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PrintThe operative word online these days is "OMG."
For the text message-challenged, that's 'Net slang for "Oh my gosh!" or "Oh my God!"
The latest bit of Web tech is the OMG-o-Meter.
This new feature on entertainment site Hollywood.com pits two popular TV series -- "90210" and "Gossip Girl" -- against one another, rating the way their story lines deal with hot topics like eating disorders, drinking problems, male prostitution and more.
www.hollywood.com/content/feature_detail.aspx?id=5327346&p
Social media network Bebo is launching "Chelsey: OMG," an interactive comedy that follows an American 20-something, played by Kelly Anne Lyons, on her adventures in London.
Viewers will be able to interact with Chelsey and other characters through Bebo's social networking tools. Lyons will film and post her responses to viewer's questions, and feedback may direct the course of the plot. There are also postings related to entertainment and pop culture and current events.
Gaia Online is staging a virtual Halloween party for teens or tweens who are too old to go out trick or treat, and too young to join the party scene.
In its Halloween Hysteria feature, they can dress up in virtual costumes with endless possibilities in terms of costume combinations, and celebrate with their online buddies. Last year's event drew more than 400,000 participants.
Gaia is a virtual world/online teen hangout that launched in 2003. As with Second Life, users create avatars, make friends and participate in Gaia's social life, and they can spend money in its virtual economy.
The Halloween Hysteria event is up and running through Oct. 31.
Or if you have some minutes to waste away in the next week, try the attractions at these virtual haunted house sites:
• FrightBytes is collection of several virtual interactive ghost stories, including a haunted inn.
• Caverns of Blood is a portal to all kinds of online Halloween stuff -- an interactive ouija board, games, graphics, trivia and more.
Babelgum is giving film and video producers a shot at fame. The video site has launched the Babelgum Music Video Awards, a music video competition that was created as a platform for both musicians and video makers.
The grand prize winner will get a record development deal with Universal UK and a chance to perform live. Winners will be chosen by a panel of industry professionals and by votes from the site's viewers.
Deadline for entries is Nov. 16.
The site also is running a film festival/competition, which is now in its second year. Filmmakers can upload submissions in the following categories: shorts (20 minutes maximum), animation (five minutes maximum), documentaries (30 minutes maximum) and mini-masterpieces (five minutes maximum).
There are cash and other prizes in each category.
Ddeadline for film entries is Dec. 31.
Allison Park teen Maddie Georgi and Mark Ferrari of Bethel Park have made it to the Top 64 of CMT's Music City Madness contest.
The national online talent search. From here on, 64 acts are paired for direct competition and fans vote online to determine the winner. The artist who finishes No. 1 will receive an all-expense paid trip to Nashville to record an episode of "Unplugged at Studio 330," perform a showcase for A&R executives from Warner Bros. Records and a mentoring session from country star Randy Travis.
All styles of country music are represented among the finalists posted at madness.CMT.com. Fans will vote over the next two weeks and on Nov. 4, the brackets will narrow to 32 contenders. New brackets will be posted weekly afterward, until the final round is announced on Dec. 2.
Contestants' videos are all available at www.madness.CMT.com.
Last year, more than 4 million votes were cast at CMT.com to name 13-year-old Utah native Katelynn Jolley the winner.
www.cmt.com/interact/music_city_madness/
