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Happy Halloween! Today we're highlighting the finalists in the Google Video Horror Show. Not sure which will scare you most, but we hope one of these videos will put you in the Halloween mood. The following videos were hand-picked by you and rated as the scariest videos on Google Video.

Thank you for participating in the Google Video Horror Show and have a safe Halloween!



Click here to watch "Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror Teaser"
Welcome to the Hood of Horror, a place where revenge is a dish served cold…in a 40oz. The Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) is your guide through three terrifying tales from this nefarious neighborhood...
1 min 14 sec


Click here to watch "92"
A surreal commission for the Hayward Gallery's 'Undercover Surrealism' exhibition from director Dominic Hailstone.
31 sec


Click here to watch "WKID - Trick or Treat"
WKID Presents - A Halloween Special
5 min 3 sec


Click here to watch "Happy Tree Friends - Remains to Be Seen"
It's Halloween... Happy Tree Friends style.
3 min 55 sec


Click here to watch "CLASSIC HORROR TRAILERS RARE FREE LIMITED TIME ONLY"
Aging Baby-Boomer Ira H. Gallen has spent over 30 years collecting and restoring this collection from 16mm & 35mm Celluloid Film, and Kinescopes to Video tape, with the help of Museum of Television and Radio in New York.
13 min 50 sec

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Spotlight on P. Diddy

In an exclusive video from Walmart, Diddy talks about how he grew up listening to James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and Diana Ross. Learn where he's from and how he broke into the music business.



Click here to watch "Walmart Soundcheck: Exclusive Diddy Promotion"
Check out an exclusive in-studio promotion from Diddy's new album "Press play"
2 min 10 sec

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Highlight: "Expert Gamer" Contest winners

From July 7th to July 23rd, 2006, gamers from around the world competed in the first annual "Expert Gamer" contest sponsored by ExpoTV.com and GamePro.com. The contest provided an opportunity for gamers to demonstrate their skills by creating original product reviews (also known as videopinions) of the games they love (or hate) and uploading them to ExpoTV.com for their friends to cast their vote. Voters determined the 15 semi-finalists and the winning videopinions were selected by a panel of expert judges. They scored entries on creativity, video production quality, and the contestants' depth of knowledge in the games they reviewed. The five Grand Prize winners received awesome prizes (including a Sony high-definition flat screen TV) and they were featured on ExpoTV's video-on-demand network. You can find entries from the "Expert Gamer" contest here.

Click here to watch "FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 3 User Review 7894"
Video review of FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 3. Videopinions are Expo TV members reviewing and demonstrating the products and services they use - in full motion video, from the inside out. Videopinion product reviews are unbiased, personal testimonials created by real users. Go to expotv.com the next time you're doing product research to see the best video reviews by experts and consumers - or contribute a Videopinion of your own!
1 min 41 sec


Click here to watch "GUITAR HERO!! User Review 7981"
MORE GUITAR HERO - IN DEPTH REVIEW
3 min 58 sec


Click here to watch "PREY User Review 7952"
Randum's Review of P R E Y for the PC
5 min 1 sec


Click here to watch "Chrome Hounds User Review 8034"
video game review for XBox 360
2 min 19 sec


Click here to watch "Battlefield 2: Armored Fury User Review 8118"
Dan's Review of Battlefield 2: Armored Fury - an expansion booster pack for Battlefield 2 for the PC.
3 min 13 sec

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Trailer: Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments II

The mad scientists at Eepybird have taken the Coke + Mentos experiement to the next level.

What happens when you combine 500 liters of Coke + over 1,500 Mentos mints?

What happens when you combine Google Video + EepyBird?

Find out October 30, 2006!

Meanwhile, get a taste of the explosion here...

Click here to watch "Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments II - Trailer"
EepyBird's "Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments II" is coming soon! Here's a sneak peek at what we just finished filming. The full video will be at www.eepybird.com on October 30, 2006.
1 min 14 sec

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Horror Video Finalists

Well, you've done it. You've sent us your favorite horror videos for the Google Video Horror Show. Now it's up to you to tell us which ones are the best. The scariest videos on Google Video will be announced on the scariest day of the year - Halloween, of course! Check out the selection of finalists here and then rate the videos by giving it stars. You'll find the stars on the video's playback page underneath the video's title. Some of the videos already have a tough ranking to beat, so if you really love a video, tell your friends, tell your parents, tell your grandparents to vote - do whatever it takes to get your video highlighted as the most horrific video on Google Video!

