Newest Disney Princess Out-and-Proud Abortion Supporter - KATIE YODER/NEWSBUSTER CHARISMA NEWS

Emma Watson dances next to Dan Stevens in 'Beauty and the Beast' (YouTube)

Newest Disney Princess Out-and-Proud Abortion Supporter

3/6/2017 KATIE YODER/NEWSBUSTER  CHARISMA NEWS

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Beauty and the Beast star Emma Watson is an outspoken feminist and defender of gender equality. But to her, that doesn't include championing the rights of unborn baby girls (or boys).

Vanity Fair recently filmed Watson giving advice remotely through an iPad at New York's Grand Central Station. For just two dollars, the magazine's "man on the street" Derek Blasberg promised commuters that the 26-year-old actress would answer any question.

And that she did. Watson offered advice on everything from relationships to New York City sightseeing. One young man praised Watson's "HeForShe" gender equality campaign as "very inspiring" in her role as U.N. Women Goodwill Ambassador.

"Are you a feminist?" she asked him from the iPad screen.

He responded in the affirmative. "I'm definitely against sexism," he said. "I'm definitely against, you know, arranged marriages and I'm definitely pro-choice."

Watson applauded, "You're obviously a complete legend and definitely a feminist."

At the very end, Blasberg pointed to the dollar bills commuters had paid for Watson's recommendations. "What am I going to do with all this stuff?" he wanted to know.

Watson had an answer: America's largest abortion provider.

"Oh my god, the money! It has to go to Planned Parenthood," she insisted. "Planned Parenthood, they're the best."

Vanity Fair confirmed at the end of the video that "All proceeds from Emma's advice booth have been donated to Planned Parenthood."

Although the video was filmed on Valentine's Day, the magazine published it two weeks later in anticipation of Watson appearing on Vanity Fair's March cover and inside its controversial photoshoot. This isn't the first time Watson has voiced support for the abortion giant. Earlier this year, the day of the media-beloved Women's March, she tweeted: "#IStandWithPP."

Watson joins a long list of celebrities supporting Planned Parenthood, including, most recently, actresses Emma Stone and Dakota Johnson at the Oscars. 

This article originally appeared on NewsBusters.org.

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Trump Administration Rallies behind March for Life - CBN News Heather Sells

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Trump Administration Rallies behind March for Life

01-26-2017

CBN News Heather Sells

After years of hiding in the shadows, this year's March for Life is stepping into the spotlight, thanks to support from the President and a campaign aimed at stepping up media coverage.

Tens of thousands of women are expected to participate in Friday's march in Washington, D.C.  The annual event celebrates life and protests abortion and the 1973 Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, which legalized it.

In a show of support from the administration, Vice President Mike Pence will address the thousands of pro-life at the march this Friday.  Pence's address is historic, as this is the first time a Vice President will ever speak at the March for Life event.

“Honored to meet with pro-life leaders tonight,” Pence tweeted Thursday. “I look forward to addressing National [March for Life] on Friday.”

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Pence will be one of two Trump administration officials to address the crowd in the nation’s capital. Senior advisor Kellyanne Conway will speak at the March for Life and President Trump even promoted the event in a Wednesday interview with ABC's David Muir.  

The president turned the tables on the anchor, who asked the President if he could hear the voices from last Saturday's Women's March on Washington at the White House.  That march attracted hundreds of thousands of women but repulsed many pro-life women when it removed a pro-life group from its partner list and actively promoted its pro-abortion agenda.

The president told Muir that he didn't hear the women at the Saturday march but pointed Muir to the March for Life (which opposes abortion) saying "you're gonna have a large crowd on Friday too, which is mostly pro-life people."  Trump added "and they say the press doesn't cover them."

Muir looked unsure and responded  that he didn't want to compare crowd sizes.  "What they do say," Trump repeated, "is that the press doesn't cover them."

A new study shows that the president is right and that the mainstream media normally gives scant coverage to the March for Life, especially when contrasted with the coverage that it gave to the Women's March Jan. 21st.

Katie Yoder of NewsBusters reports that the ABC, NBC and CBS broadcast networks covered the Women's March 129 times more than they did the 2016 March for Life.

Yoder says the three networks spent a total of one hour, 15 minutes and 18 seconds on coverage of the Women's March.  However, they only gave 35 seconds to covering the 2016 March for Life.  In 2015, only CBS mentioned the March for Life, giving it just 15 seconds.

