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SNEAK PEEK: Jennifer Beals Ups the Intensity for New Season of Lauren

Jennifer Beals Takes on Sexual Assault in the Military in Web Series Lauren

Originally posted 04/18/2013 08:40AM

Troian Bellisario and Jennifer Beals are taking on a very serious issue: sexual assault in the military.

In the second season of Lauren, a series created by WIGS – the no. 1 channel on YouTube for scripted drama – Bellisario plays Lauren, a soldier who reports a sexual assault.

And as Beals's iconic film Flashdance celebrates it's 30th anniversary, she takes on a very different role as Major Jo Stone, who plays opposite Bellisario.

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Downton Abbey Cast Covers One Direction's 'What Makes You Beautiful'

Originally posted 02/20/2013 09:45AM

You don't know you're beautiful, Downton Abbey. But comedian Richard Sandling does!

Sandling is the brains behind a video mashup of the Crawley crew performing One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful." Using footage from seasons 1 through 3 (and both Christmas specials), cast members of Downton lend their dramatic dialogue to the hit song.

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VIDEO: Meet Fred – YouTube's Newest Star

Originally posted 11/23/2008 12:30PM

YouTube's newest star is Fred Figglehorn, a lonely, speedy-voiced 6-year-old with anger-management issues.

Fred is played by 15-year-old Lucas Cruikshank, a high school freshman from Nebraska whose web-based comedy series recently earned the distinction of being YouTube's Most Subscribed Channel of all time, with more than 650,000 viewers signed up.

Cruikshank created his Fred character two years ago as a way to parody video bloggers who create self-important videos about their lives.

"I just wanted to make a video for Halloween, so I created Fred and sped up the voice," Cruikshank tells PEOPLE. He often looks to the youngest of his seven siblings for inspiration. "I have little brothers and sisters and know how funny they can be."