Venetian Princess
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Jodie Rivera also known as, VenetianPrincess, is a YouTube
Internet personality who became known worldwide in 2006. She was #1 most subscribed female in the world from February 2008 - August 2010 when her channel became a corporate franchise. Rivera is of Swedish and Italian ancestry, and grew up in Brockton, MA. Her videos are usually parodies of songs and events in pop culture. She has over 1,000,000 subscribers, and has had over 350 million video views. She gained notoriety in 2006 after being featured on the front page of YouTube, and then in 2007 was one of the first people invited into YouTube's revenue sharing program. In December 2008, Samsung
announced that her music video for her original song "Somewhere Else" is the pre-installed video on all Samsung Behold
cell phones. PC World Magazine named her "7 Things Guys Don't Have To Do" music video one of the top 10 viral videos of 2008.
as a coloratura soprano
at the New England Conservatory of Music
, in Boston
, Massachusetts
. She has since performed in several professional U.S. stage productions, including the touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber
's The Phantom of the Opera
in which she played Christine Daaé
.
Her official biography
lists her background in modeling, including her most recent title of Miss Massachusetts State Queen.
s.
She shoots her videos in her bedroom closet in front of a green screen
with no help with filming or post-production. She uses Final Cut Pro
to edit her videos, on a Mac Pro
, using Chroma Key
for her videos, to create different settings. She cites Tim Burton
and Terry Gilliam
as favorite directors.
Her YouTube channel now primarily consists of assorted comedic skits, original music video parodies, and a murder mystery series called Cirque de Mystère, which takes place in a traveling circus of the early 1940s
.
On July 9, 2008, VenetianPrincess made a spoof of Miley Cyrus' 7 Things video. The original song was "7 Things"; her version covered the 7 things (and more) guys don't have to do, that females do. The video received 3 million views within its first month of being posted. It has since been favorited more than 160,000 times- making it one of the top favorited of all videos on YouTube.
It is one of the most discussed videos of all time with over 120,000 comments. The video has received over 22 million views, and was one of the top 10 most viewed videos of 2008.
VenetianPrincess' "I Kissed A Girl" Elderly Remix Parody has received over 32 million hits (several million more views than the actual music video posted by Katy Perry's record label, Capital Records) and was played on BBC radio on October 26, 2008.
Other notable video
s include her "Womanizer" parody, featuring other YouTube celebrities playing nerds such as nigahiga
, Dave Days and Tay Zonday
. It has been viewed over 37 million times. Another one is the "Outer Space" parody of Lady Gaga
's "Poker Face" featuring Lady Gaga as an extraterrestrial
, with over 47 million views. She also has created a parody of E.T. made famous by Katy Perry including quotes from actor Charlie Sheen.
She has released an album Video Girl through DFTBA Records, which contained numerous parodies, including the ones seen in her videos and new ones. Another notable video is a collaboration with makemebad35 on the video "Drunken Genie" (known as "My Pretty Genie on makemebad35's channel), in which she plays a genie trapped in a bottle.
coverage for her videos, with appearances on Fox News, Boston, Fox News Milwaukee, and ABC News
Boston. She was interviewed on Massachusetts radio station
JAMN 94.5, and a two-page article was also written about her in the Boston Herald
on June 18, 2007. A segment about her videos was presented by Bill Weir on ABC's first episode of television series I-Caught
, airing on August 7, 2007.
On February 10, 2008, an article about VenetianPrincess was featured in the Boston Globe. On February 11, 2008, another large article was printed in the Brockton Enterprise.
In April 2008, VenetianPrincess' "Hillary, Be My Best Friend" parody video went viral with over 800,000 views in just over 2 days. The video received press coverage from CNN, FOX News, NBC News
, The Washington Post
, VH1.com, and Hotair.com.
In July 2008, VenetianPrincess and MakeMeBad35's video collaboration of "Drunken Genie" (as titled on VenetianPrincess' channel) and "My Pretty Genie" (as titled on MakeMeBad35's channel) got an Epic Fail on Attack of the Show on G4
. The hosts on the show have also chosen VenetianPrincess one of the top hottest women of the web for three consecutive weeks.
In February 2009, VenetianPrincess made a video about Nadya Suleman
titled "Octo-Mom Song." The video was mentioned in several national magazines and newspapers including the LA Times, USA Today
, Radar Online, Trendhunter Magazine, Entrevue Magazine, And Don't Miss Magazine.
She has also made parodies about the Jonas Brothers.
On August 10, 2009 VenetianPrincess' Transformers 2 Parody was shown on MTV
on the It's On with Alexa Chung
Show. Alexa Chung
commented "Megan Fox's acting was amazing in that video", referring to VP's portrayal of Megan Fox
.
, Universal Pictures
, ABC
, and other major brands.
