Don't you hate it when the science fiction writers turn out to be right? In the book Pattern Recognition by William Gibson we follow a young woman, Cayce Pollard, who has been hired to track down the orgin of mysterious video clips coming out on the net that had become a phenomenom. Three years later enter Lonelygirl15, a video blog centering around a socially isolated cute, young girl who makes cryptic references to being invovled with a satanic cult.
Followers have put an increasing amount of effort into confirming the veracity of her video blog, especially in light of inconsistancies that suggested that the footage might be staged. Well while I was out for the weekend it appears that she made an appearance on the Tonight Show . We've all talked about internet fame but what will be really interesting is whether she can make the cross over into traditional media, becoming the first genuine internet star to begin an offline career in entertainment...we'll see. I don't think she's that great of an actress but she's certainly cute enough.
Followers have put an increasing amount of effort into confirming the veracity of her video blog, especially in light of inconsistancies that suggested that the footage might be staged. Well while I was out for the weekend it appears that she made an appearance on the Tonight Show . We've all talked about internet fame but what will be really interesting is whether she can make the cross over into traditional media, becoming the first genuine internet star to begin an offline career in entertainment...we'll see. I don't think she's that great of an actress but she's certainly cute enough.
