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Greg Benson
Gregory Benson is an American comedian, actor, and director. His production company, Mediocre Films, creates comedic short films, generally for YouTube. He is a frequent director for '' The Guild''.Mediocre Films profile at YouTube History Benson graduated from W. T. White High School in 1986. Eventually he moved to California, where he has since appeared in several television commercials. Benson is a sometime member of the |
VidCon 2012
VidCon is an annual convention for influencers, fans, executives, and online brands. The event primarily features prominent video stars from across the internet. It was founded by veteran YouTube creators John and Hank Green (Vlogbrothers), and was later acquired by Viacom (now Paramount) in 2018 and later acquired by Informa in 2024. Its offices remain in Missoula, Montana, sharing a building with Complexly. VidCon's international presence continues to expand with additional events planned in Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Mexico City, Australia, and São Paulo. In October 2020, VidCon Now relaunched as an ongoing, free digital offering. History The first VidCon was held on July 9–11, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles and sold out in advance, with over 1,400 people attending. In February 2018, Viacom (owner of the Viacom Media Networks and film studio Paramount Pictures) announced that they were acquiring VidCon, as part of its efforts to expand its li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cory Williams
Cory Williams (born August 5, 1981), also known as Mr. Safety, is an American YouTube personality who currently resides in Oklahoma. "The Mean Kitty Song" was his most popular video, with over 90 million views, until December 2018 when his video "How To Get A Kitty Belly" surpassed it, reaching over 168 million views. Early life and work Williams had previously been filming comedy sketches in his younger years. In 2006, Williams uploaded two videos to his YouTube channel, SMP Films of his first comedy sketches from 1999, when he lived in Turlock. These videos were called, "Turlock Cops" and "STOPMAN." Williams started streaming online video in March 2005 on Newgrounds. He developed a following by posting original music tracks to his MySpace profile, leading MySpace to sponsor him on a cross-country tour. In September 2005, Golden Palace Casino sponsored Williams, making him the first video blogger to receive corporate sponsorship. YouTube Williams' video output includes musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandeep Parikh
Sandeep Parikh (; born July 23, 1980) is an American writer, director, actor and producer of comedy. He is best known for his co-starring role as Zaboo on the award-winning web series '' The Guild''. He is the founder of Effin Funny Productions, a content company focusing on alternative stand-up comedy and the creation of original web series '' The Legend of Neil'' (for Comedy Central and AtomFilms), available online. Background Parikh was born to Indian immigrants in Goffstown, New Hampshire, and raised there by his parents, and with two older brothers, Rajiv and Sanjiv. He was a gymnast since the age of 4 and competed nationally in all six male events until 18. Parikh went to Goffstown High School in New Hampshire and then went to Brown University where he received an A.B. in Computer Science with Honors in Creative Writing. Career Parikh began improvising and writing sketches for the short-lived comedy troupe The Village Idiots at Brown University. In 2001, he wrote and pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Scagliotti
Allison Scagliotti (; born September 21, 1990) is an American actress, musician and director. Her television roles include appearing in ''Drake & Josh'', ''Warehouse 13'', and ''Stitchers''. She performs as a musician under the name La Femme Pendu. Early life Scagliotti's great-grandparents emigrated to the United States from Italy through Ellis Island. She moved with her family to Mandeville, Louisiana at a young age. At age five, she joined her Louisiana school's, Tchefuncte Middle School, talent and drama program. When Scagliotti was 11, she was working with an acting coach who encouraged her to try auditioning for pilot season in Los Angeles. She booked a pilot for a sitcom with Chevy Chase which was filmed in New York. Scagliotti moved to Los Angeles for her acting career. Scagliotti studied film at New York University, though she never finished her degree. She later obtained a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Music Studies through Berklee College of Music's online pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kassem G
Kassem Gharaibeh (; born October 10, 1983) is an American Internet personality and host of '' Attack of the Show!''. His YouTube channel Kassem G hosts several hundred videos, most notably the ''California On'', ''Going Deep'' and ''Street Music'' webseries. He won the 2013 Streamy Award for Best Host for his work on ''California On''. Early life Gharaibeh was born in 1983 in Amman, Jordan to a Jordanian father and an Egyptian mother. He described his family as liberal Muslims. He lived in Saudi Arabia at a very young age then moved to Kissimmee, Florida when he was four years old after his father, who worked at a hotel, got a promotion. His family moved to Ventura County, California when he was 10. Before his YouTube career, Gharaibeh was working at a Best Buy and doing stand-up comedy on the weekends, mostly performing in small venues like restaurants. Career Gharaibeh got the idea to start making YouTube videos when his friend Cory Williams had a video that went viral. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Yonda
Aaron Yonda (born January 19, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, actor, director, and YouTuber from Menomonie, Wisconsin. He portrays the title character in '' Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager'', a web serial he co-produced with his friend Matt Sloan, who provides the voice of Chad. Early life Yonda is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Career His short film, ''The Life and Death of a Pumpkin'', swept the Chicago Horror Film Festival awards, receiving "Best Short Film" and "Concept". His shorts have been screened worldwide including the Just for Laughs Festival and the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto. Yonda is also a member of the comedy troupe Monkey Business Institute in Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the List of municipalities in Wisconsin by population, second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 269,840 at the 2020 Uni .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Sloan (voice Actor)
