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Why Does Death Always Go Viral?
 Why Does Death 
 Always Go Viral? 
OPINION
May 19, 2010 1:57 PM CDT

Why Does Death Always Go Viral?

Online videos are the new 'snuff films'

(Newser) - The world couldn’t stop watching when video emerged of an American woman drowning, swept away by a wave, after pushing her son to safety. We were equally transfixed by footage of an Olympic hopeful’s fatal luge crash and an Iranian protester’s violent shooting death . “Nothing goes...

Conan's 5 Fave YouTube Videos

Just like the rest of us, O'Brien loves the Trololo guy

(Newser) - Everyone loves Conan O’Brien (well, except Jay Leno), so it goes without saying that everyone will also love the same YouTube videos Conan O’Brien does. PopEater points to the list O’Brien made to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the video site. Watch his introduction, and a few...

7-Year-Olds Bump, Grind; Critics Flip Out
 Young Girls 
 Bump, Grind; 
 Critics Flip Out 
viral video
May 16, 2010 4:32 PM CDT

Young Girls Bump, Grind; Critics Flip Out

YouTube video of routine set to Beyoncé hit collects thumbs-down reviews

(Newser) - Last time Beyoncé's "Single Ladies" hit the viral video circuit, a toddler was losing it because his dad told him he couldn't be one. That father might have some advice for the parents of the 8- and 9-year-old girls whose raunchy routine set to the megahit isn't going...

Jackson Kids Hit YouTube
 Jackson Kids Hit YouTube 
it's really them
May 12, 2010 9:32 AM CDT

Jackson Kids Hit YouTube

Paris and Blanket Jackson star in YouTube clips

(Newser) - Michael Jackson famously guarded his kids' privacy, you know, with the rare exception of that whole balcony dangling thing. So he probably wouldn’t be too pleased to know that Paris and Blanket are now appearing in a variety of YouTube clips. E! points to a few—watch them in...

Screw Stephen Baldwin&mdash; Restore Joss Whedon
 Screw Stephen Baldwin— 
 Restore Joss Whedon 
Parody Dept.
May 10, 2010 2:30 PM CDT

Screw Stephen Baldwin— Restore Joss Whedon

Come on, 'Dollhouse' wasn't that bad!

(Newser) - Remember that goofy campaign to donate money to Stephen Baldwin because he was a Job-like Christian? A comedy outfit called the Big Honkin' thought it was pretty dumb, too, and has a better idea: How about restoring Joss Whedon? No, he's not broke or anything, but man, his shows get...

Tennessee Flooding Inspires Stunning YouTube Video
 Artsy Video Captures 
 Tennessee Flood 
Viral Video
May 3, 2010 3:55 PM CDT

Artsy Video Captures Tennessee Flood

High-quality disaster shots stun YouTube

(Newser) - Today's YouTube sensation doesn't feature funny animals, drug-addled kids, or any of the other usual viral video tomfoolery. It's actually kind of a downer. But photographer Michael Deppisch's moving montage of the flooding in Nashville is worth watching anyway. After all, as Mashable points out, amateur disaster videos tend to...

Afghan Troops Remake Gaga's Telephone Vid

'I feel better knowing these guys are fighting for us'

(Newser) - A flouncy, heart-felt, risqué remake of Lady Gaga's edgy Telephone video has apparently been staged by a creative group of US soldiers in Afghanistan and sparked a pointed debate on YouTube. The video features seductive partner dances, fake sex scenes and men dressed in camo and evidence tape just (not...

What to Make of MIA's Very Graphic Music Video
 What to Make of 
 MIA's Very Graphic 
 Music Video 
politics or publicity?
Apr 27, 2010 8:33 AM CDT

What to Make of MIA's Very Graphic Music Video

Is 'Born Free' a political statement or a publicity stunt?

(Newser) - MIA’s latest video is so graphic YouTube banned it in the US. “Born Free,” directed by Romain Gavras and released yesterday, shows US soldiers forcing redheaded men and boys into a bus, driving them to the desert, then shooting, beating, and blowing them up. In addition to...

Annoying Orange Conquers YouTube

Food-taunting animated fruit set for TV deal

(Newser) - The world's most irritating piece of fruit is in the process of making its creator a rich man. The animated "Annoying Orange" series, which features a wisecracking orange that taunts other foodstuffs, was created less than 6 months ago and has already had more than 100 million views on...

YouTube Turns 5; Watch Its First Video
 YouTube Turns 5; 
 Watch Its First Video 
flashback
Apr 23, 2010 12:10 PM CDT

YouTube Turns 5; Watch Its First Video

First one was posted five years ago today

(Newser) - They grow up so fast. YouTube celebrates a birthday of sorts today; its first video was uploaded exactly 5 years ago, Mashable recalls. Since then it's grown into a big, strong corporate subsidiary, but we still can't resist pinching its cheek and reminding it how cute it was when it...

