This Is It

On YouTube, the most viral videos showcase quick, one-off events: a baby biting a finger, a dowdly singer wowing a panel of judges, a man doing the Robot (and the Macarena, and the Twist, and the Moonwalk). What's missing, says John Ham, founder and CEO of video-broadcasting site Ustream, is "a feeling of immediacy."
No more. Using Ustream's "Social Stream" feature, which launched in October, viewers can simultaneously sign into Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Aim, and broadcast their video comments as status updates, growing the site's audience exponentially. Right now, it's averaging 45 million uniques a month.
"People usually spread videos of stuff that already happened," Ham explains. "We're letting them spread videos of stuff that's still happening." In the past year, Ustream has hosted a tween dream of live celebrity chats--the Jonas Brothers (635,000 streams), Ashley Tisdale (570,000), Selena Gomez (406,000)--as well as a Kiss concert (2 million), Obama's inauguration (3.8 million), the New Moon »
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This is it, folks. The big plane crash episode (with the surprisingly teeny-weeny airplane) on Desperate Housewives. Reports have been varied as to the total number of casualties and their identities, but at least we get an assurance that people will die, including one who's a so-called fan favorite.
Adding a tinge of gloom to the whole thing is the fact it's Desperate Housewives' Christmas episode - with Wisteria Lane's very own choral group led by Bree (Marcia Cross). Adding to the confusion is the ongoing squabble between Gaby (Eva Longoria-Parker) and Lynette (Felicity Huffman). Their friendship is on the brink of collapse, so will a plane crash manage to repair things?
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This is it, Dexter fans. It's the moment we've all been waiting for. In next week's season 4 finale, Deb finally gets the dirt on another one of Harry's CIs and stumbles on the scary truth about Laura Moser, also known as Dexter's biological mother--- which could all lead to her discovery of Dexter's real identity. 
If you don't want to be even remotely spoiled, go no further.
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