CNN continued beefing up its digital team this week, hiring 5 new staffers for breaking news and political coverage. The network’s digital team hired Gregg Birnbaum over from the New York Daily News as senior editor for CNN Money; Tanzina Vega from the New York Times as a digital correspondent; Karl de Vries from from Fox News as breaking news editor; Teddy Schleifer from the Houston Chronicle to report on money and politics and Alex Lee as associate producer. The hires come after the network snagged veteran Washington Post political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson last week to join as digital’s senior political.
- 3/27/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Post gets a whopping 1.5 million views on YouTube
At least one of Delaware’s finest knows how to shake off the stress of the job.
While reviewing dashcam footage, the Dover Police Department in Delaware found a video of one of their own jamming to Taylor Swift‘s “Shake It Off.”
A patrol car dashcam caught the 20-year veteran of the force lip-syncing to Taylor Swift‘s song with gusto.
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The Dover Police Department was so amused, it posted the whole...
At least one of Delaware’s finest knows how to shake off the stress of the job.
While reviewing dashcam footage, the Dover Police Department in Delaware found a video of one of their own jamming to Taylor Swift‘s “Shake It Off.”
A patrol car dashcam caught the 20-year veteran of the force lip-syncing to Taylor Swift‘s song with gusto.
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The Dover Police Department was so amused, it posted the whole...
- 1/17/2015
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
“Alex From Target” became an Internet sensation a week and a half ago and Hollywood already wants a piece of the action. He's not the first to experience insta-fame and he probably won't be the last. TheWrap explores the possible opportunities that await the teen and the pitfalls of sudden popularity. “This can open a lot of doors for him,” chairman and founder of Fifteen Minutes Public Relations, Howard Bragman, told TheWrap. “He could easily make six figures. Maybe more, depending on his success.” Also read: YouTube's 25 Biggest Stars (Photos) On Nov. 1, 16-year-old Alex Lee was just another young clerk at.
- 11/11/2014
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
He’s become the most famous Target employee since the meth-crazed “Target Lady,” and Alex Lee is enjoying his newfound notoriety.
The teen cashier paid a visit to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Tuesday (November 5) to discuss just what happened when some lovely ladies blasted his photo out over the internet and made him the latest viral sensation.
Alex explained, "My manager came up to me and she showed me the actual picture. I thought it was fake. About an hour later these random girls I've never met before came in and showed me my Twitter page and it had like 5,000 more followers and I was just really confused.”
Currently, Lee has gone from 144 followers to over 550,000, making him quite the big deal. Ellen asked, "Do you feel now obligated that you have to tweet things out like you're a big celebrity?"
Alex replied, "Oh, my God...I just feel so pressured.
The teen cashier paid a visit to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Tuesday (November 5) to discuss just what happened when some lovely ladies blasted his photo out over the internet and made him the latest viral sensation.
Alex explained, "My manager came up to me and she showed me the actual picture. I thought it was fake. About an hour later these random girls I've never met before came in and showed me my Twitter page and it had like 5,000 more followers and I was just really confused.”
Currently, Lee has gone from 144 followers to over 550,000, making him quite the big deal. Ellen asked, "Do you feel now obligated that you have to tweet things out like you're a big celebrity?"
Alex replied, "Oh, my God...I just feel so pressured.
- 11/5/2014
- GossipCenter
Alex from Target is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame, but he may have a marketing firm to thank for it all.
Alex from Target is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame, but he may have a Los Angeles-based start-up marketing firm to thank for it all.
Calling it "one of the most amazing social media experiments ever," Dil-Domine Jacobe Leonares, the CEO of Breakr, claimed his company was behind getting the hashtag #AlexFromTarget tweeted 1.5 million times within the past two days. "We wanted to see how powerful the fangirl demographic was by taking an unknown good-looking kid and Target employee from Texas to overnight viral internet sensation," Leonares wrote in a LinkedIn post.
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According to the company's website, Breakr aims to "connect fans to their fandom."
Target, however, had nothing to do with the social networking test, saying in a statement to USA Today, "The Target...
Alex from Target is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame, but he may have a Los Angeles-based start-up marketing firm to thank for it all.
Calling it "one of the most amazing social media experiments ever," Dil-Domine Jacobe Leonares, the CEO of Breakr, claimed his company was behind getting the hashtag #AlexFromTarget tweeted 1.5 million times within the past two days. "We wanted to see how powerful the fangirl demographic was by taking an unknown good-looking kid and Target employee from Texas to overnight viral internet sensation," Leonares wrote in a LinkedIn post.
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According to the company's website, Breakr aims to "connect fans to their fandom."
Target, however, had nothing to do with the social networking test, saying in a statement to USA Today, "The Target...
- 11/5/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Alex Lee—aka #AlexFromTarget—is making the most of his 15 minutes of fame. "#AlexFromTarget" has been tweeted more than 1. 5 million times since Sunday. The teenage cashier stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday, days after he unwittingly became an Internet meme. "My manager came up to me and she showed me the actual picture," he said. "I thought it was fake." According to Lee, "About an hour later these random girls I've never met before came in and showed me my Twitter page and it had like 5,000 more followers and I was just really confused." Lee originally had 144 followers, but when the episode taped Tuesday, he said he'd amassed "about...
- 11/5/2014
- E! Online
Alex Lee, now also known as #AlexFromTarget, became an overnight internet sensation after a photo of him bagging goods at Target went viral.The 16-year-old Target employee makes his TV debut on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Wednesday, where he talks about how his life has changed in the past two days. "How did you find out about this?" the talk show host asks. "My manager came up to me and she showed me the actual picture. I thought it was fake," Alex replies."About an hour later, these random girls I’ve never met before came in and showed me my twitter page and it had like 5,000 more followers and I was just really confused," he continues. The teen went from having 144 followers on Twitter to over 550,000 in 48 hours! When Ellen asks him if he has any hidden talents, Alex smiles and says, "I mean I can apparently bag groceries pretty well.
- 11/5/2014
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Alex Lee, better known as ‘Alex From Target,’ appeared on The Ellen Show, where he spoke with Ellen DeGeneres about his shocking Internet fame.
‘Alex From Target’ became famous overnight when a girl took a photo of the 16-year-old Target employee and shared it on Twitter with the hashtag ‘#AlexFromTarget.’ The hashtag quickly took off, becoming a Worldwide Trending Topic and inspiring a number of Internet memes.
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‘Alex From Target’ became famous overnight when a girl took a photo of the 16-year-old Target employee and shared it on Twitter with the hashtag ‘#AlexFromTarget.’ The hashtag quickly took off, becoming a Worldwide Trending Topic and inspiring a number of Internet memes.
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- 11/5/2014
- Uinterview
Film Auckland chairman Alex Lee has confirmed that the upcoming big budget martial arts feature, The Green Destiny -- the prequel to Ang Lee's Hong Kong hit, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- will shoot in New Zealand, ending a quiet period for international feature productions there. Lee told Radio New Zealand that the green light for the film, with star Michelle Yeoh reprising her role as warrior Yu Shu Lien and Donnie Yen starring as Silent Wolf, was made possible by recent changes to the country’s Large Budget Screen Production Grant subsidy, which now allows major productions to claim back up to
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- 4/23/2014
- by Pip Bulbeck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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