(upbeat theme music)

- And welcome to Studio 5.

Recording artist MarandaCurtis is our Sit Down guest

this week.

A familiar Studio 5 face

is making an appearance in a sitcom.

And Brian Hill and the Provenance Singers

are here with a Studio5 Sessions performance.

So let's get right to the show

and fire up the countdown andtake a look at this week's

top five headlines inuplifting entertainment.

At number five,

love is in the air times two.

- [Reporter] Tim Tebow and his girlfriend,

Miss Universe 2017 Demi-LeighNal-Peters are now engaged.

The pro baseball playerbreaks the news on social with

a few sweet snaps of themoment he got down on one knee.

- [Efrem] The former NFLquarterback popped the question

at his family's farm nearJacksonville, Florida.

Sharing the news onInstagram, Tebow wrote,

"Thank you for saying yes and making me

"the happiest man in the world."

Miss Universe 2017 shared,

"Any dreams I've ever had,you've exceeded them all."

At number four...

- Chris Pratt is about to become a member

of the Kennedy clan because

he is now engaged

to Katherine Schwarzenegger.

This was, I wanna say,a long time in coming,

but really a short time in coming.

- [Efrem] Pratt also brokethe news of his engagement

to Katherine Schwarzeneggeron Instagram, posting,

"I'm thrilled to be marrying you

"and proud to liveboldly in faith with you.

"Here we go!"

- Obviously, Chris has been very open

about his commitmentto his Christian faith

and seems to be somethinghe shares with Katherine.

- With breaking news of theTebow and Pratt engagements,

the popular Babylon Bee jokes,

"Single Woman RunningOut of Realistic Options

"Now That Tebow and PrattBoth Off The Market."

And so begins the countdown.

We will pick up with numberthree in just a little bit.

If you haven't heardthe name Maranda Curtis,

get ready to hear a voiceyou won't soon forget.

She's easily one of the mostsuccessful breakout artists

of the last year andher album, Open Heaven,

well it debuted at number one

on the Billboard gospel charts.

On top of that, it has seenmore than 13 million streams.

Take a listen as Marandaprepares to join us

for this week's Studio 5 Sit Down.

♪ We are under an open heaven ♪

♪ Where his glory shall be revealed ♪

♪ Where the sin-sick soul shall heal ♪

♪ We are under an open heaven ♪

- Where did Open Heaven come from?

Where--

how did that...

- Well, the song itself

was downloaded,

I was preparing for anintercessory prayer.

It was (inaudible)

and I was getting readyand Pastor John Hannah

was leading the prayer that night.

And as I'm getting ready, Iliterally hear this melody.

And I said, I got my phone

and I put it in my voice notes.

And I wrote the songright there, thinking that

maybe it's something Godwanted me to sing that night.

But he said,"No, no, no.

"No, no, let it..."

Yeah.

And,

when preparing for Open Heaven, the album,

it almost didn't make itbecause I forgot about the song.

And I told Dana, my producer, I said,

"Wait, I have another one."

And I said,

"This is what I hear.

"I hear nature, I hearwater, I hear birds,

"I hear Lion King."

That's what I told her.

I hear Lion King.

And I said,

"It's like a earth song,Africa, I hear all of that."

And I sent him the song

and he responded back withthe track that he created.

And I was in tears becauseit was really what I heard.

I don't play any instrumentsbut it was what I heard

and so I knew it was God.

- Wow.- Yeah.

♪ Rain on us ♪

♪ We need your power O God ♪

♪ Oh we need you God ♪

- You did not grow up in church?

- My parents were church kids.

They grew up in church.

(laughs)

And for some reason, I don't why,

they didn't take us.

And if we did go, it waswith a grandmother, Easter,

something like that but we were not...

Sundays we were home on the beach

in Florida.

And so musically, R&B andjazz were my foundation

because that was what they sang.

And so,

I didn't meet that part of my life,

the worship, the Christianpart of my life until,

when I moved to Georgiaand met my grandfather

and discovered he was the pastor.

He was like,

"Oh, no, no, no.

"You all gotta go to church somewhere."

But I didn't give the Lord my heart

until I was 20 years-old.

So I sung to a God thatI didn't know for years.

Didn't have a relationship with for years.

And so singing is something that

my entire family does.

My mom side, that's who we are and

my dad said,

"You were born for this.

"You had to sing."

So,

as far as the

interpretation and as far as

where it comes from, several places.

Several places.

Pain,

experience, my love for God is

everyday I wanna get to know him better.

And so my expression is really to him

and so what you all see is

my private moment

expressed publicly.

