Bits & Pieces: Tomball (TX) Memorial High School is the winner of KKBQ/Houston's "Pep Rally with Parker" contest to have Parker McCollum appear at a school pep rally in December. The contest drew more than 1,000 nominations from across the Houston area and tens of thousands of votes.

Carly Pearce will make her film debut with a guest role in Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company's My Jesus, inspired by Anne Wilson's book My Jesus: From Heartache to Hope (CAT 9/23). Robert Deaton is among the film's executive producers.