What is it all about for people who are not familiar . It is a fundraiser on february 28. Second to last day of february. Yeah. And its oscar night. So everyone comes over to the palms, walks the red carpet and then we all hang out in the theater and on the big screen we watch the oscars. Its all to raise money for the Variety Childrens Charity of southern nevada. Youve been working with this event for variety for many years now. How special is this . Very special. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year for variety. For those who arent familiar with variety, variety is a charity here in las vegas. Its been around for like over 50 years, i think here in las vegas. They do a lot for children with special needs. We have three schools here in las vegas that variety founded. The miller school, the variety school. I visit it every year christmas time with a bunch of my friends for christmas. For the christmas party. Its heart warming. The miller school, which this thats tony douglas from crazy girls. Hes the comedy magic star, crazy girls. There he is performing for the kids. There is tommy lang. My good friend doing some clowning for the kids. There is the whole cast from this past year. We bring singers and magic acts and puppet acts and santa claus is the big star. But for instance, the miller school, all these kids are very severely challenged. Theyre all in wheelchairs. Its a great opportunity to perform for them and they get to other kid. This event that you are hosting there on the 28th raises money for what . We are trying to build were partnering with the city. Theyve given us land and it is a place where kids of all abilities can play together. Lance mentioned the kids at miller school. These kids in wheelchair, they have no place to go play. Yet there is equipment out there that create a playground where the kids that are blind, the kids that are autistic, those in wheelchairs, maybe theyre enabled, but their care giver, their dad is in a wheelchair. Thats what were trying to create. Were raising money. Were looking at a rendering of it right now. It makes it fully a acceptable for kids in wheelchairs and those a are ablebodied and everywhere in between to play together. Absolutely. Thats expensive. And. Most things are. Youre looking at a quarter Million Dollars here in equipment. Wow. Because its specialized equipment. And so were about a third of the way there. Hopefully on the 28th of february, people come out to our party and brendan theater is at the palms. The tickets are 25. For 25, you get to watch the oscars on the big screen. Well have a couple bars open up. And theyre also going to get 20 worth of concessions at the brendan theater concession stack. Its like a 5 donation. Thats right. Then you get to meet lance and lance brings all of his friends. Well have a lot of celebrities. In the past weve had matt king and fielding west there. Were gonna have the chippen dales guys there. The fantasy girls will be there. Its a fun event. And i tell you what, those brendan theater hot dogs are delicious. Go to the concession stand, get you a soft drink and popcorn and one of the hot dogs and youre he has a grizzly here eating hot dogs. Look at the food, thats incredible. Now, lee, you can download the actual voting ballot . Thats right . We accurate, its the full oscar ballot. It has all 24 categories and its in the order that the awards are shown. So its real easy to use. Download it at our web site varietysn. Org. Even if you dont come to our party, you can use it at home. You can match up and see if your film that you rooted for wins. Exactly. Yeah. Do you play this game as well . You have leo winning . Everybody tries to guess who is going to win. Of course richie had to wait 20 years. I think that was an emmy. She had to wait a very long time, yeah. Its his turn. Hell be a bride maybe. Everybody together and be able to watch this. It is the big game, cause it really is as far as awards shows are concerned. This is like the biggest there is. And weve got Chet Buchanan and channel 13 emceeing and working the red carpet and announcing the celebrities as they come through. Its super cheap, the tickets. For 25 bucks. Variety has no overhead. So the 25 for the ticket, thats 25 there. Its not 15 to administrative fee. No, the theater and concessions were donated. The elesysse, we have a vip suite, they donate everything. Its absolutely wonderful. Else can say that . 100 of the money goes to the cause. Thats phenomenal. Great job as always. We look forward to getting that park built. Thank you so much. Called z. Z. Top. Variety at the 7th annual Oscar Viewing Party at brendan theater inside the palm february 28. The fun begins at 4 p. M proceeds will again variety, the Childrens Charity of southern nevada. For tickets and more information, head to the web site on your screen and later this months, well see some of the food you can try at the fundraiser. Still to come on the Morning Blend, spend valentines day with the jersey boys. Stars of the hit musical are in the house with a great deal for locals. Animals. Theyre lending their names to help pets find homes. Producer micah has more after the break. I have to brave lances facial Centurylink Prism tv has all your favorite channels, tons of live sports, and more. Watch when and where you want with advanced features like our wireless settop box, whole home dvr, and prism on the go. And choose from a variety of great packages to fit your home. Call. And get started with the prism essential tv bundle. Youll get showtime and starz free for 3 months plus up to 40 megs of centurylink internet all for only 70 a month. This deal sounds great, especially if you love sports. 