<![CDATA[Jezebel: youtube]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: youtube]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/youtube http://jezebel.com/tag/youtube <![CDATA[Two-Year-Old Belts Out "Heal The World"]]> This little girl is really feeling MJ's message on this one. (Click image to view video.) [BuzzFeed]



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<![CDATA[Shock And Aw]]> This little guy became an internet superstar when his owners posted the video "Surprised Kitty" to YouTube, but the Gothamist explains that his reaction is nothing special, just the "postural play response." Still unbearably cute, though. [Gothamist]

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<![CDATA[Cats Spend As Much Time Watching TV & Surfing The Web As Sleeping]]> A recent study (sponsored by Purina, ahem) put cameras on housecats and found that they only sleep 6% of the day, the same amount of time they spend "looking at television, computers, DVDs or other media."

Here's the breakdown:

Looking out the window: 22%
Sleeping: 6%
Hiding under tables: 6%
Interacting with other family pets: 12%
Consuming digital media: 6%
Playing with toys: 5%
Eating or looking at food: 4%
Climbing on chairs or kitty condos: 8%

Yes, that's only 79% of their time, but what do we expect from a cat food company press release? They also said this when asked if the cats will ever get movie cameras instead of just still photo cameras: "We are in the think tank now." Funny, 'cause regular people on YouTube tape their cats alone all the time. A very scientific search finds that cats spend their time doing the above things and more!

Above, a cat who has named himself Lorenzo talks to the camera about what it's like to be all alone.

This cat flushes the toilet over and over all day:

This cat, in time-lapse, defies the rules by sleeping:

These four cats both look out the window AND interact with each other:

And, best for last: this cat has a companion dog who gets food out of the trash for them to eat...the very second their owners leave:

What Do Cats Do All Day? Kitty Cam Has the Answer [AP/MSNBC]

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<![CDATA[Place In The Sun]]> Check out the short documentary A Woman's Place, about the early days of the UK women's movement: be inspired, then depressed by the fact that the "four basic demands" of the First International Women's Day march are still unanswered. [TheFWord]

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<![CDATA["Bending Over To Put On Your Shoes Is A Backbreaking Chore!"]]> Enter "shoedini" - the really long shoe-horn. Unclear if it's from the same people who brought us the Hairdini. (Best part: the woman handling the regular shoehorn like, "what am I supposed to do with this?!") [YouTube Via BuzzFeed]

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<![CDATA["He's Like The King Of The Fucking Ponies"]]> A cautionary tale. [YouTube via BuzzFeed]

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<![CDATA[Marisa Miller's Head Is Bigger Than Her Waist]]> Harley-Davidson's Veteran's Day ad campaign — currently plastered all over YouTube's homepage, among other properties — indulges in some very thorough Photoshopping of model Marisa ("Barbie Toe") Miller.

Miller, famous for her work for Victoria's Secret, apes classic cheesecake poses in the campaign. The ads — or, excuse me, the "Salute From the Home Front to Those Who Defend Freedom" — are slated to run all month. (In fact, in a neat bit of corporate-branded patriotism, Harley-Davidson has re-named November "Military Appreciation Month." Traditional festivities apparently include ogling half-naked models in uncomfortable poses.) But is it just us, or is there something a little bit off about the appearance Miller's waist in the picture of her in profile, on the far right of the YouTube homepage banner?


As a tipster put it, maybe Photoshop is supposed to be patriotic now? Perhaps we should be thankful the retoucher at least left her whole hip intact.


In still images from the campaign, Miller's waist looks to have been similarly whittled. In fact, her head looks as wide as her rib cage.


Which is funny, because in the attached campaign video, we see footage of Miller posing for what seems to be the very same picture — she is saluting, wearing the same shoes, hairstyle and cap, and a similar outfit. (Clothes can easily be changed in post-production programs like Photoshop; it wouldn't surprise me if the belted beige leotard Miller wears in the final version of the picture was drawn on.)