Here are 3 Horror Video Finalists to get you started

Click here to watch "92"
A surreal commission for the Hayward Gallery's 'Undercover Surrealism' exhibition from director Dominic Hailstone.
31 sec


Click here to watch "Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror Teaser"
Welcome to the Hood of Horror, a place where revenge is a dish served cold…in a 40oz. The Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) is your guide through three terrifying tales from this nefarious neighborhood and its depraved denizens, including a tagger who finds out that not all gangstas die hard; a spoiled heir to a Texan oil dynasty who murders for money but can’t pay to stay alive; and a major rap star that discovers he’s got a few skeletons in his dressing room…and they’re kicking down the door. This bone-chilling, gut-bursting (literally) anthology proves, once and for all: “It AIN’T all good in da Hood!”
1 min 14 sec


Click here to watch "Kid thinks he's falling from ride. Stepmom is laughing hysterically!"
This poor kid thinks he's falling out of an amusement park ride, although he actually is strapped in tight. This is a very rare real combination of horror and laughter captured within the same sequence.
1 min 2 sec

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New: Christina Aguilera Music Video

Christina Aguilera is back in a brand new video entitled "Hurt" from Sony BMG. The video is touching, the strings and piano lovely, and Christina's voice is positively stunning. That girl can really sing...



Click here to watch "Christina Aguilera - Hurt"
Christina Aguilera's second single from her album "Back to Basics"
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Highlight: Century City Shorts & Screenplay Fest

Do you have 15 minutes to spare? Point, click, sit back and watch 29 of the top submitted films for this year's Century City Shorts & Screenplay Fest . Offering everything from social issues to comedy, without putting a dent in your busy schedule. Better yet, rate your favorite film and Century City Film Fest will use your direct feedback and pick this year's winner.

Today's Highlighted Videos

Click here to watch "Stay Awake"
The war in Yugoslavia serves as backdrop to an ethnic clash between a Serbian and Kosovar family in the Bronx. Once best friends, fathers Gregor and Mirosh now battle over their nationalistic obsessions, while their children, Kosta and Lily, are secretly caught up in a romance. But before the two can successfully run away together, Mirosh discovers them and challenges Gregor to a street fight. In this final confrontation, the fate of both families becomes inextricably tied together by the very violence they fled in former Yugoslavia. This film was selected for the 2006 Century City Film Festival.
28 min 50 sec


Click here to watch "Dirty Mary"
Mary: No matter what, I am NOT going home with him tonight! Kyle: Next scene is you naked, cooking him breakfast. Mary: NO! Absolutely NO breakfast! I've already set it all up. Kyle: Set what up? Mary: My mission. My strategy. My game plan! This is a battle plan of the strictest form and order! This film was selected for the 2006 Century City Film Festival
19 min 34 sec


Click here to watch "The Legend of Flashpants"
On their lunch break, three women discover a haunted tale of love, revenge and murder in a run down male strip club. This film was selected for the 2006 Century City Film Festival.
18 min 9 sec

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Highlight: More music videos

So many new music videos from Sony BMG and Time Warner, I couldn't choose just one, or four, or six...

Today's Highlighted Videos

Click here to watch "*NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye"
NSYNC On Puppet Strings
4 min


Click here to watch "Cake - Short Skirt/Long Jacket"
Music video for "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" by Cake.
3 min 45 sec


Click here to watch "Billy Joel - Uptown Girl"
Music video for "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel.
3 min 22 sec




Click here to watch "Five for Fighting - 100 Years"
Music video for "100 Years" by Five for Fighting
4 min 2 sec


Click here to watch "Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out"
Music video for "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand.
3 min 57 sec


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New: Embedded Video Search

You may have noticed the "Embedded Video Search" module we added to our blog awhile back (look to the right). It's something that you can easily add to your website or blog as well. For more information, check out the How-To page for the Video Search solution. There's also a Video Bar if you just want a vertical or horizontal strip of videos instead of the entire searcher.