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There are millions of people who are in the market for dog or cat in their homes and in their lives. But only a few million of those people are choosing adoption. If we can get rescue, then we can solve these in las vegas, the lead Animal Shelter has such enormous intake and historically had a pretty high euthanasia rate. We can solve these problems if enough people get involved. Thats the point of the shelter pet project which is a Collaborative Campaign between mades with the shelter pet project, its more of this is kind of the next step of it to try to get more homes for these shelter dogs and pets. Yes. Advertising campaign and were using celebrity pets who have millions of followers on instagram and Youtube Facebook and other social media platforms and were asking people to tell their stories about adoption because we really want the idea of adoption is a wonderful thing to go viral. Thats really part of what were doing with the project. Its adorable. Were seeing some of that video right there. We had the keyboard cat, hamilton pug, and of course we had toast meets world, who i know has a big instagram following. This little guy, flip, flip is a sixweekold puppy who was actually found in an abandoned home with four of her brothers and sisters. Unfortunately, two of them were frozen and didnt make it. But flip and his two siblings are here at Saint Huberts in new jersey and they just dogs and cats that could make fabulous Family Members. If you just come down to the shelter and think about adoption. For those who dont know, can you plain about maddies fund. Its a family foundation, based in california. Were about 20 years old now. We support animal organizations such as the Humane Society of the united states, as well as Saint Huberts and shelters across the country. Big organizations and small whose goal is to end the killing of our shelter pets. Were proud to be here today. The statistics are saying millions are in shelters. But only half of them are getting homes. Hopefully with this big campaign, we can increase that number. Absolutely. You think about an animal like flip here who was really kind of on the knifes edge and could have died and now has been going to have a wonderful life. Im quite certain of it. And this is the case for so many animals. It has nothing to do with their qualities and attributes in terms of their fate. Its really on us. Are we making the right choices . Are we bringing them into our lives and saving them . We can do this. Just three million more people choosing adoption should be an easy goal for us to achieve as a society. Ts a Great Campaign thats been launched. So thank you so much for joining us this morning. Thank you. Thanks so much. For more information about this project or to find a local shelter near you, just visit the shelter pet project. Org. Every thursday we have a pet up for adoption on our show. Your pick of the litter. Back to you. Thank you so much, micah. The Fourth Annual catdance Film Festival in utah shines a spotlight on shelter cats this year as part of the mission. Several film makers submitted the golden litter scoop award. Wouldnt you know it, the winning film maker was from right here in las vegas and youre seeing some of the film right now. Mike thompson took home top honors at the catdance Film Festival and joins us with more on his film. How are you . Thank you very much. Can you tell us about your film and why you did what you did in this reel . Well, sure. It stars Gregory Popovich who has a show here. Hes known to work with an animal or two. Yeah. Hes definitely a cat whisperer. We did a feature film with him a year ago. So a friend of mine saw catdance, that it existed, sent us a link that said hey, you should have a catdance. You have a film. We said okay. But it turns out its only for shorts. So we made this short film for catdance. A short is how long . So this was a three minute one . It has to be under four minutes. So you wrote it, directed it . Did all of it . I co directed. My brother jerry. We have a team full of friends. So the name of the film is perfect catsy. I dont know. Explain the premise of it. So yeah. Popovich shows up in the street and he wants to have a nice hot dog and keeps vanishing. And he thinks its the cat. Hidden in the trash can. Did you think you were going to win going into this . I mean, no. Not at all. Its such a generous award. Wow. We have to enter this. And so we did. This . This is so much money. Where is that money home we have a Selection Company called life word studios. We have a studio. We have a shelf with all our awards on it. I dont care what you ever win, if you win an oscar, that is your top award. Thats fantastic. I love it. Now. Yeah. It was during sundance. Did you meet a lot of cat lovers there . Yes. Did you know they existed this . Party. Just a cat themed super party. It was the greatest. Option . Were still negotiating. Are you doing dogs or rabbits next . You picked up 25 grand for this . Yeah. Its incredible. Very generous. I mean, i cant i have nothing but are you going to adopt a cat . I have dogs. Wow. My wife is allergic to cats. I love cats. Now you really love cats. Yeah. We had a cat for a minute. Sneeze hound. Film . So it is on freshstep. Com petdance2016. Its like 2013. You dont want to see that. You want the 2016. How many hours did it take to you do this . We shot the whole thing in one day during magic hour. Just during that sunset when we kind of rushed through it. Where in vegas did you film it . Its downtown on commerce. Its in the Arts District area down there. Its really beautifully filmed. The cinematography looks cool. Thank you very much. Its amazing this is your world. Like it used to be you have to have a film camera. You dont even need the lights anymore. Yeah of the its a great time to be a film maker for sure. You got your wife . Shes from the hit show new girl. She was the celebrity presenter. Yeah. Before we go, whats next for you. Next, we are working on some more films. 