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Let’s do a rapid-fire Q&A. Is Bell religious? In the past, she has explicitly said she isn’t, despite having a “very religious” born-again Christian mother. So did she get paid a lot of money? I assume so. How could she do a Fox News podcast? Well, we may have to give her a bit of grace on that. According to its press release, Fox News actually licensed the show from a company called Gulfstream Studios. So it’s entirely possible that Bell did not know her faith-based podcast would wind up calling the conservative network home. Though it is a 52-episode podcast depicting Jesus’s life; it’s not hard to guess where that might end up.
Sigh... Source?
The best movie ever, Reefer Madness musical (2005). It's why I really find her participating in a genuinely religious project so ridiculous
... And I've lost all respect for her
Why? She did it for another company and Fox picked it up.
So, looking into details... This article title is technically correct, but feels very misleading.
Kristen was hired for voice acting work playing Mary Magdalene in this story with reportedly over 100 other actors and they're selling it as a podcast. That 'podcast' happened to land with Fox News. It sounds like they've basically just done an audiobook and paired it with some extra narration.
Featuring over 100 notable actors voicing characters of the Bible, the series will include Kristen Bell (Mary Magdalene), Sean Astin (Matthew), Neal McDonough (Jesus), Brian Cox (Voice of God), Malcolm McDowell (Caiaphas), John Rhys-Davis (narrator) and Julia Ormond (Mary Mother of God), among others. Introduced in four installments, “The Life of Jesus Podcast” will air aligned with key moments in the Christian calendar.
Instead of reiterating the same parts again and again, maybe they should produce a show "The parts of the Bible your pastor never told you about" instead.
Really stretching the term "news" here.
That's fuck up didn't know she cowtow to Fox. Is Dax a Trump supporter?
Well that's devastating to learn
On purpose?
Actually no. She did the gig, and they shopped it around. Fox is the one that picked it up for distribution.
I assume they're going to cut out all the woke parts of the Bible... wait, if they cut out the woke, that would leave only the Old Testament without any Jesus. Are they going to shoehorn a bunch of Old Testament fire and brimstone into the story of Jesus? Are we finally going to get the full-on, gun-tote'n Republican Jesus they've always dreamed of?
Another one bites the dust.