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Tumblr, Reddit Founders Dish on Facebook IPO (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.21.2012

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Tumblr CEO and founder David Karp and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian -- both 20-something web pioneers -- chatted with me about disrupting traditional media and Facebook IPO during their stop.

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Meet The 25-year Old Who Raised Over 8 million on Kickstarter

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Pebble, Campaign, Eric Migicovsky, What's Trending, Kickstarter, Pebble Kickstarter, Pebble Founder Eric Migicovsky, Video, Technology News
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According to Eric Migicovsky, Pebble, which has raised nearly 9 million dollars and counting, is THE watch of the 21st century, allowing it to connect to your iPhone as well as download different apps and watch interfaces.

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Sir Richard Branson Actually Is the Most Interesting Man In The World (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.05.2012

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Richard Branson answered our viewer questions and spoke about social media, entrepreneurship, Virgin Galactic, his 10-year prediction, and the importance of making a difference in other peoples' lives.

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Daniel Bedingfield Performs New Single "Don't Write Me Off" Live on What's Trending

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.26.2012

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Shira Lazar

Daniel Bedingfield is back! The British singer-songwriter, who also happens to be Natasha Bedingfield's brother (music runs in the family), has ditched the labels and crowd sourced funding from his fans for his new album.

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How Office Star Rainn Wilson Is Bringing Soul to YouTube

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Interactive, Video, Soul, Samsung, Soulpancake, Youtube, Shira Lazar, Sxsw, Rainn Wilson, What's Trending, Entertainment News
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Rainn Wilson, the star of the NBC comedy The Office and creator of Soul Pancake, sat down with me at SXSW to talk about how he's built his passion project SoulPancake.com into a real business with soul.

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Steve Wozniak in Line for iPad 3 at Apple Store in Los Angeles (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.20.2012

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It has become a tradition to find Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak waiting first in line for the next big Apple product.

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Margaret Cho Opens Up About Karl Lagerfeld and Weight Issues (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Margaret Cho, Video, Adele, Fat, Karl Lagerfeld, Weight, Shira Lazar, Interview, What's Trending, Entertainment News
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2012-02-17-Screenshot20120217at11.45.02AM.png Lagerfeld called Adele "a little fat," and made headlines elsewhere for his offensive remarks. Why did she get so fired up about his comments?

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Digerati Give Their Take on "What's Trending" at CES 2012

Shira Lazar | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Ces, Tech, Veronica Belmont, Las Vegas, Eliza Dushku, Robert Scoble, Shira Lazar, What's Trending, Consumer Electronics Show, 2012, Ijustine, Video, Technology News
Shira Lazar

The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas is in its final leg. The hashtags #CES and #CES2012 have been used in over 60,000 tweets each day. So what news do you need to know and what is next for the world of tech?

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Perez Hilton: "My New Motto Is To Be Sassy Not Nasty"

Shira Lazar | Posted 02.08.2012

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Perez Hilton is one of the most well-known gossip and pop culture bloggers in the world. He stopped by the What's Trending studio to talk about his motto, his work ethic and his goals for 2012.

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(VIDEO) UC Davis' Nathan Brown: We Must Rethink How We Approach Civil Disobedience

Shira Lazar | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: White House, Nathan Brown, Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, Shira Lazar, UC Davis, What's Trending, College News
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Controversy over police officers pepper-spraying students during a peaceful tuition hike protest at UC Davis took over the Internet last week. After ...

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Adam Carolla on New App, Turning Down Multi-Million Dollar Radio Deal for Podcasting

Shira Lazar | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Podcasting, App, Aceman, Adam Carolla, Podcast, Radio, What's Trending, The Adam Carolla Podcast, Adam Carolla Podcast, The Adam Carolla Show, Media News
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In this influencer segment Adam stopped by the studio to tell us about the next thing he's going to conquer... apps.

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Wilmer Valderrama Launches Kickstarter Campaign for 7-year-old Skateboarder

Shira Lazar | Posted 12.21.2011

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Common on White House Controversy: It Was the Highest and Lowest Moment of My Life

Shira Lazar | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Kanye West, Shira Lazar, Common, The White House, Erykah Badu, What's Trending, Shiralazar, Entertainment News
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From his new book One Day It Will All Make Sense to his reaction to all the bad press around his White House invite, the "influencer" candidly spoke to me about his spin on things.

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Get to Know Kanye West's Protege: Big Sean

Shira Lazar | Posted 11.08.2011

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Shira Lazar

Big Sean's uptempo track "Marvin and Chardonnay" has been screaming for a music video to accompany it since Sean's debut solo album Finally Famous first dropped.

