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television industries last year here in the heart of Hollywood.
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Spotlighting movies and entertainment
that inspires and uplifts is what we celebrate here tonight.
With appearances by
Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise.
Jesse Hutch and Kathy Ireland.
Jillian Murray and Jessica Tresca.
Kirk B.R. Woller and Noah James
Candace Cameron Bure and Neal McDonough.
Jen Lilly and Cameron Mathison.
And, of course, unforgettable performances by Shealea
and Moriah Smallbone.
Welcome to the 32nd annual Movieguide awards.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to tell you about tonight's host.
This past Christmas we saw him star in.
Great American Family's Once Upon A Christmas Wish.
So you better put your hands together for Mario Lopez.
Welcome, everyone. Welcome.
Thank you for that.
Officially here at the 32nd Annual Movieguide Awards
from the heart of Hollywood.
And lately, of course, you can't think about Hollywood without thinking about
those devastating wildfires that we experienced.
So we're going to dedicate tonight to those that are still recovering from
the disaster, as well as the brave first responders
who sacrificed so much.
So tonight is for you.
Now,
the entertainment industry
is going through a great deal
of change on the business side, but tonight's.
Movieguide Awards honors the part that doesn't ever change.
Telling great stories that uplift and bring joy to moviegoers' hearts.
To arrive at tonight's winners, the Movieguide staff spent
a lot of time in the dark last year reviewing every theatrical
movie that earned over a million dollars in box office, as well as
binged episodes from major series and TV movies.
So.
A lot of popcorn was consumed.
Each movie is evaluated on a criteria
of production values, content, and worldview message.
These awards honor all of you who give
us inspirational and redemptive stories.
So for that, thank you.
First up, my uh probably one of my
favorite categories, best family movie, and to present our first award
movie guide has assembled a highly distinguished panel of experts
who are esteemed in child psychology, story narrative
evaluation, rhetoric, and
well, just watching a lot of screens.
Please welcome the Lopez family.
My beautiful wife, Courtney and daughter Gia, my
son's Dominic and Santino.
Take it away, kids.
As an actress and radio host, but especially as
a mom, finding a good movie for all of us to enjoy is not easy.
This year there have been many great family movies.
But we all have our favorites, but only one can win.
Take a look at the nominees for the best family movie.
Best family movie.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
Despicable Me 4.
Inside Out 2.
Mufasa: The Lion King.
The Wild Robot.
He wants to say, and the Teddy goes to.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
Accepting for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is.
Kirk B.R. Woller.
You know that this thing made over forty million dollars at the box office?
It's like a little Jesus movie about
it Jesus play that makes forty million.
So I just want to thank everyone that supported the film
that looks for family friendly content that has good morals,
good ethics, good beliefs, something that we might walk
away with feeling better about and try to become better human beings.
So thank you for supporting the film.
Please welcome from tonight's honored movie The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
as well as Grace Award nominee, Beatrice Schneider,
and from the Golden Globe winning film Elemental, Reagan To.
There's tons of stories on our screens these days, but the most important
ones are programs fit for the whole family.
This year, families enjoyed many programs that brought laughs, smiles, and a lot of heart.
Take a look at the nominees for Best Family TV.
Bluey: The Sign.
A Christmas Less Traveled.
Christmas Under The Northern Lights.
The Chosen, Season Four episodes seven and eight.
County Rescue, The Rescuer.
A Little Women's Christmas.
And the Teddy goes to.
A Little Women's Christmas.
Accepting for A Little Women's Christmas, it's
star and executive producer Jen Lilley, Jillian Murray.
Javin Campbell, director, Brandon Clark,
and executive producer Darin Chavez.
I don't know why one's speaking, so I'm just gonna be the first one.
I think everyone is shocked.
This is unexpected.
We are really grateful to be here, surrounded by so many talented
filmmakers and artists that are creating uplifting and inspiring content.
I think that's all I want to say.
First to thank the king of kings and the lord lords and the great I am.
That's why we do what we do, grateful for this room.
But as a filmmaker from seven generations, it's kind of
fun to watch a room that gives God the glory.
God bless.
