(upbeat music)
- And welcome to Studio 5.
We've got a great show for you.
America's preacher,Bishop TD Jakes is here.
Comedians, Jim Gaffiganand Maya Rudolph helped
to bring a new DisneyPixar film to the screen.
And if you've been waiting some25 years, good news for you,
there is finally a sequel to Space Jam.
We've got your first look.
But let's begin, as we always do,
counting down the topfive stories in the world
of uplifting entertainment.
Here, your first two.
At number five.
From making music to makingmovies, For King & Country's
Joel and Luke's Smallbonetell the Hollywood Reporter
they have two movie projects.
The first is a documentaryfollowing the Australian brothers
and their singing sister,Rebecca St. James,
as they return home afterconquering the music world.
And the second is a family dramady
on the Smallbone family'sjourney to America.
- It was a great metaphor inthe whole, in the whole film.
Well music video or film,depending on how you look at it.
- [Efrem] At number four.
It's a Studio 5 first lookat Lin-Manuel Miranda's
feature film, directorial debut.
Tick Tock Boom is the story ofa promising theater composer
navigating love, friendship,and the pressures of life.
- Lately I've been hearing this sound
like a tick, tick, tick, (clock ticking)
like a time bomb.
- Jack.
- Hey boy genius.
The fuse has been lit.
- That begins our countdown
and brings us to thisweek's Studio 5 sit down.
We're excited to share our recent chat
with bestselling author, pastor,
movie maker, andmotivator, Bishop TD Jakes.
He's written his 41stbook and it's titled,
"Don't Drop The Mic".
It's message is this,we've all got a platform,
a microphone to change the worldand we better not waste it.
Here's a sample of Bishop TDJakes at the mic preaching.
Before we begin our chat.
- Sometimes for peoplewho think the most of you
put the most pressure on you.
They're expecting Him to dowhat they want, how they want,
when they want it, inthe way they expected it.
And the pressure of people'sexpectation will kill you.
- Drop The Mic is your 41st book.
But in reading it, you sayyou were somewhat intimidated
about the prospects of writing this. Why?
- Well, to, to write downthe process that I go through
for preaching, it was very intimidating
because there is acollaboration between intellect,
instinct, and inspiration,and to, to, to articulate
how that is weaved together,is something I've never
been asked to do before.
It was, it was likeasking your grandmother
for her recipe for pancake, you know?
(laughter)
- When it comes to preparing a sermon,
you outlined a lot of this in the book,
what's the hardest part for you?
- The sequence, the sequence,I gather all the information.
I put it all in notes.
And then the hardest part is to figure
out what to tell firstso that it is followable
by a hearer who hasn'tbeen studying it for days.
The sequence through whichyou introduce information
has a lot to do with howyou captivate the audience.
Women aren't safe.
Men aren't safe.
Black folks ain't safe.
Asians ain't safe.
Latinos aren't safe.
Ain't nobody safe now.
Everybody's a victim right now.
All hell is breaking loose everywhere.
You got to know whose child you are.
I realized our country istrying to have a conversation
and we don't know how tocommunicate with each other.
Everything literally blew up
and there was such a crisis going on.
There was so much anger.
There was so much hostility and it erupted
in such a way that all of the,
of the infection beganto ooze out in the press
and the public, on socialmedia and everywhere else.
And people started yelling at each other.
And what we really need tolearn how to do, is to talk
to people, not that are like us,
but that are different from us.
One of the great things about Jesus,
Jesus talked to everybody.
He talked to the woman at the well,
He talked to a woman whowas possessed with demons.
He talked to wine vendors,He engaged the Pharisees,
the Sadducees.
He was not afraid,
He did not become a cliquishand get into a clique
and avoid the opportunity to engage people
from different walks of life.
- How would you suggest webegin that conversation,
talking to people who arenot like us. How do we begin?
- Let's not begin on Twitter.
Let's not begin on Facebook and Instagram.
Let's begin around the kitchen table.
You can't have an integrated world
if you don't have an integrated life.
It's hard to hate somebody you understand.
- What did you learn aboutyourself during this time
and in the writing of this book?
- That articulating emotions, as opposed
to biblical characters and facts,
are something that is a work in progress.
That I have to force myself to say
even positive things sometimes.
That I can be a little bit shy
about discussing those things
even though I talk for a living.
- You not only preach, butyou make movies as well.
How do these lessons of Don't Drop The Mic
translate to the decisions
and the moves you've made in making films?
- Oh, such a great question.
Thank you for that question.
Because people often seethem as different things
but I see them the same thing.
I'm a storyteller.
Whether, whether I, it'sjust me and a microphone or
whether it's a cast and amovie, it's a storyteller.
