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Viral Video: “The Artist” French Dude Is Très Funny

Kara Swisher in Media on February 14 at 12:24 am PT

Fantastique!

Viral Video: Seth MacFarlane Roasts Charlie Sheen

Kara Swisher in Media on September 13, 2011 at 12:27 am PT

The television actor is winning!!! — at being called a loser!

Myspace: A Cautionary Tale or Just a Basic Belly Flop?

Kara Swisher in Social on August 11, 2011 at 11:51 am PT

That had to hurt.

Memo to the Vanderhook Clan: Stunt Casting Justin Timberlake Isn’t Going to Get Myspace’s SexyBack

Kara Swisher in News on June 30, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

Oh dear, oh my — with the first move that the new owners of Myspace have made, it’s pretty clear they are taking the worrisome look-at-the-shiny-celebrity approach. The trio of Vanderhook brothers who run Specific Media, which paid $35 million to buy the News Corp.-owned music-focused social networking site, began by swanning around the appealing singer and actor’s name as an investor. Maybe they should focus on making products the star first.

Viral Video: Christoph Waltz Slays on "American Idol" (No, Really Slays!)

Kara Swisher in News on April 25, 2011 at 12:58 am PT

BoomTown loves the spoof videos that late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel does–Hello, Humpilates!–and this one featuring actor Christoph Waltz is another great one. Waltz always plays scary dudes–usually, some version of a Nazi, if not one, in fact–in movies, and so making him a homicidal judge on the talent show “American Idol” is perfection.

Exclusive: Flipboard Confirms $50 Million Funding at $200 Million Valuation

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT

Late last month, BoomTown posted about a huge venture funding effort by the high-profile and even more highly designed social media reading app for the Apple iPad, Flipboard. Today, its co-founder and CEO Mike McCue confirmed a $50 million round at an eye-popping $200 million valuation, in a wide-ranging interview at the start-up’s Palo Alto, Calif., HQ.

Viral: 99-Pound Weakling to Captain America (Thanks, CGI!)

Kara Swisher in News on March 28, 2011 at 12:58 am PT

Here is a really cool video from the upcoming movie, “Captain America: The First Avenger.” There is all the action, of course, but what’s interesting is the CGI used to make the buff actor who plays Captain America look like the slight, sallow and weak man he was before he was transformed.

Viral Video: Fallon Does Sheen Does "Winning" Perfume

Kara Swisher in News on March 4, 2011 at 6:32 am PT

While BoomTown has had just about enough of the media frenzy around the wacky ruminations of actor Charlie Sheen, this spot-on impersonation of the high-on-life-and-other-stuff star by late-night television talk show host Jimmy Fallon is worth a watch. It’s for a perfume called, of course, “Winning.”

You've Got Arianna: AOL Buys Huffington Post for $315 Million in Cash and Stock, Appoints Huffington Editor in Chief

Kara Swisher in News on February 6, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT

In a bold and definitive move, AOL is paying $315 million, mostly in cash, to buy the Huffington Post, one of the Web’s most prominent news and opinion sites. As part of the deal, Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington–who was derided by some when she co-founded the left-leaning site in 2005 with investor and well-known communications exec Kenneth Lerer–will become editor in chief of a new unit that has purview over all of AOL content properties. The deal was signed just this afternoon.

The Facebook Movie Picks Up Golden Globe Noms, and Readies Its Oscar Close-Up

Kara Swisher in News on December 14, 2010 at 11:15 am PT

Wouldn’t it be cool if Mark Zuckerberg donned a hoodie-tuxedo and ran up and grabbed any statuette actor Jesse Eisenberg–who played the Facebook co-founder and CEO in the movie “The Social Network”–won over the next few months, as the Hollywood awards season gears up? Now, that would be dramatic!