Please welcome actor, director, producer, Joe
Joe Mantegna, joined by the star of some of our favorite TV series, but
to us he'll always be Lieutenant Dan.
Please welcome actor, director, producer.
Gary Sinise.
Our next award is the Best Movie for Mature Audiences.
It's a one-of a kind award for movies that explore stories with more weighty themes.
We value movies the whole family
can watch, but the creative community needs to tell stories
intended only for the grownups.
Take a look at the nominees for Best Movie for Mature Audiences.
Dune part two.
Kingdom of the Planet of The Apes.
Twisters.
Unsung Hero.
Young Woman and The Sea.
And the Teddy goes to.
Young Woman and The Sea.
Accepting for Young Woman and The Sea, director Joachim Ronning.
I'm so incredibly, grateful to be here.
As a lot of you know,
getting any movie made
is a miracle.
This is for my wife and
my daughters and the daughters of the world.
Thank you.
Please welcome from Great American Family's.
County Rescue being honored tonight stars Julia Riley,
Riley Hough, and Kristen Wollett.
Today, there's thousands of film stories
available for all of us to watch at a moment's notice.
This eclectic assortment lets everyone find the programs they like, no matter how niche.
And whether you like to watch weekly when it drops or
you save up and binge them all at once, like I do.
We've tuned into some really great TV this year.
The nominees gave us true stories of redemption and heroes combating evil.
Take a look at the nominees for Best TV for Mature Audiences.
The Baxters Season One Episodes One through Eight.
The Bloody Hundredth.
Blue Bloods, The Heart of a Saturday Night.
NCIS, Sticks and Stones.
Quiet On Set, The Dark Side of Kid's TV.
And the Teddy goes to.
The Baxters.
The Baxters, season one, episodes one through eight.
Accepting for The Baxters,
its star and executive producer Roma Downey.
Thank you so much gosh.
Movieguide has always been so supportive
and such an encouraging space.
I'm so excited to get this for The Baxters.
My thanks to
someone in my life who was a champion of this
project and who's a champion in
my own life, my own love, Mark Burnett, thank you, Mark.
Still to come a riveting performance by Shelea, you won't want to miss it.
We are back with the Movieguide Awards.
From homestead and tonight's honored A Little Women's Christmas, Jesse Hutch.
And she's a world renowned supermodel, supermogul
Kathy Ireland.
The Faith & Freedom Award for Movies
honors the story that upholds the values and principles
of free society, a foundation of America.
Some of the nominees are true events and some come
from a writer's imagination, but all of them uphold these values.
So let's take a look at this year's nominees for
the faith and freedom award for movies.
Faith and freedom award for movies.
Bonhoeffer,
Pastor, Spy, Assassin.
Cabrini.
God's Not Dead in God We Trust.
Reagan.
Sound of Hope, The Story of Possum Trot.
And the Teddy goes to
Reagan.
Accepting for Reagan,
Director Sean McNamara.
We didn't make this film expecting any awards from Hollywood for obvious reasons.
So we'll take one.
Thank you very much.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome from Hysteria,
Jessica Treska, and from tonight's honored movie.
A Little Women's Christmas, Jillian Murray.
So the faith and freedom award for TV honors programs
which celebrate independence, individual dignity, and freedom.
Tonight's nominated television programs underscore these values,
helping us to remember that we hold rights endowed to us by God,
not endowed by a government.
Take a look at the nominees for faith and freedom award for TV.
Faith and Freedom Award for TV.
Blue Bloods, The Heart of A Saturday Night,
County Rescue, The Rescuer.
Masters of The Air episodes one and two.
NCIS, Sticks and Stones.
Quiet onset, the dark side of kid's TV.
And the award goes to.
NCIS!
NCIS, Sticks and Stones.
Accepting for NCIS, Eric Passoja
and Robert Katrini its stars.
On behalf of NCIS, I
want to thank Movieguide for this incredible honor.
Because in the book of John, when an officer struck
Jesus, we don't know what Jesus felt.
We don't ask what did Jesus think?
We ask what would Jesus do?
And he turned his cheek, and two thousand years
later that ethic has transformed humanity.
Thank you.
