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The owner of the second-most followed account on TikTok is making her debut on the Great White Way. Charli D’Amelio has landed a part in the Broadway musical & Juliet, which arrived in New York City in 2022.

D’Amelio will portray the character of Chariman in a role Playbill describes as “dance-heavy.” The competitive dancer-turned-TikTok star will begin her “limited engagement” at the Sondheim Theatre on October 29. Her maiden Broadway run will last until January 19, 2025.

“I’m beyond excited to join the Broadway community—it’s a dream I’ve had since I was a little girl,” D’Amelio said in a statement. “To be able to make my Broadway debut—especially in the cast of & Juliet, is truly a dream come true, and I can’t wait to share this experience with everyone.”

D’Amelio’s dancing chops keyed her TikTok breakout, allowing her to become the most-followed creator on the platform.

Exclusive: Fictionz, a female-centric narrative podcast subscription app, is launching in mid-October with dramas featuring Judy Greer (Halloween Kills) as a manic Hollywood agent, Jeanine Mason (Roswell: New Mexico), Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood), and Michael Trevino (Roswell: New Mexico).

Also voicing content are Meghan Reinks (The Honor List), Bahni Turpin (The Help), Sierra Swartz (Cheaper by the Dozen), Kylie Sparks (Squaresville), Adam J. Harrington (Bosch), and musicians Kori Withers, Soufia Toufa, and Chester See (Rock of Ages).

Run by former Untitled Entertainment and Relativity Media exec Kendall Rhodes of Paraluman Media and finance partner Greg Lawrance of Ready Go Ventures, the company is adapting short stories and originals into narrative audio stories that put diverse female protagonists at the forefront. The dramas are predominantly written by female authors and directed by women.

Releasing a new series every two weeks, the first seasons of each series will run between three...

The makeover challenge has arrived on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Episode 10.

The iconic Maxi Challenge tested these queens' makeup skills to transform six men into fabulous drag queens. In past seasons we've seen different groups, like reality stars, women, and the production crew of RuPaul's Drag Race, be tranformed into queens. But this time, the special guests were social media stars!

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Raymond Braun, Tyler Oakley, Kingsley, Chester See, Anthony Padilla, and Frankie Grande got the Drag Race treatment to be made over like one of the remaining contestants. With outfits being created from scratch, some of the duos felt like family. The rest, on the other hand, only caused family drama.

Who stood out from the pack? Which contestants ended up in the bottom?

Both Kameron Michaels and Monet X...

In the most gender-bending episode of the season, Thursday’s Drag Race found the six remaining queens butching themselves up before giving a gaggle of social media stars the makeover of their lives.

Mini Challenge: Butch It Up

This week’s mini challenge tasked the Top 6 with creating butch characters to advertise Trade, a new fragrance made from “essential oils found exclusively in truck stop restrooms.”

Winner: Eureka

I don’t often disagree with Mama Ru, but I thought it was pretty obvious from the start that Kameron “Smell All This Wood” Michaels had this challenge in the bag. Sure,...

The 10th episode of season 10 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” airs May 24 on VH1. For the mini challenge on “Social Media Kings Into Queens,” the remaining six queens transform into macho men to tout a new body spray, Trade. In the maxi challenge each is assigned a social media superstar and tasked with giving them a drag makeover. Joining RuPaul Charles, Ross Mathews and Michelle Visage on the judges panel in episode 10 are actor Miles Heizer (“13 Reasons Why”) and singer Lizzo.

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We expect them to choose Aquaria as the winner of the maxi challenge. Our exclusive Gold Derby predictions have this sassy 21-year-old Brooklynite going on to take the title at the end of this season of “Drag Race.” Conversely, we are predicting that Monét X Change — a 27-year-old who hails...

An upcoming installment of the hit competition series RuPaul's Drag Race will turn "social media kings into queens." That's the title of an episode that will air on VH1 at 8 Pm Et on May 24 and will feature guest appearances from digital standouts Anthony Padilla, Tyler Oakley, Kingsleyyy, Chester See, Raymond Braun, and Frankie Grande.

The episode, which is the tenth in Drag Race's tenth season, will pair each of the guest influencers with one of the six queens left in the competition. The competitors will then be asked to makeover their social-famous partners, most of whom have noted for their activism in the Lgbtq+ community.

