Go inside a new book and documentary on salvation of American Icon and acting legend Steve McQueen. The Cars franchise returns to theaters. And we travel to South Dakota for an intimate look at Native American poverty.
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Efrem: SECONDS AWAY
ON "STUDIO 5"...
YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU
WANT.
YOU WORK YOUR SIDE OF THE
STREET AND I'LL WORK MINE.
Efrem: A RARE LOOK AT
THE LIFE OF ACTING LEGEND
STEVE McQUEEN.
STEVE SAID BEFORE HE
DIED, "MY ONLY REGRET IN
LIFE IS THAT I WAS NOT
ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT
CHRIST DID FOR ME."
Efrem: AND...START
YOUR ENGINES...
[YELLING]
Efrem: ...WE GO FROM
STEVE McQUEEN TO
LIGHTNING McQUEEN, WITH
YOUR FIRST LOOK AT THE
NEXT CHAPTER OF "THE CARS"
FRANCHISE.
> OUR RACING JOURNEY
THEN HEADS WEST TO SEE ONE
ORGANIZATION DELIVER HOPE
TO NATIVE AMERICANS IN
POVERTY.
"STUDIO 5" STARTS NOW.
?OIMENT*
Efrem: AND WELCOME TO
"STUDIO 5," YOU'RE WEEKLY
COUNTDOWN OF THE TOP FIVE
HEADLINES IN UPLIFTING
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.
WE BEGIN NOW WITH THE VERY
FIRST TWO.
AT NUMBER FIVE...
THOUSANDS PACKED THE
FOOTBALL STADIUM ON SUNDAY
FOR WHAT IS COME TO BE
KNOWN AS THE SUPER BOWL
SUNDAY OF CHRISTIANITY.
* YOU'RE FILLED WITH
POWER *
Efrem: 38,000 FILLED
THE CARDINAL STADIUM FOR
SUNDAY'S "HARVEST AMERICA"
CRUSADE, WITH PERFORMERS
MERCY ME, NEED TO BREATHE,
AND JORDAN SPARKS.
EVEN MORE GATHERED AT
NEARLY 4,000 CHURCHES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY JUST TO
WATCH.
Efrem: JUNE 12th,
THE MONDAY FOLLOWING, HOW
DO YOU MEASURE IMPACT OR
CHANGE FROM THE
CONFERENCE, WHEN THE
CRUSADE IS DONE?
FOR US, OUR PROFIT
MARGIN IS PEOPLE COMING TO
CHRIST.
I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE GET
READY FOR HEAVEN.
Efrem: AT THE STADIUM
ALONE, NEARLY 3,000 PEOPLE
INVITED CHRIST INTO THEIR
LIVES FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME.
> NOW TO NUMBER
FOUR...CHIP GAINES IS A
FAN FAVORITE AMONG FAITH
AUDIENCES.
HOLD ON A SECOND.
I'VE GOT TO TAKE THIS
PHONE CALL.
Efrem: AND THEY'RE
ABOUT TO GET A LITTLE MORE
FROM THE HGTV STAR, A NEW
BOOK.
IN HIS RECENT INSTAGRAM
POST, HE SAID, "I'VE DONE
SO MANY DUMB THINGS IN MY
DAY THAT I HAD ENOUGH
MATERIAL TO WRITE A BOOK,
SO I DID."
COMING THIS FALL, "CAPITAL
GAINS: SMART THINGS I
LEARNED DOING STUPID
STUFF."
I LOVE YOU, TOO, MOM.
YOU THINK I LOOK THIN?
I LOVE YOU.
Efrem: CHIP'S BOOK
WILL BE RELEASED
OCTOBER 17th.
AND THOSE ARE JUST THE
FIRST TWO IN THE
COUNTDOWN.
> ACTING LEGEND STEVE
McQUEEN WAS KNOWN AS THE
KING OF COOL.
IN FACT, NEARLY 40 YEARS
AFTER HIS DEATH, HIS RAGS
RAGS-TO-RICHES LIFE STORY
STILL FASCINATES.
