CONTEST :: Pamela Anderson hosted the DVD release of Baywatch Seasons 1 & 2 yesterday at Casa Del Mar in Santa Monica. To help celebrate this momentous release, we’re giving both seasons away!

EEWW!!! :: Who looks older at the release party? Lt. Mitch Buchannon (David Hasselhoff) or his son Hobie (Jeremy Jackson)? Hasselhoff really is 54, Jackson is 26. Wow… check out more pictures in the gallery!

HOW TO WIN :: Leave a comment here with a valid email address (will not be published) and one winner will be chosen at random at the end of the contest. One entry per person. This contest ends next Friday, Nov. 3 @ 7PM EST. Good luck to all you Baywatch fans!

SLEEP LIKE A STAR :: Select Comfort, the official bed provider for the Ronald McDonald House, is auctioning off 25+ “Sleep Number” mattresses signed by some big name celebrities. These signed mattresses will be the same “Sleep Number” model that each celebrity sleeps on every night… and you could soon be sleeping in one too!

CELEBS INCLUDE :: Hilary Swank, Marcia Cross, Josh Groban, Venus Williams, James Denton, Marcia Gay Harden, Blair Underwood, and many others. Get those eBay bids in now! The auction ends @ 12PM ET this Saturday, Oct. 28. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House!

CONTEST PRIZES :: To help promote this auction, Just Jared is giving away 9 high-end Select Comfort pillows, broken up into 3 different types of “fill” – and three different types of pillows: side sleeper, back sleeper, and stomach sleeper. The total cost is approximately $1000.

HOW TO WIN :: Leave a comment here with a valid email address (will not be published) and three (3) winners will be chosen at random at the end of the contest. One entry per person. This contest ends next Friday, Nov. 3 @ 7PM EST. Good luck!

Sorry for the lack of contests! A bunch more coming at you real soon. Here are the prizes up for grabs this time for The Cassie Contest:

• 1 autographed Cassie poster
• 1 issue of “Rap Up” magazine with Cassie on the cover
• 1 Cassie CD

First place winner receives all three prizes. Two runners-up will each receive a Cassie CD.

HOW TO WIN :: Leave a comment here with a valid email address (will not be published) and winners will be chosen at random at the end of the contest. One entry per person. This contest ends next Friday, Nov. 3 @ 7PM EST. Good luck!

If you haven’t watched Cassie’s “Long Way 2 Go,” definitely watch through middle of the music video. It’s the hotness.

The notorious OutKast duo is back in full force this year with another major music debut entitled, Idlewild, set to be released next Tuesday, August 22 (you can listen to the entire new album on OutKast’s Myspace page). Just a few days later, Big Boi (Antwan A. Patton) and Andre Benjamin of OutKast can be seen on the silver screen in their new movie also called Idlewild.

OutKast returns with a brand new album, Idlewild, arriving in stores on August 22nd with the movie of the same title, starring Dre and Big Boi, hitting theatres nationwide on August 25th. Idlewild is a brand new album of all new studio tracks from the legendary duo, including "Morris Brown," "Mighty O," and "Idlewild Blue (Don’tchu Worry ‘Bout Me).

The giveaway this time includes several items including the 5 albums shown above and a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl that includes the tracks "Morris Brown" and "Idlewild Blues". Lots of stuff to win!

HOW TO WIN FREE SWAG :: Leave a comment here with a valid email address (will not be published) and a winner will be chosen at random at the end of the contest. One entry per person. This contest ends next Tuesday, August 22 @ 7PM EST. Good luck!
Two other lucky runner-ups will also win a copy of the 10-inch vinyl.

More pictures, Idlewild film synopsis and behind-the-scenes photos, and Idlewild film teaser after the jump!

 - Doobybrain

Set against the backdrop of a 1930s southern speakeasy, Idlewild explores the lives of Percival (Benjamin), the club’s shy piano player, and Rooster (Patton), the club’showy lead performer and manager. Idlewild synthesizes drama, music, cinema and style to bring the tale of struggling singers to life. It is the feature film-directing debut for Bryan Barber, the award-winning director and longtime OutKast music video collaborator, and includes dance sequences choreographed by legendary performer and three-time Tony winner Hinton Battle.