And, again in the video, the camera even zooms in for a second on that unretouched image on the monitor at the shoot.

Funny, Miller really looks much better in these than she does in the over-processed end result.

Images like these, or Annie Leibovitz's photomontages, or the recent Ralph Lauren ads that have caused so much consternation, immediately jump out at the viewer because they ring false. We've seen bodies before: we all know nobody is built like that. The people responsible for the images know they're unreal. We know they're unreal. So why do marketers continue to assume we will buy products associated with pictures we fully recognize to be false?

We imagine female members of the armed services would be among the many upon whom the charm of such a campaign is lost.

YouTube [Official Site]
Harley-Davidson Military Appreciation [Official Site]
Marisa Miller & H-D Salute Those Who Defend Freedom [YouTube]

Earlier:
Ralph Lauren's Ridiculous Photoshop, More Ridiculous Rage
Ralph Lauren Fires Photoshopped Model For Being Too "Fat"
Ralph Lauren Fires
Yet Another Ralph Lauren Photoshop Of Horrors
Vogue's November Cover: Photoshop Of Horrors
ANTM: The Importance Of "Barbie Toe"
The Curious Case Of Demi Moore's Left Hip

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<![CDATA[Um.]]> This penis is having so much fun with his foreskin, it's probably a good argument against circumcision. Oh, and if you're pro-abstinence, it will make a pretty good case for that, too, to any young woman who sees it. [BuzzFeed]

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<![CDATA[10 Reasons To Love Bryan Batt]]> Yes, he's awesome as Sal Romano, Mad Men's hapless closeted art director. But that's just one of the reasons he's in the Arbitrary Male Celebrity's Hall of Fame:

1. Well, he's awesome on Mad Men. And as he says of Sal, "He's the only one that hasn't cheated on his wife, you know."

2. Hazelnut - the home design store he runs with his partner of 20 years, Tom Cianfichi, is awesome.

3. He's not afraid of the "Role Model" badge.

4.He's an incredible host.

5. He missed his first Mad Men audition because he and Tom were taking their goddaughter to Paris.

6. He played Che in dinner theatre, Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast, and was in Cats.

7. His home, unsurprisingly, is stunning. He created a lot of the art and sewed the pillows.

8. He gives great quote:
"Please please please, if you need art, please do not use this one photo that everyone uses of Peggy and Sal at this party where I'm eating or something and wearing this awful maroon sweater in which I look fat and ugly - it's just really awful."

"Like if you saw me at the SAG awards, I looked like a black Labrador Retriever puppy running to his bowl."

We opened the shop also because my nieces were growing up before my eyes and I never saw them enough, and now I'm here. I get to see them a little bit more. After this [interview], I'm going to have brunch with my nieces and have a little family life, too. One thing I loved about opening up the shop is I realized, that there's a whole world out there beyond show business. If you just do one thing with your life, you let your work define who you are, and there's so many other things. As I've said in many other interviews, I'm a firm believer in "and" over "or." You can do more than one thing with your life. And if you have an interest you have to follow it.

9. He's a committed activist whose causes include Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS, Habitat For Humanity, Second Harvest Food Bank, the Human Rights Campaign (Equality Award), the SPCA, The Preservation Resource Center, The Point Foundation, N.O. AIDS Task Forc and Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre. After Katrina, he organized a number of successful fundraisers.

10.

Decorate Like a Mad Man with Bryan Batt [Southern Living]
Party Like a Mad Man [Southern Living]

Bryan Batt Talks To GLAAD About Being Openly Gay In Hollywood
[YouTube]
Bryan Batt - Sway [YouTube]
Mad Men's Bryan Batt, A.K.A. Salvatore Romano: Greatest Vulture Interview Ever [New York]
Bryan Batt: The Gay Blade Of Mad Men [BlackBook]

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<![CDATA["This Is Love"]]> CAT: I've never felt like this before. I want to be with you forever. Why is that chick laughing? This is real. And forever. Be still! Be in the moment. Otherwise I'll kick you in the groin. [Buzzfeed]

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<![CDATA[Run For Your Life!]]> Godzilla baby is on the loose. [BuzzFeed]

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<![CDATA[The "Single Ladies" Babies Trend: Taking Over The World]]> You guys, Kanye was right. Beyoncé has one of the greatest videos of all time. "Single Ladies" has been copied by Justin Timberlake, Filipino inmates and sylph-like men in skimpy ensembles. And now babies "just can't get enough."