BUT THERE IS ONE CHAPTER
OF THAT STORY THAT IS
RARELY TOLD, AND THAT IS
THE HOLLYWOOD BAD BOY'S
JOURNEY TO FAITH.
*
STEVE McQUEEN IS THE
ACTION MOVIE TEMPLATE FOR
THE MODERN DAY MOVIE
CINEMA.
HE WAS THE BEST AT WHAT
HE DID.
HE WAS THE BEST STEVE
McQUEEN THERE WAS.
HE DID HAVE BEAUTIFUL
BLUE EYES.
THEY WERE SAD EYES.
WELL, LIKE MOST PEOPLE,
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF
STEVE McQUEEN.
EVERYBODY KNOWS HE BECAME
A BIG MOVIE STAR.
HE WAS THE NUMBER ONE
MOVIE STAR IN THE WORLD.
2017, HE IS STILL AN ICON,
BUT HEAR IS WHAT PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW ABOUT STEVE
McQUEEN.
THE TRAJECTORY OF HIS
LIFE.
HE HAD GLOBAL FAME.
HE WAS A HEAVY DRUG USER,
A HEAVY DRINKER, AND THERE
WAS A BIG OLD HOLE IN
STEVE McQUEEN'S HEART.
AT A CERTAIN POINT, HE
DISCONNECTED FROM
HOLLYWOOD AND LITERALLY
WALKED AWAY.
HE DIDN'T WANT HOLLY
ANYMORE.
HOLLYWOOD
ANYMORE.
HE WAS TRYING TO FIND A
LIFE OF PEACE.
AND A VERY ORDINARY MAN
THAT ENTERED HIS LIFE THAT
WAS THE PERFECT PERSON TO
TELL STEVE McQUEEN THE
ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS HE
HAD FROM HIS EARLIEST
CHILDHOOD.
HERE IS THE STORY I WANT
TO TELL: STEVE McQUEEN
BECAME A BELIEVER IN JESUS
CHRIST TOWARDS THE END OF
HIS LIFE.
THAT IS THE STORY VERY FEW
PEOPLE KNOW.
AND THAT IS THE STORY I
WANT TO TELL IN THIS
DOCUMENTARY FILM.
I'M GOING TO FOLLOW
STEVE'S LIFE, AND IT'S
GOING TO BE A STORY LIKE
PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE.
*
AND ONE THING STEVE
SAID BEFORE HE DIED WAS,
"MY ONLY REGRET IN LIFE IS
THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO
TELL PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT
CHRIST DID FOR ME."
SO I WROTE A BOOK THAT IS
OUT NOW, AND I'M DOING
THIS DOCUMENTARY FILM
BECAUSE I WANTED TO RIGHT
THAT WRONG.
YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU
WANT.
YOU WORK YOUR SIDE OF THE
STREET, AND I'LL WORK
MINE.
Efrem: STEVE
McQUEEN'S RESUME BY
HOLLYWOOD'S STANDARDS
TODAY COULD BE CONSIDERED
RELATIVELY SHORT, BUT HE
IS AN AMERICAN ICON.
WHY DO YOU THINK WE'RE SO
FASCINATED WITH HIM?
I DON'T KNOW THE
ANSWER.
NOT EVERYONE FROM HIS
GENERATION IS AN ICON.
JAMES GARDENER WAS A GREAT
ACTOR, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY
HE WAS AN ICON.
BUT JAMES DEAN, ANOTHER
CONTEMPORARY, IS AN ICON.
ELVIS IS AN ICON.
THE BEATLES ARE ICONIC.
CERTAIN PEOPLE TRANSCEND
TIME AND THEY BECOME
ICONIC CHARACTERS.
I THINK MAYBE ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT MAKES A PERSON
AN ICON IS WHEN THERE IS
SORT OF A TIMELESSNESS
ABOUT THEM.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN NEW
GENERATIONS CAN DISCOVER
THEM.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
PERFORMANCES OF McQUEEN,
THERE IS A KIND OF A
TIMELESSNESS ABOUT HIM.
