Gangnam Style Most Watched Video of All Time on YouTube

If you're like most people, you've probably heard of "Gangnam Style" by now. You know, that video where only Korean-speaking people can understand the verses but everyone knows the song and the accompanying dance.

What's probably more amazing is that this video managed to do in just four months what Justin Bieber's "Baby" video took two years to do - generate over 803 MILLION views!

While the Canadian Bieber's 2010 video has 803,847,584 views, the video for "Gangnam Style", by South Korean sensation, PSY, has skyrocketed to an astronomical 805,055,375 views.

"Gangnam Style" was released on July 15 and is now the most-watched video on YouTube of all time. “#Gangnam Style just became the most watched video @YouTube!! #History,” PSY tweeted when the video smashed the record.

If you're one of the few that's managed to escape the "Gangnam Style" craze, check it out below.



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Ben Breedlove Touches America

On December 25th, only a short time before he was suppose to have Christmas dinner with his family, Ben Breedlove, an 18 year old from Texas, went into cardiac arrest caused by a condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopthy (HCM). He passed away after he was unable to be brought back. Only a week before he had posted videos on YouTube entitled "This Is My Story" with two parts. The videos went viral shortly after Christmas.


In the video, Ben talks about seeing Kid Cudi in his visions when he was "cheating death". On December 26th, Kid Cudi released a statement regarding his fans death.


"I am so sad about Ben Breedlove. I watched the video he left for the world to see, and him seeing me in detail, in his vision really warmed my heart. I broke down, I am to tears because I hate how life is so unfair. ... but I know Ben is at Peace, and I hope he gets a chance to sit and talk with my Dad. We love you Ben. Forever. Thank you for loving me. To Ben’s family, you raised a real hero, he’s definitely mine. You have my love"


Our hearts go out to the family of Ben Breedlove, and we wish them peace this holiday season.













RIP Ben.

YouTube expands movie rental service

Google Inc.'s YouTube recently expanded its movie rental capacity as it adds 3,000 titles to it's rental list.

Early last year, YouTube offered movies from the Sundance Film Festival. The site had limited selection of titles to rent. The choices included the Weinstein Co.'s 2006 release Scary Movie 4 and Lionsgate's 2007 slasher film Saw IV.

Now, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Lionsgate movies are available to be viewed on YouTube the same day they are available on other on-demand services. Prices for new releases starts at $3.99.

Among the newly released film available for rent on YouTube are The Green Hornet (Columbia Pictures), Inception (Warner Bros.), and Oscar winner The King's Speech. Classics like Goodfellas and Taxi Driver are also available and are priced $2.99 and up.

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YouTube Live-Streams

YouTube has launched a streaming page on Friday.

The video site owned by Google have live-streamed "popular concerts, sporting events, and interviews" in the past "but primarily on a one-off basis." Now with this new streaming page, certain YouTube partners will start streaming live events/contents on YouTube.

Some of the live-streams offerings this Friday is a 7pm presentation of The DigiTour: Live from Google HQ! It was described as "the first ever large-scale 6 week national tour bringing your favourite YouTube musicians to you."


SOURCES: Reuters via Yahoo!UK; Image

NINE New Deathly Hallows TV Spots!

Today Warner Brothers released NINE new TV spots on their youtube channel for your enjoyment! November 19th can't come quick enough for Harry Potter fans! Here are all NINE TV spots!

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