(laughter)

♪ It reaches ♪

♪ To the highest mountain ♪

♪ And it flows ♪

♪ To the lowest valley ♪

♪ The blood ♪

♪ The blood ♪

♪ The blood ♪

♪ The blood ♪

♪ The blood ♪

♪ The blood ♪

♪ The blood ♪

♪ The blood it gives me strength ♪

- We know you in terms of those of us

who follow worship leaders,you spent some time

at The Potter's House as aworship leader for Bishop Jakes.

How did The Potter's House happen for you?

- Oooh wee.

I went to Dallas to go visit friends.

Went to the state fair to eat junk food

and my friend said,

"I know somebody that'sbeen looking for you."

Me?

Okay.

Called the guy on the phone and

I didn't know whatchurch he was a part of.

He said,

"Yeah, we don't have a worship leader.

"We've been havingvisitors to come to fill in

"and I wanna know wouldyou consider filling in?"

I said,

"Well, sure, but where'syour church located?"

"In Dallas."

I said,

"Okay, well what church is it?"

"Uh, The Potter's House."

I said,

"As in Bishop Jake's Potter's House?"

(laughter)

And he said,

"Yeah,"

and I was immediately intimidated.

Two weeks later, I was there, led worship,

that was on a Sunday, thenext day got a phone call

that say,

"We wanna hire you."

And my response wasn't yesimmediately because the fear

of that mantle that's onthat man of God's life,

and what it does, andwhat it draws, I said,

"I don't know if I'm readyfor that kind of, ugh."

And I prayed about it and I told 'em,

"Yeah, I would."

And so I spent a year of my

time there and it was amazing.

- Maranda Curtis's OpenHeaven is available right now

and so is MarandaPresents: A Holy Christmas.

That project is a Christmas album

but it is worth listeningto all year long.

Still ahead, we're takingyou behind the scenes...

- You want me to be

your control-top panty hoes.

(audience laughter)

- In a way.

- [Efrem] Of Malibu Dan the Family Man.

- I think people like to laugh

and in life, you know, laughter is

transcendent that it,

everybody needs it.

(theme music)

- And welcome back to Studio 5.

Let's get back to ourcountdown of the best headlines

in uplifting entertainment.

At number three, it's official.

♪ 'Cause girls like you ♪

- [Reporter] The NFL hasconfirmed what everybody's

pretty much already figured out,

Maroon 5 will headline theSuper Bowl Halftime Show

in Atlanta February third.

They'll be joined by rappersTravis Scott and Big Boi.

- [Efrem] Rapper TravisScott wanted some good

to come from his performance

so he signed on only after the NFL agreed

to make a half million donation

to a nonprofit organization that works

on social justice issues.

The artist issuing this statement,

"I back anyone who takes astand for what they believe in.

"I know being an artistthat it is in my power

"to inspire.

"So before confirming the SuperBowl Halftime performance,

"I made sure to partner with the NFL

"on this important donation."

("SICKO MODE" by Travis Scott)

- [Efrem] At number two...

- I hate being by myself with my kids

'cause I feel likeeverybody always asking,

"Where's their mother?"

(audience laughter)

I hate that, like I'm not competent enough

to raise 'em by myself.

- [Efrem] Comedian BarryBrewer is giving back

to his hometown, Chicago,

releasing his comedy specialChicago, I'm Home next month.

In an attempt to raise one million dollars

to give to Chicago Public Schools.

- He's like that mamathat come to the school

with the raggedy robeon and looking horrible

and you don't wanna admitthat like that's your mom.

You're like,

"Ahh."

- [Efrem] The Windy City native says,

"I personally know what it's like

"to be offered basic programs

"and be underserved as a student.

"That's why I'm making itmy mission to give back

"so we an have betterprograms to further educate

"our children, expand their interest

"in different professions,

"and keep them off the streets."

- One time he was crying 'causehe couldn't have a Snicker.

He's crying, I'm like,

"Boy, it's a Snicker!"

- With that, we've only gotone more story to get to

in this week's countdown andyou will want to stick around

for this week's number one headline.

If you want to laugh, youwill have to check out

Malibu Dan the Family Man.

It follows Dan Marshall ashe juggles his home life

and the many demands as theco-host of a morning talk show.

And if you watch thisseason, you may even see

a familiar Studio 5 face.

Here's your Studio 5 first look.

- I'm Dan Marshall.

- And I'm Holidae Sinclair wishing you.

- A good time in the sunshine.

- And a happy Valentine's Day.

- Independence Day.

- Which isn't

til July.