Please welcome Meta Sandiford-Artest.
And welcome the singer songwriter who has sold 50 million albums worldwide.
Don McLean.
Good evening, everyone.
This evening Movieguide unveils a
new award, the Alethea award,
best documentary award.
Movieguide now honors documentaries and hope it
will encourage greater uncovering of the truth.
Take a look at the nominees.
Aletheia, best documentary award.
Americans With No Address.
The Blue Angels.
The Bloody Hundredth.
Foundations of the West: Christ the Center of The World.
Quiet On Set The Dark Side of Kid's TV.
The winner is
Americans With No Address.
Accepting for Americans with No Address.
Co-director Julia Verdin.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Ted.
I have so much gratitude to you.
One of the most moving things that I took
away from making this documentary was when
this woman that I talked to who was trying to get sober
and was on the streets and really struggling, as
I left, she clung on to me and she said, thank you for seeing me.
So you never know how you can change someone's
life by just a little kindness.
Thank you.
Please welcome again your host for the evening, Mario Lopez.
Our first musical guest ladies and gentlemen is a quadruple talent,
singer, songwriter, musician, and actress. Hello.
She's composed and performed on Grammy nominated
albums and starred in the critically claim movie.
The Clark Sisters, the first ladies of gospel.
Her new album is titled Spirit.
It's going to drop in June.
Please welcome Shelea.
Something's coming.
I can feel it in my bones.
Something's in the air. If you know you know.
Cause hate has
gone around too long.
Look what it turned us to.
Something's coming
and it's coming real soon.
Peace is coming.
It starts in our home.
You may not see it now, its an open door.
They said it will never be.
That's so untrue.
Peace is coming and it's coming real soon.
So I say hold
for better days.
There are a
million ways to make the world a
better place.
We have to try and realize.
We only get one chance in life
something coming I can feel it in my bones.
Something's
in the air if you know you know.
Hate has gone around too long.
Look at what it turned us to.
Love is coming.
Peace is coming.
Joy is coming
and it's coming.
Real soon.
Coming up, the best actor and actress in a
movie and TV program, stay tuned.
Welcome back to the Movieguide Awards.
Please welcome from Homestead, Neil McDonough.
And the chief creative officer for Great American Family, Candace Cameron Bure.
The Grace award for a movie performance is given to both an actor
and actress whose performances are exceptional and best
contributes to the world's understanding of God's love.
Reflecting the love of God is what we want to do personally,
but these nominees were also able to do it in their craft.
Here's a look at the Grace Award for actor in a movie.
Take a look.
Grace award for movie performance, actor.
From Bonhoeffer.
Pastor, spy, assassin.
Jonas Dassler.
From Sound of Hope.
The Story of Possum Trot.
Demetrius Grosse.
From Unsung Hero,
Joel David Smallbone.
And the Grace award for best actor to movie goes to.
Joel Smallbone.
Joel David Smallbone.
Unsung hero is a testament not only of my parents'
faith, obviously, first and foremost, but it's a testament of
people rallying around something greater than themselves.
It's a testament of family.
It's a testament of what happened behind the camera.
I believe that we can make the best art in the world that is driven by faith.
I believe it with everything in me.
And I believe that day is coming.
But what I want people to say about us is, man,
that was a great film, but you know what the best part for me was
what happened behind the camera.
They loved each other and they cheered each other on.
Thank you for this.
Thank you to the Movieguide Awards.
Cheering you on.
Please welcome the star and producer of the most successful
faith-based franchise, God's Not Dead
David A. R. White.
Also from When Hope Calls, Great American.
Media's sequel to Janet Oke's Beloved, When Calls The Heart
Cindy Busby.
Foreign actor portraying a character that somehow
will reflect God's love is a mighty tough task.
But you'll see that these nominees were up for the challenge.
Let's take a look.
Grace award for movie performance actress.
From The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
Beatrice Schneider.
From Cabrini, Cristiana del Anna.
From Unsung Hero, Daisy Betts.
From The Wild, Robot Lupita Nyongo.
And the Grace Award for Best actress in a movie is.
Beatrice Schneider.
Hi.
