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Happy Friday, working people of Los Angeles (and by “working people,” I’m including those seeking employment–it’s a full-time job too). Hope you are all enjoying your morning, ready to have a productive Friday and a great weekend. If you’ve seen Caddyshack and Inception (heck, even the Inception trailer will do), then you should like this mash-up trailer from the good folks at TAUNTR.

“My enemy is an animal…”

Happy Friday, everybody.

Brian Laesch is an independent blogger, posting on behalf of Marina Del Rey, California-based recruiting/staffing agency Eleventh Hour.

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Here are some highlights from the 2010 Be Hope to Her event held at college campuses and city centers across the U.S. (and one in Italy). Unfortunately, the Arizona State event that we put on did not have a videographer, so no footage, but still, you get a great idea about the event from watching this:

Thanks again to Nuru International for all the great work they do, and Grassroots Marketing Director Billy Williams.

Find out how you can get involved in Nuru’s fight to end extreme world poverty here.

The Lakers face the Suns in Phoenix tonight for Game 4 after a tough Game 3 loss, Lindsay Lohan has been ordered to wear an alcohol monitoring device, and the California budget talks could be decided by arm-wrestling…

That’s what’s going on in Los Angeles, home of boutique recruiting/staffing agency Eleventh Hour, but here’s what’s going on around the “creative world”:

• Shrek won the weekend box office. (But, apparently, that’s not saying much.)
• 24 finished it’s run last night, apparently on the low side of the ratings. (But, apparently, that’s saying much.)
• Could the weak Euro affect international box office returns this summer?
• AdAge: Was ‘Lost’ Final an Event?
• AdAge: Why Market Size Won’t Matter for LeBron James’ Endorsements
• THR has an Emmy round table with some of your favorite TV stars. They discuss checking online comments about their shows here.
• Target cleverly incorporates elements of Lost into their advertising for the Lost series finale here.
• The NBA has rolled out their Finals mash-up. And I finally had my notion that DJ Steve Porter is behind these commercials confirmed.
• AdFreak: Gas pill mellows your nasty, farty bathwater
• New Facebook privacy controls arrive tomorrow. Are you ready? I’m sure you are. Not that you are looking forward to them, but I’m sure you are ready. Facebook makes functional changes seemingly weekly.

Brian Laesch is an independent blogger for the Marina del Rey-based boutique recruiting/staffing agency Eleventh Hour.

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Happy Quatro de Mayo. What’s going on in LA—home of recruiting/staffing agency Eleventh Hour? Well, tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, a tranquilized 200-pound black bear got stuck in a tree in Oxnard, and Twilight: Eclipse will premiere at the L.A. Film Festival this summer. That’s what’s going in Los Angeles—home to recruiting/staffing agency Eleventh Hour–but here’s what’s going on around the “creative world.” (Did that last line make you think to yourself, “this writer is Cronkite-esque?” No? OK.)

• A Nightmare on Elm Street won the weekend domestic box office with $32.9 million. You could say (wait for it) that audiences didn’t sleep on it. (Hey-oh.)
• Jimmy Fallon has been named host of the Emmy’s, airing on NBC in August. Um, that’s like, so. Haha. That’s like so. Haha. Yeah. Have you seen the new iPad? Hit it,Roots! OK, that’s our show!
• Risky Business: Spielberg mounting ‘War Horse’ for DreamWorks
• William Morris Endeavor forgetting where a certain percentage of them came from?
• Swagger Wagon brings it hard.
• Anheuser-Busch has outbid MillerCoors to be the official beer of the NFL. Of course, what this really means is that the end of the “press conference” commercials is, sadly, imminent.
• BrandFreak: Painter looks at American fast food in the Middle East landscape
• Have you heard the new Gatorade jingle? Yes, it’s a jingle, and not an old song pulled from obscurity. Kind of hard to believe. And you can even download it for free.
• Mashable: Gmail Gets Its Name Back in the UK
• CNNTech: Can anyone compete with Apple’s iPad?

Brian Laesch is an independent blogger working in association with boutique recruiting/staffing agency Eleventh Hour.

