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Oldsters Fumble With Webcam, Go Viral

Cute video racks up nearly 2 million hits

(Newser) - When Bruce and Esther Huffman tried in vain to take a still photo of themselves on their new laptop's camera, they had no idea they were about to become the next viral video sensation. The frustrated Esther couldn't figure out the camera function, though her granddaughter had shown...

Linda Hamilton: 'Please, Please' Invite Me to Marine Corps Ball (Video)

 Linda Hamilton: 
 'Please, Please' 
 Invite Me to Ball 
MORE MARINES DRAMA
Jul 20, 2011 10:55 AM CDT

Linda Hamilton: 'Please, Please' Invite Me to Ball

In a completely random moment, Terminator star resorts to begging

(Newser) - Today's moment in Marines weirdness: Terminator star Linda Hamilton has turned the tables on the Marines and filmed her own YouTube appeal begging for an invitation to the ball. Hamilton says she cried "all night long" after hearing that Betty White turned down an invitation from Sgt. Ray...

Rebecca Black&#39;s New Vid: See Ya Lata, Haters
 Rebecca Black: 
 See Ya Later, 
 Haters 
new video
Jul 19, 2011 3:41 AM CDT

Rebecca Black: See Ya Later, Haters

She's back, in new video for 'This Is My Moment'

(Newser) - You can't keep a bad singer down. Rebecca Black, the brunette America has loved to hate since she released "Friday" , is taking out her revenge in a new video for "This Is My Moment." "Were you the one who said I'd be nuthin'?...

Yes, I Am Going on YouTube Marine Date: Mila

Kunis sets the record straight

(Newser) - Go ahead, breathe a sigh of relief: Mila Kunis will be attending the Marine Corps Ball with Sgt. Scott Moore after all. Kunis accepted Moore's YouTube invitation , eliciting a nationwide feeling of warmth and fuzziness that quickly dissipated when reports surfaced that she bailed on the whole thing . But...

YouTube Suspends Lady Gaga's Account

Account briefly pulled after complaint of copyright infringement

(Newser) - Lady Gaga's account is one of the most popular on YouTube but that didn't save it from being suspended for copyright violations yesterday. Before it was reinstated later in the day, a notice said the account had been pulled because of "multiple or severe violations of YouTube'...

Mila Kunis Cancels Marine Ball Date, as Justin Timberlake Gets His Own YouTube Invitation (Video)
 Mila Cancels Marine Ball Date 
Jul 14, 2011 10:40 AM CDT

Mila Cancels Marine Ball Date

Meanwhile, Justin Timberlake gets his own invitation

(Newser) - Well, you can say awwww again , but this time for a very different reason: Looks like Mila Kunis won't be going to the ball with the Marine who invited her on YouTube after all. Gawker and Reuters note that yesterday on Access Hollywood Live, Billy Bush announced Kunis can'...

Hollywood Wants You for Its First 'Social Movie'

Crowdsourced thriller 'Inside' issues online casting call

(Newser) - Social media meets Hollywood thriller in online movie project Inside, billed as the first "social film." Star Emmy Rossum wakes up in a locked room with no way to communicate with the outside world except a laptop, which she uses to communicate with her social network—played by...

Mila Kunis Says Yes to Marine's Date Request

YouTube invitation gets unexpected response

(Newser) - Say it with us now: Awwww. After receiving an invitation from Sgt. Scott Moore, via YouTube, to attend the Marine Corps Ball with him, actress Mila Kunis has agreed to go. Kunis apparently didn't know about the invitation until she was ambushed by Fox News and her Friends With ...

Chinese Takeout Spot Cashes In on Racist Rant

Asian food operation makes fun of student's YouTube dig at Chinese

(Newser) - One woman's racist rant has become another operator's business opportunity. A food takeout biz is adopting the "ching-chong" dig at Chinese students posted on YouTube that ended up driving political science junior Alexandra Wallace out of UCLA . The new Asian-run food delivery biz is named Ching-Chong-Ling-Long Takeout...

Forget Planking: 'Cone-ing' Goes Viral

This summer, grab your ice cream weirdly

(Newser) - Planking is so last month—all the cool kids are now " cone-ing. " The procedure: Buy a soft-serve ice cream cone and take it from the vendor as awkwardly as possible. You might take the ice cream itself in your hand, stick your face in it, or eat...