In December 2010, it was reported that she earns an estimated $1.5 million a year from her promotions, public appearances, and brand endorsements outside of YouTube.
Jodie is also written about in another recently nationally published book (11/10/10) Beyond Viral by Kevin H. Nalty.
Jodie was also featured in a spread in India's top English-printed magazine, DNA Magazine (9/13/09).
She has also been profiled in several celebrity magazines overseas including France's Premier Magazine and Israel's "Teen Magazine."
"When I created my YouTube account back in 2006, culture and mystique, from its colorful venetian masks to its gondolas. I thought it would make for a good video setting. The princess part was my paying homage to my idol, the late Princess Diana. I’m also a Disney fan, so it has two meanings to me."
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
Internet personality who became known worldwide in 2006. She was #1 most subscribed female in the world from February 2008 - August 2010 when her channel became a corporate franchise. Rivera is of Swedish and Italian ancestry, and grew up in Brockton, MA. Her videos are usually parodies of songs and events in pop culture. She has over 1,000,000 subscribers, and has had over 350 million video views. She gained notoriety in 2006 after being featured on the front page of YouTube, and then in 2007 was one of the first people invited into YouTube's revenue sharing program. In December 2008, Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
announced that her music video for her original song "Somewhere Else" is the pre-installed video on all Samsung Behold
Samsung Behold
The Samsung Behold SGH-T919 is a touch-screen, 3G candybar style mobile phone introduced by Samsung late in the year of 2008. The Behold is among one of the first Samsung mobile phones released to be touch-screen along with the Samsung Omnia, the Samsung Instinct, the Samsung Eternity, and the...
cell phones. PC World Magazine named her "7 Things Guys Don't Have To Do" music video one of the top 10 viral videos of 2008.
Background
She studied operaOpera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
as a coloratura soprano
Coloratura soprano
A coloratura soprano is a type of operatic soprano who specializes in music that is distinguished by agile runs and leaps. The term coloratura refers to the elaborate ornamentation of a melody, which is a typical component of the music written for this voice...
at the New England Conservatory of Music
New England Conservatory of Music
The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, is the oldest independent school of music in the United States.The conservatory is home each year to 750 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies along with 1400 more in its Preparatory School as well as the School of...
, in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. She has since performed in several professional U.S. stage productions, including the touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
's The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...
in which she played Christine Daaé
Christine Daaé
Christine Daaé is the main female character in Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera , the young singer with whom the main character Erik, the Phantom of the Opera falls in love.- Character history :...
.
Her official biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
lists her background in modeling, including her most recent title of Miss Massachusetts State Queen.
Videos
She became popular for her episodic series The Princess Chronicles (formerly known as "The Disclosed Series"). The series was known for its elaborate editing and visual effects. Episodes 1 - 8 keep the title of "Disclosed," as those installments disclose the story of the princess's life in her Venetian palace. The Princess Chronicles begin at Episode 9 and start the story of her adventures around the world. Each episode introduces new magical and eccentric characters, all played by herself disguised in elaborate costumeCostume
The term costume can refer to wardrobe and dress in general, or to the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period. Costume may also refer to the artistic arrangement of accessories in a picture, statue, poem, or play, appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances...
s.
She shoots her videos in her bedroom closet in front of a green screen
Green Screen
The Green Screen international wildlife film festival is held annually in Eckernförde, Germany. The festival shows full-length and short nature documentaries about animals in their natural habitat. It is the only festival of its kind in Germany...
with no help with filming or post-production. She uses Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro is a non-linear video editing software developed by Macromedia Inc. and then Apple Inc. The most recent version, Final Cut Pro X, runs on Mac personal computers powered by Mac OS X version 10.6.7 or later and using Intel processors...
to edit her videos, on a Mac Pro
Mac Pro
The Mac Pro is a workstation computer manufactured by Apple Inc. The machines are based on Xeon microprocessors, but are similar to the Power Mac G5 they replaced in terms of outward appearance and expansion capabilities...
, using Chroma Key
Chroma key
Chroma key compositing is a technique for compositing two images together. A color range in the top layer is made transparent, revealing another image behind. The chroma keying technique is commonly used in video production and post-production...
for her videos, to create different settings. She cites Tim Burton
Tim Burton
Timothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...
and Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys...
as favorite directors.
Her YouTube channel now primarily consists of assorted comedic skits, original music video parodies, and a murder mystery series called Cirque de Mystère, which takes place in a traveling circus of the early 1940s
1940s
File:1940s decade montage.png|Above title bar: events which happened during World War II : From left to right: Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching "Omaha" Beach on "D-Day"; Adolf Hitler visits Paris, soon after the Battle of France; The Holocaust occurred during the war as Nazi Germany...
.
