"2011: The Adult Industry in Photos" is a candid look back at the past twelve months at a business that is headquartered in the San Fernando Valley.
2011: The Adult Industry in Photos, Part 3 (SFW)
TV Junkie: Jake Gyllenhaal & Bear Grylls Take on The Wild Tonight
Tonight we've got Brokeback Mountain Part II as Jake Gyllenhaal joins Bear Grylls for some hijinks on "Man vs Wild" on Discovery (see the promo above). Also check out Syfy as they premiere new seasons of "Eureka" and "Warehouse 13" tonight as well as the new series "Alphas." All this + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan in the full post.
TV Junkie: PaleyFest2011 Update; Bear Grylls Is Back; 'Mr. Sunshine' Dims
The full lineup of shows at PaleyFest2011 has been finalized - get your tickets sooner than later because this year the festival expects a surge in attendance. --- Last night on ABC Shelley Long and Matt Dillon wowed with their "Modern Family" guest spots but "Mr. Sunshine" had a huge dip in viewers. Is _only_ 7 million viewers enough for ABC? --- Please check out our video interview with character actor Len Lesser who died yesterday at age 88. --- Also check out tonight's TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan & listings.
TV Junkie: AMC to be Zombie Central; Emmys All-Live
So AMC's got "Mad Men", "Breaking Bad", and "The Prisoner", and now they're going to produce a series based on the zombie comic book "The Walking Dead". Is basic cable the place for innovation now?
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At the end of July, CBS and the TV Academy had announced plans that segments of this year's Emmys would be pre-recorded so that more "entertainment" components could be included in the 3 hour show.
Interview: Bear Grylls of 'Man vs. Wild'
LAist had a chance to talk to Edward Michael Grylls, more commonly known as Bear Grylls, a former British Special Forces commando is best known in the states for his "Man vs. Wild" on the Discovery Channel.
Have you seen those bizarre Dos Equis commercials with the Most Interesting Man in the World? Well, Bear Grylls has been recruited by Dos Equis to be a Distinguished Instructor in the Most Interesting Academy, specializing in Surviving in the Modern World. It's a schtick to be sure, but it's such a bizarre schtick it's interesting, and the videos and material collected at "the Academy" are put together in such a clever and amusing way, they are worth a deeper look than what we saw when Grylls paraded them on Letterman a couple weeks ago.
TV Junkie: Golden Globes Results; '24' Premiere Part Deux; 'Top Gear'
NBC's "30 Rock" and HBO's "John Adams" won every Golden Globe award they were nominated for last night. AMC's "Mad Men" won it's category last night as well and there were no surprise winner's in television but we were very please to see Anna Paquin from "True Blood" walk away with a Golden Globe. Was there anyone who didn't win a GG that you thought should have?

