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Q&A With Douglas Reinhardt, Creator of "F**k Yeah! Ryan Gosling"

Added Jan 04, 2012 at 02:11PM EST by amanda b..

In 2008, Douglas Reinhardt created the single-topic Tumblr “F**k Yeah! Ryan Gosling,” captioning photos of the actor with the flirtatious line “Hey girl.” By December 2011, dozens of spinoff blogs were created using the same trope. We spoke with Reinhardt to get his take on the Gosling craze.

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Q&A With Nate Dern, "Huh?" Guy

Added Nov 14, 2011 at 01:53PM EST by amanda b..

We recently spoke with Nate Dern, who became a Reddit hero for his single line in an AT&T commercial. He told us about his reaction to all the upvotes and becoming a rage face.

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Q&A with Ned Hepburn (Origin of F Yeah Tumblrs)

Added May 02, 2011 at 02:42AM EDT by Chris Menning.

If you use Tumblr to any extent, you’re no doubt aware of the large number of blog subdomains that begin with “F Yeah.”

I caught up with Ned Hepburn, the creator of the very first “F**k Yea Shark” to see if we could pinpoint why it has become such a success.

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Amber Lamps' Identity Revealed!1

Added Apr 01, 2011 at 11:59AM EDT by Brad.

EXCLUSIVE: When 24 year old art school student Nicole Page boarded the AC Transit bus on February 15th, 2010, she didn’t know what she was getting herself into. For over a year, she…

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Q&A with Magibon

Added Feb 22, 2011 at 01:05PM EST by AJ Mazur.

Recently, we had a chance to catch up with Magibon to find out what the big-eyed YouTube sweetheart has been up to since moving to Japan. …And yeup, still loves staring at camera.

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