<p>Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ashton-kutcher-kept-his-distance-from-reese-witherspoon-to-avoid-affair-rumors-and-sparked-another-rumor-instead" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reese Witherspoon</a> said in a recent interview that she was forced to film an &#8220;explicit&#8221; sex scene for the 1996 movie &#8220;Fear&#8221; — opposite actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-wahlberg-says-once-he-started-putting-my-faith-and-focus-on-god-good-things-happened-to-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Wahlberg</a> – despite the fact that she initially told the director no.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reese-witherspoon-admits-she-bombed-an-audition-with-de-niro-and-10-years-later-he-still-remembered" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Witherspoon</a> explained in the <a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a44450841/reese-witherspoon-interview-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> – which was published by Harper&#8217;s Bazaar on Wednesday — that the sex scene had not actually been written into the script, so she believed it was just something the director had decided he wanted to add.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Sweet Home Alabama&#8221; star was just 19 when she made the film — and had requested a stunt double for anything below the waist. But she said things played out a little differently despite her objections.</p>
<p>&#8220;I didn’t have control over it. It wasn’t explicit in the script that that’s what was going to happen, so that was something that I think the director thought of on his own and then asked me on set if I would do it, and I said no,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It wasn’t a particularly great experience.&#8221;</p>
<p>Witherspoon went on to note that she wasn&#8217;t looking to call anyone out over the scene – but rather, explained that it was just one of many experiences that inspired her to pursue her current passion: supporting women and telling their stories.</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m certainly not traumatized or anything by it, but it was formative. It made me understand where my place was in the pecking order of filmmaking,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think it’s another one of those stories that made me want to be an agent for change and someone who maybe can be in a better leadership position to tell stories from a female perspective instead of from the male gaze.&#8221;</p>
<p>Actress Laura Dern, Witherspoon&#8217;s &#8220;Big Little Lies&#8221; costar, is all in with her vision: &#8220;We’ve both had to fight for our voices and therefore hope to defend others’ voices in workplace environments. She knows how little space there is in a room. She knows that experience. And now that she has that space, she’s lifting up everyone else.&#8221;</p>


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<p>Hollywood star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-an-even-bigger-sin-mark-wahlberg-says-faith-is-not-popular-in-hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Wahlberg</a> said once he &#8220;started putting&#8221; his &#8220;faith and focus on God, good things&#8221; happened to him.</p>
<p>In a recent <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mark-wahlberg-reveals-tequila-doesnt-jeopardize-extreme-exercise-regime?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-35034705&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio">interview</a> with Fox News, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-wahlberg-joins-californias-mass-exodus-moves-out-of-state-to-give-his-children-a-better-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">51-year-old</a> actor said the most important thing to him besides his family is his faith, and how without it, he wouldn&#8217;t have been able to handle the hard times.</p>
<p>&#8220;I attribute everything good and everything positive in life to my faith,&#8221; Wahlberg said. &#8220;As soon as I started putting my faith and focus on God, good things started happening for me.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;And even when they didn&#8217;t, it gives you the coping skills to deal with things that are inevitable, like loss and failure and those things,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But, you know, again, my faith and my family, those are the most important aspects of my life.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Uncharted&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stay-prayed-up-mark-wahlberg-urges-his-18-million-followers-to-say-the-rosary-with-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">star</a> also talked about how his family is doing after they relocated from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.</p>
<p>&#8220;My kids are doing fantastic,&#8221; Wahlberg said. &#8220;I wish I would&#8217;ve made the move sooner. … I spent lots of time in LA pursuing my own professional aspirations.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And, so, to be able to now put them in a position to where they can pursue theirs, their interests, it&#8217;s definitely the right thing to do, and it&#8217;s long overdue,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>In 2022, Wahlberg appeared in &#8220;Father Stu,&#8221; a movie based on the true story of a boxer who became a Catholic priest. The actor, who is a devout Catholic, previously discussed the film and said it was &#8220;his calling&#8221; and &#8220;mission&#8221; to get this movie made.</p>
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<p>Wahlberg and his wife, Rhea Durham, have been married since 2009 and share four children together. Their oldest is 19 years old, and their youngest is 12.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-wahlberg-congratulates-son-and-other-young-people-who-have-chosen-to-commit-to-the-lord">Mark Wahlberg Congratulates Son And Other Young People Who Have Chosen To Commit To The Lord</a></strong></p>