Heart's pounding guys
I made some incredible friendships
and memories that will last a lifetime.
And to my family and
friends and teachers, you keep me grounded.
My best friend back home, I was just texting her a
minute ago, even though it's like she's
it's way past her going to bed right now.
And my mom and dad who teach me not only how to
act as a human being, but as also a
performer, that should have been the other way around whatever.
Thank you, mommy.
Please welcome from season five of.
The Chosen that debuts in theaters March 28th, Noah James and Kirk B. R. Woller.
So like its movie counterpart, the Grace Award
for a television performance is given to both an actor and actress
whose performances are exceptional and best contribute
to the world's understanding of God's love.
Television performances require an intimate and nuanced
performance, especially when reflecting God.
So take a look at these amazing nominees.
Grace award for TV performance, actor.
From county rescue, the rescuer.
Riley Hough.
From Blue Bloods The Heart of A Saturday Night.
Tom Selleck.
From Christmas Under The Northern Lights.
Jesse Hutch.
All right.
The Grace award for best actor in a television
performance is.
Jesse Hutch.
Okay.
Love these guys.
I just got I got to meet them.
I love them on television, so it was a great opportunity.
Well, this is unexpected.
I think deep down everyone wants to be seen.
That kind of circles background to why.
God put me in this because I recognize through.
God's grace that no matter what's in your bank account or what side you lean politically
or what your family history is or what you've done in the past or what you
think you're going to do in the future,
one thing that brings us together is the heart that God put in us.
God bless you, and I'll see you out there as I like to say.
Please welcome from General Hospital and Home Sweet Christmas,
Cameron Mathison and award- winning actress and producer Jen Lilly.
The final Grace Award is for best actress in a television performance
on the screen we may see many actresses
and actors, for that matter, reflect everything but an
understanding of God's love, and that is why this award is so unique.
And meaningful and beautiful, very well said Jen.
Tonight's nominees find a way to let their performance reflect God.
That's what it's all about.
Take a look.
Grace award for TV performance, actress.
From County Rescue, The Rescuer, Julia Riley.
From a Christmas Less Traveled.
Candace Cameron Bure.
From A Little Women's Christmas, Jillian Murray.
And the Grace award for best actress in a television performance is
Candace Cameron Bure.
Yes.
Candace Cameron Bure.
Is Beatrice here?
Because I feel like Beatrice.
You are nominated for an award and you get so excited, but I'm like,
please don't pick me because I don't know what to say.
Get nervous. Thank you for this Grace Award.
Thank you.
You know, I think about what grace means.
And God says that my grace is
sufficient for you. Grace is something that I
that I get that I don't deserve.
It's a forgiveness of sins.
It's to stand holy and righteous before God.
Just thank you for these opportunities to continue
to do the craft that I love and
get to portray a woman of grace on screen
and just share that message of God's grace in God's love.
And thank you for this award.
Let's go Movieguide.
Stick around, Moriah performs her hit song. Coming up next.
Great American Family welcomes you back to the Movieguide awards.
Here to present the visionary award is the founder and
publisher of Movieguide Dr. Ted Baehr.
Did everybody like Touched By An Angel?
Anybody remember Touched By An Angel?
I loved it.
Roma Downey has brought stories from the Bible
for all our screens of the Bible mini series.
Whether through her performances, impactful productions,
or written words of encouragement, she continues
to remind us that we're never alone.
God's love is always near.
We're overjoyed to present the 2025.
Visionary Award to Roma Downey.
Thank you very much, Ted.
Thank you.
What a blessing.
God is so good.
And I just want to set a context for you.
The show was a massive hit on CBS.
We averaged like 27 or
28 million people a week watched the show.
And it was a show that essentially I
was an angel in disguise and I
showed up at emotional crises in people's lives
and I reminded them that they weren't on their own,
that there was a God and that they were loved.
And to think that 28 million people chose
on Sunday nights to tune in to get that message is quite extraordinary, really.
And I was invited back to headquarters.
And it was kind of a big deal, you know, because we were shooting.
We were like the country cousins.
And we weren't often invited to the big dues.
And I remember coming back to the studio
and walking in and there was the reception desk.