Both of these are built on top of the Google AJAX Search API, and that team is always adding new features to improve these solutions.

-- Tom Stocky, Product Marketing Manager

Highlight: Friday the 13th

Do you believe in Friday the 13th?

I mean, it's just another day right? I've always found that if you really believed in something, you can actually go about making that something happen. You're in charge of your own fate sort-of-thing. Bad things supposedly happen on Friday the 13th, right? So technically, the day really doesn't stand a chance. I mean, if you wake up already believing that you're going to have a bad day, you're going to trick yourself into believing that the day is already bad. And every single little thing that happens, such as spilling your coffee, will be because it's Friday the 13th. So you spilled your coffee yesterday, too. But yesterday, it was because you were clumsy. But today, it's not your fault. It's because it's Friday the 13th.

Which, by the way, also happens to be the last day to submit your favorite horror videos to the Google Horror Video Show! Share those videos with us at horrorvideos@google.com to ensure that your favorite video is included. Scour the Google Video site and your own video library - we just might give you the rest of the weekend to do it. We'll show you the first group of terrifying flicks next week and you can start to vote on your favorites.

In the meantime, I'd recommend playing it safe this evening - stay home and snuggle up to a good video. Let these get you started:

Click here to watch "Cthulhu Lego!"
A Lego movie based on "At the Mountains of Madness" by HP Lovecraft.
31 sec




Click here to watch "ANTISOCIAL-BEHAVIOUR FILM TRAILER"
Jakob Kelser is a lonely man living in a run down house in the middle of a council estate, tormented by the continued abuse inflicted by local yobs. After weeks of aggravation, Jakob is frustrated, and in a last ditch attempt to once again lead a normal life, he plots his revenge on the unsuspecting youths. One by one they are "taught a lesson". One by one they meet their deaths...
1 min 5 sec

And just in case you're having a really bad day and need a pick-me-up, just follow the link below and hopefully this really cool mash-up will cheer you up. It's just another example of a really innovative user who used Google Video and Google Maps to create something awesome:

http://bhendrix.com/wall/Gmaps_GVideo_Mashup_Rendezvous.html

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Highlight: Free Music Videos!

What's your favorite music video?

Is it Justin Timberlake's new James Bond-ish "SexyBack" or the classic "Thriller" from the King of Pop? Personally, I like the animated music videos from the "Gorillaz" or anything from "OK Go".

Music videos really started gaining attention in the 1980s due to the birth of MTV. Creative boundaries are being pushed, more money is being spent, and renown Hollywood directors (such as Tim Burton, who is slated to direct a "Killers" music video) are helming the projects because today, a solid music video can do wonders to an artist's career.

Stream a sweet selection of music videos from Warner Music Group and Sony BMG Music Entertainment for free here on Google Video today. And soon, stream all videos from Warner Music and Sony BMG for free. Find your favorites and don't forget to share.

Today's Highlighted Videos

Click here to watch "John Mayer - Waiting On The World To Change"
Music video for "Waiting On The World To Change" by John Mayer.
3 min 21 sec


Click here to watch "Hung Up (Video) - Madonna"
Confessions On A Dance Floor.
5 min 26 sec


Click here to watch "Justin Timberlake Featuring Timbaland - SexyBack"
Music video for "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake Featuring Timbaland.
4 min 25 sec


New videos appearing on the Google Video Movers & Shakers and Top 100 list for October 12, 2006:

5 (US). Click here to watch "freak Bear in zoo"
Free music videos? This bear's dancing with joy!
1 min


92 (US). Click here to watch "'Canadian Idiot' Weird Al Yankovic"
Be inspired… make your own music videos just like this one!
2 min 25 sec


95 (US). Click here to watch "Television Commercials (1950s-1960s)"
An awesome collection of vintage ads...
25 min 15 sec

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New Feature: Advanced Video Search

"Please, sir, I want some more."

And more you shall have. Today I'm happy to introduce yet another goody - Advanced Video Search! Advanced Video Search allows you to find videos that contain all, some, or none of the words you specify. This feature also lets you filter your results by video duration, price, and specific genre such as Anime & Animation, Political, and Romance. You also get to decide how you'd like to sort your results, whether it be by Relevance, Title, or Date. So go ahead, be advanced and set your search standards.

