12/29/15 O&A NYC Inspirational Tuesday: Disney’s Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions

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Happy New Year! Draw inspiration from these top 10 New Year’s resolutions from your favorite Disney characters- and then make your own.  Continue reading

12/28/15 O&A Hollywood Monday: Late Bloomer

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Official selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, Late Bloomer is a compelling and humorous short film about 7th grade sex ed class gone horribly wrong. Directed by Craig Macneill and written by Clay McLeod Chapman, Late Bloomer is loosely based on the dark tales of H.P. Lovecraft. Late Bloomer received the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the Lake Placid Film Festival,

 and Best Short Film at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival
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12/26/15 O&A NYC Saturday Morning Concert: Sade- Live In Munich (1984)

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Sade: Live in Munich from ethereal songstress Sade captures a live performance by the artist, recorded live in Munich in 1984. The movie released Jul 12, 2011 by the Hudson/Street studio include Your Love Is King, Hang On To Your Love, I Will Be Your Friend, and more.  Continue reading

12/18/15 O&A NYC Saturday Morning Concert: Christmastide- Christmas Concert at Ely Cathedral with Jessye Noman

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Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral Christmastide A Christmas Concert. A concert recorded live with Robert De Cormier and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Ely Cathedral in December of 1988. Continue reading

11/23/15 O&A NYC Hollywood Monday: Somewhere Over The Rainbow- The Wizard Of OZ

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In 1939 MGM released the Frank Baum children’s classic The Wizard of Oz. The public wanted child star and box office powerhouse Shirley Temple to play the role of Dorothy. The studio decided to go with 17-year-old newcomer Judy Garland instead. This was one of the first scene filmed it sets the tone for the rest of the film. Continue reading

11/18/15 O&A NYC Throwback Thursday: Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey – When You Believe

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When You Believe is a song from the 1998 DreamWorks musical animated feature The Prince of Egypt. It was written and composed by Stephen Schwartz. A pop single version of “When You Believe”, with additional music and lyrics by writer-producer Babyface, was also recorded for the film by American singers Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston for the film’s end credits and its soundtrack album.   Continue reading

11/18/15 O&A NYC Wildin Out Wednesday: Our Gang /The Little Rascals- Mush n Milk “Don’t drink the milk… Why? Its spoiled!”

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Mush n Milk is one of the series classics. Set in a boarding home for children it is most remembered for the breakfast scenes line, “Don’t drink the milk… Why? Its spoiled”.

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11/9/15 O&A NYC Hollywood Monday: In the Heat of the Night

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In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 dramatic mystery film directed by Norman Jewison starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates. The movie is based on the 1965 John Ball novel of the same name, which tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier). Tibbs is a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi. Continue reading