Posts with tag "rebecca black"

Rebecca Black Pulls 'Friday' Video From YouTube

Posted Jun 17th 2011 at 06:55 AM by Kelly Fisher

Today's Friday but there's no Rebecca Black to be found on YouTube. The teenager-turned-YouTube sensation has pulled her video for 'Friday' from the site due to a legal issue over her image. Accord to TMZ, Black has been threatening to sue her label, Ark Music Factory, claiming they have exploited her image and catchy 'Friday' song. As a result of the impending legal battle, Black's team ...

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$2.99 to Watch 'Friday'? Paywall Experiment Backfires

Posted Jun 13th 2011 at 05:03 PM by Marc Schneider

UPDATE 6:10 | Internet Wins! 'Friday' is back to being totally free to enjoy. We'll update if/when we get to the bottom of this experiment gone awry. UPDATE 5:16 | The video that started a thousand memes has been removed entirely. Gotta make your mind up. People have clicked "play" on Rebecca Black's 'Friday' video over 165 million times. That's half the U.S. population joining the ...

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Rebecca Black Makes Cameo in Katy Perry's New Music Video

Posted Jun 8th 2011 at 09:35 AM by Kiki Von Glinow

It looks like Rebecca Black isn't the only one who's got friday night fever. If you look closely, the internet sensation makes an appearance in Katy Perry's forthcoming 'Last Friday Night' music video. But the 13-year-old may be in the doghouse if her parents catch wind of her cameo in the 80s flashback rager -- alongside a parent's worst nightmare, Perry, no less. The video shows a geeked out ...

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Rebecca Black: 'I'm Absolutely Not Pregnant'

Posted May 16th 2011 at 08:31 AM by Kelly Fisher

YouTube sensation and 'Friday' singer Rebecca Black is in the news again thanks to a nasty pregnancy rumor that spread like wildfire over the weekend. However, the 13-year-old singer set the record straight on Twitter Sunday. "I thought it was May 15th...not April Fools Day. I'm absolutely NOT pregnant," Black tweeted, putting to rest the unsettling rumors. Just like the music video for ...

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Listen: 'Glee' Cast Covers Rebecca Black's 'Friday'

Posted May 6th 2011 at 03:47 PM by Kiki Von Glinow

We all know that the cast of 'Glee' loves to "get down" so what better song to cover than Rebecca Black's seizure-inducing YouTube hit 'Friday.' The singing high school cast performed the Internet-borne hit for their May 10 'Prom Queen' episode, according to Just Jared. Although the cast didn't have much to go on in terms of the song's impressively vapid lyrics, they made it work. The ...

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Internet Sensation Rebecca Black Appears at MTV OMAs Tonight

Posted Apr 28th 2011 at 03:45 PM by Rae Votta

Update: The previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Rebecca Black was performing at the awards show. She only appeared as a host and presenter. While Rebecca Black may be popular for getting down on a Friday, this Thursday she'll make her debut award show appearance in Las Vegas at MTV's inaugural O Music Awards, celebrating the best of web content. Sources tell PopEater ...

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Rebecca Black's Death Threats Under Investigation

Posted Apr 20th 2011 at 04:45 AM by Christo Varghese

YouTube sensation Rebecca Black has recently received death threats serious enough that police are investigating them. Reuters is reporting that the Anaheim, Calif., police department is looking into two death threats made against Black, 13, who is best known for her much-maligned Internet hit 'Friday.' A spokesman for the Anaheim police said, "In essence, the threats were related to getting ...

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'Glee' to Cover Rebecca Black's 'Friday'

Posted Apr 14th 2011 at 01:20 PM by AOL TV Editors

The cast of 'Glee' will be having "fun, fun, fun, fun" pretty soon. Confused? Well, it was bound to happen. The cast of 'Glee' will reportedly cover Rebecca Black's YouTube sensation 'Friday.' According to Vulture, the song will get the 'Glee' treatment from cast members Kevin McHale, Chord Overstreet and Mark Salling. This isn't the first time 'Glee' has covered an uber-popular song. They ...

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Fun Fun Fun: Rebecca Black May Take 'Friday' Producers to Court

Posted Apr 4th 2011 at 01:20 PM by AOL Music Editors

Rebecca Black may consider legal action against the producers of her song 'Friday.' In a letter from their lawyer, Brian Schall, the 13-year-old singer and her mother Georgina Marquez Kelly are accusing the Los Angeles producers, Ark Music Factory, of copyright infringement and unlawful exploitation of her likeness and song on YouTube, iTunes, Amazon and Ark's website, according to a report in ...

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Stephen Colbert Sings 'Friday' Better Than Rebecca Black

Posted Apr 2nd 2011 at 12:29 PM by Christine Fenno

Stephen Colbert lost a bet this week, but we're all winners, because after Jimmy Fallon proved he could raise more than $25,000 for charity, Colbert had to sing Rebecca Black's ubiquitous 'Friday' on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.' The performance resulted in an undeniably fun ("fun, fun, fun") musical extravaganza, complete with cheerleaders and a cameo by an 'American Idol' winner. Colbert, ...