New videos appearing on the Google Video Movers & Shakers list for October 11, 2006:

81 (US). Click here to watch "Ultimate Biker Trick Foot Sliding ! Insane !"
Pretty cool motorcycle stunt. This guy drags himself behind his bike sliding on his sneakers.
18 sec


90 (US). Click here to watch "The Wheelie Bus"
The Wheelie Bus
23 sec


95 (US). Click here to watch "Coolest Magic Trick"
This dude does the coolest magic trick.
6 min 9 sec


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New Feature: Choose Your Audience with Unlisted Videos

You asked and we answered. With our newest feature, unlisted videos, you can upload videos without making them publicly available in the Google Video search results and share them with only those people you want to see them.

Are you a proud new mom and dad? Maybe you want to share a video of the newest addition to your family with grandparents who live an ocean away.

Or maybe your college roommate's rendition of "It's Raining Men" was absolutely historic, but he'd hunt you down and destroy you if you shared the video with the world.

Or it could be that you're an up-and-coming filmmaker who doesn't want those Hollywood sharks stealing your original screenplay before you get an agent.

Now, for all of the above instances, you can just unlist your video and share the link only with the people you trust.

Unlisting videos is easy. All you have to do is check the "Unlisted" option when uploading your video(s) at http://video.google.com/videouploadform. You'll then get a unique URL that you can email to anyone you want - and no one else.

Highlight: Ultimate Fighting Championship: Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock

We're friends, UFC and Google Video. And because we're such great friends, we're able to offer you two free UFC shows, exclusively on Google Video.

Today's Highlighted Video



Click here to watch "Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock - First 2 Fights - WATCH FREE!"
Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock have a rivalry that just won’t quit. Watch their first two fights FREE right now!
36 min 44 sec


New videos appearing on the Google Video Movers & Shakers list for October 6, 2006:

2 (US). Click here to watch "Skuter - Na pomoc"
Music video
3 min 34 sec


6 (US). Click here to watch "Angry Caller"
I guess those Brits REALLY don't like telemarketers.
1 min 18 sec


33 (US). Click here to watch "Don't Download This Song"
"Weird Al" Yankovic's first single from his new album "Straight Outta Lynwood" (in stores September 26). Video directed and animated by Bill Plympton.
3 min 56 sec


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Highlight: Frankfurt Book Fair

This year, the Frankfurt Book Fair's theme is "Literacy." In collaboration with LitCam and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning, Google has created a resource for teachers, literacy organizations, and anyone interested in reading and education called The Literacy Project.

There's a section on The Literacy Project page where literacy organizations and educators can watch and share videos from all around the world. You can also upload your own inspirational, wisdom-ful videos or start your own literacy or reading group!

Today's Highlighted Videos

Click here to watch "Literacy, Bollywood Style"
Sample Bollywood song from TV in India with subtitles of lyrics to promote literacy.
43 sec


Click here to watch "Motivating reading in your school (Reading Connects)"
Develop literacy in your school - see how to motivate primary school children to read by building a whole school reading community. Avenue First School in Norwich (UK) was the Reading Connects primary school of the year because of its innovative approach to motivating children to read
5 min 12 sec


Click here to watch "Booktime - Pearson's flagship community programme"
A short film showing children and their families enjoying Booktime, from Pearson in association with Booktrust. Booktime promotes reading for pleasure, giving thousands of children across the UK the gift of a book pack when they start school.
4 min 54 sec


New videos appearing on the Google Video Movers & Shakers list for October 5, 2006:

2 (US). Click here to watch "South park parody on World of warcraft"
A scene from south park mixed into WoW
1 min 1 sec


28 (CL). Click here to watch "27 Foot Shark, a Whale Shark!"
The largest fish in the sea eats some of the smallest creatures, plankton. See a whale shark feeding along the surface and from underwater.
45 sec


34 (US). Click here to watch "Dane Cook - Vicious Circle 3"
Cheater segment from Dane Cook's Vicious Circle
11 min 55 sec


Disclaimer: The following video was not on the Movers & Shakers list, but I'm sharing it with you anyway because it made me laugh. He's my hero of the day!