A preview of the episode, which is available through the VH1 website, offers a brief look at the featured creators. You can find those introductions about 11 minutes into the clip embedded below:

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YouTube’s ‘Holy Trinity’ -- Hannah Hart, Mamrie Hart, and Grace Helbig -- will arrive on Fullscreen with their second feature film, streaming exclusively on the subscription platform stateside. Dirty 30, the follow-up to 2014’s Camp Takota -- which was one of the first feature films to be headlined by digital creators -- will premiere on Fullscreen tomorrow.

The Lionsgate movie, which debuted digitally and in select theaters last September, is about three friends who throw a 30th birthday that ultimately devolves into chaos. Rounding out the cast are fellow YouTube luminaries Anna Akana, Flula Borg, Drew Monson, Rhett & Link, Timothy DeLaGhetto, Chester See, Josh Leyva, and Mikey Murphy. Check out a trailer for right here:

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Gamer and fandom-focused digital network Machinima announced today that it is partnering with Yomyomf -- an aggregated YouTube channel, digital media company, and blog that stands for ‘You Offend Me, You Offend My Family’ -- as well as director Justin Lin (Star Trek Beyond, Fast & Furious 6) and NBCUniversal to launch a digital reboot of the 80s hit TV series Knight Rider.

The new digital series, to be produced by Lin and Yomyomf -- an Asian American pop culture channel directed by Lin and also featuring YouTube stars Ryan Higa, Kevin Wu, and Chester See -- is slated to debut in 2017. Originally starring David Hasselhoff, Knight Rider tells the story of Michael Knight, a crime fighter who is aided on his quest for justice by a high-tech car.

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Three YouTube stars who are collectively referred to as the video site’s “Holy Trinity” are getting ready to party. The second trailer has arrived for Dirty Thirty, a feature film that will star Mamrie Hart, Grace Helbig, and Hannah Hart.

In Dirty Thirty, Mamrie Hart will start as Kate, whose friends (played by Helbig and Hannah Hart) throw her a huge 30th birthday bash in order to cheer her up. The party turns into a legendary rager, and the film’s three leading ladies must bond together to make things right after the events of the evening do not go as planned. In the new trailer, viewers see the Holy Trinity in action. We also get a few glimpses of several guest stars; among them are fellow YouTube stars Anna Akana, Chester See, and Flula Borg, all of whom will appear as party attendees.

Dirty Thirty was first announced...

YouTube’s 'Holy Trinity' announced this evening at VidCon that Dirty 30, the highly-anticipated follow-up to their debut film Camp Takota, will be released digitally and in select theaters on September 23. Four days later, a DVD of the film -- starring online luminaries Hannah Hart, Mamrie Hart, and Grace Helbig -- will also be available exclusively at Target.

The film is available for preorder right now on iTunes and Amazon, and will arrive tomorrow on Google, FandangoNow, and CinemaNow. The film will also be available for preorder on Vudu in coming weeks.

Dirty 30, penned by Mamrie Hart, tells the story of three lifelong friends whose lives are in a rut. But things quickly spiral out of control during a 30th birthday party. The film is sprinkled with cameos from a who's-who of fellow YouTube stars, including Anna Akana, Flula Borg, Drew Monson, Rhett & Link, Timothy DeLaGhetto, Chester See, Josh Leyva,...

The latest beauty vlogger whose makeup skills have vaulted her into our spotlight is Teni Panosian. Panosian, who was raised in Los Angeles, runs a blog called Miss Maven alongside her channel, and her viewers trust her for her expertise and her confident tone. After she hit one million YouTube subscribers, we got in touch to ask her a few questions about her channel.

Tubefilter: How does it feel to have one million subscribers? What do you have to say to your fans?

Teni Panosian: It’s euphoric! It’s something you work toward in anticipation and once it gets here, you’re just in awe. I’d like to say to my supporters that I’m so grateful to them for coming along on this journey with me…especially my day one subbies!

Tf: Why did you decide to expand your blog onto YouTube in the first place?...

The upcoming feature film Dirty Thirty from Lionsgate already stars YouTube celebrities Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, and Mamrie Hart. Now, these three Camp Takota actresses have some new co-stars joining the production. Fellow YouTube stars Anna Akana, Flula Borg, and Chester See are among many of the new digital-hailing cast members announced for Dirty Thirty.

Written by Mamrie Hart and actress Molly Prather, Dirty Thirty tells the story of three women at a 30th birthday party that goes horribly wrong. Akana joins the film as Ashley, the arch-nemesis of Helbig, Hart, and Hart’s characters. Borg and See will play party attendees, alongside Josh Levya (also known as YoMuscleBoii), CollegeHumor’s Adam Lustick, Katherine Hughes (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), and YouTuber Mikey Murphy.

