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Viral Video: "The Dictator" Oscar-Punks Ryan Seacrest All Over the Red Carpet

Kara Swisher — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:55:29 +0000

This is perhaps my fave moment from the dullish Oscars last night: Sacha Baron Cohen — in character as General Aladeen from the Republic of Wadiya from his upcoming movie, “The Dictator” — spilling the ashes of “my doubles tennis partner, Kim Jong-il,” on “E!” red-carpet host Ryan Seacrest.

“It’s okay,” said Cohen to a clearly irked Seacrest, who could not stop brushing off his fancy tux and looking visibly irked. “Now, if somebody asks you who you are wearing, you can say Kim Jong-il!”

Heh:

North Korea Tries Viral Video Marketing; Old Spice Guy Unfazed

Voices — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:06:07 +0000

North Korea is apparently stepping up its Internet propaganda game by posting videos on YouTube. According to AFP, 11 clips were found today under a YouTube account with the username uriminzokkiri. The clips praise the communist state and call its leader, Kim Jong Il, a “general sent from the heaven.” They also further the country’s propaganda offensive during a multinational investigation into its alleged March sinking of a South Korean warship.

Justin Bieber and Li'l Kim?

Voices — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:24:41 +0000

Hard to say who loves mop-top teen singer Justin Bieber more–squealing little girls or the prank-playing practitioners of cultural anarchy on the Web. Over the weekend, hackers took advantage of a YouTube vulnerability (since fixed) to redirect Bieber-page visitors to porn sites or pop up a message suggesting the lad had expired. Now the Web wags are in the process of stuffing the ballot box in a vote on where Beiber should bring his world tour. Israel was leading the contest until the viral assault; now, if the voters have their way, Bieber will take the stage in front of a baffled audience in North Korea. Justin Bieber and Kim Jong Il–now there’s a photo op.