OK Go's "Here It Goes Again" was named most creative video at the inaugural YouTube Video Awards. "As a Ninja" topped "Ask a Gay Man," "Chad Vader" and Lonelygirl15 in the best series contest.... Time Inc. has folded the Sunday supplement Life Magazine perhaps because it doesn't boast a completely genuine "Personality Parade"-type column?.... Out on DVD today: Children of Men.... William Panzer, a producer on the Highlander franchise and more than 20 other films, died of an aneurysm on March 18. He was 64.
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Score the cheerleader, score in the ratings? Hayden Panettiere (aka Heroes' Claire) will join host Carson Daly live in Times Square for NBC's New Year's Eve special. Also added to the star-studded countdown: rockers Tommy Lee and Dave Navarro will report from Las Vegas, along with the band OK Go (minus the treadmills, I will assume).
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1. The Amazing Race has officially gone global. Many foreign networks broadcast the CBS hit. But so far only the Singapore-based AXN has put its own teams on the road with The Amazing Race: Asia.
2. John Krasinski is cool with being "OK." At a recent DVD signing, The Office's Jim smiled graciously when fans shouted, "You're hot!" But he really got a kick out of the girl who screamed, "You're OK!"
3. Jason Lee pops a mean "ollie." The My Name Is Earl star's pro skateboarding days roll on in YouTuber-posted videos showcasing his gravity-defying moves (and budding sideburns).
4. Tasers are the real reason Cops is still on the air.
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