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<p>George Clooney revealed this week that two Hollywood A-list actors slammed the door in his face when he approached them about starring in the blockbuster 2001 movie &#8220;Ocean&#8217;s Eleven.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Some very famous people told us to f*** right off,&#8221; Clooney <a href="https://parade.com/news/george-clooney-blasts-johnny-depp-mark-wahlberg-rejecting-oceans-eleven-movie-role">said</a> during an interview at the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival via Entertainment Weekly. &#8220;Mark Wahlberg, Johnny Depp. There were others. They regret it now. I regret doing f***ing ‘Batman.’&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s also important to understand where we were at the time,&#8221; Clooney added. &#8220;The studios were making very big, broad, not very good films at that time. Steven had this idea of trying to infuse all of this independent film stuff that all of these young filmmakers were learning back into the studio system. It was going to get back to the things that they were doing from, like, 1964 to 1975.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Ocean&#8217;s Eleven&#8221; featured a star-studded cast, including Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Bernie Mac, Qin Shaobo, Don Cheadle, and Carl Reiner.</p>
<p>Wahlberg and Depp were reportedly approached about playing the role of Linus Caldwell — which was later filled by Damon.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ocean’s Eleven&#8221; director Steven Soderbergh confirmed during the interview that they were turned down by some major talent.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Steven [Soderbergh] had just done ‘Erin Brockovich’ and ‘Traffic,’ and he was nominated for directing both films,&#8221; Clooney said. &#8220;So, people really wanted to work with Steven.&#8221;</p>
<p>The film&#8217;s success led to three additional films, &#8220;Ocean&#8217;s Twelve,&#8221; &#8220;Ocean&#8217;s Thirteen,&#8221; and &#8220;Ocean&#8217;s Eight.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Ocean&#8217;s Twelve&#8221; and &#8220;Ocean&#8217;s Thirteen&#8221; feature the same cast as &#8220;Ocean&#8217;s Eleven,&#8221; while &#8220;Ocean&#8217;s Eight&#8221; features a female cast led by actress Sandra Bullock, who plays the role of Danny Ocean&#8217;s (Clooney) sister.</p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mark-wahlberg"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark Wahlberg</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is one of several celebrities to leave </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hollywood</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for a different lifestyle, which he says has been beneficial for his children.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It&#8217;s really giving the kids a chance to thrive,&#8221; the 51-year-old actor </span><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mark-wahlberg-moved-out-hollywood-could-give-children-chance-thrive"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Fox News Digital in an article published Thursday about settling his family in Las Vegas. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It just has the best of both worlds. I know a lot of people, when they think </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/las-vegas"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Las Vegas</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, they think the Strip. But just about 15, 20 minutes away, there&#8217;s a whole lot of other amazing areas that are all about family and community.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wahlberg has four children with wife Rhea Durham. He says daughters Ella, 19, and Grace, 13, and sons Michael, 17, and Brendan, 14, are all doing well after he sold their home in Beverly Hills last April.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;My daughter&#8217;s an equestrian,” the “Father Stu” star told the publication. &#8220;My son&#8217;s a golfer. My oldest daughter, now she&#8217;s off to college. My son&#8217;s a junior. There&#8217;s lots of opportunity here as well for me. We&#8217;re trying to create a studio. We&#8217;re trying to build the shoe factory. We want to create lots of jobs here.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I moved to Nevada where, after this gubernatorial election, hopefully it will go to legislation and get a bill passed so we can get a tax credit for the state — build a state-of-the-art studio here and make this Hollywood 2.0,&#8221; Wahlberg added.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hollywood veteran went on to say that Vegas has the potential to become a new entertainment hub, but also that his kids’ happiness is his main priority.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We&#8217;re always looking for new opportunities and new adventures,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I hope to create a lot of opportunity here. And I moved to California originally to make movies. I&#8217;ve made three movies in the last 15 years in L.A. So, as you know, it&#8217;s been difficult.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wahlberg concluded: &#8220;The kids are really happy, and it&#8217;s all about them.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The leading man explained that he convinced other people to move with him, pointing out how much more house they can get for their money outside of California.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;When I moved here, I brought probably like 15 or 20 people that work with me also moving here,&#8221; Wahlberg told the outlet. &#8220;They went from three-bedroom houses that they were really struggling to pay rent for. And now they have a six-bedroom house. And it&#8217;s, you know, half the cost.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;And, you know, they walk their dogs,&#8221; he went on. &#8220;They&#8217;re in a gated community. They&#8217;ve got the school right there two blocks down the road. It&#8217;s just a much better lifestyle here and more affordable.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Multiple other celebrities have </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-is-not-america-why-so-many-celebrities-are-leaving-los-angeles"><span style="font-weight: 400;">raved about</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the benefits of leaving Los Angeles, including Matthew McConaughey, James Van Der Beek, Katy Perry, Chris Hemsworth, Joe Rogan, and Katherine Heigl.</span></p>