Also joining the cast of Dirty Thirty is vlogger Drew Monson (aka mytoecold), who will play Hannah Hart’s co-worker Rufus. Kelen Coleman (The McCarthys...

How much do you know about your favorite YouTube stars? A new app will give you a chance to answer that question. It’s called Trivy, the team behind it includes Chester See and Rhett & Link, and it is now available from the App Store.

On the surface, Trivy seems like a fairly run-of-the-mill trivia app, but its biggest appeal comes from its 99-cent microtransactions, with allow purchasers to download 64-question “creator packs” themed around particular YouTube stars. If you think, for example, that you know more about Lilly Singh than any of her other fans, you can download her creator pack and compete against everyone else who has purchased it. Creators can also update their packs, in order to prevent question fatigue once their fans inevitably memorize all the correct answers.

At launch, 64 different YouTube, Vine, Twitter, and Snapchat stars have submitted their own creator packs. “Once we started development,...

In July 2014, we told you about Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin, a feature film born from a collaboration between Relativity Media’s digital wing, online video platform FilmOn, and creator Joe Nation. The film follows Nation’s Bob Thunder character as he goes on a mission to hunt down YouTube stars and kill them.

More than a year later, Bob Thunder is set to premiere. The film will be available for video on-demand (VOD) download beginning on October 27th. In advance of its arrival, Nation has released the film’s trailer, and my god, it’s full of (YouTube) stars. As an annotation in the video states, there are more than 50 YouTubers in the cast. Nation stars as himself, and other personalities who portray embellished versions of themselves include Joey Graceffa, Swoozie, PrankVsPrank, and Chester See.

While the titular assassin’s trip through his YouTube hit list is Bob Thunder’s central premise,...

Chester See will soon be a more familiar name to television audiences. The musician and YouTube celebrity is set to star in the Maker Studios-produced TV show Over the Top, which will air on the linear TV channel ABC Family.

Over the Top is a drama comedy series based on See’s personal life and struggles as an artist who wants to make it big in Los Angeles and who eventually turns to YouTube after a failed record deal. Currently, ABC plans to have See or another YouTube co-star from Over the Top finish each episode by recording a song or skit, which will then immediately be available on Facebook or YouTube. See will write and executive produce Over the Top with John Strauss (who worked on Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle).

Maker originally announced Over the Top at its Newfronts presentation in April 2015. At the time, Maker...

Actor-musician Chester See, whose YouTube channel has 1.6 million subscribers, is heading to traditional media with Over The Top, a dramedy series project set up at ABC Family. See is set to star in the project, which he will write and executive produce with John Strauss (Mozart In The Jungle, There's Something About Mary) through Maker Studios. This is believed to be the first scripted Maker project for a Disney TV network since Disney’s acquisition of the online video co…...

Maker Studios’ presentation at the 2015 Digital Content Newfronts introduced a number of content creators who have recently joined its multi-channel network. Among other notable names, Lisa Schwartz and Taryn Southern have joined Maker, and they are both among the dozens of creators who will contribute to the network’s upcoming lineup of original programming.

In total, Maker’s newly-announced slate encompasses 15 programs across multiple content categories. Southern’s contribution is The Taryn Show, which she describes as “a late night talk show specifically for the online audience.” Schwartz, meanwhile, will join Maker’s content push with Party Girl, in which she stars as a woman who works as a birthday party princess.

Maker’s other new series are a combination of scripted and unscripted projects from creators within the Maker network. Daym Drops and Amy Pham, for example, will pit comfort food against gourmet cuisine in Fast vs. Fancy, while...

AwesomenessTV is making the jump from digital screens to television screens. Again. The multi-channel network’s hit musical web series Side Effects will make its TV debut as a 90-minute feature film on E! on April 17, 2015.

Originally released as a long-form series on AwesomenessTV’s channel in October 2013, Side Effects tells the story of 16-year-old Whitney, who experiences musical hallucinations from the medication she’s taking to deal with the loss of her mother and the disappearance of her father. The series was a hit in its original online release and garnered over two million views in its first week on YouTube.

The Side Effects’ movie iteration will include some unreleased content, and will be broadcast exclusively on E! on April 17. The film will then be available for digital purchase the following day via Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, iTunes, Xbox, Vudu, and Mgo. The new Side Effects footage will...