AND I ACTUALLY READ THIS
ARTICLE IN A MEN'S
MAGAZINE, AND IT ASKED THE
QUESTION: WHO WAS COOLER,
STEVE McQUEEN OR JAMES
DEAN?
AND THEY WERE EXAMINING
THEIR LIFE ON THE BASIS OF
THE COOL CARS THEY DROVE.
AND THEY BOTH DROVE COOL
CARS.
THE MOVIES THEY MADE AND
KIND OF THEIR FASHION
SENSE.
AND THE CONCLUSION WAS
McQUEEN WAS COOLER THAN
DEAN, WHICH I FOUND
INTERESTING.
HE LIVED LONGER, INCREASE.
BUOFCOURSE.
BUT THEY WERE BOTH IN
ACTING SCHOOL IN NEW YORK
AT THE SAME TIME.
JAMES DEAN FOUND VERY FAST
STARDOM AND DIED IN A
TRAGIC AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT.
BUT McQUEEN,
INTERESTINGLY, DID WORK ON
DEAN'S MOTORCYCLE.
SO McQUEEN WAS IN THE
SAME ACTING SCHOOL, BUT HE
WAS ON THE SIDE, DOING
MECHANICAL WORK.
Efrem: ONE OF THE
SURPRISES FOR ME, READING
THE BOOK, IS THE BILLY
GRAHAM CONNECTION.
HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED:
McQUEEN WAS THE NUMBER
ONE MOVIE STAR IN THE
WORLD, AND HE CAME TO
CHRIST.
SO SIX MONTHS OR SO AFTER
HIS CONVERSION, STEVE
FOUND OUT HE HAD CANCER.
SO STEVE WENT TO THE BEST
DOCTORS OUT THERE, AND
THEY REALLY GAVE HIM NO
HOPE.
AND SO STEVE HAD ONE THING
ON HIS BUCKET LIST, IF YOU
WILL.
HE WANTED TO MEET BILLY
GRAHAM.
BILLY AGREED.
FLEW OUT TO SEE STEVE.
THEY SPENT A FEW HOURS
TOGETHER.
AND BILLY'S REC COLLECTION
WAS ALL STEVE WANTED TO DO
WAS TALK ABOUT WHAT CHRIST
HAD DONE FOR HIM.
Efrem:
EfremYOU CAN LOOKFORWARD TO A NEW
DOCUMENTARY IN THE FALL.
> UP NEXT, FROM STEVE
McQUEEN TO THE LIGHTNING
McQUEEN.
Efrem: HEAR FROM THE
STARS BEHIND "CARS."
HE IS THE ULTIMATE GUY
CHASING AFTER HIS DREAM,
LIKE SO MANY OF US DO.
Efrem: YOUR FIRST
Efrem: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "STUDIO 5."
WE'RE ABOUT TO GIVE YOU
YOUR FIRST LOOK AT ONE OF
THE SUMMER'S HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED MOVIES.
BUT FIRST, HERE IS NUMBER
THREE AND NUMBER TWO IN
THE COUNTDOWN OF UPLIFTING
ENTERTAINMENT HEADLINES.
NOW, NUMBER THREE...
* ALL OF THE TIMES YOU
RAINED ON MY PARADE *
Efrem: JUSTIN BIEBER
CONTINUES TO MAKE
HEADLINES FOR HIS FAITH.
THE POP STAR SCREEN SHOT
THE WORDS, "I FOLLOW
JESUS."
AND IT'S ALREADY SEEN MORE
THAN A MILLION LIKES AND
ENCOURAGING COMMENTS.
GOD IS GOOD IN THE
MIDST OF THE DARKNESS.
GOD IS GOOD IN THE MIDST
OF THE EVIL.
GOD IS IN THE MIDST.
NO MATTER WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE WORLD,
GOD IS IN THE MIDST.
HE LOVES YOU AND HE IS
HERE FOR YOU.
Efrem: AT NUMBER
TWO...
