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Never mention the word free in NYC. You’ll be guarantee to find a crowd or long lines. Like others before me, I saw an ad in Time Out NY about free screening passes for the upcoming Nicole Kidman movie Birthday Girl. Oh of course, it also starring Ben Chaplin. He is best known for his role in the movie the Truth about Cats and Dogs with Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo. The passes were scheduled to be distributed at 5:30 pm at Universal News. I arrived promptly at about 4:45pm, and discovered that I would have to join the end of the line around the corner.

Sometime, about 5pm, this guy swings by and asked me if I would like to move closer to the front of the line. He claimed that it would be his good deed of day. Being a New Yorker, I approached this with much skeptic cynic. So I asked the gal in front of me, if she would save my spot if it didn’t pan out. On the contrary, it did. I guess it was my lucky day.

And per our conversation, I found out my new found friend, worked in the music promotion industry. My gal pal, had arrived a little bit after 5:20 pm. I guess you can call it fate in a way. You see, my gal pal is looking to break into the music industry through the marketing/pr department. And lo and behold, she was presented the perfect opportunity to learn about the industry through from an insider. For next hour, we chat about the entertainment industry, networking and just jobs around the city. It was pretty wicked cool. I guess everything does happen for a reason.