'Sarcasm is the Key to Our Bonding'

At first you might think it’s a stretch for actor Chris O’Donnell and rapper LL Cool J to play special-agent buddies on the hit CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles. Even they don’t seem to be sure why they fit together so well.

"I really couldn’t explain it,” LL Cool J says with a big grin. “We had never met before the show. Then we went to the gun range for weapons training, and we just clicked. You have one guy, Chris, who’s from the Midwest and this other guy, me, who’s from the inner city of New York. But we share a common sensibility. I think that me plus him equals a little more than two, you know?”

Read the whole interview with Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J on parade.com (2010).

NCIS: Los Angeles : You Ask They Tell (2009)

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"Hussle and bussle of the first day back to Season 4 NCIS LA!!" by @danielaruah

Chris O'Donnell & LL Cool J on the Early Show (2009)

Camp Alumnus Dave Kalstein Establishes Scholarship at Interlochen Center of the Arts

How does a young violinist and visual artist from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, grow up to become a writer on one of the top crime dramas on network television? He starts out by spending four summers at Interlochen Arts Camp, surrounded by creative peers and supportive adults who help him believe that he really can pursue a life in the arts. This summer, Dave Kalstein (IAC 88-90, 93) is giving another young person the opportunity to experience that same creative, supportive environment that shaped his early years as an artist.

Get all the infos on interlochen.org.

picture in this post by @danielaruah shows @davekalstein & @ericcolsen

Dave Yaden Interview

When you first listen to Dave Yaden’s music, you are immediately transported back to the early 1970’s when Elton John first burst on to the music scene. You recognized that clear, bluesy, tenor voice and can tell right away that John had to have been a huge influence. Yaden’s sound harkens back to the time when the folk/rock troubadour whas king and thankfully, he now brings that music genre forward to the new century in a new and updated edition.

Dave is a singer/songwriter and piano player who grew up in the LA music scene and had a number of bands while attending the University of Southern California. During his ten years in the business he has worked with everybody from One Republic to Lady Antebellum. We first found out about Dave when his first composition was used on NCIS:LA in Season Three: Touch of Death. We took some time to sit down with Dave to ask him about his career and his contribution to the NCIS:LA soundtrack.

Read the whole interview with Dave on ncislafan.com.

Linda Hunt signing autographs at CBS Upfronts 2011

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Shadow play with Linda Hunt as Hetty Lange shared by @fiann1 (2011).

Barrett Foa in Portugal

Barrett Foa in Portugal