[APPLAUSE]
Efrem: THE WARRIORS
BEAT THE CAVS TO WIN THEIR
SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP IN TWO
SEASONS, WITH TWO MEN OF
FAITH AT THE HELM.
WE ENJOY EVERY MINUTE
OF IT.
Efrem: SETH CURRY AND
KEVIN DURANT LEADS THE
TIME IN A NEAR PERFECT
RUN.
TO HAVE TEAMMATES THAT
ENCOURAGE YOU AND LIFT YOU
UP -- THAT'S WHAT WE ALL
NEED IN LIFE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
RIGHT NOW TO BE HERE WITH
THESE GUYS, MAN, IT IS
AMAZING.
Efrem: WITH THAT, WE
ARE NOW JUST MINUTE FROM
NUMBER ONE IN THE
COUNTDOWN.
> THE ANIMATED CAR
SERIES IS HEADING BACK TO
THEATERS.
HERE IS YOUR "STUDIO 5"
FIRST LOOK AT "CARS 3."
YOU ARE ABOUT TO BECOME
THE BIGGEST FRIEND IN
RACING.
[YELLING]
MOVIE DEALS,
INFOMERCIALS, PRODUCT
ENDORSEMENTS -- YOU THINK
YOU'RE FAMOUS NOW?
YOU'LL BE RICH BEYOND
BELIEF.
MR. STERLING, WHAT IS
THIS ABOUT?
YOUR LEGACY.
THE MOVIE IS ABOUT
LIGHTNING McQUEEN, AND
WE FIND HIM AT A TIME
WHERE THE RACING GAME IS
SORT OF CHANGING.
YOU HAVE THESE NEXT
GENERATION RACERS WHO ARE
COMING IN AND THEY'RE
SMARTER AND FASTER.
AND IT IS ABOUT LIGHTNING
McQUEEN'S SORT OF QUEST
TO FIND THE HEART OF WHAT
RACING STILL IS.
I'M SORRY.
YOUR RACING DAYS ARE
COMING TO AN END.
AND THERE IS A NEW
GENERATION OF YOUNG RACERS
THAT ARE KIND OF NIPPPING
AT HIS HEELS OR MORE THAN
NIPPPING AT HIS HEELS.
THEY'RE BEATING HIM.
THE BIG NEMESIS FOR
LIGHTNING McQUEEN IN
"CARS 3" IS JACKSON STORM.
HE IS ONE OF THESE YOUNG
GUNS THAT IS TRYING TO
TAKE THE TITLE FROM OUR
BELOVED LIGHTNING
McQUEEN.
HE SET A NEW RECORD
TODAY WHEN HE PULLED OFF
THE FASTEST TIME EVER
RECORDED.
HE KNOWS HOW TO GET
UNDER LIGHTNING
McQUEEN'S PAINT, IF YOU
WILL.
HE GOES RIGHT TO THE AGE
BUTTON AND PUSHES IT IN
McQUEEN SORT OF
SELF-IMPLODES.
I DECIDE WHEN I'M DONE.
I CAN'T GO OUT ON THE
TRACK AND DO THE SAME OLD
THING.
IT WON'T WORK.
FEW PEOPLE RESIST
JAMES, MAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'D DO?
WHAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
I PLAY CRUZ RAMIREZ,
AND I'M THE TRAINING.
I CALL YOU MY SENIOR
PROJECT.
> I THINK WHAT IS
SPECIAL ABOUT LIGHTNING
McQUEEN IS THAT THERE
ARE SO MANY PARTS OF HIM
THAT I THINK EVERYBODY CAN
CONNECT WITH.
THIS IS MY LAST
CHANCE -- LAST.
IF I LOSE, I NEVER GET TO
DO THIS AGAIN.
DON'T ARE AFRAID OF
FAILURE.
YOU HAVE THE CHANCE.
YOU SEEM SO FEARLESS.
I WISH I KNEW WHAT THAT
FELT LIKE.
IT IS A GREAT MOVIE FOR
KIDS AND ADULTS.
PIXAR DISSUCH A GOOD JOB
OF TELLING THESE STORIES.