I think Jesus was a storyteller.
A lot of times theywould ask him a question,
He would tell a story.
In today's language he would do a movie.
A certain man had two sons,that didn't really happen.
It was a movie.
And he'd use the movie to teach the truth.
All of my movies have a messagein them, whether it is overt
or covert, there is alwaysan underlying message
or undertone that it's uplifting.
That it's for the betterment of people.
And that it's surrounded with enough drama
that it is captivating
and hopefully entertaining as well.
- Title of the book is Don't Drop The Mic.
So do we all have a mic?
- Absolutely. Yes.
My mother had a mic.
She shaped who I was.
She taught me how to think.
She taught me how to think about myself.
She taught me how to feel about my life.
My father had, even thoughhe ran a janitorial service,
he had a mic.
He taught me a work ethic.
He taught me some values.
He taught me not the finishtill the job was done.
I think it's important that you realize
that when I say don't drop the mic
it's not always a literalmic. It's influence.
Don't, don't give up your influence.
- Bishop TD Jakes' Don't Drop The Mic
is available right now whereveryou purchase your books.
It's also available on audio books
and there's a study guide.
I promise you, it is a great read.
Still ahead.
- Luca is about these two sea monsters
and they experience theworld outside the water.
- [Efrem] We're takinga deep dive into Luca.
- Wow. All right, young man,you're not fooling anyone.
- [Efrem] With the cast who brings
the animated story to life.
- Lorenzo is Luca's fatherand he is well-intended,
unlike his probably over-protective wife.
- [Efrem] It's all next.
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- [Efrem] At number three.
♪ Whoa, it's all rightto be lost sometimes ♪
- [Efrem] A powerful story
behind this powerful voice performance
that left the judges speechless.
- Jaymar Shefsky was a mini celebrity
at Liberty Universitywhere she was in college.
Everyone expected she'dmake it far in life,
but after she left school,doctors diagnosed her with cancer
in her lungs, lymph nodes,ribs, liver, and spine.
She was 29 and had alreadybeaten cancer once before
and just days afterher diagnosis last year
her husband left her,but she has not given up.
She's a singer who goesby the name Nightbirde,
and Tuesday she appearedon America's Got Talent
to perform her originalsong called It's Okay.
Saying it was quote a storyof the last year of my life.
- I'm not gonna give you a yes.
I'm gonna give you something else.
(cheering)
- [Efrem] At number two.
- I just want them tolove Jesus (chuckles)
the way I love Jesus.
- [Efrem] That's actress,Candice Cameron Bure,
sharing with Us Weekly
her best dating advicefor her adult children.
- I want my children to findpeople that are like-minded.
Meaning their values, and moralsand faith are all the same.
And they compliment one another.
And it really, a spouse thatis going to challenge them
in the best of ways.
Meaning, bring out thebest in them and challenge
to rise above and be better and better
not in performance, but thebest version of themselves.
- And with that, our countdown continues
with the number one storyin just a little bit.
Right now, we want to travel
to the Italian Riviera withDisney Pixar's latest release.
Luca is an animatedpicture about friendship.
And the cast includes Jacob Tremblay,
Jack Dylan Grazer, MayaRudolph, Jim Gaffigan, and more.
Here's your Studio 5 first look.
(upbeat music)
- My name is Jacob Tremblay
and I play Luca in theDisney and Pixar film, Luca.
- Wow. Luca, that was hard to watch.
You coming?
- Maybe we should sleep on it!
- He's very brave, but hehas dreams of venturing off
to the surface.
- We do not go anywherenear the surface. Got it?
- Luca really is about thecoming of age of this boy.
- Alberto Scofano.
- Luca Penguro.
(speaking in foreign language)
- It's a human thing.
I'm kind of an expert.
- And how he meets this troublemaker
outgoing kid and thefriendship they form really
kind of challenges Luca
but also really enables himto embrace his own curiosity.
- Isn't it dangerous?
- Yeah, it's the best. Everythinggood is above the surface.
- Like, what else?
- This is what thesetwo kids have in common.
They're very curious about their world
but this is a forbiddenand dangerous world.
- The sky, clouds, the sun.Whoa, don't look at it.
- And what's so amazing about that
is that Alberto really, you know,
is this friend that is probablythe most perfect person
for Luca to meet atthis point in his life.
- Look, Senor Vespa.
- Senor Vespa (laughs). This guy is funny.
- He's finding all theselittle bits and pieces
of like little remnantsof what humanity is like.
And he, he is so eager to go explore.
Right, walking. Don'tworry, you're in luck.
I basically invented it.
