August 18 - 24, 2019
AUGUST 18 - 24, 2019 staradvertiser.com PRAISE PRIME TIME Jesse Gemstone (Danny McBride) tries to modernize his family’s televangelist empire in the new comedy The Righteous Gemstones. Created by McBride, the series also stars John Goodman, Adam Devine, Edi Patterson and Cassidy Freeman. Premiering Sunday, Aug. 18, on HBO. NEW EPISODE! Join host, Lyla Berg as she sits down with guests Meet the who share their work on moving our community forward. people SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE: and places Ralph Vares, Event Coordinator, WaikĦkĦ Shell that make Stacey Aldrich, State Librarian, HawaiҊi State Public Library System 1st & 3rd Leo Daquioag, Founder, Music for Life Foundation Hawai‘i Wednesday of the Month, Randy Wong, President, Music in the Clubhouse/ olelo.org special. 6:30 pm | Channel 53 HawaiҊi Youth Symphony Beckie Stocchetti, Executive Director, HawaiҊi International Film Festival ON THE COVER | THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES Holy high rollers Greedy, seedy evangelists cal look at a family that doesn’t practice what of supporting players who help bring the story they preach. to life. Jesse’s wife, Amber (Cassidy Freeman, take center stage in “I would not pass judgment on other people,” “Smallville”), gave up a career in journalism to ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ McBride explained at this summer’s Television focus on her family and the church. Judy’s fian- Critics Association press tour as quoted in a cé, BJ (Tim Baltz, “Shrink”), struggles to find his By Kyla Brewer July article on ew.com. “For us, it’s about lam- place among the eccentric Gemstone family. TV Media pooning a hypocrite, lampooning somebody Ex-Satanist Keefe Chambers (Tony Cavalero, who presents themselves one way and is not “School of Rock”) has been dedicated to serv- elevangelism allows millions of Christians that way.” ing the Lord and the Gemstones since Kelvin to celebrate their faith through the magic An unscrupulous, unyielding church leader saved him from evil.
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