Why You Can't See Rebecca Black's Friday Video

She and recording studio disagree over who owns what

(Newser) - It's Friday, Friday, gotta take down Friday on Friday. Just when you thought you'd heard the last of YouTube sensation Rebecca Black, the singer (add your own quotes around that word if you like) is again in the spotlight—this time for taking down the YouTube video that...

Woman's New Tattoo: 152 Facebook Friends

She posts video of the process

(Newser) - She’s become her own personal social network. A woman has posted a YouTube video of herself getting a tattoo of 152 of her Facebook pals. "After months of work I want to show you all my social Tattoo. Pretty amazing right ?" says YouTube user Suzyj87 of the...

YouTube's Culinary Star: Vegan Black Metal Chef

Extreme chef joins burgeoning breed of out-there personalities

(Newser) - How much more extreme can cooking get? Not much now that a black metal chef cooking with the "heat of Satan" has moved onto YouTube. Thank God he's not a cannibal. The Vegan Black Metal Chef wields sharp instruments of terror that look like torture tools to brutalize...

Saudi Woman Nabbed After Posting YouTube Driving Video

Manal al-Sharif defies ban on female drivers

(Newser) - A Saudi woman is being detained by police after a bold YouTube protest against the ultra-conservative nation's ban on female drivers. Manal al-Sharif, 32, tools around the city of Khobar in a video posted on YouTube that's now been seen by some 600,000 fans. Sharif was busted...

Enough Already With the Going-Viral Craze
Enough Already With
the Going-Viral Craze
OPINION
May 21, 2011 3:35 PM CDT

Enough Already With the Going-Viral Craze

It's 'calculated and intrusive': Mary Elizabeth Williams

(Newser) - More than 9 million people have now watched the "greatest proposal ever" on YouTube. All the best, kids, writes Mary Elizabeth Williams at Salon . But, please, let's give a rest to this got-to-go-viral craze. Stuff like this—along with flash mobs and insta-musicals—used to be fresh and...

'Greatest Proposal Ever' Goes Viral

Cinematic proposal sweeps YouTube

(Newser) - Bad news, boys. A Georgia man has set the "unique wedding proposal" bar very, very high. In a video that has received more than 5 million hits on YouTube in a matter of days, Ginny Joiner sits in a movie theater watching what she thought was a pre-film trailer...

YouTube Starts Movie Rentals
 YouTube Starts Movie Rentals
May 10, 2011 4:24 AM CDT

YouTube Starts Movie Rentals

3K movies from around the world now available

(Newser) - While clips of cute kittens, backyard wrestling, and teenage lip-syncers are fascinating, YouTube has decided to beef up its online offerings with something a little ... lengthier: It added 3,000 real movies to rent yesterday. The movie service includes new titles and classics from Hollywood, Bollywood, and even Nigeria's...

Seinfeld Puts His Comedy Online... Slowly

Comedian concerned with 'portion control'

(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld wants to give his stand up to the world—eventually. He’s gathered up more than 1,000 clips of his comedy for the new JerrySeinfeld.com site he’s launching Friday, but he only intends to release three of them a day. “I don’t want...

18-Month-Old Soccer Ace Gets Pro Contract

YouTube video catches eye of local club

(Newser) - An 18-month-old Dutch toddler has won a pro contract after a video of him expertly kicking soccer balls into his toy box scored almost a million hits on YouTube. Baerke van der Meij was offered the symbolic contract by Venlose Voetbal Vereniging, the team his grandfather once played for, the...

Vaclav Klaus: Pen-Stealing Czech President Might Have Purloined in the Past
Why Mr. President,
'You Have Taken My Gloves!' 
KLEPTO KLAUS?
Apr 14, 2011 8:40 AM CDT

Why Mr. President, 'You Have Taken My Gloves!'

Pen-swiping might not have been Czech prez's first time

(Newser) - When Czech President Vaclav Klaus got caught not-so-subtly purloining a fancy pen from Sebastian Pinera, it looks like it wasn't an isolated incident. Klaus dismissed the thievery, saying, "All I have to say is, it is not a pen but just a stylus," and added that he swipes...

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