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<p>Actor Mark Wahlberg said &#8220;faith&#8221; is &#8220;not popular&#8221; in Hollywood but insisted he refused to deny his, because he feels that&#8217;s an &#8220;even bigger sin.&#8221;</p>
<p>During his appearance on the &#8220;Today&#8221; <a href="https://www.today.com/life/inspiration/mark-wahlberg-explains-important-not-deny-faith-rcna71761">show</a>, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mark-wahlberg">51-year-old</a> actor and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-wahlberg-congratulates-son-and-other-young-people-who-have-chosen-to-commit-to-the-lord">devout Catholic</a> spoke about his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/faith">faith</a> on Ash Wednesday, which kicks off 40 days of Lent, commemorating the 40 days Jesus Christ spent in the desert before he began his public ministry.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a balance,&#8221; Wahlberg told the host. &#8220;I don&#8217;t wanna jam it down anybody&#8217;s throat, but I do not deny my faith. That&#8217;s an even bigger sin. You know, it&#8217;s not popular in my industry, but, you know, I cannot deny my faith. It&#8217;s important for me to share that with people.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;But I have friends from all walks of life and all different types of faiths and religions, so you know, it&#8217;s important to respect and honor them as well,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Later, the host asked the actor to explain what his faith meant to him.</p>
<p>&#8220;[I]t&#8217;s everything, it’s afforded me so many things,&#8221; the &#8220;Shooter&#8221; star shared. &#8220;… God didn&#8217;t come to save the saints, He came to save the sinners … We want to be better versions of ourselves, and through focusing on my faith, it&#8217;s allowed me to do that.&#8221;</p>
<p>In 2022, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-wahlberg-sony-re-releasing-pg-13-version-of-father-stu-in-theaters">Wahlberg</a> appeared in &#8220;Father Stu,&#8221; a movie based on the true story of a boxer who became a Catholic priest.</p>
<p>The actor previously discussed the film and said it was &#8220;his calling&#8221; and &#8220;mission&#8221; to get this movie made.</p>
<p>&#8220;The reason why [Father Stu] was so effective was because he was authentic,&#8221; Wahlberg shared about the inspiration for the film. &#8220;He was speaking the truth from experience, and that&#8217;s invaluable … He&#8217;s such a remarkable man. It was an honor for me to portray him in the film and to tell his story.&#8221;</p>
<p>In May 2022, Wahlberg <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stay-prayed-up-mark-wahlberg-urges-his-18-million-followers-to-say-the-rosary-with-him">encouraged</a> his 18 million followers to &#8220;stay prayed up&#8221; and say the Rosary with him.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been getting a lot of messages from people who have been praying every day and finding peace,&#8221; the actor posted on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcvOewOpoBt/">social media</a>. &#8220;And especially sending wonderful messages about doing the Rosary with me on the Hallow app. Let&#8217;s do the Rosary together and stay prayed up. You got to stay prayed up. God bless you.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-wahlberg-sony-re-releasing-pg-13-version-of-father-stu-in-theaters">Mark Wahlberg, Sony Re-Releasing PG-13 Version Of &#8216;Father Stu&#8217; In Theaters</a></strong></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The phrase “Hollywood actor” often elicits the stereotypical image of a millionaire playboy sunning himself on a yacht surrounded by a bevy of bikini-clad models or walking a red carpet in a tux, mugging for the cameras.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leonardo DiCaprio and his younger-than-25 girlfriends. Jack Nicholson. Charlie Sheen. Tinseltown is chock full of men playing the part. Not all actors behave this way, however, and some are even countercultural enough to leave Los Angeles in search of a semi-normal life without sacrificing their careers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are a few of the best examples of actors who chose marriage, family, and the comforts of home over the empty promises of promiscuous sex alongside their fame and fortune.</span></p>
<h2><b>Mark Wahlberg</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actor and film producer Mark Wahlberg doesn’t bear much resemblance to the “Boogie Nights” porn star Dirk Diggler, who he famously portrayed in 1997. Instead, the 51-year-old actor recently joined a growing list of Hollywood celebrities fleeing California for greener pastures.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wahlberg discussed how he made that decision during an October appearance on the CBS talk show “The Talk.” He said his family were relocating to Nevada so his children could have “a better life.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I moved to California many years ago to pursue acting and I’ve only made a couple of movies in the entire time that I was there,” the Academy Award winning actor explained. “So, to be able to give my kids a better life and follow and pursue their dreams, whether it be my daughter as an equestrian, my son as a basketball player, my younger son as a golfer, this made a lot more sense for us.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s not the only way Wahlberg bucks the most common actor cliches. As an outspoken practicing Catholic, the father of four says he often attends Sunday mass twice in a day and that his faith is “the most important part of my life.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I don’t try to push it on anybody and I don’t try to hide it,” he </span><a href="https://people.com/celebrity/mark-wahlberg-my-faith-is-the-most-important-part-of-my-life/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> People of being Catholic during a 2022 interview. Wahlberg even regrets his breakout role in the explicit “Boogie Nights.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I just always hope that God is a movie fan and also forgiving, because I’ve made some poor choices in my past,” Wahlberg </span><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/mark-wahlberg-god-forgive-him-boogie-nights-1201890465/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in 2017. “‘Boogie Nights’ is up there at the top of the list.”</span></p>
