David Silverman, a key creative figure on “The Simpsons,” has signed on to direct animated stoner comedy “Superslackers,” which will feature several social media stars and is currently in production on a six-episode season, disclosed TheWrap. “Superslackers” follows a group of friends who get a bag of pot that has been…

To start off the April 8th episode, Phil told remaining teams they were to travel over the border to Georgia for the seventh round of The Amazing Race. The seven teams left fighting for first place, hopped on a midnight train that headed North to their next destination. The train would bring them to this ancient countr…

Awesomeness Films and YouTube announced the start of production on their latest film collaboration, We Love You. The film stars YouTube prankster Yousef “fouseyTUBE” Erakat with a dedicated following of 8.4 million subscribers, most-viewed Viner Lele Pons with 8 billion views and Dear White People actor Justin Dobies.…

15 or so years ago, it was unheard of for someone to be a ‘social media star.’ There was no such thing as a career in making videos to be posted online, or having ‘followers’ that follow your daily activities. It all started about twelve years ago. Starting in 2003, Myspace was the site to use amongst Generation Y. The…

Vine star and social influencer Gabriel Conte has signed with UTA, Variety exclusively learned. With 1.8 million Vine followers, who have garnered more than 1 billion video loops, and 2 million Facebook followers, Conte is one of the platform’s most influential stars. His popularity has led to opportunities for Conte o…

Digital media Vine star Nash Grier has left WME to sign with UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. The 18-year-old rose to fame on Vine, where he has 12.5 million followers and his micro-videos have been viewed (or “looped”) more than 3.35 billion times. His other current social media tallies include 8.8…

Singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes who rose to fame from Vine kicked off his headlining world tour on Saturday, March 5th with a sold-out concert at New York City’s legendary Radio City Music Hall. Shawn is touring behind the success of his platinum debut album Handwritten. Shawn surprised fans with sneak peeks of 3 unrele…

In this week’s episode of The Amazing Race, remaining teams flew together from South America to Geneva, Switzerland to continue their fight in colder temperatures. Before leaving the airport, teams were surrounded by fans and encouraged to partake in selfies. Also at this time, Brodie was called out for having a crush…

Teams continued the third round of the Race in Cartagena, Colombia where professional athletes, Brodie & Kurt put their skills into full gear to finish in first place. That’s how to do it @kurtegibson and @BrodieSmith21! #AmazingRace pic.twitter.com/g7SFPcdTG9 — The Amazing Race (@AmazingRace_CBS) February 27, 2016 Thi…

Vine Star Ruth B crosses over from social media musician to mainstream artist. Recently signed to Columbia Records, she performs her new hit single Lost Boy at the piano on NBC’s Today show. Watch Ruth B perform her hit ‘Lost Boy’ on TODAY
The Canadian singer-songwriter started her career by singing songs on Vine in ea…