On July 9, 2008, VenetianPrincess made a spoof of Miley Cyrus' 7 Things video. The original song was "7 Things"; her version covered the 7 things (and more) guys don't have to do, that females do. The video received 3 million views within its first month of being posted. It has since been favorited more than 160,000 times- making it one of the top favorited of all videos on YouTube.
It is one of the most discussed videos of all time with over 120,000 comments. The video has received over 22 million views, and was one of the top 10 most viewed videos of 2008.
VenetianPrincess' "I Kissed A Girl" Elderly Remix Parody has received over 32 million hits (several million more views than the actual music video posted by Katy Perry's record label, Capital Records) and was played on BBC radio on October 26, 2008.
Other notable video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
s include her "Womanizer" parody, featuring other YouTube celebrities playing nerds such as nigahiga
Nigahiga
Nigahiga is a popular YouTube channel created by Japanese-American Ryan Higa . Since relocating to Las Vegas to study filmmaking at UNLV, Higa's videos are either solo efforts or videos with other people such as KevJumba. They are known for their YouTube comedy videos, which have been viewed over...
, Dave Days and Tay Zonday
Tay Zonday
Adam Nyerere Bahner , better known by the pseudonym Tay Zonday, is an American musician, YouTube personality and voice actor. He is well known by listeners for his deep baritone voice whilst singing. He garnered mainstream exposure when his song "Chocolate Rain", and accompanying video on YouTube,...
. It has been viewed over 37 million times. Another one is the "Outer Space" parody of Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
's "Poker Face" featuring Lady Gaga as an extraterrestrial
Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
, with over 47 million views. She also has created a parody of E.T. made famous by Katy Perry including quotes from actor Charlie Sheen.
She has released an album Video Girl through DFTBA Records, which contained numerous parodies, including the ones seen in her videos and new ones. Another notable video is a collaboration with makemebad35 on the video "Drunken Genie" (known as "My Pretty Genie on makemebad35's channel), in which she plays a genie trapped in a bottle.
Press
In 2007, she received mediaNews media
The news media are those elements of the mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public.These include print media , broadcast news , and more recently the Internet .-Etymology:A medium is a carrier of something...
coverage for her videos, with appearances on Fox News, Boston, Fox News Milwaukee, and ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
Boston. She was interviewed on Massachusetts radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
JAMN 94.5, and a two-page article was also written about her in the Boston Herald
Boston Herald
The Boston Herald is a daily newspaper that serves Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and its surrounding area. It was started in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States...
on June 18, 2007. A segment about her videos was presented by Bill Weir on ABC's first episode of television series I-Caught
I-Caught
i-CAUGHT is an ABC News newsmagazine program hosted by Bill Weir which ran from August 7 to September 11, 2007 at 10:00 PM ET. Originally a midseason project, the series aired during the Summer and briefly aired in Australia on the Nine Network....
, airing on August 7, 2007.
On February 10, 2008, an article about VenetianPrincess was featured in the Boston Globe. On February 11, 2008, another large article was printed in the Brockton Enterprise.
In April 2008, VenetianPrincess' "Hillary, Be My Best Friend" parody video went viral with over 800,000 views in just over 2 days. The video received press coverage from CNN, FOX News, NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
, The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, VH1.com, and Hotair.com.
In July 2008, VenetianPrincess and MakeMeBad35's video collaboration of "Drunken Genie" (as titled on VenetianPrincess' channel) and "My Pretty Genie" (as titled on MakeMeBad35's channel) got an Epic Fail on Attack of the Show on G4
G4 (TV channel)
G4, also known as G4 TV, is an American cable- and satellite-television channel originally geared primarily toward young adult viewers, originally based on the world of video games...
. The hosts on the show have also chosen VenetianPrincess one of the top hottest women of the web for three consecutive weeks.
In February 2009, VenetianPrincess made a video about Nadya Suleman
Nadya Suleman
Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman , known as Octomom in the media, is an American woman who came to international attention when she gave birth to octuplets in January 2009. The Suleman octuplets are only the second full set of octuplets to be born alive in the United States...
titled "Octo-Mom Song." The video was mentioned in several national magazines and newspapers including the LA Times, USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
, Radar Online, Trendhunter Magazine, Entrevue Magazine, And Don't Miss Magazine.
She has also made parodies about the Jonas Brothers.
On August 10, 2009 VenetianPrincess' Transformers 2 Parody was shown on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
on the It's On with Alexa Chung
It's On with Alexa Chung
It's On with Alexa Chung was an American live interactive talk and variety program that aired weekdays on MTV from June 15 to December 17, 2009...
Show. Alexa Chung
Alexa Chung
Alexa Chung is an English television presenter, model and contributing editor at British Vogue.She currently hosts Gonzo with Alexa Chung for MTV UK, and is scheduled to host Thrift America for PBS in 2011...
commented "Megan Fox's acting was amazing in that video", referring to VP's portrayal of Megan Fox
Megan Fox
Megan Denise Fox is an American actress and model. She began her acting career in 2001 with several minor television and film roles, and played a regular role on Hope & Faith. In 2004, she launched her film career with a role in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen...