<h2><b>James Van Der Beek</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There aren’t weekly yacht parties in James Van Der Beek’s world. The “Dawson’s Creek” actor is too busy raising his brood of six kids along with his wife Kimberly on their sprawling Texas ranch. The 45-year-old actor has no regrets about leaving Hollywood behind in favor of the Lone Star State.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We love it. We have a lot more space,” the actor </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/james-van-der-beek-gushes-about-ditching-l-a-for-texas-says-his-kids-dance-in-the-rain" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in June 2022 of their new lifestyle. “We all need a more immediate connection to nature. It’s been a really, really great move and the kids are really happy.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The parks have been amazing,” he continued. “We’ve been going to state parks and the national parks. It’s just one of the benefits of getting out of the big city was getting to a place where we could just have more space right outside our door. It’s a very different life.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We watch the sunset,” Van der Beek said. “We can actually see stars, which is a new thing.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Varsity Blues” star said living in Texas has “connected” and “centered” his family, who are quick to run outside and start dancing when it’s raining. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Van der Beek’s wife is also a huge proponent of homeschooling. &#8220;I think way too much is put on kids,” she </span><a href="https://people.com/parents/kimberly-van-der-beek-talks-homeschooling-five-children/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> People of the modern education system. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I look at school, to be honest with you, as a form of imprisonment, where they spend hours of their day being told what to care about and what to learn.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We want strong children that are creative, self-sufficient, can make their own decisions, but we put them like a lineup of kids, moving them from subject to subject, activity to activity,” she explained. </span></p>
<h2><b>Chris O’Donnell</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actor Chris O’Donnell is another family man who believes his family comes first and career comes second. The 52-year-old father of five married Caroline Fentress, who is not in the business, in 1997. He told Redbook that choosing between movie stardom and devoting himself to being a husband and father was a no-brainer.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I was being offered these huge films that would have taken my career to a different level, and I decided to put on the brakes,” he </span><a href="https://www.redbookmag.com/love-sex/mens-perspective/interviews/a6190/chris-odonnell-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the publication in 2010. “I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn&#8217;t have gotten married. … I was in the right place earlier than I thought. I would think to myself, &#8216;Could I imagine not marrying her?&#8217; And there was just no way.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “NCIS: Los Angeles” star said he was inspired by his own large, Catholic family and modeled his own priorities after the values he learned as the youngest of seven kids. He also credits a shared value system with his own marriage’s success.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Our families have the same values and traditions, and I think that goes a long way because when the excitement and heat of romance wear off, those are the things you fall back on,” he said of his marriage. </span></p>
<h2><b>Kirk Cameron</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s nothing typical about “Growing Pains” alum Kirk Cameron or his quest to expose the worst aspects of leftist ideology. The 52-year-old Golden Globe nominee is an outspoken Christian who believes in traditional values and thinks the public school system offers nothing but poorly disguised indoctrination for kids.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The problem is that public school systems have become so bad. It’s sad to say they’re doing more for grooming, for sexual chaos and the progressive Left than any real educating about the things that most of us want to teach our kids,” Cameron </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-public-school-is-destroying-the-family-destroying-the-church-destroying-love-for-our-great-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in May while promoting his documentary, “The Homeschool Awakening.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cameron is also staunchly pro-life, which he demonstrated with the release of his pro-adoption film “Lifemark” in 2022. The star has been married to fellow “Growing Pains” co-star Chelsea Noble since 1991 and shares six children with her. Four of the kids are adopted, as was Chelsea. </span></p>
<h2><b>Chris Pratt</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s true that Chris Pratt is divorced from actress Anna Faris, but he still deserves credit for putting family first despite being a famous actor. The 43-year-old father of three is now married to Katherine Schwarzenegger and isn’t afraid to talk about his personal life, including how he was once homeless and eventually discovered Christianity following an encounter in a Safeway parking lot, according to <a href="https://www.heyalma.com/everything-we-know-about-chris-pratts-history-with-jews-for-jesus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previous interviews</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This guy came by and was like, ‘What are you doing tonight?’ I was like, ‘Oh, I dunno…’ So he’s like, ‘Will you fornicate tonight?’ I was like, ‘I hope so.’ ‘And drugs and drinking?’ It’s like, ‘Most likely, yeah. Probably all three of those things. I mean, at least two of them, possibly all three,&#8217;” Pratt said of the experience. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He was like, ‘I stopped because Jesus told me to stop and talk to you. He said to tell you you’re destined for great things.’ My friends came out, and I was like, ‘Hey, I’m gonna go with this guy.’ I gave my soul to Jesus within, like, two days.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now Pratt, who provides the voice of Mario in the upcoming “Super Mario Bros.” movie, is a devoted family man who also earns the respect of major players on the Left and the Right.</span></p>


