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Olga Kay
Olga Kay (born Olga Karavaeva; russian: Ольга Сергеевна Караваева; November 20, 1982) is a Russian-American Internet celebrity (mainly known as a YouTube personality), performer and entrepreneur. Trained as a professional circus juggler in her youth, she later moved to acting and video creation. In 2006 she started the YouTube channel OlgaKay, creating shows such as ''Emo Girl'' and ''Olga Kay's Show''. Adding channels on gaming and fashion, by 2013 her four combined channels had approximately a million subscribers. She has appeared in Web shows such as ''MyMusic'' and ''The Annoying Orange'', and hosted the Rogue Pictures Web show ''Tube Top,'' as well as collaborating with entertainers such as Joe Nation and Shane Dawson. In 2014, Kay's YouTube Channel was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #47. In 2014, Kay launched her media and retail company ''Moosh Walks'', to encourage an entrepreneurial spirit in her female fan base. As of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VidCon
VidCon is an annual convention for fans, creators, executives, and online brands. The event primarily features prominent video stars from across the internet. In October 2020, VidCon Now relaunched as an ongoing, free digital offering. Veteran YouTube creators John Green, John and Hank Green (Vlogbrothers) founded VidCon, which Viacom (2005–2019), Viacom (now Paramount Global, Paramount) later acquired in 2018. Its offices remain in Missoula, Montana, sharing a building with Complexly. VidCon’s international presence continues to expand with additional events planned in Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Mexico City, and São Paulo. History The first VidCon was held on July 9–11, 2010, at the Century Plaza Hotel, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles and sold out in advance, with over 1,400 people attending. In February 2018, Viacom (2005–present), Viacom (owner of the Viacom Media Networks and film studio Paramount Pictures) announced that they were acquiring VidCon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Nation
Joseph Edward Nation (born July 18, 1956) is an American politician and academic. He graduated from the University of Colorado with a B.A. in Economics, German and French. While he was a Pan Am flight attendant, he studied at Georgetown University under Madeleine Albright as a James T. Webb Fellow in Science, Technology, and Diplomacy while earning a Masters in Foreign Service. He subsequently earned a Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis from the RAND Graduate School and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University, where he conducted research on defense conversion and wrote a book, ''The De-Escalation of Nuclear Crises''. He represented Marin and southern Sonoma counties in the California State Assembly, for three consecutive terms, as a Democrat from 2000 until he was termed out in 2006. When Nation was elected in 2000, his primary opponents were university official Carole Hayashino, future gubernatorial recall candidate Paul Nave, and future Marin County Supervi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies (2009 Film)
''Butterflies'' is a 2009 documentary film directed by Czech filmmaker Ester Brymova. The film won the Alan J. Bailey Excellence Award in Documentary Filmmaking at the Action on Film International Film Festival, Pasadena, California in the same year. ''Butterflies'' was the first feature-length film to explore the lives of viral video stars and one of the first indie films to be launched on YouTube for rental. The film stars Olga, Fred, SxePhil, Charles Trippy, KevJumba, Kicesie, Paperlilies, KatiesOpinion, Daxflame, Joe Satriani, Esmée Denters, Michael Buckley, Dave Foley, Renetto, ClipCritics, Nigahiga, and Chad Hurley. The full movie has been made available online on YouTube. Soundtrack artists *Ondra Skoch (from Czech band Chinaski) *Freddy Mullins *Finotee *Luba Dvorak *Elena Siegman * Davedays *Josh Levine *Soulsearcher Soulsearcher was a studio project based in England, created by record producer Marc Pomeroy. Biography In 1999, Pomeroy scored a No. 8 hit on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taryn Southern
Taryn Southern is a storyteller, artist, speaker and brand strategist who works with emerging technologies. She was formerly known for her work as a TV host, actress and YouTuber. Early life Southern grew up in Wichita, Kansas and landed her first starring role in a pre-Broadway theatrical production at the age of 10.Trussel, Robert (December 1995)Could 'Jane Eyre' actors be Broadway bound? ''Kansas City Star'' ("10 year old Jane Eyre played by Taryn Southern") As a teenager, she co-hosted a regional teen talk show for WB Kansas . At 20, Southern graduated from the University of Miami, earning a B.S. in Anthropology and a B.A. in Journalism. While in school she competed in American Idol and received a grant to travel to Peru to study the shamanic use of ayahuasca among rainforest communities. Career Emerging Technology and Storytelling In 2017, Southern received a grant from the Google Creator Lab to create experimental VR content. One piece, New World, won AT&T's 2020 Film A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Hart
