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Spotlight on the Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal

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For this week’s spotlight piece, I wanted to take a look at one of Hollywood’s most interesting stars. It’s certified A-lister Jake Gyllenhaal, the rare actor who’s only becoming more famous as he pursues more and more interesting fare. In fact, for a true blue A-list actor, he’s only rarely gone the blockbuster route. More often, he chooses unique work that requires him to really go above and beyond. Already an Academy Award nominee, he’s someone who’s due for not just another nomination, but a win as well. I have no doubt that Oscar will come calling soon, perhaps even next year, but when that time comes, he’ll be incredibly deserving of that honor. As such, it’s a pleasure to fete him this week in my Spotlight on the Stars series. Gyllenhaal got his start on screens with a small role in City Slickers, followed by a part in October Sky. A few years later though, he first made an impression on people in the cult favorite Donnie Darko. He was also in the comedy Bubble Boy and the romantic dramedy Lovely & Amazing, but Donnie Darko was his true introduction to the film community. He was a young actor and someone to watch. He had the looks and he had the acting chops, so it was only a matter of seeing where his career would go from that point on. He then really caught people’s attention with The Good Girl, an indie dramedy that showcased his skills in a new way (a theme for his career). That performance got him his first blockbuster, the disaster epic The Day After Tomorrow. It was Gyllenhaal’s first big budget production and brought him close to the A-list, as in the years to come he’d audition for both the roles of Batman and Spider-Man. Throughout though, he kept his attention on decidedly smaller fare, which shortly would bring him awards and various prestige citations. Yes, Brokeback Mountain brought him the most critical acclaim of his career up to that point, along with an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. It’s a showy performance, but a really great one. He was slightly overshadowed by Heath Ledger’s work, but Gyllenhaal is clearly one of the reasons why that movie nearly won the Oscar for Best Picture. He came up short in Best Supporting Actor, but that takes nothing away from what he did in the film. He [...]

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