Casting Notice: SoCal Singles Wanted for ABC's "Dating In The Dark" @iconiccasting

Want to try a unique social experiment, and maybe meet someone special in the process? Then check out this tweet from Iconic Casting:

iconiccasting

is now CASTING SINGLES

in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA for

ABC'S "Dating In The Dark"!

Apply on our website at http://bit.ly/18hNoT.

BELUSHI's BROWS & BRANDO: John Belushi's 1st SNL Audition

Posted by Don Rose

John Belushi was born 61 years ago this month. In tribute, we'd like to share (via YouTube) the first audition John did for the program then known as "Saturday Night" (now Saturday Night Live, or SNL). His eyebrow prowess, plus spot-on impressions of Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger, are featured in the clip, showing the raw talent that was soon to explode on national late night television.

Another January/Belushi milestone of note, courtesy of Wikipedia: "...on John's 30th birthday (in 1979), he had the number one film in the U.S. (Animal House), the number one album in the U.S. (The Blues Brothers:Briefcase Full of Blues) and Saturday Night Live was the highest-rated late night television program." Quite a feat. And as far as I know, John Belushi is the only performer in history to have achieved this film-music-TV trifecta.

JAN 18: LACMA Free at Last (MLK Day - Target Free Monday)

Attend LACMA for Free -  Target Free Monday

January 18 - Martin Luther King Day 2010

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Bring your friends and family to LACMA's Target Free Holiday Monday on January 18 for totally free admission. Tour galleries, gardens, LACMA's Urban Light sculpture and much more! Enjoy a live performance by Sadubas — a musical mix of turntables, tabla and North Indian music, combined with dancers from the Taal Dance Collective at 12:30 and 2:45p.m.

Learn more about Target Free Holiday Mondays. >>

AD FAD? CBS Adds Ad Alternatives To Online TV Viewing

by Don Rose

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If you like watching TV shows online, you have probably encountered brief ads you must watch at the beginning and/or middle of episodes. Hulu.com does this when you watch shows from NBC or Fox, for example. Typically, you have no choice about what ad to watch, and you have to watch them when the site says so (in order to get to the content you desire).

But CBS is trying another way: decoupling the ad viewing from the show/content viewing. Each full episode posted online by CBS has a required number of "ad credits" you must accumulate before you can watch that episode. Just watch the number of ads required, whenever you have time, and then you can watch the ep. YOU decide when to watch the ads, and YOU decide which ads to watch.

In short, this method gives us all more choice and control. Such "ad hoc" ad viewing may be TV's first friendly trend for 2010. Learn more at http://cbs.ntorus.com/.

Now if CBS would only make shows I wanna watch, we'd really have something here.

JAN 1: Free New Year's Day Party: "The New-Over" in Hollywood

"New Years Day Hangover Party: Complimentary Vodka & Fried Chicken!" is Friday, January 1, 2010

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 2:00 PM!

	Meetup Reminder Dive Bar Adventures Inc.

What New Years Day Hangover Party: Complimentary Vodka & Fried Chicken! When Friday, January 1, 2010 2:00 PM Where Crane's Tavern  1611 N. El Centro Ave  Hollywood CA 90028 (323) 467-6600 RSVP Now YES MAYBE NO

Here's what people are saying about this Meetup Group "Its a great way to network and meet fun interesting people." — Aly "A great place to meet friends!" — Betsy B. Learn more about this Meetup

Meetup Description The New-Over LA's best day party returns from winter hiatus for its second-annual New Year's celebration. World-class talent is the norm during the warmer months; while the lineup is always secret, past guests include heavy-hitters like King Britt, J-Rocc, Rich Medina, Theo Parrish, and Peanut Butter Wolf, so you can expect to ring in the new year with some rare tunes. Avoid the crowds;  arrive early for a Bloody Mary & Screwdriver open bar from 2 to 4pm. No cover charge. RSVP @ http://www.thedoover.net   Two blocks from the Hollywood/Vine Red Line station.