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OMG, you guys. Your dreams of being the next Anthony Bourdain could finally come true and you could be the star of a restaurant review reality show just by responding to this Craigslist ad! As we've learned repeatedly from such gems as “Daisy of Love,” “Breaking Bonaduce,” and “Jersey Shore,” any idiot can be on a reality show, so why can't you?

The ad states that L.A. Restaurant Daily and a production company are gearing up for a “cutting edge restaurant television show” and are looking for reviewers in the L.A. area. So here's the deal:

“We are looking for actors/actresses interested in doing restaurant reviews. You will be given 3 hours (from 12noon to 3 pm or 6 pm to 9 pm) to organize a restaurant review. This is a real-time, live, reality based, whatever you want to call it television show. During your 3 hours you will be filmed (from any starting point you want: house, office, outside a restaurant, inside a restaurant, in a parking garage, at a grocery store, etc…) and you must complete a restaurant review with a digital camera.”

Even though they say they want actors, we say go for it anyway, even if you're not one (literally anyone can be on reality TV!). The show is looking to shoot 30 contestants over the next two months, so plan accordingly if you're interested. Not only will qualified contestants get their 15 minutes in the spotlight (actually, the maximum video length is 10 minutes), but the person with the best restaurant review video wins $10,000.
Now, we just want to throw this out there for people considering “auditioning”: pick a restaurant you know sucks so you can totally bash it. Restaurants you have a personal issue with and would love the chance to slam also work. A bad meal is great opportunity for some high drama scenarios and theatrics that make for good TV. People would much rather you express disgust and horror at something than rave about how great it is and ramble on about the texture and aftertaste. Boooringggg….

So pull out all the stops, people. Cringe, send the plate back, sniff the food and react with a dramatic gag, spit a bite out in your napkin. You can even play a little dirty by planting a dark curly hair or dead fly in the food. And be sure to make a scene in the restaurant, because, even as a fellow diner, there's something really satisfying in witnessing an explosive scene in a restaurant with an outraged patron. Those are our thoughts anyway, but take it in whatever direction you want. And best of luck to you in reality TV!

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Bazaar Labs, the creator of a mobile application for sharing what movies and television you’re watching called Miso, just announced that it has raised a seed round of undisclosed size.

Miso is modeled on Foursquare, the mobile application for sharing your location with friends. Foursquare creates a social gaming experience around where you are, and Miso creates a similar experience about what you’re watching. Users “check in” to let their friends know what they’re watching and can also post their commentary. Then they win different badges as rewards for different kinds of activity.

Cofounder and chief executive Somrat Niyogi told me he sees the announcement of Google TV, a service for accessing the Web and Android applications on your television, as a sign of growing interest in the creation of a richer experience around TV watching. But he said it’s probably easier for viewers to access that experience through a second device, rather than on the TV itself — namely, through the iPhone or now through their computer via the Miso Web application, which is launching today. There’s also an iPad version of Miso on the way, Niyogi said.

The San Francisco startup’s funding comes from a number of well-known angel investors, including early PayPal employee/Slide executive Keith Rabois, YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim, and early Google employees Georges Harik, Richard Chen, Thomas Korte, and Kurt Abrahamson. (Disclosure: Harik is an investor in VentureBeat.) Rabois has also signed on as an advisor.

Don’t miss MobileBeat 2010, VentureBeat’s conference on the future of mobile. The theme: “The year of the superphone and who will profit.” Now expanded to two days, MobileBeat 2010 will take place on July 12-13 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Early-bird pricing is available until May 31. For complete conference details, or to apply for the MobileBeat Startup Competition, click here.

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Are you any good at trivia? Do you live in the L.A. area? Are you down to watch a bunch of prizes you didn't win get tossed off the roof of a very tall building? If so, then you could be a contestant on the new ABC game show “Downfall.” The show will be shot atop an L.A. skyscraper where contestants will try to beat the clock in answering trivia questions before their would-be prizes get dumped over the side of the building. Riveting. A casting call for the show will be held this Saturday at the Highlands in Hollywood for anyone who would like to be considered as a contestant.

Trivia is awesome and we'd love to see a new trivia game show based in L.A. but this asinine concept is not the answer. Since when is it cool to dump shit off a roof in a city?  It's obviously very dangerous and a substantial radius around whatever skyscraper the show will take place on will need to be blocked off so it doesn't start raining plasmas and iPads on unsuspecting Angelenos if the thrown items do in fact fall to the ground and aren't caught by something on the way down. Even if they are, there will probably be a blocked off buffer zone for safety reasons.  So more blocked off streets and traffic are likely on the horizon with the introduction of the show. Awesome…

People, NYC has been kicking our ass with “Cash Cab” for years in the trivia game show department. We can do better than this.

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Hugh Jackman was just one of the all-singing all-dancing stars to attend the 5th annual ‘A Fine Romance” benefit for the Motion Picture & Television fund.  The X-Men star and veteran Broadway performer hosted the evening.-

Also in attendance were James Marsden, Kristen Bell, Melina Kanakaredes, Kelli O'Hara, Cheyenne Jackson, Lea Salonga, and Joel Grey, all of whom paid tribute to musicals during the show. The performances were accompanied by John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

Hugh Jackman                                  James Marsden

Cheyenne Jackson                       Kelli O'Hara

Melina Kanakaredes                       Joel Grey

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