CALLING AND THEY

WANTED TO KNOW TWO

QUESTIONS: WHO IS

PUREFLIX, AND WHAT IS

"GOD'S NOT DEAD."

Efrem: HE TALKS ABOUT

WHAT IS AHEAD FOR THE

"GOD'S NOT DEAD."

FRANCHISE.

THAT'S NEXT WEEK.

FOR NOW, WE'VE COME TO

DODGERS' STADIUM TO GIVE

THE FINAL WORD TO PITCHER

CLAYTON KERSHAW.

IT IS A MESSAGE FOR YOU

THAT LIFE IS BIGGER THAN

YOU.

I LOVE BASEBALL.

I HAVE A HUGE PASSION TO

PLAY THE GAME.

I WAS GIVEN A GIFT TO

THROW A BASEBALL.

I THINK I'M IN THE PLACE

WHERE I SHOULD BE RIGHT

NOW.

IT'S JUST, LORD, BE WITH

ME.

WINNING AND LOSING ISN'T

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

HE IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT

THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME.

HE IS WORRIED HOW I

REFLECT HIM WHEN I'M

PITCHING.

EVERY TIME YOU PITCH AND

GO ON THAT MOUND, YOU HAVE

TO UNDERSTAND IT IS FOR

HIM.

IF YOUR LIFE IS GIVEN TO

GOD AND YOU'RE INTO JESUS,

THERE REALLY IS NO

PRESSURE BECAUSE AT THE

END OF THE DAY, YOUR LIFE

IS IN HIS CONTROL AND YOU

KIND OF SURRENDER TO THAT.

HE IS IN EVERY ASPECT OF

OUR LIFE, AND SOONER OR

LATER HE'LL GET IN THERE.

IT IS JUST A MATTER OF

TIME.

THERE HAS GOT TO BE MORE

TO GOING TO YOUR 9 TO 5

EVERY DAY OR COMING TO THE

BASEBALL FIELD EVERY DAY.

THERE HAS GOT TO BE

PURPOSE.

THERE HAS GOT TO BE A

REASON THAT WE'RE HERE.

IT IS FOR THE GLORY OF

GOD, LIVING OUT OUR FAITH

IN HIM.

Efrem: AND CLAYTON

HAS STARTED A FOUNDATION

THAT IS MAKING A

DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF

CHILDREN HERE IN

LOS ANGELES, DALLAS, AND

THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

AND FOR EVERY STRIKEOUT HE

MAKES THIS SEASON, HE

DONATES MONEY TO THAT

FOUNDATION.

> THAT IS GOING TO DO IT

FOR THIS EDITION OF

"STUDIO 5."

REMEMBER TO REACH OUT AND

TOUCH ME AT EFREM GRAHAM

ON Facebook, INSTAGRAM,

AND TWITTER.

AND THEN COME BACK NEXT

WEEK TO SEE WHERE "STUDIO

5" TAKES YOU.