Tag Archives: YouTube

Huge news from the tech world today. Via TechCrunch: Google just rocked the world with some light news on a Monday. It has restructured the company and everything will now report up to “Alphabet” a new corporate name. That includes Google, which will now be CEO’d by Sundar Pichai (one less Twitter candidate?). Its site? https://abc.xyz/. The CEO of Alphabet …

(Tipped by JMG reader Ray)

“Every time the beautiful Regina rejects his advances, James pushes a red button and tries again, all the while unaware of the reality and consequences of his actions. Directed by Devon Avery. Selected for the Sploid Short Film Festival, a celebration of coolest short films and the filmmakers that make them.” (Tipped by JMG reader Ray)

“The Blaze is reporting that an independent film about same-sex attraction called ‘Audacity’ had generated 130,000 views for its trailer on YouTube when the trailer was abruptly pulled by YouTube in response to user complaints. YouTube has not specifically said why the trailer was pulled, but its policies include ‘commercially deceptive’ content as a possible reason. I have not seen …

Via TIME Magazine: “This is something that is a part of me and has always been a part of me” YouTube beauty expert Ingrid Nilsen had an important message for her 3.3 million followers this morning, announcing in an emotional 20-minute video that she is gay. The video, which garnered more than 900,000 hits in just eight hours, featured an …

Clip recap: “This Marble Run ‘Marble Tsunami’ has 4 tipping containers holding totally more than 11 000 marbles. In this video you’ll see the 10 000 marbles AND the 1000 marbles container will tipping together causing more than 11 000 marbles rolling down the giant tracks.” (Tipped by JMG reader Daddy Ray)

Dan Savage makes the ten year best-of clip: “From the silly to the profound, from the personal to the political, we’re celebrating a decade of your creativity and self-expression. And, we’re doing it from A to Z.  With over 75 references and 18 filmmaking styles, we’ve tried to capture some of the richness and variety of YouTube from the last …

I missed this when it came out a few days ago and yes, this is that Barbie Girl. The Ken doll on the left is Next Magazine cover boy Joey Khoury, whom you might have seen in the long-running Off Broadway hit Altar Boyz. Stick around for the “human theremin” bit.

600K views in one day. (Tipped by JMG reader Daddy Ray)

Rand Paul entered and exited the stage today to the tune of an anti-Wall Street country song owned by Warner Brothers. So of course YouTube’s magic genie recognized the track as copyrighted material and blocked the clip from further viewing. Snicker.

(Tipped by JMG reader Daddy Ray)

In response to the ongoing RFRA battles, a coalition of over 100 major tech industry corporations has issued a joint statement calling for full federal LGBT anti-discrimination protections. The values of diversity, fairness and equality are central to our industry. These values fuel creativity and inspiration, and those in turn make the U.S. technology sector the most admired in the …

A new web series: In this “reality”-series, actor and activist George Takei (Star Trek’s Sulu) and husband Brad Takei navigate their daily lives, from the internet and Broadway to jetpacks and human hamster balls. With a recipe that is one part optimism and one part pragmatism, this dynamic duo overcomes life’s obstacles, reminding us that any great enterprise Takeis Two.

Clip recap: Hey Gang! So there’s this ridiculous bill circulating the Attorney Generals Office of California that calls for the execution of Gay TV Characters!….. Wait no… I mean the execution of REAL GAY people. What’s called the “Sodomite Suppression Act” (rude) is legislation that essentially legalizes the execution of gay people by “bullets” to the head is not only …

Via Business Insider: To celebrate YouTube’s incorporation ten years ago this month, The Daily Conversation put together a list of the 101 biggest YouTube videos ever and then compiled them all into one 16-minute supercut. Highlighting such gems as “Star Wars Kid,” “The Sneezing Baby Panda,” “Shoes,” “Surprised Kitty,” “Potter Puppet Pals,” and so many more, the video will send …

Adoption by same-sex couples is presently before the courts in Colombia and this weekend local YouTube star Sebastian Villalobos, 19, who has 1.2M subscribers, revealed that he has two moms. The clip below has gone viral and already has over half a million views. The full Villalobos family appears at the 8:00 mark. Earlier this month the Colombian Constitutional Court …