Rock of Ages is set to close after a six-year run on Broadway, it was announced Tuesday morning. The five-time Tony-nominated musical — which currently features original star Constantine Maroulis, YouTube personality Chester See and Big Brother star Frankie J. Grande, as well as original Broadway and tour cast members — will play its final performance on Jan. 18. Read more Headed to Broadway? 10 Top Places to Eat, Picked by the Pros "It’s hard to believe that a decade has passed since our 45-minute showcase at King King, a little dive bar on Hollywood Boulevard. That was the

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Rock Of Ages, Broadway's five-time Tony Award-nominated smash hit musical built on the music that ignited a generation, will now blaze a path on Broadway as the first show to join today's new media revolution. Tonight, October 27, YouTube sensation Chester See, who has over 1.5 million subscribers and 160 million channel views, will make his Broadway debut as wild rock idol 'Stacee Jaxx,' for a limited engagement through January 4, 2015.

Chester See is coming to Broadway. The YouTuber whose powerful voice and handsome look has helped him amass more than 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube, has been cast in Rock of Ages, the long-running musical featuring music from the 80s. See will play the role of Stacee Jaxx, a rock star and one of the show's central characters. Coincidentally, the original Los Angeles production of Rock of Ages featured Chris Hardwick, another performer with a big YouTube presence, as Jaxx. In the 2012 film adaptation of the musical, Jaxx was portrayed by Tom Cruise. Matt Weaver, the producer of Rock of Ages, explained that he chose See after being impressed by his audition. "I looked at this as an exciting opportunity to do something that wouldn't be expected," he said. "He's got a real audience at YouTube, he's got a real voice there, and I think that audience is going to travel to Broadway.

Though the 2014 Emmy Awards have taken much of the recent awards chatter, the Streamy Awards held on Sunday, Sept. 7 honored another form of entertainment, highlighting the best online videos and their creators.

The big award for the night went to Tyler Oakley, who won the Audience Choice Entertainer of the Year award thanks to the work on his YouTube channel, which currently has over five million subscribers.

Other big winners of the night included My Drunk Kitchen for Best Comedy Series, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries for Best Drama Series, and Vandaveon and Mike, for Best Companion Series—the videos are...

Epic Rap Battles of History just completed its third season, but co-creator EpicLLOYD (Aka Lloyd Ahlquist) is finding a way to stay busy. On August 1st and 2nd, he will host Off The Top, a pair of unique improv shows that will take place at the YouTube Creator Spaces in La, London, and Tokyo. Off The Top, which will be live-streamed on Ahlquist's YouTube channel, will feature improvised rap battles and a game called "pain-prov", but the most unique and exciting element of the show will be a series of improv games that will begin with suggestions from the Internet and span three continents. As with Comedy Central's new web series Social Scene, fans will be able to suggest scene ideas through Twitter and other social media platforms. Once Ahlquist and his team of La-based comedians receive suggestions, they will act out a scene in front of a live audience at YouTube Space La.

Relativity Media's digital studio and online video platform FilmOn are turning a hit web series into a feature film. According to The Wrap, those two companies have teamed up with creator Joe Nation and a handful of YouTube's biggest stars for Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin, a full-length version of Nation's YouTube Assassin web series. Bob Thunder will follow its titular character, who strives to kill off popular YouTube stars so they can be replaced with robotic brand shills. Along the way, viewers will encounter a number of YouTube stars, including Shane Dawson, Prank vs. Prank, Joey Graceffa, Swoozie, Chester See, Olga Kay, Michael Gallagher, Steve Greene, Jacksfilms and Evelina Barry. If Nation's original web series is any indication, these YouTubers will play fictionalized versions of themselves as they attempt to fend off their would-be assassin. While the YouTube Assassin web series predominantly made fun of YouTube creators who are...

Some YouTube stars will soon become movie stars! Jesse Wellens and his girlfriend Jeana “PrankvsPrank,” Jack Douglass of “jacksfilms,” Joey Graceffa, Evelina Barry, Michael Gallagher of “Totally Sketch,” Steve Greene of “SteveGreeneComedy” and Chester See have signed on to star in “Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin.” The Wrap reported that the film will tell the story of an assassin who seeks out YouTube stars and replaces his targets with robotic clones. The movie will also star more than a dozen major YouTube creators as well as feature cameos by Rampage Jackson and Janice Dickinson. “Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin” is baesd on the web series “YouTube Assassin” by Joe Nation. Nation will [ Read More ]

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YouTube stars Shane Dawson, Chester See and Olga Kay have signed on to star in “Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin,” a movie about an assassin who targets YouTube stars and replaces them with brand-friendly robotic clones. The movie will star more than a dozen prominent YouTubers, and also feature cameos from Janice Dickinson and Rampage Jackson. Joe Nation will direct the film, which was inspired by his web series “YouTube Assassin.” (You can watch the first episode of this at the bottom of the post.) Relativity's digital studio and FilmOn are co-producing the project, which FilmOn is financing. FilmOn is an Internet.

