Taryn Southern http://www.taryn-southern.com/blog The Adventures of a Webutante Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:48:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en YouTube Video Rental Program – Friend or Foe? YouTube Rentals 540x280 YouTube Video Rental Program Friend or Foe?I just received my invitation to join YouTube’s Video Rental program, which allows content creators to offer videos to users at various price points (from .99 on up). Another step forward in the ongoing experiment to make web video profitable,…

]]> http://www.taryn-southern.com/blog/2010/03/youtube-video-rental-program-friend-or-foe/ Why I Dig Power Chicks in Hollywood I’ve been hesitant to write a blog on this topic, mostly because I don’t want to come off sounding like some whiny, ungrateful, bra-burning feminist in Hollywood.

BUT…

When the article about Barret Swatek and I came out in Script…

]]> http://www.taryn-southern.com/blog/2010/02/why-i-dig-power-chicks-in-hollywood/ Web Innovators In the craziness of the new year, I completely forgot to post this article that Script Magazine ran last month on myself and actress/writer Barrett Swatnek. I’ve been an avid reader of Script since I started writing in LA, and…

]]> http://www.taryn-southern.com/blog/2010/02/web-innovators-article/ A Hamster To Brighten Up Your Day This is Bart, my roommate. He’s got quite the set of pipes! Last night he was belting Barbara Streisand tunes to his raisin.

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Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.taryn-southern.com/blog/2010/02/a-hamster-to-brighten-up-your-day/ Happy Valentines Day! I love Valentines Day.  Regardless of my relationship status on any given year, the Day of Love has always provided me with the perfect excuse to send people cutesy puppy/kitty cards, pink cupcakes, and chocolate hearts. Basically all the stuff…

]]> http://www.taryn-southern.com/blog/2010/02/happy-valentines-day/ Want A Role In My Movie? For those of you who watched my live chat last night on UStream, I announced that I’m looking for a few extra roles to fill for the movie I shot in January. Except I don’t want “actors.” I want YOU.…

]]> http://www.taryn-southern.com/blog/2010/02/the-search-for-katie/ The Search for Katie An open letter to my blog readers:

Eight months ago, my friend Liz received an email from her sister Katie, to the effect of: “I need your help. Some advice. Can we meet later tonight?” Liz immediately responded and made…

]]> http://www.taryn-southern.com/blog/2010/02/the-search-for-katie-2/ Valentine’s Day Cupcake Contest Hey everybody! In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I’m having a little contest – winner takes home a dozen Valentines Day special cupcakes from Crumbs Bakeshop! Only catch: you have to be based in LA, or know someone based…

]]> http://www.taryn-southern.com/blog/2010/02/valentines-day-cupcake-contest/ Fan Mail/Autograph Requests Lately, a lot of people on my live chat show have asked how they can get an autographed photo or send me letters.

Well, I finally got a PO Box!  Send to:

C/O Taryn Southern

PO BOX 480441

Los Angeles,…

]]> http://www.taryn-southern.com/blog/2010/02/fan-mailautograph-requests/ Typical Messages from Fans and “Anti-Fans” Today I was going through some of my youtube messages (I do sift through them all…eventually!) and thought these three messages were funny because they  were in this order, and are fit the 3 categories of typical messages I receive…

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