This week’s Friday Morning Laughs funny video roundup features a couple of Oscar videos that have racked up millions of views, a hilarious 1988 news report on computer viruses, a sportscasting blooper an adorable Liverpool fan and the most amazing paper airplane flight you’ve ever seen!
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. 
This year advertisers paid $3.5 million for a 30-second spot during the Super Bowl and $1.7 million for an ad during the Academy Awards. Was it worth it? Check out this postmortem on which of the two live television events gave brands the most bang for their buck.
As Hollywood is preparing to roll out the red carpet tonight, the world is abuzz with talk about which films, actors and actresses are going to take home tonight’s Academy Awards. Flowtown, in partnership with Column Five, has turned to social media with a fun infographic predicting the outcome of tonight’s show.
Letteri, a five-time Oscar winner, and Lemmon will provide a look into WETA’s process as a worldwide social media presentation. Visitors to the livestream event will hear from other filmmakers, including director Rupert Wyatt, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the work of actor Andy Serkis, whose nuanced performance is playing a key role in WETA’s rendering of Caesar, the film’s principal ape character.
When I heard that Hulu had opened up their site to viewers’ Oscar predictions I was extremely intrigued. During the Super Bowl they invited viewers to rate the commercials and the results were right on. I wondered how accurate their Oscar predictions would be. Turns out, Hulu viewers did a pretty good job of predicting the selections of The Academy.
Will you be “checking in” to the Academy Awards tonight?
And the Oscar for best stickers created for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards goes to … GetGlue! The entertainment-based social network teamed up with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for Sunday night’s telecast on ABC (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT), and GetGlue users who check in can receive special Oscars stickers.
GetGlue is also tied in with ABC’s Oscars Red Carpet Live, which airs one hour before the awards ceremony, and with the network’s Jimmy Kimmel Live post-Oscars show.
The Oscars are just around the corner and everyone is talking about who they think will win. But instead of just talking about who you think will win, Hulu has opened up their platform to your votes.
Yahoo! Movies has its popcorn ready for Sunday’s 83rd Annual Academy Awards, with all of its Oscars content sponsored by Chrysler.
Among Oscars-related initiatives: original video program Road to the Awards, the ability to predict the winners via Facebook on Oscars Pick-Em, and allowing its users to be fashion critics via Who Wore It Best?
Yahoo! said it drew more than 7 million unique visitors to its Golden Globes site, and its Oscars site for the 2010 event attracted more than 11 million.
Oscar.com will add several interactive elements prior to the 83rd Academy Awards, to be held Sunday, Feb. 27, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, and set to air on ABC.
Its All Access premium feature, available for $4.99, will offer users exclusive live footage from the red carpet, backstage, and the post-event the Governors Ball, complete with “360 cam” technology, which enables control over multiple cameras by clicking and dragging the mouse.
Road to the Oscars will debut Tuesday with full coverage of the announcement of the nominations, hosted by Chris Harrison of ABC’s The Bachelor and Entertainment Weekly senior writer Dave Karger, and also featuring Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak and Oscar-winning actress Mo’Nique. It begins at 5:30 a.m. PT.
Oscars Designer Challenge 2011 premieres Feb. 15 and will run through Feb. 21, allowing participants to vote on the dress one trophy escort will wear on Oscar night. The winning design will be revealed during ABC’s Oscars Red Carpet Live preshow, and Oscar.com will debut video series Behind the Dress Feb. 16.
Road to the Oscars returns as a daily show on Oscar.com Feb. 18, and Harrison and Karger will cover events leading up to the event, as well as news updates, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and analysis of the 10 Best Picture nominees.
And Oscar.com will launch Oscar Tweets, real-time Twitter updates from Oscar insiders.