The Alliance for Fair Coverage of Life Issues, a group of conservative and pro-life organizations, is calling on the media to cover pro-life issues.   In a statement released this week the alliance noted "this year, ABC, CBS and NBC have no excuse to silence these pro-life voices.  The networks heavily promoted the Women's March on Washington, helping boost its attendance."

The alliance may get its wish this year, given the high-level support from the Trump administration and growing public awareness of media bias.

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'Ben-Hur' Actors Reveal How 'Powerful' Crucifixion Scene Changed Them - KATIE YODER/NEWSBUSTERS CHARISMA NEWS

'Ben-Hur' Actors Reveal How 'Powerful' Crucifixion Scene Changed Them

8/17/2016 KATIE YODER/NEWSBUSTERS  charisma news

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Acting can transform reality, according to the Ben-Hur actors.

In an interview published Tuesday, FlickDirect correspondant Judith Raymer interviewed Ben-Hur actors Jack Huston (who plays Judah Ben-Hur) and Rodrigo Santoro (as Jesus of Nazareth) about how the film changed them.

Taking place at the time of Jesus, the story follows Jewish prince Ben-Hur, who falls into slavery after his adopted brother, a Roman officer, accuses him of treason. When Ben-Hur later seeks revenge as a charioteer, he encounters redemption—and conversion to Christianity.

During the interview, Raymer brought up the movie scene of Jesus' crucifixion.

"There's that moment—the moment—there's no dialogue, and you're on the cross and—and your eyes, you just hold each other in your eyes," she said to Santoro, who plays Jesus. "When you're shooting that, what—what's going through your mind?"

That struck a chord with Huston, who interjected.

"We found each other, we actually did find each other. Very important," he said of him and Santoro during the scene. "I said, 'I'm here, man. I'm right here.' And whew, man that was powerful. No joking. When we were standing there, witnessing him up there and actually catching eyes and doing that."

That scene, he urged, will speak to all audiences.

"You don't have to be religious in any way to figure out how powerful that was," he said, "and it's been an incredible reaction to people watching that—it's been massive."

Santoro agreed. "Again, it's one of those moments that I will never be able to describe and be fair to what I felt," he said, before joking, "Besides cold."

Both Huston and Santoro found the scene "transcendent."

"The experience transcends, you know, given your craft as an artist—it goes much beyond that," Santoro added.

Earlier in the interview, Santoro heralded Jesus as a character that's "bigger than life."

"I have my own relationship with the figure of Jesus," he stressed, "I grew up hearing stories about Jesus."

To best portray Jesus, he researched films, literature, paintings and Gospels and found one similarity in their portrayal of Christ: "[A]ll the references were His heart—love."

To identify with Jesus, he went "within myself" to experience an "intimate, spiritual, transforming, inspiring journey."

"I'm not going to be Jesus. That's not happening," he admitted. "I just tried to do it with my heart. That was the most I could do." 

This article originally appeared on newsbusters.org.

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Olympic Gymnasts Reveal Biblical Prayers That Guided Their Routines - KATIE YODER/MRC NEWSBUSTERS CHARISMA NEWS

The current USA women's gymnastics team. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj)

Olympic Gymnasts Reveal Biblical Prayers That Guided Their Routines

 8/10/2016 KATIE YODER/MRC NEWSBUSTERS  charisma news

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Athletes at 2016 Rio Olympics are likely focusing on God to succeed, according to former Olympians.

On Tuesday, Good Morning America invited former U.S. Olympic gymnasts Dominique Dawes and McKayla Maroney on air to discuss the 2016 U.S. women's gymnastics team.

At one point in the interview, ABC co-anchor Lara Spencer asked the two athletes how this year's gymnastic team handles pressure while competing at the Olympics.

"What do you think they do in the moments before?" she asked. "How do you control your breathing when you're—when you're walking out there and you have to look totally composed and we did talk a little bit about game faces that we're seeing. How do you guys—how do they do it today?"

Instead of pointing to certain exercises or eating habits, the Olympians pointed to faith.

"I always relied on my faith," Dawes responded. "I always had a prayer in my head: 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.' Many of those young girls may have that same mindset as well."

"Yep," Maroney interjected in agreement. "Amen."

Americans may not hear it from the media, but all five of the U.S. women gymnasts competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics have publicized their faith on Twitter.

This article originally appeared on NewsBusters.org.

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