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<p><em>This article is a companion piece to today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</em></p>
<p><strong>Biden Calls On Congress</strong></p>
<p>On Tuesday, Congressional Democrats and Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/union-allies-turn-on-pro-labor-biden-for-trying-to-prevent-looming-rail-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> to pass legislation to avoid a nationwide rail strike at the behest of President Biden. A strike would disrupt shipping and would likely lead to delays in Christmas gift delivery. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) vowed to move quickly, saying, “Tomorrow morning we will have a bill on the floor.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>McCarthy Makes Demands</strong></p>
<p>President Biden met with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday at the White House to discuss his plans for the remainder of the year, as well as to go over upcoming government funding legislation. McCarthy explained to the press what was discussed.</p>
<p>&#8220;What I explained to all of them is that I can work with anyone who&#8217;s willing to work to get our spending under control, to work to make America energy independent, to secure our borders&#8230;&#8221; McCarthy said.</p>
<p>&#8220;If they don&#8217;t want to work with us, we can get this work done in January,&#8221; he added.</p>
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<p><strong>Chinese Protests Continue</strong></p>
<p>As an update to our Tuesday Morning Wire podcast, Chinese universities sent students home and police took preventative steps to curb protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions called for leader Xi Jinping to resign.</p>
<p>A new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pornography-escort-service-advertisement-bots-flood-twitter-feeds-preventing-chinese-citizens-from-accessing-covid-protest-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> indicates that search results of current widespread protests opposing oppressive COVID lockdown measures in major cities across China have been drowned out by Chinese bots advertising pornography, escort services, and gambling.</p>
<p><strong>Record Voting In Georgia Continues</strong></p>
<p>Georgia broke another voting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/georgia-sets-new-single-day-early-voting-record-in-senate-runoff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record Monday</a>, as more than 239,000 early voters came out to the polls in a single day to cast their ballots in the 2022 Senate runoff election between incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and GOP challenger Herschel Walker. The previous early voting record was just over 233,000 votes in 2018.</p>
<p><strong>“Father Stu” Returns To Theaters</strong></p>
<p>Hollywood actor and producer Mark Wahlberg and Sony studios <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-wahlberg-sony-re-releasing-pg-13-version-of-father-stu-in-theaters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are re-releasing in theaters a new PG-13 version</a> of Father Stu, a film about an ex-boxer turned Catholic priest after a horrendous auto injury. The film premiered earlier this year with an R-rating. Wahlberg recently explained why it will be re-released.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, given the nature of the R-Rated movie, lots of families didn’t feel comfortable with their children seeing it, but they really wanted them to get the message,&#8221; Wahlberg told Fox News. &#8220;So because the Archbishop Thomas of Nevada — who actually ordained Father Stu in Helena, Montana, came to me and said, &#8216;Mark, I understand why the language is there but it would be a sin and a shame for young people not to see this movie and to really understand the importance of this story.’”</p>
<p>&#8220;So we wanted to make sure that we would share that with children of all ages,&#8221; he added.</p>
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<p><strong>The Netherlands Plan To Buy And Shut Down Farms </strong></p>
<p>In international news, the government of The Netherlands <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/netherlands-buy-out-and-close-farms-meet-climate-goals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> it could soon buy and close down nearly 3,000 farms in Holland in order to comply with European environmental regulations. The Netherlands is attempting to cut down its nitrogen pollution and will push ahead with compulsory purchases if not enough farms take up the offer voluntarily.</p>
<p><strong>Biden&#8217;s Non-Binary Nuke Officer Charged With Felony Theft</strong></p>
<p>Sam Brinton, a Deputy Assistant Secretary for a division of the U.S. Department of Energy, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gender-fluid-biden-admin-employee-charged-with-stealing-womans-luggage-at-minneapolis-airport-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly charged</a> with a felony last month after allegedly stealing a woman’s suitcase from the baggage claim area at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Surveillance video shows Brinton removing the luggage tag from a navy blue Vera Bradley suitcase bag, dropping it into a handbag, and then leaving the area “at a quick pace” on September 16, 2022, according to a criminal complaint. Brinton made headlines for being one of the Energy Department’s first self-identified non-binary employees.</p>
<p><strong>Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) Dies</strong></p>
<p>Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) died Monday night after battling cancer for many years, according to a statement from his office. He was 61.</p>