Laguna Beach is back for a third season with an all-new cast of teens ready to fight, cry, laugh, and experience what it is like to grow up as an affluent teen in Laguna Beach, California. The third season of the MTV hit drama premieres tomororw night on MTV @ 10PM EST.

Get the rest of the cast names and bios after the jump as well as some more info on the show’s third season details.  Tune in to the show’s season 3 premiere tomorrow night to find out!  Oh, and be sure to be on the lookout for Laguna Beach Season 2 DVD, which was released August 8th! The season 2 DVD includes all 17 episodes as well as the usual bonus DVD features like deleted scenes and cast interviews, and also some not-so-common DVD features like cast home videos and childhood photos.

HOW TO WIN THE FREE DVD ::  To win the Laguna Beach :: Season 2 DVD set, simply leave a comment in this entry.  One entry per person.  Be sure to include a valid email address so the winner can be contacted (not published). A winner will be chosen at random. Entries must be made before Tuesday, August 22 @ 7PM EST.  Good luck!

Gallery updated with individual cast photos!

 - Doobybrain

“The second season of ‘Laguna Beach’ was really a sequel to the first season, it completed the story, while this season we start from scratch with all new kids, all new drama and all new stories, which is very exciting,” said Tony DiSanto, Executive Producer on ‘Laguna Beach.’  “Of course there will be some familiar faces and places, but this season is a whole new chapter in the Laguna saga.”

This year, a variety of coming of age stories that surround high school life will be revealed.  A girl will find love for the first time, but will she hold onto it?  Will a lifelong friendship turn into something more?  Does a high school rock band have a chance at making it big?  And will a girl ousted from the popular clique find her way back in?

Here are the cast names and bios:

Tessa –While she and Chase have dated in the past, their relationship is something between friendship and maybe a little something more. 

Chase – This hot lead singer of his very own rock band, “Open Air Stereo,” is popular with guys and girls.  He’s also a best friend and shoulder to cry on for Tessa. 

Kyndra – The reigning queen bee of LB, Kyndra has it all – the right clothes, money to spend and the best party house.  She rules the alpha-clique with best friend Cami, and Lexie.

Cami – Always ready with a biting one-liner, Cami has style, confidence and attitude, and is not afraid to say what’s on her mind.  As Kyndra’s best friend, they’re all about the parties, fashion and keeping the hot guys in their court.

Raquel (aka “Rocky”) – Along with her best friend Tessa, Rocky is in a clash with the popular girls in school. 

Cameron – He’s a player both on and off the field.  All the girls in Laguna Beach have a crush on Cameron, but will this All-American jock get in trouble with too many loves?

Kelan – He’s lead guitarist in the band with good friend Chase, but Kelan is way more serious about making it work from a business perspective. 

Lexie –Training to be a professional dancer leaves her little time for all the boys who fall at her feet.

Breanna – She’s Lauren’s (LC) little sister and those are big shoes to fill.

The complete first season of the hit 80’s TV series, The Incredible Hulk, starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno has been released on DVD and is on sale now from Universal Studios Home Video for $29.98. But if the stars are lined up in your favor, you won’t have to go out and buy it because you can win The Incredible Hulk: The Complete First Season here completely free!

"’Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry." Mild-mannered research scientist David Banner (Emmy nominee Bill Bixby) finds he must offer this heroic warning after exposure to gamma radiation transforms him into the terrifying and enraged Hulk (Lou Ferrigno). Bursting from comic book pages into this 4-disc DVD set, the Complete First Season of The Incredible Hulk boasts all ten heart-pounding episodes, the two original feature-length films, a preview episode from Season Two, and in-depth commentary from producer Kenneth Johnson. Intense. Immense. Incredible!

HOW TO WIN THE DVD :: Just leave a comment in this post with a valid email address (won’t be made public) and a winner will be chosen at random. So get your comments in, because this contest ends next Tuesday, August 22 @ 7PM EST! Good luck folks!

 - Doobybrain

…if you win this contest!

Lots of contests lately. Up for grabs are 3 compelling DVD titles, all released August 8th, that touch upon and invade our notions of social norms in everyday life.