25 grand can buy you some nice things. Exactly. Its going to help us a lot. Difficult us the freedom to write. Thats cool. Congratulations. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. 2016 catdance Film Festival honors the best original short films starring cats, of course. And to see the film from mike, head to the web site you see on your screen. Congratulations again. Dont use that scoop for what its actually meant for. Still to come on the blend, spend a romantic evening in jersey. The special valentines day deal to see the hit show at paris. Are you on facebook and twitter . Well be backtt0w tw i 4 2 t tt0w tw i el 8 8 tt0w tw i ed \ tt0w tw i 8h ] tt0w tw i kzhc2\ tt0w tw i nh6[p tt0w tw i 0ph what exactly is laser hair therapy . Laser hair therapy is where we use low level laser and we are playing this laser energy directly to the hair follicle. This stimulates the growth stage, so were increasing circulation and blood flow back to the scalp and this is going to stimulate that growth stage for patients. Thats how that works . Yes. Were row growing your own natural hair, but in a noninvasive, no side effect, no pain way. How long does it take before someone might see hair follicles . So with this what were looking for with this type of treatment is for somebody that still has active hair follicles. A lot of the time when there is no visible hair there in the area that were looking at, there is still an active hair follicle. So what you do is you come into the clinic for an evaluation, takes about 30 minutes. Well check your hair follicle activity with a pro scope magnifying camera that looks into the hair follicle. Well be able to tell you yes or no, youre a good candidate for you if you still have active hair follicles. If you do, were able to regrow back that hair in that area where you still have the active hair follicles. Just because you might not have hair, doesnt mean there is no hope. Exactly. cause a lot of people take a look and theyre like, im too far gone. Or we get a lot of female patients. About 65 of our patient base is actually female patients which tend to lose their hair a little bit later on in life because theyre producing more testosterone in their body. Theyll take a look and theyre wearing wigs or using extensions, which can be further damaging to the hair. And theyre thinking that there is no hope for them when really, if you came into the clinic and we can take a look at you, well be able to determine yes, we can still help you. And maybe we wont be able to because not everybody still has active hair follicles. But like i said, you come into the clinic and well be able to tell you on the spot if you do. Youll let people know exactly. Absolutely. How quickly can we see these results . The laser starts to take weeks. Typically our patients are seeing a positive cosmetic change in the first few months. However, the earlier on you catch the hair loss, the faster you will receive results with it. Earlier you mentioned males and females. The majority are females. The majority of females are coming in now. We can treat either one, age is not a factor. So males tend to lose their hair earlier on in life, in their early 20s. Middle age females tend to lose their hair later in life. It doesnt matter, we can treat you, as long as you have those active hair follicles. The really nice part about this program is we have the convenience factor. Just because a lot of people cant make it into the clinic, if they are coming in for a clinic treatment program, theyre coming once a week for 20minute laser session. Some people cant commit to that and we have portable devices now available, including the most can use it at home. Its rechargeable. You wear it three times a week for 30 minutes. Its nice and convenient. You dont have to come into the clinic and you dont have to take time out of your busy lifestyle to actually regrow your hair back. Basically you can get a treatment at home, just watching tv and letting that cap do the work for you . Exactly. Thats going to be our most popular device on the market today. Do you feel anything . You dont. So depend, there is no side effects involved with this and it is pain free. So even though we say laser, its a noninvasive laser. And you have Morning Blend special as well. What exactly is that . So were going to offer you that important evaluation to tell you if youre going to be a good candidate absolutely free. So you can come in if you give us a call today, well do a free evaluation. Well do a free consultation with you and well do that free first clinical laser session just so you can see what laser hair therapy is like. Do you have people come in in all ages come in because, unfortunately, its not always a natural process. But when its causing hair l it could be a medication that you were taking, could be stress that was causing it. So we see people of all ages in the clinic. Again, you mentioned just because you dont have hair maybe on the surface. Correct. And you perhaps are bald, doesnt mean you can not get help. It doesnt mean you cant get help or dont have active hair follicles. Give us a call and we can do that evaluation for you to see if youd be a good candidate for Something Like this. Lindsey, thank you so much. Great information. Thank you for having me. Laser med solutions offers a free consultation and evaluation. In addition to a free first clinical laser session for anyone who calls and books a consult. Its today only. For more on the latest technology to control hair loss and stimulate new growth, check out the web site on your screen or call the number listed. Thank you so much. Each week the panda guys, peters and associates, offers legal advice on our show. If you want to keep your home, option. They add most people who qualify for short sale programs or even