- Or whenever you wanna celebrate it.

- [Arlen] And we're clear.

- Arlen!

I need a word.

- [Efrem] David A.R. White and Logan White

play TV co-hosts here on the set

of Malibu Dan the Family Man.

But in reality, the actingduo are husband and wife,

proud parents, and business partners.

- I always say we get along better on set

than we do at home 'causewe don't have to argue

who takes the trash out.

But yeah, it's fun.

I think

we enjoy comedy.

Obviously, we all know life is,

is hard and there's so manytrials that we all go through

and so when you can just kindaforget about your real life

and come in, and have fun,and laugh, that's like,

it's a dream.

Such a gift.

- [Efrem] Laughter is a gift.

- You'll become my control-top panty hoes,

you'll become my, my under wire brassiere,

you'll become my tighty whities, Dan.

Do you wanna be my tighty whities, Dan?

- Sure, sure, metaphorically.

- Do you wanna be my tighty whities, Dan?

Tell me you wanna bemy tighty whities, Dan.

- Like tighty whities?

- Do you wanna be my tighty whities, Dan?

- Yes, I wanna be your...

- Let me hear you say it.

- I wanna be your tighty whities.

- You wanna be my tighty whities?

- I want to be your tighty whities.

- [Efrem] And laughter is what drives

this Pure Flix production.

- Our audience is so broad and

on primetime, our kids are watching TV

and you have to hit thefast forward all the time so

you wanna be able to

have something that you can compare

to what everybody else is watching

but you don't have toworry about filtering it.

And we love comedy and obviously, there's

an audience for all of that, but we just,

we wanna make peoplelaugh and forget about

their lives at the end of the day

and give everybody just agood variety on Pure Flix.

- [Efrem] Studio 5 paid a visit to the set

for a behind the scenes look and I

ended up on the show.

(audience laughter)

A bit of a stunt man

and one of many surprises inthis latest round of episodes.

- There's one really funny episode that I,

that's a two parter, is...

My parents show up.

So we've met Kelly's parents

and then we also meat Lauren'sparents in the back 10

and then we meet mine.

Mine is played by Cheryl Ladd, is my mom.

- Oh, and look what crawledout of the La Brea tar pits.

Baby snatcher-saurus.

- Pamela, what are you doing here?

- Oh, well after I didn'tsee you for a couple of days,

I thought,

"Ah, must've left thegate open and he got out."

- [Efrem] Kelly Stables,known for her television roles

on Two and a Half Men and The Exes

plays David's wife.

- All I said is that ahusband shouldn't always

have to be wrong in orderto have a happy marriage.

It's time men stood up for themselves.

- Dan, please.

You know, the only time mentalk about being real men

is when they're tryingto get out of something

they don't want to do.

(audience laughter)

- You know, Mr. Wallets saysthat I could be the next

relationship expert.

(laughs)

- Oh yeah?

Ask Mr. Wallets who'scooking your next dinner?

(audience laughter)

- To check out the latest season

of Malibu Dan the Family Man,

visit PureFlix.com, you'llfind a streaming platform

with lots of original content.

And still to come...

- You know the Hot Wheels?

The little cars, the toy cars?

I would put 'em all together,

put a CD player in, andput the headphones in,

and I would just direct the cars.

(laughs)

- Direct the cars.

- I would.

- Brian Hill goes fromdirecting Hot Wheels

to creating his own real life choir.

The Provenance Singers are here

for a Studio 5 Sessions performance.

And welcome back to Studio 5.

The wait is over, we havemade it to this week's

final headline in the countdown

of what's new in uplifting entertainment.

At number one...

- [Woman] Did you get your passport?

- [Efrem] Spiderman is back

and he looks a bit different.

- [Woman] Pack your suit.

- [Peter] I just wanna goon my trip with my friends.

New York doesn't really need a friendly

neighborhood Spiderman.

- [Efrem] Marvel Studiosreleased the trailer

for Spiderman Far From Home this week,

the long-awaited sequelto Spiderman Homecoming.

- I just wanna spend some time with MJ

and I think she really like me, dude.

- That reminds me of whenI first fell in love.

I had just finished film copy.

- So nice to finally meet you, Spiderman.

(ominous music)

- You're Nick Fury.

- Put some clothes on.

Let's go for a ride.

- Is he gonna be okay like that?

- Might wanna turn him over

so he doesn't swallow his tongue.

- It's in theaters next summer.

And that's a good headline towrap this week's countdown.

This before Christmas, we shared the story

of Brian Hill and the Provenance Singers

and today, they're back with a new take

on a gospel classic.