Hannah Maud Hart (born November 2, 1986) is an American internet personality, comedian, author, and actress. She is known for starring in ''My Drunk Kitchen'', a weekly series on YouTube in which she cooks something while intoxicated. She also runs a second channel where she talks about life in general and gives her opinions on various topics. She co-produced and starred in the independent comedy film ''Camp Takota'', released in 2014. She wrote a parody cookbook which was a ''New York Times'' bestseller for five weeks in August–September 2014. She is a 2017 recipient of the Alex Awards. Early life Hart attended the University of California, Berkeley and graduated in May 2009 with two degrees; one in English literature and one in Japanese language. Upon her graduation, Hart moved to San Francisco to live with her best friend and 'Hannalyze This' Podcast co-host, Hannah Gelb. She later moved to Brooklyn, New York, to pursue a writing career. She ended up proofreading Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playa Vista, California
Playa Vista is a neighborhood in the Westside area of Los Angeles, California. The area was the headquarters of Hughes Aircraft Company from 1941 to 1985 and the site of the construction of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" aircraft. The area began development in 2002 as a planned community with residential, commercial, and retail components.Vincent, Roger (December 18, 2014"Playa Vista office complex gets makeover, draws creative tenants"''Los Angeles Times'' The community attracted businesses in technology, media and entertainment and, along with Santa Monica and Venice, Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey, Culver City, El Segundo and Mar Vista, has become known as ''Silicon Beach''. History Tongva Native Americans The Tongva people inhabited the location now occupied by Playa Vista. A Tongvan sacred burial site is located here: "about 1,000 Native American remains ..had been exhumed during construction," grave sites that were deemed sacred by the Tongva people. The remai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CTFxC
Charles Paul Trippy III (born September 2, 1984) is an American musician, vlogger and internet personality based in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is a member of Bradenton-based rock band We the Kings. Trippy recorded his first album with We the Kings, titled '' Somewhere Somehow'' in 2013. The album peaked at no. 44 on Billboard 200. He is also the creator of ''Internet Killed Television'', a web series aired on YouTube. Trippy is the current holder of the Guinness world record for the ''Longest running video blog series'' with 3,653 videos, and for this reason was featured on ''Ripley's Believe It Or Not!''. Early life and education Trippy was born to Charles Paul 'Chaz' Trippy II and Marlene Trippy, in 1984, in Bradenton, Florida. He is of Sicilian Italian, German, and Native American descent. His father was a member of the Gregg Allman Band where he played percussion. As a youngster, Trippy often toured with his father's band. His younger sister, Melissa Trippy, is also an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip DeFranco
Philip James DeFranco (born Philip James Franchini Jr.; born December 1, 1985), commonly known by his online nickname PhillyD, is an American YouTube personality. He is best known for ''The Philip DeFranco Show'', a news commentary show centered on current events in politics and pop culture. DeFranco has also been involved in the creation of other successful channels on YouTube, including personal vlog channel ''Philly D'', the YouTube Original news channel ''SourceFed'' and its nerd culture spinoff ''SourceFed Nerd'', gaming channel ''Super Panic Frenzy'', and family vlogging channel ''TheDeFrancoFam''. His primary channel has accumulated over 6.3 million subscribers and 1.44 billion views, as of August 2022. Over his decade-long YouTube career, he has been cited as a pioneer of YouTube and news coverage online, and has won various awards for his online content. Early life DeFranco was born Philip James Franchini Jr. in The Bronx, New York City, New York. He has a stepmother w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shay Carl
Shay Carl Butler (born March 5, 1980), known professionally as Shay Carl, is an American YouTube personality. He has three YouTube channels, two of which ("shaycarl" and "SHAYTARDS") have over three million subscribers. Butler and Corey Vidal developed a documentary called ''Vlogumentary'' on a $200,000+ budget that was funded with an Indiegogo campaign and raised by mostly from his viewers. ''Vlogumentary'' was released on April 20, 2016. ''Forbes'' called Butler one of the "most successful video entrepreneurs on YouTube" and in 2011 ''The New York Times'' featured Butler's production company Maker Studios. Early life Shay Carl Butler was born on March 5, 1980, in Logan, Utah, to Carl and Laurie Butler. Butler is the oldest of four children. His siblings Casey, Carlie, and Logan are all active in the YouTube community. Casey Butler (caseylavere) is married to Kayli Butler (HeyKayli) and Carlie Wood (CarlieStylez and WhatsUpWoods) each have over 500,000 subscribers on their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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