Has anyone heard about this teenage phenomenom that makes videos about her personal life via youtube? Supposedly she has millions of viewers, and I've never heard of this.

She's also an actress.

Ya that's where I heard of this. There was an article in my local newspaper about her being a 'fake'.

I've actually become relatively obsessed with Youtube and saw her first video when it aired and didn't become suspicious until her cookie rating video. Pretty interesting web of video responses and accusations that started weeks ago.

youtube sooo rocks specially for music videos spliced with anime. Hehehe

To more than 2 million fans across the globe, she's Bree, a rebellious and often-naive teenage girl who has become a YouTube sensation, starring in a series of Internet video blogs under the handle "lonelygirl15."

 

But as it was revealed this week, Bree isn't really Bree at all ? she's Jessica Rose, a 19-year-old actress struggling to make her way in Los Angeles.

 

And to Miles Beckett, Ramesh Flinders and Greg Goodfried ? the men behind the groundbreaking series of frequently forwarded video clips ? she very well might wind up as the center of a new form of collaborative online entertainment.

 

Due to the nature of the series, Rose was unable to reveal her true identity until recently. Creators rightly presumed that fostering the illusion that Bree was real would lead to more fan support and participation. But on Thursday (September 14), Rose spoke with MTV News, comparing her secret lifestyle since lonelygirl's debut to being "like Madonna" and revealing that she has had to spend the last few weeks more or less under "house arrest" ? just like her fictional character Bree.

 

"For the past three and a half months we've been filming this, Miles the producer has been telling me, 'Pretend that you're Madonna.' He's like, 'Wear a hat, wear sunglasses.' And I'm like, 'OK.' But I didn't really think that it was that big until two days ago, when I [was] flooded with messages."

 

Fortunately for the aspiring actress, those messages have been overwhelmingly positive. And while lonelygirl15 gained fame on YouTube ? sharing intimate video-journal entries under the guise of a home-schooled teen living with strictly religious parents ? she now has her own home at LonelyGirl15.com. The site is giving fans the opportunity to contribute to the world of the character, communicating directly with the creators and posting their own video clips. It's a new type of online entertainment the creators hope blossoms into not just more wildly popular video clips, but a lucrative franchise that would keep the lonelygirl15 fanbase hooked on submitting and viewing clips, fueling message boards and beyond.

 

"I've had so many positive e-mails sent to me ? people were concerned that I was going to be getting hate mail, which I haven't. All of their e-mails are like, 'I'm sorry for all the hate mail that you must be getting.' And I'm like, 'I'm not.' There's none. I've had so many positive and lovely messages, so it's been really nice.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1540910/0...?headlines=true

I think she was on Leno last night... or two nights ago, I'm not sure.

I think she was on Leno last night... or two nights ago, I'm not sure.

 

It was last night