{"id":208984,"date":"2018-09-28T12:51:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T16:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/?p=208984"},"modified":"2018-12-06T12:35:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T17:35:32","slug":"nickelodeon-announces-alumnus-joshua-dela-cruz-11-as-host-of-new-blues-clues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2018\/09\/28\/nickelodeon-announces-alumnus-joshua-dela-cruz-11-as-host-of-new-blues-clues\/","title":{"rendered":"Nickelodeon Announces Alumnus Joshua Dela Cruz &#8217;11 as Host of New &#8220;Blue\u2019s Clues&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montclair State University congratulates alumnus Joshua Dela Cruz &#8217;11, who has been named the new host of the reboot of Nickelodeon&#8217;s popular children&#8217;s show <em>Blue&#8217;s Clues<\/em>, titled, <em>Blue&#8217;s Clues &amp; You<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The New Milford, N.J. native will be making his television series regular debut after appearing in Disney\u2019s <em>Aladdin<\/em> on Broadway as the understudy for Aladdin and a member of the ensemble. He has also appeared in other theater productions during his career, including David Byrne\u2019s <em>Here Lies Love<\/em> and <em>Encores! Merrily We Roll Along<\/em>. He has also appeared in CBS\u2019 <em>Bull<\/em> and ABC\u2019s <em>Time After Time<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Blue&#8217;s Clues &amp; You<\/em>, beloved animated puppy Blue invites viewers to join her and host Dela Cruz on a clue-led adventure and solve a daily puzzle. With each signature paw print, Blue identifies clues in her animated world that propel the story and inspires viewers to interact with the action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever in a million years did I imagine when I was in Bergenfield, I\u2019d be that guy someday,\u201d Dela Cruz told NJ.com for a recent story. &#8220;I\u2019m so excited to bring (the show) to a new generation because they can watch with their parents who might have nostalgia with this show,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to get kids to be excited about curiosity, to not be afraid to ask for help, and just be silly and make mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ Output tags as a list for Google Analytics custom dimension\nwindow.MSU_TagList = [];\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montclair State University congratulates alumnus Joshua Dela Cruz &#8217;11, who has been named the new host of the reboot of Nickelodeon&#8217;s popular children&#8217;s show Blue&#8217;s Clues, titled, Blue&#8217;s Clues &amp; You. The New Milford, N.J. native will be making his television series regular debut after appearing in Disney\u2019s Aladdin on Broadway as the understudy for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":208983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208984"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209213,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208984\/revisions\/209213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}