Luca's parents are very,very strict and they feel
that if Luca is to ventureoff, it's very, very dangerous.
So they're, they'revery protective off him.
- How could my mother tell him about this
child with blood thirsty lunatics.
- I still can't believe he would do this.
- Well all right, young man,you're not fooling anyone.
- Lorenzo is Luca's fatherand he is well-intended.
- It's me!
- You scared the scales off of me!
I played Daniella, Luca's mom.
And she's a fiercely,loving, protective mother.
- We look horrifying.
- Ugh, gross. Come on, let's find our son.
- It's a coming of age story,
it's a fish out of water story.
It's also a story about friendship.
And also maybe growing away from friends
that really captures achildlike imagination
and a love of learning.
- Hey! Leave them alone.
Hop on.
- Go start a club for losers.
- This whole film is just a fun adventure.
My name is Julia Mackavaldo.
We underdogs have tolook out for each other.
- What's under the dogs?
- It's definitely such an epic ride.
- This is my dad.
- What do you think he kills with those?
- Anything that swims.
- Luca will, without a shadow of a doubt,
transport you to this awesome,vibrant, lively summer.
- I really hope this is abig dive into a beautiful
aqua green sea.
And I hope that really,yeah, it makes us think
about the friendships thathave helped us find ourselves.
- There's a million thingsyou think you can't do.
All you need is a chance to try.
- The story has somereally great lessons to it.
Like never judge a book by its cover.
And I hope both audiences, old and young,
learn to silencio Bruno andgo with their heart's desire
and follow their dreams,
and challenge themselvesto make new friends
and accept others for who they are
and not how they look on the outside.
- Silencio Bruno.
- Silencio Bruno.
- Silencio Bruno.
- Silencio Bruno.
- Can you still hear him?
- Nope, just you.
- Good. Now hang on.
- And Luca is streamingright now on Disney Plus.
You can check it outwithout ever leaving home.
And here's something elseyou can check out right now.
This week's Studio 5 story and pictures.
Here's your Studio 5 snapshot.
Music man, Amir Questlove Thompson,
makes his debut as a filmmaker
with a powerful documentary.
It's part music film,part historical record
of an epic event thatcelebrates black history,
culture and fashion.
Summer of Soul is a look atthe Harlem cultural festival.
Filmed over the course of sixweeks in the summer of 1969.
The footage was never seen andlargely forgotten until now.
These images from the film
are this week's Studio 5 snapshot.
Coming up on Studio 5.
- I'm a cartoon? Ah!
- [Efrem] It's a sequel ofsome 25 years in the making.
- Eh, what's up, Doc?
- [Efrem] We have your first look at
Space Jam, A New Legacy.
- [Female Narrator] Remember for a moment
what it was like to be a child.
You believed every story you were told,
you saw a world full ofendless possibilities.
What stories will the world's orphaned
and at-risk children believe?
We believe the Bible tells the only story
truly worth believing.
We believe that every child
should have the opportunity to dream,
the chance to take challenges
and turn them into possibilities.
The chance to stand onthe promises of God,
to recognize their place inthe greatest story ever told.
They have their whole lives ahead of them.
Theirs is a world ofendless possibilities.
They are looking for a story to believe.
We will tell them that story.
Will you join us?
- Welcome back to Studio 5.
It is hard to believe
but it's been 25 years sinceSpace Jam hit theaters.
And we've got some good news
for you who are fans ofthe basketball story.
The long awaited sequel is finally coming
to you this summer.
And we have a preview.
- I'm a cartoon? Ah!
I'm shorter than Kevin Hart.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- Eh, what's up, Doc?
- Bugs! Why are you here, man?
- [Bugs Bunny] What bringsyou to town here, Doc?
- Computer dude kidnapped my son.
What in the matrix hell?
Hey, what'd you do to my son?
- The only way you getting your son back
is if you and I play a little basketball.
- You want to play me in basketball.
I need to assemble an elite team.
- We need a dream team.
- I'll take it from here.
Shoot the ball.
(gunshots)
Let's try that again, shall we?
- We'll get your son back. I promise.
- What's happening?
- I look expensive.
- [Male Announcer]Introducing The Goon Squad!
- I got it, I got it.
Oh, she got me.
- I'm not a betting duck, butmy money's on the other team.
- Yo, King! You're aboutto lose your family.
Everything you love.
- Well, at least we're good.
- Oh, and I almost forgot.
All of the tunes will be deleted.
- Come on guys. The TuneSquad doesn't give up.
- If we're going out,we're going out loony.
- You gotta win this game and get our son.
- Let's go, Tunes.
- I got paws.
- [Male Announcer] Coming offthe bench, White Lee Coyote.
