The famous online video site (which was bought by Google last October) launched its own 'Oscars' last Monday 19, the first "YouTube Awards". Internet surfers are invited to vote, until Friday 23, to elect the best of 7 categories (10 videos for each): most creative, most inspirational, best serial entertainment, best comedy video, best music-video (homemade), best commentary and finally most adorable video ('so cute it hurts').
The results will be made public on March 26. Youtube recognises that 2006 was a pioneering year for online video, user-created content and the YouTube community. According to Jamie Byrne, YouTube's director of marketing, now it's time to reflect on what a tremendous year it was and recognize the best of the best during the first YouTube Video Awards, by letting the public decide! This could be repeated each year. Pitty one is limited to those videos nominated and there isn't a category like 'others', because in that case I know for which video I would vote… :-) So vote (and vote often). Apparently one can vote every hour until they freeze voting on March 23, 2007, at 3pm PT. "The No.1 videos on each list will get bragging rights and a fancy trophy to feature prominently in a future video."
At the end of February, we had the Oscar-Torrents following 133 378 votes - initiative of the site The Pirate Bay (see previous post in February). The result wasn't as alternative as the organisers might have expected, though. Mexico's 'Pan's Labyrinth' got the OscarTorrent for best Foreign Language film along with 5 other OscarTorrents (among which for best Original Screenplay), Forest Whitaker repeated his Oscar for best Actor in a Leading Role, Penélope Cruz got her OscarTorrent for best Actress in a Leading Role (want more mainstream than that?), Alfonso Cuarón got an OscarTorrent for best Adapted Screenplay for 'Children of men', 'The Departed' got the Best Picture OscarTorrent as well as the best director one, to Martin Scorsese
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