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Want to Know What Mark Cuban Is Investing in Next? Personalized Medicine (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Cbsnews, Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, Shiralazar, Hdnet, Youtube, Dodgers, CBS News, Shira Lazar, Cbs, What's Trending, Business News
Shira Lazar

Entrepreneur and Dallas Maverick's owner Mark Cuban visited the What's Trending Live set on the tenth anniversary of HDNet, his television network, to look back on the company and talk about the choices he's made.

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The 2012 Presidential Race According to Social Media

Shira Lazar | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Gingrich, Social Media, Politics, Shira Lazar, Shiralazar, Whatstrending, What's Trending, Elections 2012, Politics News
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2011-08-31-Screenshot20110830at10.41.04PM.jpg When it comes to politics, big numbers online don't mean that much.

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Morgan Spurlock: "Ultimately I Think It's Just Going to Be One Tube... Everything's Converging"

Shira Lazar | Posted 10.17.2011

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Shira Lazar

Oscar nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, best known for his documentaries Super Size Me and The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, is launching his new web series "A Day in the Life" on Hulu.com.

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Will.i.am: "There Should Be Science Programs in Every School"

Shira Lazar | Posted 10.10.2011

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Seven-time Grammy award winner Will.i.am believes in the importance of science in America. He thinks it's time that our schools start focusing on the basic building block of technology.

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How the #FuckYouWashington Twitter Movement Began: Interview With Jeff Jarvis

Shira Lazar | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: #Fuckyouwashington, Jeff Jarvis, Shira Lazar, What's Trending, Twitter Politics, Twitter Jarvis, Twitter Jeff Jarvis, Technology News
Shira Lazar

What first began as anger over the debt ceiling negotiations became something much more as tens of thousands of tweets flooded the social stream taking aim at the overall political process.

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Comic Con Preview: Stan Lee on How SDCC Has Evolved

Shira Lazar | Posted 09.20.2011

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Shira Lazar

For those who have been to San Diego Comic Con, you know it's a grueling five day marathon of attending panels, waiting in line and splurging your cash on that latest convention collectable PVC figurine.

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Mugglenet Founder: Harry Potter Is a "Gateway Drug for Reading"

Shira Lazar | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Mugglenet, CBSNews.Com, Cbsnews, Shira Lazar, Emerson Spartz, Shiralazar, What's Trending, Hp Fans, Mugglenet. Mugglenet Hp7, Fan Sites Harry Potter, HArry Potter Fan Sits, Entertainment News
Shira Lazar

Emerson Spartz, the creator of Mugglenet -- the most popular Harry Potter fansite around -- joined my show, What's Trending, this week to discuss the end of the Harry Potter era and what the future holds for Potter fans around the world.

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Incubus Innovates Album Release With Digital Headquarters

Shira Lazar | Posted 09.07.2011

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Shira Lazar

I recently caught up with Incubus to discuss their new album and how they're using a mix of online tools to bring their creativity and engagement with fans to another level.

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Weird Al Yankovic: "Twitter and YouTube Basically Saved My Album"

Shira Lazar | Posted 09.01.2011

Read More: Lady GaGa, CBSNews.Com, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Cbsnews, Shira Lazar, What's Trending, Shiralazar, Al' Yankovic Lady Gaga Parody, Gaga Parody, Video, Entertainment News
Shira Lazar

This week, I spoke to "Weird Al" Yankovic, who made waves this week with his Lady Gaga spoof, "Perform This Way." The single is off of his long-delayed album, Alpocolypse.

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3D Fatigue? Avatar Producer Jon Landau Says This Is Only the Beginning

Shira Lazar | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Richard Greenfield, CBSNews.Com, James Cameron, Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Shiralazar, Jon Landau, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, CBS News, Captain America, Shira Lazar, Cars 2, 2d, 3d, What's Trending Cbs, 3d Fatigue, Avatar 3d, Whats Trending, Video, Entertainment News
Shira Lazar

If you're sick of high movie prices due to 3D movies, sorry, it's only going to get worse. During our Real Time Conversation on the What's Trending live show, Avatar producer Jon Landau said that 3D isn't over: It's just beginning.

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CBS Joins the Curation Trend

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Curation Nation, magnify.net, Cbs, Shira Lazar, Steven Rosenbaum, What's Trending, Technology News
Steve Rosenbaum

If CBS is paying attention -- there's lots of good learning for the CBS Early Show and CBS Evening News in what they're doing with Lazar and Co. over at Now Trending.

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