Jim Bakker: Last News

Jessica Chastain is not resting on her laurels after taking home Best Actress at this year's Academy Awards ceremony for her role in the Eyes Of Tammy Faye.The actress, 45, bundled up in an Army green jacket over a blue turtleneck as she shot a scene for a new untitled movie in New York City on Monday.The 355 star added gray pants with a greenish tinge to her look and tall black combat boots. Back at it:Jessica Chastain isn't resting on her laurels after taking home Best Actress at this year's Academy Awards ceremonyHer red hair whipped wildly around her face, and she seemed to bring her hands up to her face to brush it away.

dreadful new Broadway musical about 1970s and ‘80s televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker posted its closing notice Tuesday — just five days after it opened at the Palace Theatre.“Tammy Faye” was reportedly capitalized at $25 million, and will lose every penny.When the show shutters Dec. 8, it will have played 24 previews and a scant 29 regular performances.

Tammy Faye, the Elton John-Jake Shears musical about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker that opened last week to negative reviews, will close on December 8, less than a month after its official November 14 opening.

Frank Rizzo It takes more than a holy spirit and revivalist verve to make “Tammy Faye” divinely suited for musical theater. It would take a creative team knowing what their show wants to be: a campy hoot, a stinging indictment, an anguished melodrama, a witty satire, a revealing biography? The new Broadway musical “Tammy Faye” touches on all of these points of view but lands on none with any sense of confidence, consistency or purpose. It’s as messy as Tammy’s mascara.

If you remember Tammy Faye Bakker at all from the peak of her ’80s televangelical fame, you’ll most likely remember the scandals, the mascara, the tarantula-leg eyelashes, the big, big hair, the prescription drugs and maybe the groundbreaking on-air interview she did with AIDS patient Steven Pieters, all at a time when Evangelical Christians weren’t well known for any of the above.

Michaela Zee Andrew Garfield recalled in a recent interview with People how Jessica Chastain ensured he would spend time with his mother, Lynn, before she died in 2019 from pancreatic cancer. At the time, the two actors were working together on the Tammy Faye Bakker biopic, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” which Chastain also produced. “What was amazing was that [Searchlight Pictures’ David Greenbaum] and Jessica rearranged the schedule last-minute — put filming on hold [in North Carolina] for a few days so that I could go back [to England] and be with my mom for 10 days,” Garfield said.

Two-time Tony winner Michael Cerveris will play Rev. Jerry Falwell in this fall’s Broadway production of the musical Tammy Faye, which features music by Elton John, lyrics by Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears and a a book by Ink playwright James Graham.

Andrew Rannells was planning on reprising his role as Jim Bakker in the new Broadway musical Tammy Faye, but he dropped out after contract negotiations fell through.

Christian Borle, the two-time Tony winner for Something Rotten and Peter and the Starcatcher, will replace the previously announced Andrew Rannells in this fall’s Broadway production of Tammy Faye, the Elton John-composed musical about televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.

Andrew Rannells, walking the red (actually blue) carpet at the Tony Awards yesterday for his nominated Gutenberg! The Musical had some disappointing news for fans: Contrary to previous reports, Rannells will not reprise his Olivier-nominated performance as televangelist Jim Bakker when the musical Tammy Faye comes to Broadway later this fall.

Tammy Faye, the Olivier-nominated Elton John–Jake Shears–James Graham musical about ’80s-era televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, will premiere on Broadway during the 2024-25 Season.

The Rev. Steven Pieters, a long-time HIV survivor and activist who became famous when interviewed by televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in 1985, died Saturday of complications from gastrointestinal cancer. He was 70. 

Alan Dershowitz is off the hook, legally speaking.