Matt Sloan (born March 24, 1973) is an American voice actor, director, writer, and YouTuber from Madison, Wisconsin. He and his friend Aaron Yonda are notable as the co-creators of the web series '' Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager'', in which he voices the title character. Additionally, he appears in season one as the main antagonist, Clint. He later appeared in the first few episodes of the second series as Champion J. Pepper, Clint's father. Since ''Chad Vader'', he has gone on to voice Darth Vader in various ''Star Wars'' media as the sound double for James Earl Jones. He hosts a movie reviewing and discussion show on YouTube called ''Welcome to the Basement'' until April 2023 with his friend Craig Johnson as co-host, since then a rotating cast of friends and fellow improv performers. Furthermore, he leads regularly with Aaron Yonda in the web series ''Beer and Board Games''. ''Star Wars'' As a voice actor, Sloan played Darth Vader in ''Soulcalibur IV''. Sloan went on to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Nalty
Kevin Hanemann Nalty (born May 12, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana), known professionally as Nalts, is an American Internet personality and YouTuber. Nalty began on YouTube as one of the top-20 most-viewed comedy channels, and was ranked as one of YouTube's Most Subscribed users during the site's early years. By 2016, he had 297 million views on the site.Social Blade YouTube statistics He is the author of ''Beyond Viral: How to Attract Customers, Promote Your Brand, and Make Money with Online Video'' (2010). Nalty speaks at marketing conferences and events, and spoke about "viral video" in Boston at the 2011 International Society for Humor Studies conference in Boston. He is listed in the "Who's Who in the World o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Buckley (Internet Celebrity)
Michael John Buckley (born June 8, 1975) is an American former YouTuber. Noted for his vlog ''What the Buck?!'', Buckley commented on pop culture events and celebrities, at one point holding one of YouTube's most popular entertainment channels. Buckley "broke all records" of YouTube ratings when four of his shows ended up on the week's ten top-rated videos. He has appeared in magazines and newspapers such as ''The New York Times'' discussing Internet entrepreneurship and ''The Advocate'' discussing homophobia on the Internet. In 2008, he won a YouTube Award for best commentary with the video "LonelyGirl15 is Dead!" Early life Buckley is one of three children, and is a fraternal twin. He moved to his parents' summer home on Cape Cod in Massachusetts after graduating from Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire with a degree in psychology. He began working at a group home for children with developmental disabilities. He worked at Harwich Junior Theatre where he directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Days
David Joseph Colditz (born August 13, 1991), commonly known as Dave Days, is an American musician and internet personality. He is best known for his YouTube channel featuring pop-punk covers, parodies of popular songs, and original songs. , Days' YouTube channel has over 1.5 million subscribers, and has had more than 370 million views. Career In middle school, Days started playing in bands. He taught himself how to use audio and video production equipment, and while attending Downingtown High School, Downingtown High School East became interested in YouTube. He created his YouTube channel on August 25, 2007, which debuted with the release of ''Chocolate Rain (Pop-Punk Parody)'', and followed with a series of other videos parodying popular YouTube videos and performers. As "Dave Days", he quickly attracted enough of an audience to become a YouTube partner (earning income from advertisements) and, after just over a year, had over 200,000 subscribers and over 50 milli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Trippy
Charles Paul Trippy III (born September 2, 1984) is an American musician, vlogger and internet personality based in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is a member of Bradenton-based rock band We the Kings. Trippy recorded his first album with We the Kings, titled '' Somewhere Somehow'' in 2013. The album peaked at no. 44 on Billboard 200. He is also the creator of ''Internet Killed Television'', a web series aired on YouTube. Early life and education Trippy was born to Charles Paul 'Chaz' Trippy II and Marlene Trippy, in 1984, in Sarasota, Florida. He is of Sicilian Italian, German, and Native American descent. His father was a member of the Gregg Allman Band where he played percussion. As a youngster, Trippy often toured with his father's band. His younger sister, Melissa Trippy, is also an internet personality. Trippy attended Lakewood Ranch High School where he completed his early education. Later, he attended and graduated from the University of South Florida where he majore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip DeFranco
Philip James DeFranco (born Philip James Franchini Jr.; born December 1, 1985), commonly known by his online nickname PhillyD, and formerly known as sxephil, is an American media host and YouTube personality. He is best known for '' The Philip DeFranco Show'', a news commentary show centered on current events in politics and pop culture. DeFranco has also been involved in the creation of other successful channels on YouTube, such as the YouTube-funded news channel SourceFed and its nerd culture spinoff SourceFed Nerd. His primary channel has accumulated over 6.5 million subscribers and 2.3 billion views, as of March 2025. Having been involved on YouTube for nearly two decades, he has been cited as a pioneer of YouTube and news coverage online, and has won various awards for his online content. Early life DeFranco was born Philip James Franchini Jr. in The Bronx, New York City, New York. He is of Italian descent. He was a student at the University of South Florida (USF), a bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