C.S.A.: Confederate States of America

Bold, satirical and wildly funny, the film poses the question: What would have happened if the South had won the Civil War? Played as a straight-faced Ken Burns-style documentary with uncanny parallels to our current society, CSA presents an alternative modern day America as a land in which slavery is alive and well throughout the 50 states, other non-whites and non-Christians are relegated to reservations, the country is in an ongoing Cold War with Canada and a Slave Shopping Network plays on TV. In the words of Spike Lee, an Executive Producer, the film is "eye opening and jaw dropping."

Sorry, Haters

Sorry, Haters is a psychological thriller with political and social undertones set in today’s New York. It’s a story of anger, revenge and retribution so timely it could be true. It begins when Ashade, a Muslim cab driver (Abdellatif Kechiche), picks up Phoebe (Robin Wright Penn) a well-heeled professional woman. Although Ashade and Phoebe have nothing in common, each holds troubling urges and hidden motivations. When Phoebe takes an interest in exonerating Ashade’s brother, a series of events are set in motion resulting in the revelation of a devastating hidden truth. Sorry, Haters is that rare film that dares to capture the anxiety of a city on edge. With powerful performances by Robin Wright Penn, Abdellatif Kechiche, Sandra Oh and Josh Hamilton, it has the courage to ask the most forbidden questions about who we are, and suggest some surprising answers.

Manderlay

This is the strange, disturbing story of the Manderlay plantation. Manderlay lay on a lonely plain somewhere in the deep south of the USA. It was in the year of 1933 that Grace and her father had left the township of Dogville behind them. Grace’s father and his army of villains had spent the entire winter seeking out new hunting grounds in vain, and now they were heading south in one last attempt to find a favourable location in which to take up residence. By chance their cars stop in the state of Alabama in front of a large iron gate bearing a thick chain and a padlock. Beside the gate, a dead oak tree towers over a heavy boulder with Manderlay hewn in monumental letters into the granite. Just as Grace, her father and his men are about to leave after a short break and a quick lunch, a young black woman runs up to the car. She knocks on Grace’s window. She hammers at the glass in despair. Ignoring her father’s advice to leave others to their own affairs, Grace follows the girl through the gates of Manderlay and there, she finds a group of people living as if slavery had not been abolished seventy years earlier, with white masters and black slaves… Grace believes that she has a duty to make it up to the slaves for injustices they have suffered at the hands of her kind: ‘we brought them here, we abused them and made them what they are’, as she argues to her father; and she decides that having liberated Manderlay, she will remain at the plantation until she has seen them through their first harvest. Her father grudgingly leaves her with four henchmen and a lawyer, warning Grace that he won’t be there to pick up the pieces when her plans for the resurrection of Manderlay fall apart…

HOW TO WIN ALL 3 DVDS :: Leave a wonderful comment in this post along with a valid email address (won’t be published) and a winner will be chosen randomly. One entry per person. This contest is for all 3 DVD titles mentioned above. Contest ends promptly on Tuesday, August 22 @ 7PM EST. Good luck!

 - Doobybrain

Weeds, Showtime’s award-winning TV series came out with a season 1 DVD on July 11th. Watch your favorite moments of Weeds with Mary-Louise Parker, Elizabeth Perkins, and Kevin Nealon over and over again on DVD from the comfort of your home!

HOW TO WIN THE WEEDS SEASON 1 DVD:: Simple! Just leave a comment in this post with a valid email address (not published). A winner will be picked at random from the comments when this contest ends next Tuesday, August 22 @ 7PM EST. Good luck!

 - Doobybrain

Some info about the Weeds Season 1 DVD:

Weeds: Season One examines family life in the suburban neighborhood of Agrestic, California, where recently widowed Nancy Botwin (Parker) is finding it hard to make ends meet while raising her two sons.  Left with more family debt than expected, Nancy embarks on a new career as a pot dealer to pay the bills.  As her business continues to grow, she has to hide her new career from her family and her best friend, PTA president Celia Hodes (Perkins).

Weeds: Season One includes all ten episodes of the groundbreaking first season.  The DVD set is loaded with special features including "Smoke & Mirrors," an original marijuana mockumentary, Agrestic "herbal" recipes, audio commentaries from the cast and show creator plus much more.