RACING IS THE REWARD.
HIS CHANCES OF WINNING
ARE 95.2%.
Efrem: REV UP THE
ENGINES, "CARS 3" HITS
THEATERS JUNE 16th.
> STILL AHEAD, IT IS
GIVING A HELPING HAND TO
NATIVE AMERICANS IN
Efrem: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "STUDIO 5."
THE WAIT IS OVER.
IT IS TIME TO LOOK AT THIS
WEEK'S NUMBER ONE STORY.
AT NUMBER ONE...
YOU WORK YOUR SIDE OF
THE STREET, AND I'LL WORK
MINE.
Efrem: AMERICA'S
FASCINATION WITH ACTING
LEGEND STEVE McQUEEN
GETS TWO NEW CHAPTERS.
THIS IS THE STORY THAT
NEEDS TO BE TOLD.
ONE THING STEVE SAID
BEFORE HE DIED WAS, "MY
ONLY REGRET IN LIFE IS
THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO
TELL PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT
CHRIST DID FOR ME."
Efrem: McQUEEN FAN
AND AUTHOR GREG LAURIE
JUST RELEASED A BOOK
TITLED "THE SALVATION OF
AN AMERICAN ICON."
HE HAS A DOCUMENTARY
COMING IN THE FALL.
HERE IS THE STORY I
WANT TO TELL: STEVE
McQUEEN BECAME A
BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST
TOWARDS THE END OF HIS
LIFE.
THAT IS THE STORY VERY FEW
PEOPLE KNOW.
Efrem: THAT'S A WRAP
FOR THE COUNTDOWN.
> WE'RE HEADING WEST TO
SHOW YOU HOW ONE UNIQUE
NON-PROFIT IS WORKING TO
BRING HOME TO NATIVE
AMERICANS IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
I SEE BEAUTY.
Efrem: ART IS THERAPY
FOR BRIAN NARCOM, AND
MEDICINE TO HEAL THE
WOUNDS OF A TRAUMATIC
HISTORY.
HIS TRADITIONAL NATIVE
PAINTINGS LINE THE WALLS
OF THIS BUILDING, WHERE HE
MINISTERS HERE IN SIOUX
FALLS.
I'M THE OUTREACH
COORDINATOR AND PASTOR
HERE AT THE CENTER OF
HOPE.
Efrem: SOUTH DAKOTA
IS HOME TO NINE NATIVE
AMERICAN TRIBES, WITH
SIOUX FALLS BEING THE
STATE'S LARGEST CITY.
SOME NATIVE AMERICANS MAKE
THEIR WAY FROM FOUR
RESERVATIONS HERE IN
SEARCH OF JOBS BUT THE
TRANSITION ISN'T ALWAYS
EASY.
NARCOM UNDERSTANDS HOW
HARD IT CAN BE TO OVERCOME
THE DISPAIR.
HE MOVED HERE FROM
OKLAHOMA CITY.
I ALWAYS RELATE TO
THEM, AND I THINK OUR
D.N.A. IS SO MUCH ALIKE,
BEING FROM FOSTER HOME
SHELTERS, COMING FROM DRUG
ABUSE, ALCOHOL ABUSE, THAT
MY BROTHER, EVEN MYSELF,
HAD TO CARE FOR OURSELVES.
Efrem: HE, HIMSELF,
TURNED TO ALCOHOL AND
DRUGS TO DEAL WITH HIS
PAINFUL CHILDHOOD.
SIX STINTS IN REHAB AND
TWO PRISON SENTENCES.
GOING UP IN DOWN IN
LIFE LIKE THAT, THERE ARE
TRUST AND ABANDONMENT
ISSUES THAT COME UP, NOT
FEELING LOVED BY MY
PARENTS.
Efrem: HIS BROTHER
COMMITTED SUICIDE IN 2006.
I WAS AWARE.
I SEEN THIS WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN JUST BY THE THINGS
HE SAID AND WHAT HE WAS
DOING.
I WAS JUST VERY
BROKENHEARTED.