Elton John and the Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears have come together to collaborate on the creation of a brand new musical based on the life of the legendary televangelist and LGBTQI icon, Tammy Faye Messner. The new musical, entitled Tammy Faye is slated to begin its run at the Almeida Theatre in London’s West End in October 2022.The cast of Tammy Faye, which includes Beautiful’s Katie Brayben, The Book of Mormon’s Andrew Rannells, and Zubin Varla, began rehearsals for the show this week. Tammy Faye will feature music by Elton John, with lyrics by Jake Shears. John has also famously written music for The Lion King and Billy Elliott. Elton John was nominated for a Tony Award in 1998 for Best Original Score for his work collaborating on the score for The Lion King and was nominated again in 2009 for Best Original Score for his work on Billy Elliott.The musical is based on the life of the iconic Tammy Faye Messner, who along with her former husband Jim Bakker fronted the PTL Club television ministry during the 1970s and 1980s.

She delighted her fans by dressing up as Lady Gaga and Jessica Chastain ahead of the Academy Awards.But Kelly Ripa took a break from the Hollywood glamour on Friday, when she and her husband Mark Consuelos were spotted on a walk in New York City.The 51-year-old Live! With Kelly And Ryan star looked relaxed in a vibrant tie-dye shirt as the couple strolled past the Greenwich Hotel in Manhattan. On the town: Kelly Ripa, 51, paired a casual tie-dye shirt with a sleek blazer and dark jeans as she took a walk near Manhattan's Greenwich hotel with husband Mark Consuelos, 51Kelly paired her green, blue and red shirt with a classy black blazer, and stuck to dark colors with her slim jeans.The talk show host and occasional actress rounded out her outfit with weathered white sneakers.

The 94th Academy Awards have blessed Jessica Chastain with her first career Oscar. The actress accepted the best lead actress prize for her work in The Eyes of Tammy Faye on Sunday. During her acceptance speech, Chastain touched on current social issues of discrimination, violence, bigotry and division.

won the Oscar for Best Actress, awarded by presenter Anthony Hopkins.In her speech, broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Chastain drew large applause and thanked her “brilliant” co-star Andrew Garfield.“So many people out there feel hopelessness and alone and suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States,” she noted.“It’s touched many families. It’s touched mine and especially members of the LGBTQ community…we’re faced with discriminatory and bigoted legislation that is sweeping our country with the only goal of further dividing us.

Kelly Ripa is taking her award season preparations very seriously, and now some fans think she might have taken things too far.MORE: Kelly Ripa shares new details from family vacation following returnLive with Kelly and Ryan released an exciting teaser promoting their After Oscar show out the Monday following the Academy Awards, to discuss all things winners, red carpet looks, and surprises of the night.The teaser however revealed a shocking transformation Kelly underwent in honor of the awards, and fans were completely taken aback by it.WATCH: Kelly's son Joaquin showcased his impressive dance moves in a new video MORE: Kelly Ripa's family celebrate news related to son Joaquin's time at college"This is who I really am," the television host said in the video, recreating an iconic scene from Jessica Chastain's Oscar nominated film, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, which tells the story of infamous televangelists Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker.Tammy was known for her extreme make-up looks, most notably for her eye make-up, which featured layers upon layers of heavy black mascara.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorEver since Searchlight Pictures released stills of Jessica Chastain in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” audiences were captivated by her transformation, and now, the hair and makeup team, along with Chastain, are all in the running for Oscar. The goal of makeup department head Linda Dowds, hair department head Stephanie Ingram and special makeup effects artist Justin Raleigh was not to make a caricature of the famous televangelist but create a real person.Raleigh’s process began with 2D conceptual designs combining the real Tammy Faye Bakker with Chastain to figure out the elements that had to be altered with prosthetics.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye star Jessica Chastain joined makeup department head Linda Dowds and prosthetics designer Justin Raleigh for a virtual panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees event.

Jessica Chastain has built a résumé of portraying strong-willed women, but playing Tammy Faye Bakker was the first time she felt “exposed.” Believe it or not, she’s been working on bringing The Eyes of Tammy Faye to life since her most recent Best Actress nomination in 2012’s Zero Dark Thirty.