Julian Smith is one of those online video creators who doesn't release new material very often, but his videos are always on point. Smith's latest offering is no exception. The filmmaker has written, directed, and starred in a sketch called "WiFi", which dives into a world without high-speed Internet. "WiFi" stars Smith as a man who begins to lose his mind after his Internet connection cuts out. The other cast members in the video are a trio of online video creators: Chester See, Joe Hanson, and Shane Hartline. The result combines Community-style genre parody with the fast pace viewers have come to expect from their web videos. "WiFi" is Smith's first new video in three months and only his eighth in the past year. While that is an infrequent schedule, Smith has also released another new video on Blip, as he did with "WiFi" a week before its arrival on...

On June 21, BBC America will debut Almost Royal, a comedy series about two low-level British aristocrats who go on a tour of the United States. In advance of that debut date, BBC America has turned to the YouTube community for Almost Royal Goes to YouTube, a web companion that features eight different YouTubers. Almost Royal Goes to YouTube was filmed at YouTube Space La and lives on BBC America's YouTube channel. Each installment features a conversation between protagonists Poppy and Georgie Carlton (played by Amy Hoggart and Ed Gamble, respectively) and a specific YouTuber. In one episode, DJ Flula teaches the "royal" siblings how to construct a freestyle rap. Other YouTubers featured on Almost Royal Goes To YouTube include Camp Takota stars Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart, and Hannah Hart. At least three more episodes will arrive before Almost Royal's TV debut, as Chester See, Kingsley, and Strawburry17 will...

YouTube has turned nine, and it celebrated by singing a few of its favorite songs. In a video released on the YouTube Spotlight channel, a handful of the site's top stars belt out karaoke versions of YouTube's greatest hits. The four-minute video runs through nine years of viral YouTube hits. Chester See kicks things off with a rendition of "Chocolate Rain" before Tay Zonday himself arrives to belt out his version of the "Bed Intruder Song". Other highlights include MysteryGuitarMan's on-point cover of the "Trololo" song and Steve Kardynal's hilariously off-key mangling of "Call Me Maybe". There are plenty of other YouTubers in attendance, and they team up to sing karaoke versions of eight different YouTube classics. The video arrived on YouTube one day after the site teamed up with John Legend and the Kennedy Center to present YouTube Onstage Live, a showcase of some of the brightest musicians YouTube has to offer.

The 2014 edition of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will begin on June 12th, but before that date arrives, What's Trending and Ford plan to add one more name to the list of performers. The social media news channel and the American car company have teamed up for "Escape To Bonnaroo", a music contest that will be judged by a quintet of online video creators. Aspiring musicians can enter the contest by submitting a video through the What's Trending website. Participants should explain why they should win and include a performance. The five submissions that receive the most traction on social media will be invited to participate in a live streaming event hosted by YouTube Space La, where they will be judged by YouTubers Chester See and Glozell Green, Vine stars King Bach and Kandee Johnson, and What's Trending host Shira Lazar. The judges will pick a winner, who will promptly...

Online video network Maker Studios is best known for managing its partner channel, but Maker has recently extended its services by producing a growing crop of original web series. At its first ever Digital Content Newfronts presentation, Maker teased eight new web productions, most of which will include the network's talent. Several of Maker's upcoming originals come directly from the minds of its talented creators. For instance, Chester See will star in a scripted series called Over The Top, which is loosely based on his attempt to make it as an independent musician in Los Angeles. Maker co-founder ShayCarl is producing a web series with Maker, too; it's called ShayLife and "is all about finding the next Epic Rap Battles of History." Original productions will extend to new channels as well. Joseph Garrett Aka Stampy Cat attended the event to discuss Stampy School, his educational Minecraft channel. Also in attendance was Morgan Spurlock,...

Content market launched inaugural Digital Fronts event showcasing online content.

Singer Chester See, child-friendly gamer Stampylonghead, alternative newsreader Ana Kasparian and comedy duo Rhett Mclaughlin and Link Neal of Rhett & Link fame were among the YouTube stars hitting the Palais des Festivals in Cannes this week for Miptv’s inaugural Digital Fronts event showcasing popular online content.

To many people over 40 sitting in the Palais’ Grand Auditorium these names meant nothing, even though between them they have generated more than one billion Internet views.