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DJ Steve Porter has done it again. First, he brought us the “Slap Chop Rap.” Then, “Press Hop,” featuring Allen Iverson’s famous “We in here talkin’ about practice” press conference. And now, he’s made the American Idol phenomenon known as “Pants on the Ground” into something that I’m actually putting on my iPod. Which means it’s really good, or I have bad taste (or somewhere in between). Whatever the case, I love this song/video:

Don’t thank me…

Oh, you weren’t?

OK, cool. Because I was going to say, “Thank DJ Steve Porter.”

Brian Laesch is putting this on his iPod right now. You can get it here.

OK, not really. I just really like the idea of the moment it was announced that Scott Brown (R) defeated Martha Coakley (D) in the Massachusetts Senate race to fill Ted Kennedy’s vacant seat, the crowd at Brown’s rally going nuts as they played this video of Tag Team’s “Whoomp There It Is”:

And of course, Michael Steele would be there, ballin’ out of control.

“That’s me, D.C.”

Brian Laesch is a political strategist for his own blog that he writes for himself, mostly.

This time of year (especially in this economy), a good percentage of the unemployed/underemployed/retired adult working population decides to find seasonal work in a position that requires a suit–a red, fluffy, velvet, cotton-trimmed suit. Santa Claus (in case you somehow missed the title of this post).

While Eleventh Hour does not have a specific department dedicated to seasonal Santa work at shopping malls, charities and holiday parties, we do recognize this as an integral part of stimulating the economy during the holiday season (based on…the need to write a blog relating to Santa). Some people count on the Santa Claus gig as part of their yearly income; others play the role for fun, or because they already look like CK. (Was calling him “CK” too pretentious? My bad.)

But did you know there is an official “Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas“? Me neither, but there is…

Thanks, CNN! (I think this interview would be a lot better if CNN’s Ted Rowlands was nonchalantly wearing a fake beard to fit in with the group, though.)

“FORBS” even has an official website.

These guys look a lot easier to deal with than SAG or the WGA. Plus, the risk of a strike seems low, considering by the time both sides reach an agreement Christmas would be over. So maybe Eleventh Hour should look into the untapped resource of the seasonal Santa business. The potential candidate interview process alone would be entertaining enough to make it worth it. I can hear reception relaying the message now: “Anita, the bearded-guy from FORBS is ready.”

Merry Christmas…to whoever it is reading this blog.

Brian Laesch is not filing a discrimination lawsuit against FORBS (for age and thickness-of-beard discrimination, of course).

Forget Twitter. Forget social media in general. These guys are changing movie marketing with their new form of “in your face” advertising for the “blockbuster,” 2012. In fact, this may create a whole new segment for temping, staffing and recruitment within Eleventh Hour‘s entertainment division:

Fine. I’m joking. This isn’t a real video discussing a new form of legitimate movie marketing. I know you believed me, initially. Sorry to fool around with you guys like that. Happy Friday.

Brian Laesch will head up the new division of in-your-face movie marketing at Eleventh Hour, starting in 2013.

I grew up playing basketball in Central Illinois. We sometimes played in “ghetto” gyms (which is a term I use in the most respectful way possible). I’m used to things getting “crunk” in the bleachers. I’m used to wooden pull-out bleachers being transformed into a surprisingly efficient percussion instrument. But in all my “travels” around Illinois to play basketball, I never, ever, saw anything like this:

Ladies & gentlemen, I give to you the crunkest homecourt advantage in America, the N.C. A&T Dawg Pound! Maybe even the crunkest homecourt advantage in the history of sports. The N.C. A&T Dawg Pound are doing it right! This has gotta be the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while. (You’d think I could remember.) I wish the fans of Arizona State basketball games would display just a third of the enthusiasm of N.C. A&T fans. Then again, the games are pretty empty, and the dancing of a mix of mostly Caucasian, Hispanic, Native-American and African-American fans would probably look a little different.

Brian Laesch can’t stop watching this video and thanks Austin for sending the link. Go N.C. A&T Dawg Pound.