I DIDN'T KNOW HE SUFFERED
FROM DEPRESSION.
Efrem: DEPRESSION AND
SUICIDE PLAGUE MANY OF THE
NATIVE AMERICANS IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
IT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF
DEATH AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
IN THE STATE.
AND IT HITS ESPECIALLY
HARD IN PLACES LIKE THE
PINE RIDGE RESERVATION.
I SPOKE WITH ONE MAN
WHO SHOWED ME HIS WRISTS.
HE SAID, I TRIED TO KILL
MYSELF 10 TIMES.
AND HE SAID, NEITHER
HEAVEN NOR HELL WILL TAKE
ME.
Efrem: SHE DELIVERS
HELP TO PEOPLE ON THE
RESERVATION.
I TRAVELLED ALL OVER
THE WORLD, AND I'VE SEEN
POVERTY ALL OVER THE
WORLD, BUT THERE IS A JOY
DESPITE THEIR POVERTY ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
WHEN YOU GO TO PINE RIDGE,
THERE IS THE POVERTY OF A
THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, BUT
THERE IS SUCH
HOPELESSNESS.
WE PASS OUT HYGIENE KITS,
BUT IT IS JUST A WAY TO
GET THEM THROUGH OUR
DOORS.
Efrem: HERE IN SIOUX
FALLS, JOAN WORKS
ALONGSIDE NARCOM, AND THE
CENTER OF HOPE ARE BOTH
HOUSED IN THE CITY'S
MINISTRY CENTER.
WE'RE AN OUTREACH-BASED
MINISTRY THAT IS FOCUSED
ON CURRENTLY THE STATE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA, AND SEEING
ALL OF THE ISSUES AMONGST
THE NATIVE PEOPLE.
IT IS OUR END GOAL WE
WOULD SEE BEAUTIFUL
LEADERS RAISED UP IN THE
COMMUNITY.
WE DO A LOT OF OUTREACH IN
THE COMMUNITY, AT
DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE
NATIVE AMERICANS, USUALLY
WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ARE
VULNERABLE.
MY DREAM IS TO SEE EVERY
WOMAN THAT WALKS IN THE
STORE THAT HAS COME
THROUGH SO MANY HARD
THINGS, TO SEE THEM
POWERFULLY RAISED UP AS
LEADERS.
I KNOW IT IS NOT GOING TO
BE ME THAT CHANGES THINGS
ON THE RESERVATION; IT'S
GOING TO BE THEM.
*
*
Efrem: AND TO LEARN
MORE ON HOW YOU CAN HELP,
SIMPLY LOG ON TO MY
"STUDIO 5" BLOG.
> STILL AHEAD ON "STUDIO
5"...
*
Efrem: RECORDING
ARTIST BEN TANKER STEPS
AWAY TO DELIVER SOME
Efrem: WE ARE JUST
ABOUT OUT OF TIME FOR THIS
EDITION OF "STUDIO 5," SO
LET'S LOOK AHEAD TO WHAT
WE'RE WORKING ON FOR NEXT
WEEK.
WHEN GOLDEN STATE WARRIOR
SUPERSTAR SETH CURRY TAKES
THE COURT, HE SEES A
FAMILIAR FACE ON THE
SIDELINES.
HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN A
BASKETBALL FAN?
NO.
OH, GOSH, NOT AT ALL.
I COME FROM A VERY ARTSY
FAMILY.
Efrem: SETH IS
PHENOMENAL ON THE
BASKETBALL COURT.
IN THE KITCHEN, WHAT'S THE
STORY?
HE'S GETTING BETTER.
* CHEF CURRY WITH THE
POT *
Efrem: TIME NOW FOR
THE FINAL WORD, WHICH
TODAY IS INSPIRED BY MUSIC
MAN AND REALITY TV STAR
BEN TANKER.
IT REALLY MEANS
REBELLIOUS AND UNRULY.
AND THAT'S HOW I AM
AGAINST WHAT THE ENEMY
TRIES TO PRESENT.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE
CANTANKEROUS AGAINST THE
ENEMY WHEN