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Tuesday Afternoon Update: Biden Calls On Congress To Prevent Rail Strike, ‘Father Stu’ Returns, And More

Tuesday Afternoon Update: Biden Calls On Congress To Prevent Rail Strike, 'Father Stu' Returns, And More

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<p>Sony is re-releasing a PG-13 version of the Mark Wahlberg movie &#8220;Father Stu&#8221; in an effort to appeal to more families.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mark-wahlberg">51-year-old</a> actor shared the news on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClTyblFL69a/">Instagram</a> in a recent post celebrating that the film — based on the true story of a boxer who came a Catholic priest — would be re-released in theaters with a PG-13 rating December 9. The movie was originally rated R.</p>
<p>&#8220;Based on the inspiring true story,&#8221; Wahlberg wrote. &#8220;&#8216;Father Stu: Reborn&#8217; will be back in theaters December 9 and rated PG-13. Get tickets now at www.fatherstumovie.com #FatherStuMovie @fatherstumovie.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The star of the faith-based film spoke recently about the recut version of the movie and promised its message is just as important.</p>
<p>&#8220;We took out all 200 and some odd swears,&#8221; Wahlberg said during his recent appearance on <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-wahlberg-highlights-powerful-message-father-stu-reborn-nobody-beyond-redemption">Fox News</a>. &#8220;And the film is still as powerful.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Given the nature of the R-rated movie, lots of families didn&#8217;t feel comfortable with their children seeing it, but they really wanted them to get the message,&#8221; he added in another Fox News interview. &#8220;To see Stu&#8217;s journey and the struggle that he went through to find his calling, we felt, was really important for people of all ages to see.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I really wanted young people as a whole to see it, but especially young boys,&#8221; Wahlberg continued. &#8220;We want to prevent kids from making a lot of the same mistakes that we made – certainly mistakes that I made. So anything that we can do to kind of show them an easier path to serving God and just being positive, productive members of society.&#8221;</p>
<p>The superstar actor, who is a devout Catholic himself, previously talked about the film and said it was &#8220;his calling,&#8221; his &#8220;mission,&#8221; to get this movie made, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-was-my-calling-mark-wahlberg-explains-why-father-stu-was-a-turning-point-for-him">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;The reason why [Father Stu] was so effective was because he was authentic,&#8221; Wahlberg shared about the inspiration for the film. &#8220;He was speaking the truth from experience, and that&#8217;s invaluable … He&#8217;s such a remarkable man. It was an honor for me to portray him in the film and to tell his story.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-wahlberg-congratulates-son-and-other-young-people-who-have-chosen-to-commit-to-the-lord">Mark Wahlberg Congratulates Son And Other Young People Who Have Chosen To Commit To The Lord</a></strong></p>


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<p class="p1">Actor and film producer Mark Wahlberg joined the growing list of A-list Hollywood celebrities fleeing California.</p>
<p class="p1">During an interview Tuesday on the CBS talk show “The Talk,” the movie star said he moved out of the Golden State and into Nevada to give his children &#8220;a better life.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;I moved to California many years ago to pursue acting and I&#8217;ve only made a couple of movies in the entire time that I was there,&#8221; Wahlberg said. &#8220;So, to be able to give my kids a better life and follow and pursue their dreams, whether it be my daughter as an equestrian, my son as a basketball player, my younger son as a golfer, this made a lot more sense for us.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wahlberg and his wife, Rhea Durham, have two sons and two daughters.</p>
<p class="p1">Residents across the state have been escaping Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s rule of California in droves, especially since 2020, when the Democratic leader and the primarily liberal legislature shut down the state in response to COVID. Amid high taxes already killing the middle–class, skyrocketing crime rates, and an unaffordable housing crisis — the one-party system on the West Coast essentially turned California into a feudal state, or as some conservative leaders called it, a socialist nightmare.</p>
<p class="p1">The Los Angeles Times cited a <a href="https://www.redfin.com/news/rising-mortgage-rates-purchasing-power-drops-2022/">report</a> from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, which tracked data published by a moving company claiming California had an outbound move rate of approximately 56% between 2018-2019. Following the pandemic, that rate increased to nearly 60% in 2020-21.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">The Times further <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-29/california-exodus-continues-l-a-san-francisco-lead-the-way">reported</a> that a California Department of Finance Statistics showed more than 352,000 residents packed up their belongings and set up camp elsewhere between April 2020 and January 2022.</p>
<p class="p1">Last April, Wahlberg put his family&#8217;s 12-bedroom/20-bathroom compound located in the ritzy Beverly Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on the market for $87.5 million, according to <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mark-wahlberg-moved-california-nevada-kids-family-155142681.html">Yahoo News</a>. He follows the lead of other celebrities like Katy Perry, Matthew McConaughey, and even podcaster Joe Rogan.</p>