René Rechtman, president of international at La-based online content hub Maker Studios, one of the companies fronting the event, said there had been “a fundamental shift” in the way so-called “millennials” – people born from the late 1980s to early 2000s – consumed, interacted, and created content.

“YouTube is now the second biggest search engine, 6 billion hours of video are watched every month and a lot of that is happening over a mobile device,” said...

For YouTube creators hoping to create themed videos, there's no holiday more appealing than Valentine's Day. Romantics can use the holiday to celebrate love while scrooges have an excuse to mock it. Really, any video dealing with romance fits the holiday, and out of the thousands of Valentine's Day videos posted to YouTube over the past week, these are our seven favorites: 7. Cabbie Cupid by Follow That Car! New York City comedian Jimmy Failla is releasing a book about his experiences as a cab driver, and he has promoted it with a series of videos where he gets romantic advice from his taxi passengers. 6. Valentine's Day Kissing Prank by Dudesons This video from prank channel The Dudesons gives a new meaning to the term 'tongue-tied'. Sam Pepper makes a cameo appearance. 5. Love Me For Me by Michelle Phan Michelle Phan's Valentine's Day offering starts out as a standard beauty tutorial...

Camp Takota has had a bit of a bumpy road towards its release, but a recently released trailer has smoothed things out by giving fans a look at the completed product. The two-minute spot, featuring YouTubers Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, and Mamrie Hart, outlines the plot of the upcoming film, which will become available on Vhx.tv in 2014. We already knew the cast and the setting, but the trailer offers an overview of the main arc. Essentially, Helbig's character makes the mistake of getting really drunk and cheating on her fiancee, played by Chester See. As a journey of self-discovery, she returns to the camp where she spent the summers of her childhood. There, she is reunited with her two best friends, and they must team up to fend off a villain who wants to turn Takota into a Digital and Interactive Camp (aka a D.I.C). The production...

Multi-channel YouTube networks are lining up to celebrate the 12 days of Christmas. Just days after Maker Studios the first of a dozen holiday-themed music videos, Awesomeness TV has followed suit, enlisting some notable YouTube talent for a 12 Days of Awesomeness series branded by Aquafina. While the Maker Studios carols fluctuate between straight-ahead renditions and offbeat re-imaginings, the songs included in 12 Days of Awesomeness have thus far been pretty faithful versions of well-tread holiday classics. The main attraction is the individual musical chops of each featured creator. Cimorelli led things off with an a cappella arrangement of 'Joy to the World', and Chester See took over day two by belting out 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer'. His version isn't as good as Dmx's, but then again, it's impossible to top the best. Aquafina, a subsidiary of Pepsi, is using the seasonal music videos to support its FlavorSplash product and the #MakeItMerry campaign in particular.

For the second year in a row, What's Trending? will bring together the online video's biggest creators to give back to the community. YouTube Space La will house Tube-a-Thon, a charity event raising money for Covenant House, on December 12th. Last year's Tube-a-Thon featured a plethora of YouTube's performers, who put on their best shows during a two hour charity drive. From Hannah Hart and Grace Helbig to Pentatonix to the Shaytards, many of online video's brightest stars were out in full force. This year, things will be slightly different. Virgin has stepped aside as the event's sponsor, with the Ford Fiesta Movement picking up the slack and continuing to build its already-expansive presence on YouTube. And while YouTube all-stars like Chester See, Freddie Wong, Toby Turner, and Rooster Teeth will make up the bulk of the performers, Vine will also be well represented, with Brittany Furlan, Paige Kennedy, and...

After their original platform of choice suddenly fell apart, YouTube stars and BFFs Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, and Mamrie Hart have found a new home for Camp Takota. The feature-length film will be released through pay-to-view platform Vhx. Camp Takota was first announced at Vidcon, and it was originally attached to Chill. When Chill unexpectedly shuttered its pay-to-view operation in October, Takota was left without a distributor. Enter Vhx. The platform that has previously worked with comedians like Aziz Ansari and Louis C.K. recently raised a hefty sum to launch a self-distribution service, and Camp Takota will be one of that service's most desirable exclusive offerings when it becomes available for preorder on November 29th. Camp Takota will star Helbig, Hart, and Hart as three childhood friends who reunite at their old summer camp. Beyond its three talented leads, Camp Takota will also feature plenty of top YouTube talent: Chester See...

Check out this video of digital music star Mike Tompkins, musician Chester See and the cast of NBC's live "Sound of Music" production singing the classic "Do Re Mi" song -- including more than 700 fans from all over the world.