And above the desk was a massive poster of
myself and the amazing, wonderful Della Reese.
And we were the number one show on
CBS, and I was greeted at the door by
a very high ranking member of the
CBS executive committee,
and she says to me in a whisper
in a whisper she said oh.
I caught an episode on the show.
It was very moving,
and I said why are we whispering?
And I tell you the good news I think at least
is that we're no longer whispering.
To be able to combine what I love to do, which is to tell stories
and to be able to speak about my love for.
For God, for goodness, to remind people of kindness and
that God is good has just been a tremendous privilege.
For this, I thank you and Movieguide, I thank you, Ted.
You're just such a gentleman and it's
been lovely to be in the room and to share the evening with all of you.
Thank you.
And now, please welcome from King and Country, as well as
the actor and director of tonight's honored movie Unsung Hero, Joel Smallbone.
Well, this is quite an honor because
our next musical performer is an actress.
You've recently seen her in Reagan.
In my opinion, she was the best part of Reagan.
Without further ado, would you give a rock star rowdy.
Soccer match welcome
to my wife, Moriah.
Hasta mañana, hasta mañana
you sing, hasta mañana, hasta mañana.
A little bit louder, hasta mañana, hasta mañana.
Last time.
Hasta mañana, hasta mañana.
You'll know when to sing.
This feeling's all too familiar.
The world's about to end.
Feels like the sun's always falling down just to get up again
and I don't get to choose if I get to live to 90
I can't tell the future to give me
a diamond and when I'm with you
I forget what the time is.
My worries will have to wait.
Hasta mañana, hasta mañana.
Hasta mañana, hasta mañana, until tomorrow.
Hasta mañana
I could cry all night, but don't wanna.
Hasta mañana.
Why don't we quiet all the sirens and the warnings?
There's nothing we can't face.
And when my troubles meet me early in the morning
I look at them and say.
Hasta mañana.
Until tomorrow.
I could cry all night but I don't wanna.
Hasta mañana.
Thank you.
Up next is the Kairos Prize,
screenwriting competition.
To announce this year's winner, welcome the star of HBO's.
Winning Time, The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Caitlin O'Connor.
And legendary fashion model, New York Times bestselling
author and talk show host Christina Ferrare.
Movieguide honors the movie's message.
The first step to a great movie is a remarkable script.
Nineteen years ago, Movieguide
began the kairos prize to encourage screenwriters to write more
scripts, which genuinely reflect the good, the true, and the beautiful.
Many of the past winners of the Kairos prize have seen
their scripts end up on the big screen.
Well, tonight's winning script based on the story is Assassin Made Perfect.
Corrupt miners union in 1900 America.
It finds redemption through the unexpected mercy of his last victim's widow.
The winner of the Kairos prize
and fifteen thousand dollars is Attila Peli.
This is overwhelming for me.
Thank you very much, Dr. Baehr and the organizing team.
Well I consider and I think it's true, the biggest Christian
screenplay competition in the world
being awarded.
So if that's not a miracle, then you tell me what it is.
So, Jesus, thank you, this is for you.
And I will give it to you when you come back
to take me home.
So if you want it, you see, it's golden, come sooner.
Thank you very much.
Coming up, the biggest award of the night,
the epiphany prizes. Don't go away.
We are back with the Movieguide Awards!
And now, ladies and gentlemen, for tonight's finale, we present
this year's epiphany prizes.
Please welcome back Mario Lopez and Dr. Ted Baehr.
You're gonna dance, right?
After you sir, after you.
Our most prestigious awards
are the two epiphany prizes
given to both a movie and a television program
that are inspirational
and redemptive, because God saved us
and paid the penalty for our debts and our sins, which increases
man's love for an understanding of God.
Thank you, Doctor.
I don't have to go to mass this weekend now.
Up first, is the Epiphany prize for TV,
please take a look at these exceptional nominees.
Epiphany prize for TV.
The Baxters, season one, episodes one through eight.
A Christmas Less Traveled.
Christmas Under The Northern Lights.
County Rescue, The Rescuer.
A Little Women's Christmas.
The winner of the Epiphany Prizer TV is.
A Christmas Less Traveled.