<p class="p1">Wahlberg told the hosts of the show he moved to California&#8217;s neighboring state, Nevada, where he said he plans on building a studio, creating &#8220;Hollywood 2.0.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">The 51-year-old Boston native said following Nevada&#8217;s gubernatorial election next month, where incumbent Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak seeks re-election against Republican nominee Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo in the upcoming 2022 Midterms, he hopes to have a bill passed in the legislature that would grant tax credits to build out a state-of-the-art studio.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;We came here to just kind of give ourselves a new look, a fresh start for the kids, and there&#8217;s a lot of opportunity here,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m really excited about the future.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">Wahlberg appeared on the show to promote the second season of his television docu-series &#8220;Wahl Street,&#8221; which gives a rare look inside his personal life as he expands his empire.</p>
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<p>Actor Mark Wahlberg said he was grateful for so much as he congratulated his son, Michael Wahlberg, and all the other young people who have chosen to commit to the Lord.</p>
<p>In a video posted Sunday on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CeKswXpIQoF/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=0b08a147-4981-4ed1-845f-5f265fb1f82d">Instagram</a>, the 50-year-old wrote, &#8220;Congratulations to Mikey and everyone who made their confirmation&#8221; as he got down on his hands and his knees to express his &#8220;gratitude&#8221; from Europe. It was after his 16-year-old son was confirmed into the Catholic church as he&#8217;s decided to live the rest of his life as a Catholic after being baptized into the religion when he was younger.</p>
<p>Confirmation is described by <a href="https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/confirmation">Catholic.com</a> as &#8220;a sacrament in which the Holy Ghost is given to those already baptized in order to make them strong and perfect Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Good morning from Europe,&#8221; Wahlberg explained. &#8220;I just got down on my hands and my knees to express my gratitude on a beautiful day. Congratulations to my son Michael for making his confirmation.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;All the young people out there who are confirmed and taking their relationship with the Lord into their adulthood, what a commitment you guys have made,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Congratulations to all of you.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Father Stu&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-was-my-calling-mark-wahlberg-explains-why-father-stu-was-a-turning-point-for-him">star</a>, who is from Boston, closed out his post by also giving thanks after learning that the Celtics had won the Eastern Conference and were headed to the NBA Finals, sharing that &#8220;lots of prayers answered&#8221;&#8230;God Bless you all.&#8221;</p>
<p>He also told his followers that he had been &#8220;listening to a beautiful prayer&#8221; on the <a href="https://hallow.com">Hallow app</a>, which the company describes as a &#8220;Catholic Prayer &amp; Meditation App.&#8221;</p>
<p>In April, Wahlberg, a proud Catholic, encouraged his 18 million followers to &#8220;stay prayed up&#8221; and say the Rosary with him, as he mentioned the app, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stay-prayed-up-mark-wahlberg-urges-his-18-million-followers-to-say-the-rosary-with-him">reported</a> by The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been getting a lot of messages from people who have been praying every day and finding peace,&#8221; Wahlberg posted on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcvOewOpoBt/">social media</a>. &#8220;And especially sending wonderful messages about doing the Rosary with me on the Hallow app.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s do the Rosary together and stay prayed up,&#8221; he added. &#8220;You got to stay prayed up. God bless you.&#8221;</p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark Wahlberg is not shy about sharing his Catholic faith. The 50-year-old actor recently encouraged his 18 million Instagram followers to pray the Rosary. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I&#8217;ve been getting a lot of messages from people who have been praying every day and finding peace. And especially sending wonderful messages about doing the Rosary with me on the <a href="https://hallow.com">Hallow app</a>,&#8221; Wahlberg said in a </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CclvydTPhzb/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">video message</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on the social media platform.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Let&#8217;s do the Rosary together and stay prayed up. You got to stay prayed up. God bless you,&#8221; he continued.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mark-wahlberg-peace-prayer-rosary-hallow-app">Fox News</a>, the meditation app Hallow launched a partnership with Wahlberg earlier this month and is the most downloaded and used Catholic app in the world. This coincided with the actor&#8217;s new film &#8220;Father Stu.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The film tells the story of the real-life boxer who became a priest and also had a degenerative, incurable muscle disorder. Father Stuart Long’s story inspired Wahlberg so deeply that he invested his own money to get the movie made. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The reason why [Father Stu] was so effective was because he was authentic,” Wahlberg said while discussing his inspiration for the film. “He was speaking the truth from experience, and that’s invaluable … He’s such a remarkable man. It was an honor for me to portray him in the film and to tell his story.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During an </span><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-wahlberg-interview-raymond-arroyo-fox-nation-father-stu"><span style="font-weight: 400;">interview</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with Fox Nation in February, the actor discussed why it was so important to him to get “Father Stu” to the big screen.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“People need to have faith and hope,” he said at the time. “I just knew that I needed to make this movie, and this was my calling and this was my mission. And, now, it’s needed more than ever.