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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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viral video stories: 47 news summaries

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 Cruise Busts
Moves  in
 Birthday Video 

Footage of ship-board birthday party shows Cruise's wild side

Mar 14, 08 8:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lock on Scientology's media vault must be missing. Gawker has obtained "secret video" of a lavish birthday bash thrown for church booster Tom Cruise on board a cruise ship, in which the couch-jumper enters to theme music from Top Gun, and sings and dances through Old Time Rock ... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • online videos • birthday party • cruise ships • Gawker • viral video • David Miscavige • Freewinds

'Puppy Kill' Video Triggers Probe

Military investigating video showing puppy hurled from cliff

Mar 4, 08 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Military officials are investigating a video posted on YouTube that appears to show a Marine hurling a puppy off a cliff, the Marine Corps Times reports. The video shows a Marine joking with buddies in a rocky landscape before throwing the animal. An official from the Hawaii base where the... More »

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military • YouTube • animal cruelty • PETA • puppy • viral video • Marine • animal

Looting Serbian 'Riot Girls' a YouTube Hit

'Belgrade bimbos' draw hits, scorn for grabbing chocolates and shoes

Feb 24, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - After the violence and looting that gripped Belgrade on Thursday night, a video available on YouTube has become a Serbian phenomenon—and provoked near-universal disapproval. The clip features two female looters grabbing everything from chocolates to designer handbags and shoes while the American embassy burned. Entitled "Swapping Kosovo for... More »

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Serbia • YouTube • Kosovo • Belgrade • viral video • Belgrade riots

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Rewind Spins Out of Control

Jack Black comedy too experimental for its own good, critics say

Feb 22, 08 8:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The Jack Black comedy Be Kind Rewind isn't predictable, but at times it's not coherent either, critics say. The film—about a guy who inadvertently erases a video store's VHS inventory, then, using a camcorder, re-creates popular movies for the store to rent—"never stops experimenting, even when the... More »

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comedy • movie review • videotape • movie rentals • viral video • Jack Black • guy movies • Be Kind Rewind • movies

'US Americans' Love Videos

Internet phenomenon scores big in 2007

Dec 27, 07 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - With small-screen stars ranging from ditzy beauty queens to potty-mouthed pint-sized landlords, Americans increasingly gathered around the YouTube watercooler in 2007. They racked up 100 billion views on various video sites, ABC News reports. Cultural commentators liken the phenomenon to cavemen swapping tall tales around campfires, but 78% of us... More »

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Internet • YouTube • online videos • video • Miss South Carolina • viral video

The Very Best of Viral Video

Many have tried, but few have surpassed the popularity of these online mega-hits

Nov 12, 07 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Humor, embarrassment, obscenity, and silliness are a recipe for success in the age of YouTube. PC World clicks on the classics of a young medium:
  1. Bush and Kerry Sing "This Land Is Your Land": JibJab puts itself on the map.
  2. The Coke and Mentos Experiments: Geysers of
... More »

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YouTube • list • George Lucas • Chad Vader • viral video • LonelyGirl15

Musical McCain Becomes YouTube Hit

But "bomb bomb Iran" joke may be
tone-deaf political move

Apr 20, 07 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - If John McCain fails in his presidential bid, he may have a future in karaoke. The senator-turned-songbird's impromptu performance of "Bomb Bomb Iran"—set to the tune of the Beach Boys classic "Barbara Ann"—at a South Carolina campaign rally has picked up 118,000 YouTube... More »

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John McCain • YouTube • South Carolina • Barbara Ann • singing • viral video • Election 2008 • Beach Boys

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