Excerpt: After much talk about experimenting with live streaming video, YouTube dipped its toe in the water on the weekend, with a much-hyped event (at least in blogosphere terms) called YouTube Live, featuring some of the "cewebrities" that have emerged on YouTube over the p …

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Excerpt: Step aside, Numa Numa Guy, Tay Zonday and Miss Teen South Carolina. There's a new viral Internet superstar in town. He's 8-year-old Jared Gilmore, 52 pounds soaking wet, and his wicked impression as "Lil' Bill O'Reilly" is the must-see YouTube clip of the moment.

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Whatever happened to the Evolution of Dance guy or that kid who loved Britney Spears so much he cried for her under his sheet? We'll fill you in on what happened to them and other Web celebrities when their 15 minutes of fame ended.

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When does a novelty act become a superstar? When such a novelty is a key ingredient in a blazing new ad campaign, that's when. Given that I too would probably take the pay day (rent ain't cheap boss) I cannot really say anything bad about Mr.

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Who could have dreamed that the soul song of the moment would feature the lyrics: "Chocolate rain, history quickly crashing through your veins/ Chocolate rain, using you to fall back down again."

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Many of the most explosive and virulent online videos -- think: "Star Wars Kid," "Numa Numa" and the recent interpretation of "Thriller" by Filipino prisoners -- manage to be at once bizarre, hypnotic and borderline upsetting.

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