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Another Celebrity Kickstarter Fails Embarrassingly

Just 80 backers pledged to Zosia Mamet's campaign

(Newser) - Last month, Kickstarter taught us that only 315 people still care about Melissa Joan Hart's career. This month, it teaches us that even fewer people care about Zosia Mamet's music. Mamet isn't exactly struggling in life—in addition to starring on the wildly popular Girls, she's...

Melissa Joan Hart: Why My Kickstarter Totally Flopped

It needed a ... poster

(Newser) - Melissa Joan Hart's Kickstarter campaign had so many problems, you probably cringed when you read about it . But the actress thinks she's zeroed in on the particular reason she attracted only 315 backers: "We didn’t give [fans] the two things it takes to sell a movie:...

Celeb Kickstarter Meets Embarrassing End

Melissa Joan Hart gives up dream to star in a movie

(Newser) - The success Zach Braff and the Veronica Mars movie found on Kickstarter seemed to presage a trend of celebrities using the crowdfunding site to raise money for projects. But, as Melissa Joan Hart learned the hard way, that tactic apparently only works for celebrities people still care about. The 1990s...

Zach Braff Gets His $2M on Kickstarter

...in just 3 days

(Newser) - First Veronica Mars, now Zach Braff's Wish I Was Here : Another indie movie has been successfully funded by Kickstarter . Braff raised his goal of $2 million in just three days, according to the Hollywood Reporter , and funding will continue for 26 days. (As of this writing, Braff has raised...

Now Zach Braff Is Using Kickstarter to Fund Movie

It looks like he will easily hit his mark of $2 million

(Newser) - Using Kickstarter to fund an indie movie is officially a Hollywood thing now. After the folks behind Veronica Mars proved it could be done , Zach Braff is taking his turn, reports the Hollywood Reporter . The Scrubs star aims to raise $2 million for his Wish I Was Here project, about...

Video Spurs Mystery: Are These Women Twins?

Internet helps them find out

(Newser) - The Internet is best known as a giant repository of cat pictures and Downfall parodies, but occasionally it has other uses. Case in point: Two South Korea-born women who met thanks to a YouTube video and connected via Facebook believe they are twin sisters separated at birth and have now...

Veronica Mars Film a Go Thanks to Crazy-Hot Kickstarter

$2M goal raised... in just 10 hours

(Newser) - Veronica Mars fans eager for a movie based on the TV series put their money where their hopes are, and it looks like a film will be coming. Series creator Rob Thomas launched a Kickstarter campaign yesterday to fund a big-screen version of the show, which starred Kristen Bell as...

Wearable Camera Logs Your Life, a Click at a Time

Memoto reaches Kickstarter goal in five hours

(Newser) - If you think the digital age already has too much sharing and too little privacy, you might look away now. If not, embrace Memoto, a small wearable camera designed to snap a photo every 30 seconds, then sync with apps to organize the pics into an easily accessible digital diary....

$99 Gaming Console Smashes Record at Kickstarter

Ouya creators meet original goal in just 8 hours, pass $3M

(Newser) - The creators of Ouya, a cheaper and hacker-friendly gaming console built on Android , wanted to raise almost a million bucks in a month. Well, they got that much through their Kickstarter campaign in about eight hours, reports an impressed CNET . And in about a day, they had raised more than...

$99 Console Aims to Reinvent Gaming

Kickstarter project OUYA welcomes hackers

(Newser) - Video gaming is about to go indie. Running on Android, a new console will encourage developers to alter its software and hardware to suit their specifications. What's more, players will get lots of games for free, though developers can make money on things like virtual goods. OUYA is currently...

Kickstarter Campaigns: How Many Actually Succeed?

Nearly half fail: new infographic

(Newser) - Kickstarter is set up to help dreamers in need of dollars (and, of course, it also helps James Franco sell invisible art )—but how many campaigns actually succeed? A new AppsBlogger.com infographic spotted by Mashable reveals that around 41% of Kickstarter campaigns fail. The infographic takes into account...

Wear This Mask and Control Your Dreams?

Remee uses self-designed pattern of LED lights to signal you're dreaming

(Newser) - Ever wished you could to go bed and dream about exactly what you want? The two 30-year-old inventors behind the Remee sleep mask say you can. Here's how it supposedly works: The $95 mask contains six red LED lights that are apparently bright enough to grab your brain's...

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