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Hopefully, it will do some really important work and help a lot of people,” he continued. “It’s certainly a turning point for me in my life … I need to stop focusing so much on Mark and start doing much more work for God and for people and for people that are less fortunate people.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Back in 2018, according to Fox News, Wahlberg already released his stringent prayer schedule, which involves “a 2:30 a.m. wake up that kicks off with prayer at 2:45 a.m.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Fear” actor told Piers Morgan during a 2012 interview, “I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother and uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me and a good follower to those that are serving God and doing the right thing.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Father Stu” got generally bad ratings from critics, but audiences have loved it, The Daily Wire </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/critics-pan-new-faith-based-film-father-stu-but-the-audience-loves-it"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. It is currently in theaters. </span></p>


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<p>Critics and the general public are at odds over the new faith-based film &#8220;Father Stu,&#8221; released in theaters last week.</p>
<p>At least 75 film critics have collectively rated the Catholic film with a dismal 44% rating, <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/father_stu/reviews?intcmp=rt-scorecard_tomatometer-reviews">according</a> to popular review website Rotten Tomatoes. The audience, on the other hand, praised the movie as a resounding success, with more than 500 reviews averaging a high 95% rating.</p>
<p>The film takes viewers through the life of troubled amateur boxer-turned-Catholic priest Father Stuart Long, who suffered from a rare degenerative and incurable muscular disorder called inclusion body myositis. Critics, clearly, were not convinced of the film adaptation.</p>
<p>&#8220;This ill-conceived, frequently irritating biopic trots out every stale genre chestnut while focusing on a relentlessly unlikable main character who comes across as a stubborn, argumentative bully,&#8221; complained Common Sense Media&#8217;s Jeffrey M. Anderson.</p>
<p>Movie Reelist&#8217;s Monti Lee Stormer mocked, &#8220;The message seems to be &#8216;In the End, Stu became a priest, and everybody clapped.'&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Its clumsy, inert storytelling seems less interested in converting nonbelievers than in convincing us of Wahlberg’s piety,&#8221; Washington Post critic Michael O&#8217;Sullivan said.</p>
<p>James Verniere of the Boston Herald said actors Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson had their performances &#8220;blocked&#8221; by the &#8220;mediocre screenplay by first-time director Rosalind Ross,&#8221; who is Gibson&#8217;s girlfriend, adding that the film is &#8220;a total bore.&#8221;</p>
<p>The general public, though, appreciated that the film was &#8220;a pleasant change&#8221; from &#8220;all the other movies available&#8221; with both &#8220;excellent acting&#8221; and a &#8220;profound message.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Great message and amazing performance by actors and actresses it teaches us how to be tolerant and persistent at the same time,&#8221; one audience review said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Humanized priest &amp; faith life relatable highly recommended!&#8221; a reviewer named Alison wrote. &#8220;Will watch again!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Absolutely loved this movie,&#8221; a user named Brian D. commented. &#8220;Keep Bringing us these kind of movies that uplift us and inspire us to be better souls on this earth. Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Thoroughly enjoyable movie. Mark Wahlberg was excellent as usual. Entire cast was great,&#8221; another review said. &#8220;I would recommend it to anyone who would enjoy a real life story of someone succeeding after much adversity.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Despite critics&#8217; reaction, &#8220;Father Stu&#8221; meant a lot to Catholic actors Wahlberg and Gibson; the former privately financed the project and the film was written and directed by Gibson&#8217;s girlfriend, Rosalind Ross.</p>
<p>Moreover, the film seems to be signal of what&#8217;s to come from Wahlberg.</p>
<p>&#8220;I feel like this is starting a new chapter for me in that, now, doing things like this &#8212; real substance &#8212; can help people,&#8221; the 50-year-old actor <a href="https://www.etonline.com/mark-wahlberg-on-father-stu-and-leaving-hollywood-sooner-rather-than-later-exclusive-182177">told</a> Entertainment Tonight. &#8220;I definitely want to focus on making more. I wouldn&#8217;t say necessarily just faith-based content but things that will help people. So, hopefully this movie will open a door for not only myself but for lots of other people in Hollywood to make more meaningful content.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wahlberg added that it will be &#8220;sooner rather than later, probably,&#8221; that he&#8217;ll be leaving Hollywood.</p>
<p>Gibson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/people-want-it-mel-gibson-discusses-faith-based-films-like-father-stu-the-passion">told</a> Fox News that he has long understood that there is a &#8220;real thirst&#8221; for faith-based content, referring to smash hit &#8220;The Passion of the Christ,&#8221; which was co-written and directed by the actor.</p>
<p>“You know, I had a pretty big experience with ‘The Passion,’” he said. “That was an interesting journey to understand that there’s a real thirst for this kind of content out there. People want it, and they respond well to it. So it’s a privilege to be a part of that delivery.”</p>
<p>“I think ‘Father Stu’ offers that,” Gibson continued. “It’s a little different. I wouldn’t really call it a faith-based film, but I think it hits all those cravings that the community wants. But at the same time, it’s not preaching to the choir. It’s got F-bombs, so you do have to weather those things to get to the jewel.”</p>
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