Val Kilmer, a fiercely original actor and visual artist ... Byzantine Iconography: Raised in a Christian Science household, Kilmer frequently incorporated gold leaf and religious symbolism into works ...

It’s a curious coincidence that two of Hollywood‘s most iconic actors, Val Kilmer and Christian Bale, have both played Batman and Moses. On the surface, these roles seem vastly different.

Val Kilmer was a dedicated adherent of Christian Science throughout his life, a sect that holds unique views on spirituality and health. Christian Scientists believe in an omnipresent God but reject ...

Editor's note: In 2020, USA TODAY editor Barbara VanDenburgh reported on the emotional and striking revelations from Val ... Kilmer says he was visited by an angel Kilmer is a devout Christian ...

Hollywood legend Val Kilmer drew an outpouring of grief ... Throughout his health struggles, he found solace in Christian Science, a 19th century American movement that teaches that diseases ...

As for what a movie called The Life of Val Kilmer might actually look like ... Heat (1995) Born into a working-class family and raised in accordance with the tenets of Christian Science (“I inherited ...

When he died on Tuesday at age 65 of pneumonia, everyone had their image of Val Kilmer ... the Reagan years. Kilmer was one of the few Hollywood stars of the era who could play smart because even ...

Val Kilmer was a Hollywood star in the classic ... In 2020, he admitted he “hadn’t dated in 20 years.” A practicing Christian Scientist, Kilmer’s voice — one of his most valuable assets ...

Val Kilmer. To the public ... He fund-raised for a film on Christian Science discoverer Mary Baker Eddy. In an Italian restaurant he’d order tuna not pasta. He watched a Will Ferrell show ...