{"id":40,"date":"2005-12-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2005\/12\/kristin-chenoweth-singing-her.html"},"modified":"2005-12-15T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-15T12:00:00","slug":"kristin-chenoweth-singing-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2005\/12\/kristin-chenoweth-singing-her.html","title":{"rendered":"Kristin Chenoweth: Singing Her Own Tune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My vote for most annoying Christmas commercial this season should go to Old Navy <\/a>for its latest cheesy ad campaign featuring \u201cthe gifties\u201d–a mock award show highlighting various Old Navy products. However, I can\u2019t bring myself to mock these commercials too much for one big reason: Old Navy was smart enough to hire Kristin Chenoweth <\/a>as its spokesperson. I have been a fan of the perky singer\/actress with the multi-octave vocal range since her Tony-winning role as Sally in \u201cYou\u2019re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.\u201d She has branched out to star on TV (she can occasionally be seen as the new deputy press secretary on “The West Wing”) as well as film (she will be in “The Pink Panther<\/a>” in February).<\/p>\n

But the other reason I am a fan of Chenoweth\u2019s is the way she has represented her Christian faith<\/a> even as her celebrity has grown. At the same time she has taken criticism from the fundamentalist organization Women of Faith <\/a>(who originally invited Chenoweth to sing at some of their events but then cancelled) for her willingness to sing at gay churches.<\/a> She is making appearances on shows as diverse as \u201cThe 700 Club\u201d and \u201cThe David Letterman Show\u201d to promote her current CD \u201cAs I Am<\/a>,\u201d a collection of songs that reflect her gospel roots. So while I realize these over-the-top ridiculous commercials for Old Navy (which happens to be her corporate sponsor for a huge concert in Los Angeles early next year) are not the best addition to Chenoweth\u2019s resume, I still respect the way she refuses to let her talent and her faith be put in a neatly defined box.<\/p>\n

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