Accepting for A Christmas Less Traveled,
and executive producer, Candace Cameron Bure.
Wow, thank you.
As you guys know, every great
story begins with the writers.
So why I'm so grateful for them.
And Masey McLain and Taylor Kalupa wrote A Christmas Less Traveled.
And I'll tell you after,
you know, I've made a lot of Christmas movies and
it gets more and more challenging to find a Christmas script that feels
not only fresh, but isn't
just about a story about finding love under the Christmas tree.
And so this I just loved this story that they wrote.
They're such talented, wonderful writers.
So thank you for bringing this to life.
And again, thank you to my team at Candy Rock
and Happy Accidents.
And I'm grateful to Great American Family
for putting faith and family on television.
All right.
Now here are the nominees for the Epiphany prize for movies.
Let's take a look.
Epiphany prize for movies.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
Cabrini.
Sound of Hope, The Story of Possum Trot.
Transformers One.
Unsung Hero.
And the winner of the Epiphany
prize for movies is.
Cabrini.
Accepting for Cabrini,
executive producer Eustace Wolfington.
I was introduced to Cabrini in 1955.
When I was 23 years old.
I learned about her life.
I read about it.
I said was going to make her my model.
She was a great entrepreneur,
great humanitarian, never gave up.
60 years later, a woman walked into my office
and said “Will you help me do a movie on Cabrini?”
I turned her down for six years.
Finally the seventh year, she said, I
want you to come up and meet an Italian film company.
They're going to do the movie on Cabrini.
I looked at what they were going to do.
I said they can't do that to Cabrini.
This movie inspires like no movie ever inspired.
It lifts people up.
So I can only say.
Viva Cabrini.
Thank you for listening.
Ladies and gentlemen, for our closing prayer,
please welcome back Jesse Hutch.
All right, everybody.
Well, you're here for a reason.
God brought you here.
He put you here.
You're all very talented.
You have giftings.
You have communities, you have people you love, you have people that love you.
So I feel led to pray over you that you are empowered
spiritually to go out there and do what you got to do.
But don't do it your way.
Do it God's way.
And the only way to do that I believe is to put on the full armor of God.
So, if you guys would bow your heads and pray with me.
Heavenly Father, I just ask
right now that you put the helmet of salvation
upon every single human being in this building.
I pray that we would have an understanding of salvation.
I pray that you would protect our ears.
I pray that you would renew our minds and clean us from the inside, and at
the same time that helmet will protect us from the outside.
Pray for the breastplate of righteousness to be upon each and every single one of us.
The heart is a deep well, father God, and I pray that you would clean us out.
I pray that you would put our hearts in the right place.
Not our hearts so that we know what's on our heart, but rather what's
on yours, father God, so that we would beat in tune with you.
What do you want us to do?
What do we feel for others, father God?
Also pray that you put the belt of truth upon us.
What is truth?
We need it from you, father God. Show us the truth.
You are the way, father God, so I pray
that truth would boil inside of us to the point that
it would come out of us, Lord, through our actions and through our words.
I also ask that you would shot our feet with the readiness
that comes from the Gospel
of peace.
That peace which passes all
understanding, God.
No one will understand it
when the world is falling apart around us
but we will be standing firm in you.
Back in those times there was nails in the bottom of what they wore, Father God,
so they could stand firm.
I pray that we would do that in our faith and in our spirit.
I pray that you would give us the shield of faith, of which we can put
in front of us to protect those behind us.
That means we are leaders, father God, but we cannot lead unless we know who we are following.
May we follow you with our whole hearts, minds and souls.
I pray that you would give us the sword of the spirit, father God, your word.
Let it just go deep into our hearts and into our souls.
And I pray that with all this armor, we would stand firm
then, knowing that you are our king of kings and our lord of lords.
So we give you all the praise and all the glory and we tell stories
in the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Well, that's it.
You get to pop a button, whether it's here, maybe down
here if you had a lot of food.
Maybe you can dance, I don't know. Whatever.
Anyway, the night is young. So please thank you.
Thank you everyone for coming out and enjoy the rest of your evening.
Say hello to somebody you've never met.
Good night.