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Aleteia talks to author Mary Claire Kendall about a new edition of her book 'Oasis.' It relates stories of many Hollywood stars who converted to Catholicism.
This year the Academy Awards will be hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel. It will be his fourth time hosting the ceremony, an impressive total – but he will have a hard time catching up to the greatest of all Academy Award hosts, Bob Hope, who emceed the Oscars a whopping 19 times.
Hope’s wry one-liners and deadpan quips made him a beloved figure on stage and screen, and especially at military bases all around the world. In between film shoots and radio appearances, the funnyman devoted much of his time entertaining overseas troops with the USO, often in combat zones.
For all his generosity, however, Hope was also a conflicted soul. His reputation as a penny-pincher may have been related to the harsh poverty he experienced as a child. Hope was also a womanizer, much to the dismay of his wife Dolores. It was her devout Catholic faith that ultimately kept the marriage together and that eventually led to Bob Hope’s conversion to Catholicism in the early 1990s.
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This year the Academy Awards will be hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel. It will be his fourth time hosting the ceremony, an impressive total – but he will have a hard time catching up to the greatest of all Academy Award hosts, Bob Hope, who emceed the Oscars a whopping 19 times.
Hope’s wry one-liners and deadpan quips made him a beloved figure on stage and screen, and especially at military bases all around the world. In between film shoots and radio appearances, the funnyman devoted much of his time entertaining overseas troops with the USO, often in combat zones.
For all his generosity, however, Hope was also a conflicted soul. His reputation as a penny-pincher may have been related to the harsh poverty he experienced as a child. Hope was also a womanizer, much to the dismay of his wife Dolores. It was her devout Catholic faith that ultimately kept the marriage together and that eventually led to Bob Hope’s conversion to Catholicism in the early 1990s.
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Book tells conversion stories of Bob Hope and other stars
Aleteia talks to author Mary Claire Kendall about a new edition of her book 'Oasis.' It relates stories of many Hollywood stars who converted to Catholicism.
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