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Before Jon Hamm was Mad Men's main man, he was just another slightly awkward guy looking for love on a TV dating game show. Thanks to recently unearthed footage of Jon's 1995 appearance on The Big Date, the world got to see the actor's pre-fame "fabulosity" at its finest. Jon himself was also treated to this blast from the past, and on Tuesday's The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, he poked some fun at his younger self. In a vintage clip from the cringe-worthy appearance, Jon promised prospective date Mary Carter a "fabulous foot massage." Craig wanted to know if Jon, now 43, gives his longtime girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt "the ol' foot massage" like he promised this...

He may be the subject of roughly 99.5% of the world's most fevered fantasies, but when it came to impressing Mary Carter, a 25-year-old computer animation student, '90s Jon Hamm struck out. Don Draper would not be proud. If you're wondering how I caught wind of Hamm's past romantic foibles, it's because a very interesting video has just surfaced on the Web — an episode of a short-lived dating show titled "The Big Date." In ...

By Brenna Ehrlich...

Jon Hamm wasn't always dapper and smooth  à la Don Draper. Back in 1996, he seemed more like Keanu Reeves in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure than he did his Mad Men persona! That's when Jon, now 43, was a 25-year-old contestant on The Big Date, where he competed against a stuntman and finance student with frosted tips for a date with Mary Carter, a 25-year-old animation student with "a foot fetish." The other two gentlemen tried to woo Mary over first before Jon, whose job was listed as "waiter" rather than "aspiring actor," had a chance to (try to) work his harm by detailing his plans for a romantic date. "Well, [we'd] start off with some fabulous...

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

The White Stripes split up. The Black Keys hit their success into the stratosphere. Death From Above 1979 reform. It’s all go in the world of the rock ‘n’ roll guitar/drum garage duos. So it looks set to continue with us Brits getting in our foot (feet?) in on the hullaballo.

Formed in 2004 it’s been a long time coming for Blood Red Shoes to stake their claim as ‘go to duo’, but with The White Stripes stricken from the record, The Black Keys success at an all time high because of the aforementioned split and their constant mining of the garage blues well, Dfa 1979 as unpredictable as ever and this reunion likely to be short lived; what better time than now?

2012 (specifically March 26th) sees the release of their third studio album, their strongest album yet and their best shot at the big leagues.

J.C. Studios, the home for As The World Turns for its last decade, sued Telenext, the show's producer, for breach of contract. If you care about the gory details, read the lawsuit below:

[*1] J.C. Studios, LLC v Telenext Media, Inc. 2011 NY Slip Op 51251(U) Decided on July 6, 2011 Supreme Court, Kings County Demarest, J. Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.

Decided on July 6, 2011

Supreme Court, Kings County

J.C. Studios, LLC, Plaintiff,

against

Telenext Media, Inc. f/k/a Televest Daytime Programs, Inc., and Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc., Defendants.

30606/10

Attorneys for Plaintiff:

David Wrobel, Esq.

Wrobel & Schatz Llp

1040 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Fl.

New York, NY 10018

Attorney for Defendants:

Christopher Belter, Esq.

Goldberg Segalla Llp

665 Main St., Suite 400

Buffalo, NY 14203

Carolyn E. Demarest, J.

The following papers numbered...

The Bob Hope “Thanks for the Memories” collection features six Hope films made in the 1930s and 1940s. Three of the films, Thanks for the Memory, The Cat and the Canary, and Nothing but the Truth are making their DVD debuts. While the six films are not Hope’s Best six films, they all are very good and the set features a nice array of extras. My full reviews after the jump:

“Thanks for the Memory” (1938) is titled after what would soon become Hope’s well-known theme song. He plays novelist Steve Merrick who is struggling to complete his book. His wife Anne (Shirley Ross) decides to take a job to help pay the bills. She goes to work for Steve’s publisher who also happens to be her former fiancée who still has a thing for her and wants to get her out of the house. This is the weakest film in the set.