Confession: Dancing baby videos do nothing for me. Otters holding hands? Yes. Diapered tots? Nah. But Anna forced me to write this story. So I had to watch a lot of babies. And I think I might be coming around! And in any case, as Ada Calhoun writes for Time, the global phenomenon has reached a fever pitch:

Baby Cory's famous "Single Ladies" video has spawned SingleBabies.com, where you can donate to the New Zealand toddler's college fund. (You can also follow Baby Cory on Twitter, or be his friend on Facebook.

So why do babies like "Single Ladies"? Because, Time's Calhoun finds, the song is super simple.

"The song is very Teletubbies," says Tony-nominated musician Kenny Mellman. "If you listen to it, there is very little music. It's all drum and Beyoncé's voice." Kara Shall, communications director of Baby Loves Disco, agrees. "Young children love songs with good rhythm and repetition, and 'Single Ladies' certainly has both," says Shall, whose company once a month in 21 cities turns bars into child-proof discos. (She also notes that her own children, ages 5 and 2, are big fans of the Beyoncé song.) In addition —

OK, I'MA LET YOU FINISH, BUT APPARENTLY BABIES ARE MAKING THE GREATEST VIDEOS OF ALL TIME. A gallery of highlights, below.

The Original! Baby Cory's video has more than 2 million views.


This kid has excellent hip action.



Award this little girl extra points for an authentic costume.


Diaper butt helps with the choreography.


A broken leg will not stop a kid from the mesmerizing chorus, "If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it."


This baby gets by with a little help.

All the Single Babies: Why Do Tots Love Beyoncé? [Time]

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<![CDATA[Actually, We'd Be Scared, Too!]]> Imagine if that thing were, like, eight feet tall! Anyway, hilarious in a sadistic sort of way: [BuzzFeed via YouTube]

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<![CDATA[Mad Men Meets Muppets]]> Cute, but not close (and no cigar!). [YouTube]

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<![CDATA[Ssssnake!]]> So, this Romanian woman's point-by-point takedown of Kirk Cameron's ludicrous The-Origin-of-Species-clever-undermining-scheme is on-target and everything. But, seriously, I'm kind of with Richard Dawkins on this one: don't bother debating Creationists. No one comes out looking good. [YouTube via MediaBistro]

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<![CDATA[Denmark Tries To Lure Male Tourists By Claiming Its Women Are Promiscuous]]> VisitDenmark has apologized and removed the YouTube video at left, featuring a Danish mom looking for the tourist who fathered her baby during a drunken one night stand. Danes were outraged by the viral marketing hoax. [The Sun]

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<![CDATA[Holding Out For A Hero]]> When confused baby ducks need help, only this random guy is brave enough to answer the call quack! [Random Good Stuff]

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<![CDATA[Mariah Covers Foreigner]]> For he upcoming album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, Mimi covers Foreigner's "I Wanna Know What Love Is." But she's always been a T-top Firebird kind of girl: She's covered Journey, Def Leppard, and Badfinger.[Rolling Stone]

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<![CDATA[Man Baby Vs. Machine]]> A toddler and Elmo have a dance-off. Who will emerge victorious? [Buzzfeed]

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<![CDATA["Earlier Today I Had Two Friends Over: One Regular One & One Indian One"]]> Later: As a teenager tells her Hindu "friend" she's "going down the wrong path" and tries to convert her to Christianity, she also says, "She's Indian — it's like, an African country in Asia." Update: Might be a joke. [Buzzfeed]

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