The machine, producingmultiple White Lee Coyotes.
- Well, that happened.
- And you'll be able to catch
Space Jam, A New Legacy, next month.
With that story, we havemade it to the final story
in this week's countdown ofuplifting entertainment news.
Here's what's finishing on top this week.
At number one.
♪ Please don't hold your breath ♪
♪ Just breathe ♪
- [Efrem] That's just one song
from the new Maverick City music project
recognizing Juneteenth andbeing released this Friday.
- What Juneteenth is,on June 19th, all right,
In, in, in, in 1865, everybodywas supposed to be free
but there was some people whodidn't know they were free.
We want to celebrate everyone's freedom.
We want to celebrate the realitythat God created us equal,
that we are all humanity, thatwe are all God's children.
And we all deserve to enjoy the taste
and see that God is good.
- Throughout this album you hear the band,
but you also hear the rejoicing.
We wrote a song todayabout being able to exist.
♪ It's a miracle ♪
♪ It's a miracle ♪
- [Efrem] The projectincludes guest artists
like Jonathan McReynolds,Jacqueline Carr, and Todd Delaney.
Were you surprised that that happened
at the time that it happened?
- I think man, when you look
at everything that'shappened, Maverick City
has become a very, verynecessary movement.
So they are right on time.
When the world has neededunity much, much more.
They're, they're kicking down walls.
And I'm just, when they askedme to come and be a part
of the stuff, I'm I getpumped up because I see
that what they're doing isright on time to respond
to what Satan has, hasunleashed to divide the world.
And especially the body of Christ.
- [Efrem] Just moments away.
- A research study thatwas done in Germany,
it's a University medicalcenter, says that increasing
amount of Lords can actuallythrow your heart out of rhythm.
- [Efrem] Bishop TDJakes settles our hearts
with a final word.
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There's trivia, fun daily devotional,
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You can even create yourown Superbook character.
Ta-da!
It's the new Superbook Bible app.
Free download on iTunes,Google Play, and Amazon.
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CBN honors the men andwomen in our military
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It partners with churchesacross the country to
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- Welcome back to Studio 5.
This week's soundtrack comes
from a guest we've had onthe show, Cynthia Erivo.
This is the first trackfrom her forthcoming album.
Take a listen and hear whythe good is playing in my ear.
♪ Well I know there's no going up ♪
♪ If you can't face the truth ♪
♪ Holding my chest asall my tears fall down ♪
♪ Reminding of spinners,all the pain pours down ♪
♪ What can I do to make these days go by ♪
♪ Haven't the strengthto make the rain fall ♪
♪ I just wanna remember thegood, good, good, good, good ♪
- That was from a recentlate night performance.
Cynthia's album Chapter One, Verse One,
is coming to you in September.
On that musical note,let's look ahead right now
and see what's coming upon Studio 5 next week.
♪ There's a river runningthrough my deepest sorrow ♪
♪ There's a river runningthrough my deepest pain ♪
- [Efrem] That's thevoice of Ellie Holcomb
who has new music to share.
This is your third studio project,
but your first with a label?
And she's sharing the storyof this first, in Studio 5.
- It's my first project with a label.
I've been a little independent artist,
kicking it indie with the team of,
a mighty team of four to seven people.
I just got on the Zoomwith my label and burst
into tears because there were45 people on the Zoom call.
And I was like, what?
♪ I don't want to miss a thing ♪
♪ So I come to this big old tree ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't wanna miss a thing ♪
- Hope you'll join us for that story
and so much more next week.
As for this week, we aregiving the final word
to America's preacher, Bishop TD Jakes.
You could go back to young Thomas Dexter
in light of all the greatthings that he would face.
I suppose the challenge is, what advice
would you tell that young man?
- To read everything you can find.
To get every morsel ofeducation you can get,
to take yourself awhole lot more seriously
because I had no idea that I would be me.
I had no idea. I would have,
I would have doneeverything differently if I,
if I would've known.
But the problem with that is this.
If you change the recipe,you change the result.
You know? So, I think partof what made me who I was,
the thirst for knowledge, the craving,
the curiosity, curiosityabout humanity is a result of,
of not being well trained and prepared
before I went out there,it made me subsidize.
It made me feel like I wasn't good enough.
So I had to work harder.
Study harder, pull harder, preach harder,
go further than other people went.
So if you fix what was wrong
you might mess up what is right.
- Bishop Jakes.
That is a great final wordfor this edition of Studio 5
and this week's look atuplifting entertainment.
Until next time I encourageyou to make time to
uplift someone around you.
And then please come on back
and see where Studio5 takes you next week.
Bye-bye. Thank you for watching.
