SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT IS BACK: 1-25-15, "I Graduated from Arts College... Now what?"

Join us for New Paradigm Theatre’s SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT.

Jan 25th 9pm EST 

Sunday Spotlight is A FREE educational webinar (you tune in from your own computer!) that features guest stars from Broadway, Film/TV as well as Voice Over Artists, Producers, Directors, Casting and all walks of the Entertainment industry. These pros give you their time so that you can learn about the business of the Performing Arts from the experts!

Sign up via the link below (free) and you will be sent your own personal link to use on the day of the Webinar. Jan 25th. 9pm EST. You see and hear through your own computer as well as being able to ask questions of the stars. https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7179521021932180225

This month’s topic: The era of "Pick me" is over! "I will create my own!" is here! NPT selected six successful college graduates to participate in a Round table discussion regarding their experiences in the "outside" world. "Creating your own Career" using what each of them has learned in the arts, will be a big theme this evening.

Tune in from your own computer (it's a free webinar) and hear successful grads give you advice and answer your questions in a thoughtful manner that will get you thinking about your own mission. Presented by The New Paradigm Theatre Company-NPT (a non profit) as a part of their mentoring mission to create leaders through the arts. www.nptheatre.org

TO ATTEND: USE THIS LINK NOW TO SIGN UP FOR FREE 
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(You will then be sent your own link to use on the day of the webinar which is: Sunday, Jan 25th. 9pm EST)

The Golden Globes! It was... confusing...

Congrats to all the winners! Honorable mentions are:
Best TV Series- Comedy or Musical: Transparent
Best TV Series- Drama: The Affair
Best Original Score of a Motion Picture: The Theory of Everything
Best Original Song of a Motion Picture: Selma, "Glory"
Best Screenplay: Birdman
Best Foreign Language Film: Leviathan
Director of a Motion Picture: Boyhood
Best Picture- Comedy or Musical: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Picture- Drama: Boyhood
Lifetime Achievement Award: George Clooney

Broadway Actors/ Actresses/ Adaptions that had wins tonight:
Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical: Amy Adams (Big Eyes)
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Mini-series, Series, or TV Movie: Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama: Eddie Redmanye (The Theory of Everything)

Wait... Big Eyes? The movie based on a true story that was actually a drama? What's it doing in the Comedy/ Musical category?

I wish I knew. It ISN'T a comedy or musical, and I wouldn't consider (from the various trailers and clips shown tonight) Birdman a comedy either. Nor Pride (though PRIDE and BIRDMAN were considered Drama/ Comedy). In fact, Into the Woods and The Grand Budapest Hotel were really the only movie to fit the category (The same, I hear, happened to the TV shows).

Now I'm not saying that those movies shouldn't have been nominated. They deserved their spot. However, when you set a boundary for a movie genre and then place a movie in it that doesn't belong there, then why have boundaries? If they made a giant Motion Picture category, then it would make sense.

I don't know... Maybe I'm the only one that found it odd. We'll see what happens at the Oscars. Personally, though Into the Woods won less Golden Globes than Les Miserables did, it could mean something for the Oscars. Chicago was nominated for 8 Golden Globes 12 years ago and won 3. We never know.

I could go on and express worries about the future of musical films, but let's look back on the 2 most recent, okay?

• Frozen: It was the only movie musical last year (though it was animated). It is now the highest grossing animated film of all time and LOST the Golden Globe win for Best Original Song ("Let it Go" still holds onto our heads)
• Les Miserables: Won Best Picture- Musical or Comedy at Golden Globes. Hugh Jackman won against Daniel Day Lewis and Anne Hathaway won for Fantine. However, ONLY Anne Hathaway went on to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Coming up soon is the film adaption of a risky piece of literature. I don't know how audiences will react to that. It's not something that appeals to all audiences, nor does it seem interesting to many. The love story is flawed from the start and it almost didn't happen. Luckily, it did. Of course I am talking about The Last Five Years! Who will be seeing that?

-Nathan Clift, 17

Trumbull High School

President of the Youth Board