Facebook Hamster Torturers Charged

UC-Davis student set tiny pair on fire: cops

(Newser) - Two University of California students face felony animal cruelty charges after torching two hamsters with a cigarette lighter and posting video of it on Facebook , according to law enforcement authorities. One of the animals died, the other was saved by the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital on campus. Henry...

Film Studio: Stop Parodying Our Hitler Rant

Downfall parodies disappearing from YouTube

(Newser) - The day of reckoning has arrived for one of the Internet's most enduring memes. The German movie studio behind the film Downfall has demanded that YouTube remove clips from the production subtitled by users to make it seem as if Hitler is ranting about anything from Michael Jackson's death to...

Hummingbird Lovers Strap Feeders to Their Faces

Masks allow birders to get up close and personal

(Newser) - Hey, birders, sick of stomping around hoping to catch a glimpse of a hummingbird in your binoculars? Then heartsick.com has just the thing for you. For the low, low price of $79.95, you get a colorful thingy that looks like a welding mask and doubles as a hummingbird...

Whitney Houston Clone Can Dance, Too
 Whitney 
 Houston 
 Clone Can 
 Dance, Too 
viral video
Apr 12, 2010 1:45 PM CDT

Whitney Houston Clone Can Dance, Too

Lin Yu Chun shakes it in YouTube video

(Newser) - If the video of the Taiwanese kid with the Whitney Houston pipes wasn't enough for you, he's now making the Internet rounds demonstrating his dancing skillz, PopEater reports. Watch the video above.

This Kid Sings Like Whitney Houston
 This Kid Sings 
 Like Whitney Houston 
in case you missed it
Apr 11, 2010 2:48 PM CDT

This Kid Sings Like Whitney Houston

Lin Yu Chun is the latest viral video star

(Newser) - This Chinese boy could be the next Susan Boyle. Gawker points to a video that is quickly making the rounds on the Internet, showing reality show contestant Lin Yu Chun—“an overweight teenager with an awkward haircut,” writes Maureen O'Connor. Surprisingly enough, he does a dead-on Whitney Houston...

Dallas Slaps Erykah Badu With Disorderly

Singer faces $500 fine over Dealey Plaza striptease

(Newser) - Erykah Badu's racy "Window Seat" video may have gone viral, but the Dallas Police Department is decidedly not a fan. Officials announced yesterday that they would reward the singer's Dealey Plaza striptease with a disorderly conduct charge, reports the Dallas Morning News after a witness to last month's shoot...

Singing Baby Freaks at Not Being Single Lady
 Singing Baby Freaks 
 at Not Being Single Lady 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Apr 3, 2010 7:58 AM CDT

Singing Baby Freaks at Not Being Single Lady

Zip it, Dad!

(Newser) - Kids keep rockin' out to Beyoncé, but in the latest viral YouTube hit, one toddler is devastated that he'll probably never be one of the "Single Ladies." The video shows two little girls and a baby brother busting moves to Beyoncé's Single Ladies in the back seat...

Rats Laugh When Tickled
 Rats Laugh When Tickled 
viral video
Apr 2, 2010 12:02 PM CDT

Rats Laugh When Tickled

And guess what? They like it!

(Newser) - A YouTube gem from 2007 is making the rounds again, teaching us something kind of neat and kind of gross: Rats laugh when tickled. When a Bowling Green University professor decided to try tickling the rodents, and then listening to their resulting high-frequency noises on a “bat detector,”...

Hutaree Video Stars Evil Dildo-Wielding Man-Duck
 Hutaree Video Stars Evil 
 Dildo-Wielding Man-Duck 
SUPER WTF? DEPT.
Apr 2, 2010 10:03 AM CDT

Hutaree Video Stars Evil Dildo-Wielding Man-Duck

In Kris Sickles masterpiece, genitals partially obscured by GWB mask

(Newser) - Adjust your opinion of Kristopher Sickles—one of the Hutaree militia members jailed on suspicion of sedition and conspiracy to murder a police officer—according to a YouTube video dug up by TPMMuckracker which is super NSFW. In it, Sickles awakens in a field naked save for a picture of...

Sassy Gay Friend: Offensive or Hilarious?

The stereotypes are over the top—but he's empowering women!

(Newser) - Sassy Gay Friend is saving the lives of “unreasonably weepy” Shakespearean gals all over YouTube (quite literally: the videos have him counseling Opehlia, Juliet, and Desdemona)—but is he a smart satire or just plain offensive? He dispenses advice as a “very crappy dance beat” plays in the...

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