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The Count counts up to 1 billion in ‘Sesame Street’ YouTube fan salute
To celebrate Sesame Street‘s YouTube channel reaching the 1 billion view mark, the show’s resident numbers maven, “Count Von Count,” took center stage in a musical thank-you note to fans released Wednesday. “Forget bitten fingers, I’ll count all the views,” he gushes. “How many watched us? I’ll tell you the…
Six-year-old breakdancing girl wows crowd at international competition
A 6-year-old breakdancing phenom is on the verge of becoming an online star after video of her performance at an international competition was posted on YouTube on Sunday. The girl, identified as “Bgirl Terra,” was filmed competing in the “Baby Battle” division of the Chelles Battle Pro tournament in Paris…
Video of 8-year-old Russian girl going 60 mph goes viral
Police in Russia’s northwestern city of Saint Petersburg have launched a probe after a video of an eight-year-old girl driving 100 kilometres per hour (60mph) through snowy scenery went viral on the Internet. The clip of Karina Mikulchik driving was shot by her mother Yelena, who was sitting in the…
Obama taps ‘Kid President’ to announce White House Easter egg roll
In an Easter-themed video published Thursday on YouTube, none other than President Barack Obama reaches out to “Kid President,” the star of an increasingly popular video series, to help him announce the 2013 White House Easter egg roll. “Kid President” is actually a 9-year-old kid named Bobby who has a…
Egyptian court orders YouTube block over ‘Innocence of Muslims’ film
A court in Egypt on Saturday ordered that video-sharing website YouTube be blocked for a month for hosting an anti-Islam film that triggered deadly outrage across the Muslim world last year. The court ruled the authorities must take measures to block access to the site for a month, after a…
S. Korean air force parodies ‘Les Miserables’
The South Korean air force has posted a “Les Miserables” video parody on YouTube, complete with snow-shovelling airmen, a lovelorn military service conscript and a vindictive superior officer. The 14-minute video, entitled “Les Militaribles”, has garnered more than 400,000 views in just a few days and even received a Twitter…
Immigrant rights groups re-make ‘So God Made a Farmer’ Super Bowl ad
Dodge crafted a video that became one of the most-talked-about Super Bowl ads on Sunday, but immigrant rights groups responded with their own version of the ad, pointing out that Dodge’s whitewashed version of farming doesn’t necessarily reflect today’s reality. Isaac Cubillos posted his version of the ad, similarly set…
YouTube study shows children ‘three clicks away from explicit material’
Children who view clips of Sesame Street and Peppa Pig on YouTube are on average just three clicks away from explicit adult material on the site, including nudity and violence, according to research. A study released to mark Safer Internet Day on Tuesday found that graphic footage was available to…
JPop star shaves her head and issues tearful YouTube apology because she spent night with a man
A Japanese starlet who shaved her head and issued a tearful YouTube apology after spending the night with a man was scrambling Friday to redeem the girl next door image of all-female group AKB48. Pictures of the roughly-shorn head of Minami Minegishi, 20, were emblazoned on national newspapers and Japan’s…
California police look for ‘idiots’ who shut down busy highway by driving in circles
The California Highway Patrol hopes to locate a group of drivers who briefly shut down the I-880 near Oakland by doing donuts in the middle of the highway. A YouTube video entitled “Idiots start drifting in the middle of the highway” showed about half a dozen tuned cars driving in…
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