Click here to watch "kung fu Tai chi demo #8b"
basic training & exercise, kung fu martial arts self defense Tai chi Shaolin, with music by Boy George
1 min 21 sec

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Highlight: Lost Preview

Wait no longer "Lost" fans...

Today's Highlighted Video



Click here to watch "Lost - Premieres 10/4 at 9PM"
The New Season Begins 10/4 at 9PM
1 min 1 sec


Yesterday we launched the Google Horror Video Show asking for your help to find the scariest videos on Google Video in honor of Halloween. Some of you have already emailed us (horrorvideos@google.com) your favorite Horror videos and we're just giddy with goosebumps! We featured some of our favorites today:

Click here to watch "funny but a bit scary"
We've all been in that situation where it's just too perfect not to prank a friend. Hilarious though it may be, sometimes it takes a little while for the prankee to see the humor in the situation… (Google Horror Video Show submission)
9 sec


Click here to watch "Death is comming for you - Funny gag"
Death, you never know where he's lurking... (Google Horror Video Show submission)
44 sec


These are great, but we still need your submissions and your eye for horror! Don't be scared to show us the most frightening thing you've seen on Google Video and we'll feature it here. Wanna make your own horrifying clips? Even better! Just upload your videos here and send the link to us at horrorvideos@google.com.


New videos appearing on the Google Video Top 100 list in Poland for October 4, 2006:

3 (PL). Click here to watch "Drumming whiz kid, seven years old, best drummer ive ever seen period"
this kid has the speed of any drummer twice his his age
3 min 19 sec


25 (PL). Click here to watch "Hamster Wheel Gone Wrong"
Don't run too quickly…
9 sec


38 (PL). Click here to watch "Beatboxen Bush"
So, you wanna learn how to beatbox? GWB is back with another amazing performance. Surprisingly he is actually very good.
53 sec

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Introducing the Google Horror Video Show!


Today we're introducing the Google Horror Video Show! In honor of a very scary holiday that's just around the corner, we want you to help us find the most horrifying video on Google Video. It could be the type of frightening that makes us laugh-out-loud or the type of scary that makes goosebumps dance around on our skin.

Here are the instructions if you'd like to participate in the Google Horror Video Show:

1. Visit Google Video and search for the best horror video under 2 minutes.*

2. Use the "Send to a friend" feature and email the video to us at horrorvideos@google.com by Friday, October 13th. Nominate as many videos as you want!

3. We'll link to the submissions through the Google Video Blog starting October 16th.

4. Vote for your favorite by rating each video!

5. On Halloween, we'll announce the most popular Horror videos on Google Video chosen by you - the audience!

* Not satisfied with what you find? Think you can make a more frightening flick? Upload your original videos here and send the link to us at horrorvideos@google.com. Nominate your own video and see what happens!

And just to get you started... here are our picks:

Click here to watch "Ghost Car"
This is a car advertisement from New Zealand. When they finished filming the ad, the people who made it noticed a ghostly white mist moving along the side of the car, and an eerie sound... you may need to turn the volume up, enough to hear it. The ad was never put on TV because of the unexplained ghostly phenomenon. About halfway, as the car goes past the trees, look and you will see the white mist crossing in front of the car then following it along the road......Spooky
16 sec


Click here to watch "GPS THE MOVIE - Suspense/Thriller"
This is a trailer to our independent feature film "GPS." It's a fun suspense/thriller!
2 min 1 sec


Exclusive: Miss World

Warsaw, Poland was inundated with the most beautiful women in the world Saturday, September 30th for the 2006 Miss World competition.

Known as Britain's most successful international television show, the Miss World competition is one of the country's biggest generators of money for children's charities.

If you missed the women, catch up with everything from "Contestant Profiles" to the "Beachwear Show" here on Google Video.

Today's Highlighted Video

Click here to watch "Vote for me Asia Pacific"
All eyes turned to the beautiful city of Warsaw in Poland as the planets most beautiful girls gathered to contest the 2006 Miss World competition.
2 min 9 sec

New videos appearing on the Google Video Movers & Shakers list for October 2, 2006:



5 (US). Click here to watch "The Ultimate Car Wash"
Paul Dolton - The Worlds Best Car Cleaner
5 min 16 sec


8 (US). Click here to watch "MR. Olympia 1998-2006"
Roni Coleman
5 min 0 sec

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