The live broadcast airs Thursday, Dec. 5 from 8 p.m. Et/Pt to 11 p.m. on NBC and we're getting super excited about it. To tide you over, here are some other renditions of "Do Re Mi" from over the years.

The movie original, of course:

The students of Tawa College, Wellington, New Zealand in a flash-mob format:

A German production:

And what is clearly the definitive performance of the song -- "The Kids in the Hall":...

The best musicians YouTube has to offer will be honored on November 3rd at the inaugural YouTube Music Awards, and AwesomenessTV is taking advantage of the preceding 'YouTube Music Week' by providing viewers with a YouTube musical spectacular. The teen-skewing network is the home of Side Effects, a TV-length musical starring some of YouTube's most talented musical creators. Side Effects sports a 40-minute runtime and features a bold combination of comedy, drama, and song. It stars Meg DeLacy as a 16-year old girl whose prescribed medication comes with a side effect of musical hallucinations, which sounds a lot better than constipation and drowsiness. Each musical number is a cover of a Top 40 hit, paying homage to YouTube's status as a haven for cover artists. The cast is full of familiar faces, including Chester See, Lia Marie Johnson, Taryn Southern, Meghan Rosette, and Vincent Cyr. Many of these stars also appear on the film's soundtrack,...

Maddi Jane may be young, but she's a pro on YouTube. The 15 year old singer has amassed over a million subscribers and more than 300 million views. Like many other YouTube musicians, Maddi Jane's most popular videos are covers of well-worn radio favorites, but she's recently branched out and has begun creating her own original songs. We talked to young Maddi about her many accomplishments. Tubefilter: How does it feel to have one million subscribers? Maddi Jane: Amazing! I’m so thankful for my fans—especially those who’ve been with me since the beginning. I feel extremely blessed and excited for what’s to come. Tf: Why did you decide to start posting music on YouTube? Mj: I had a love for music and always knew that I wanted a future in it. Since I was 11, YouTube seemed like the best option for me. Tf: Are there YouTube musicians who...

Camp Takota, an upcoming feature film on Chill, will be anchored by established YouTube personalities Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, and Mamrie Hart. While these three leading ladies will already bring a large audience to the film, a few new cast members are adding to the hype. YouTubers Chester See and Sawyer Hartman have joined the project, and both were present during the first day of filming. Both See, who has 1.2 million YouTube subscribers, and Hartman, who has 534,000, have filmmaking experience. See has released a few shorts on his personal channel, and most of Hartman's most popular videos are films he created. Both of their roles are as-of-yet unannounced, but as the filming for Camp Takota began, See gave the ladies a thrill by striking a shirtless pose. Work it, Chester. Camp Takota will star best friends forever Helbig, Hart, and Hart as camp counselors at their former sleep-away stomping grounds.

Check out the poster above for the superhero fan-made short film “First Impressions”, then try to guess which one of those two people in the poster is the superhero. Is it the mild-mannered looking dude in the sweater? Or the girl in the stylish boots? Once you’ve picked a suspect, try to guess which D.C. superhero he/she is. The 5-minute short is directed by Leo Kei Angeleos, and stars Hailey Bright and Chester See as the couple on a first date, and Doug Jones as the villain. Apparently they’ve gotten something Dougie wants, and he’s got a group of random toughs loitering around to help him get it. The action choreography is pretty slick, I gotta say. Spotted by the lads over at GeekTyrant:...

Want to see a badass action-packed short film based around a popular DC superhero? Of course you do! The short is called "First Impressions," and on top of the impressively choreographed fight sequences, Doug Jones (Hellboy) stars in it! I'm sure you'll guess who the superhero is halfway through the film, but I don't want to spoil it for you, in case you don't figure it out. I will say that this is the best fan-made short about the character that I've seen. Here's a short plot summary...

What happens when your day job gets in the way of your new relationship?

I really hope you enjoy this one just as much as I did! It was directed by Leo Kei Angelos, and also stars Hailey Bright and Chester See.

A friendly reminder from the rest of the world: YouTube isn't just an American phenomenon. Approximately seven eighths of the sites viewers come from the non-American world, and the list of most subscribed YouTubers includes a Swede, a Chilean, a Brit, and a Mexican--and that's just in the top 20! YouTube catered to its many foreign viewers during the Monday of Geek Week, where the theme was 'Global Geekery'. Yomyomf regular Chester See served as the day's emcee, earning the right to present some of the day's top videos as a news anchor. Though he did not whistle nor work it while taking us on a journey around the geeky world. (Fun and dangerous idea: take a drink one of the week's anchors says the world 'geek'. ) Out of the videos featured in YouTube's Spotlight on Monday, the most impressive (and far and away the most viewed, with more than a...