Here they are with Look and Live.

♪ I've a message full of love ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ A message O my friend for you ♪

♪ It is recorded in his word ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Jesus said it and I know it's true ♪

♪ Look and live ♪

♪ My brother live ♪

♪ Look to Jesus ♪

♪ Now and live ♪

♪ Tis recorded ♪

♪ In his word ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ It's in his word ♪

♪ Hallelujah and it's onlythat you look and live ♪

♪ Got a message from the Lord ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ A message O my friend for you ♪

♪ Tis recorded in his word hallelujah ♪

♪ Jesus said it and I know it's true ♪

♪ Look and live ♪

♪ My brother live ♪

♪ Look to Jesus ♪

♪ Now and live ♪

♪ Tis recorded ♪

♪ In his word ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ It's in his word ♪

♪ Hallelujah it is onlythat you look and live ♪

♪ Look and live ♪

♪ My brother live ♪

♪ Look to Jesus ♪

♪ Now and live ♪

♪ Tis recorded ♪

♪ In his word ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ It's in his word ♪

♪ Tis recorded ♪

♪ In his word ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ It's in his word ♪

♪ Tis recorded ♪

♪ In his word ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ It's in his word ♪

♪ Tis recorded ♪

♪ In his word ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ It's in his word ♪

♪ Tis recorded ♪

♪ In his word ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ It's in his word ♪

♪ Hallelujah it is onlythat you look and live ♪

- Look and Live.

Brian Hill and the Provenance Singers.

By the way, they also have a single titled

Without You Lord, it's available right now

and it's up for two EDDY Awards.

You can cast your votes for them

at EDDYAwards.com.

Before we take a break, it istime to say it in pictures.

Here's this week's Studio 5 Snap Shot.

- I have a dream

that one day

this nation will rise up,

live out the true meaning of its creed.

- [Efrem] His words are unforgettable

but so are these images.

So as America honors andremembers Civil Rights leader,

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,

we mark the holiday in picturesand pause to make these

this week's Studio 5 Snap Shot.

Still ahead.

- It makes you stronger, okay.

Do you feel stronger?

- Absolutely.

- Celebrity trainer AlecPenix is back this week

with a secret to successin and out of the gym.

(upbeat theme music)

And welcome back to Studio 5.

Music fuels me as I'm working on this show

and this week it is singer and songwriter,

Avery Wilson, whose careertook a giant leap forward

in 2012 as a contestant on The Voice

and he's singing one ofmy all time favorites,

Donny Hathaway's A Song For You.

♪ I've sung a lot of songs ♪

♪ And I made some bad rhymes ♪

♪ I've acted out my life on stages ♪

♪ With 10,000 people watching ♪

♪ But we are alone now ♪

♪ And I was singing a song to you ♪

- We're alone now and I'msinging this song for you.

Well we are almost outof time for this episode

of Studio 5 so let's look ahead to see

what we're working onfor you for next week.

(school bell ringing)

- Help!

Somebody help me.

- Hey!

Leave him alone.

- It's a tough world out there

and it's getting tougher all the time.

(intense music)

And the world is not going to change.

- Hello?

Is anybody here?

- [School Principal] It'syou that has to change.

- [Efrem] Old school magicmeets the modern world.

Get your first look atThe Kid Who Would Be King.

(intense music)

- Where did you learn how to drive?

- Mario Kart.

- We'll have that storyand so much more next week.

Before we say goodbye,celebrity trainer Alec Penix

has a word to help you begin any process

of transforming or changing your life.

- Love and accept where you are right now.

Be content where you are right now.

I know it's a really hard thing to do.

And it's not like one ofthose moments where you,

okay, I'm gonna meditate on this,

okay, I love myself.

No,

I think that

you have to, that processhappens over time as well.

But just be aware that withthis journey of Seven Sundays

is that there are gonna bedays where things happen

and that you may

miss the mark and that's okay.

I think that just get...

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Get right back on course.

And that's the thing is that

when people mess up, they're like,

"Oh, look it.

"See, I messed up again."

It's like self-sabotage.

Rather than saying,

"No, I'm human and that's okay.

"I'm imperfect but I'm gonna continue to,

"I have a goal here andI'm gonna love myself,"

and actually, when youget back on track quicker,

there's something powerful within that.

- There is indeed powerin loving yourself.

Thanks, Alec.

That is a great final wordfor this edition of Studio 5

and this week's look atuplifting entertainment.

Until next time, make timeto uplift someone else

and then come on backand see where Studio 5

takes you next week.

Bye-bye, everybody.