First Impressions Trailer. Leo Kei Angelos‘ First Impressions (2013) short film about Wonder Woman stars Hailey Bright, Doug Jones, Chester See, Darren Bailey, and Brendon Huor. First Impressions‘ plot synopsis: “What happens when your day job gets in the way of your new relationship?” The First Impressions short film poster: First Impressions [...]

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I guess Chester See is sick of crooning piano ballads. The popular YouTuber has teamed up with Toby Turner, Wayne Brady, and a host of other recognizable creators for 'Whistle While I Work It', an utterly ridiculous yet oddly catchy dance song. The video features a heavily-autotuned See and Turner hitting the club, where they are joined by several familiar faces, including Timothy DeLaGhetto, Andrew Garcia, Mike Tompkins, Lana McKissack, The Fu Music, and many, many others. Wayne Brady, fresh of his debut appearance on the revived Whose Line Is It Anyway?, drops a guest verse where he reminds us how he once asked if he would have to choke a bitch. In a random twist, the video is bookended by Tony Hawk appearances, in an apparent bump for the skateboarder's Ride channel. Pauly Shore also makes an appearance in See's entourage. The bumpin' track has three alternate endings: one on Yomyomf,...

Judging from his recent work, Chester See is interested in transforming himself from soulful, handsome crooner to bad boy action star. The latest release on his YouTube channel is 'First Impressions', a stylish and action-packed short film where Chester goes on a date with a girl who turns out to be a total badass. The short starts with Chester and his date (played by Hailey Bright) leaving the theater after seeing Kill Bill; a fight breaks out after a shadowy man (Doug Jones) sics his thugs on Bright's character, who, as it turns out, is some sort of agent/spy/kickass action lady. The ensuing fight scene shares a girl power vibe with Kill Bill, though it has less blood, no katanas, and no Japanese people who look like Charlie Brown. The fight, choreographed by Thousand Pounds Action Company, is sufficiently exciting, and Bright (aka attractive YouTube geek girl #43512) is convincing as an action heroine.

I expected plenty of familiar faces at YouTube Comedy Week, but on Tuesday, the event threw me one name I didn't expect to see: Mr. Weebl. Today's kids may think the Nasty Ass Honey Badger is the greatest badger-related video on the Internet, but they just need some perspective. Back in the day, Weebl's 'Badger Badger Badger' became one of the first great viral videos, and ten years after its release, Weebl has created a version for Comedy Week. This time around, godly badgers fly through the sky as a Queen-like remix of the original song plays. The whole thing is actually a very clever partnership with Team Badger, a group hoping to save Britain's dwindling badger population. (For the record, that's eight uses of the word "badger" in the opening paragraph. Now it's nine.) Aside from the revenge of the badgers (ten), Tuesday's slate also featured a few other fun videos,...

Erin go bragh! St. Paddy's Day is here, and plenty of popular YouTube channels are getting in the holiday spirit. Here's a look around at some of the videos we've seen this holiday weekend. Harley Morenstein and Hannah Hart are basically the king and queen of holiday videos. It seems as if every time a festivity rolls around, they each roll out a themed, drunken mess of a meal. This time around, Epic Meal Time has introduced the world to "Hulk turds." Don't question it, just watch. As for Hart, she has invited Mamrie from You Deserve A Drink on to her show for some Guinness and Jameson-infused Shamrock Shakes. Daily Grace takes a break from her own St Paddy's Day vlog to join in the fun, as depicted above. Chug, chug, chug! The best holiday video comes from Chester See, who created a cover of Rihanna's "Stay" alongside former Internet Icon contestant Lana McKissack.

After overhauling its entire site, YouTube got to work on redesigning indivudual user channels. While many users disapprove of the new layout, that hasn't stopped YouTube from debuting its new look with the help of several top creators. Love it or hate it, the new YouTube is here to stay. When YouTube first previewed the new format for user channels, they used iJustine as a celebrity spokeswoman, hoping her presence could cushion the immenent negative feedback. With the new format now available for everyone, YouTube has once again gone to its most subscribed channels in hopes of easing the transition. A recent video discussing the changes features big names such as iJustine, MysteryGuitarMan, Chester See, Harley from Epic Meal Time, and many others. It's hard to tell if they're all speaking candidly, but they are at least speaking for sure. Users who are ready to opt in to the new...