.
Acting career
As a child, Jodie appeared in the motion picture Hocus Pocus in 1993 as Emily Binx. She has since appeared in two episodes of HBO's web show Elevator: Drunk Dial and Telemarketer. She has also produced videos for MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
, ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
, and other major brands.
In December 2010, it was reported that she earns an estimated $1.5 million a year from her promotions, public appearances, and brand endorsements outside of YouTube.
Awards/Rank Achievements
- Samsung announced Jodie as the $10,000 winner of their National Talent Search "Juke Box Hero Contest". Her music video for her original song "Somewhere Else" is now the pre-installed video on all T-Mobile cell phones.
- In March 2008, G4TV named her one of the hottest women of the webWorld Wide WebThe World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
on two separate television segments.
- PC World Magazine named her "7 Things Guys Don't Have To Do" music video one of the top 10 viral videos of 2008.
- In April 2009, she won the title of Miss YouTube.
- In December 2009, YouTube named her "Outerspace" music video, one of the Most Memorable Videos of 2009.
- In December 2010, YouTube named her "Snooki Song" music video, one of the Most Memorable Videos of 2010.
Books
Jodie is written about in the nationwide published (8/10/09) book YouTube and Video Marketing An Hour A Day by Greg Jarboe.Jodie is also written about in another recently nationally published book (11/10/10) Beyond Viral by Kevin H. Nalty.
Magazines
Jodie was featured in a spread in Spain's largest magazine, El País Magazine (12/11/09).Jodie was also featured in a spread in India's top English-printed magazine, DNA Magazine (9/13/09).
She has also been profiled in several celebrity magazines overseas including France's Premier Magazine and Israel's "Teen Magazine."
Music Videos/Parody Singles
- Brangelina, Adopt Me Too (2007) - 3:31
- Hillary, Be My Best Friend (2008) - 3:22
- Bad Mom Song (2008) - 1:43
- I Got A Crush On...Giuliani (2008) - 1:39
- 7 Things Guys Don't Have To Do (2008) - 2:39
- I Kissed A Girl (Elderly Mix) (2008) - 3:18
- Tinseltown Nanny (2008) - 2:50
- Jonas Brothers Addict Anthem (2008) 2:12
- Womanizer (2008) 2:47
- Octo-Mom Song (2009) 1:30
- Outer Space (2009) 4:38
- Just a Zombie (2009) 1:55
- You'll Look Like Poo (2009) 3:41
- Britney Spears-3-Parody ("Speidi Free") (2009) 2:32
- The Snooki Song" (Parody of Tik Tok By Ke$ha) (2010) 1:27
- Accident Prone (Parody of Telephone By Lady Gaga) (2010) 2:09
- I'm A Gleek (Parody of Firework By Katy Perry) (2010) 2:23
- Crush On A Yeti (Parody of Hold It Against Me By Britney Spears) (2011) 2:30
- Charlie Sheen (Quotes) (Parody of ET By Katy Perry) (2011) 1:46
- The Edge Of Glory (Cover of the same song by Lady Gaga) (2011) 3:25
- I Gotta Go (Parody Of I Wanna Go By Britney Spears) (2011) 1:56
- It's Halloween (Original song) (2011) 1:39
Celebrities
- Britney SpearsBritney SpearsBritney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
("Bad Mom Song", "Womanizer Parody", "3 Parody - Speidi Free", "Crush On A Yeti", "I Gotta Go") -music videos - Miley CyrusMiley CyrusMiley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana....
("A Miley Cyrus Christmas","Miley Cyrus vs. Selena Gomez - Girls Duke it Out","Miley Cyrus- 7 things parody","You'll Look Like Poo", "Let's Beat Miley") -music videos/sketch - Billy Ray CyrusBilly Ray CyrusWilliam "Billy" Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist, who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon...
("A Miley Cyrus Christmas") -music video - Selena GomezSelena GomezSelena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place...
("Miley Cyrus vs. Selena Gomez - Girls Duke it Out") -sketch - The Jonas Brothers ("Jonas Brothers Interactive Compatibility Game") -interactive game/sketch
- Lady GagaLady GaGaStefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
("Outer Space" - Poker Face Parody, Accident Prone - Telephone Parody) -music video - Nadya SulemanNadya SulemanNadya Denise Doud-Suleman , known as Octomom in the media, is an American woman who came to international attention when she gave birth to octuplets in January 2009. The Suleman octuplets are only the second full set of octuplets to be born alive in the United States...
("Octo-Mom Song") -music video - Angelina JolieAngelina JolieAngelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...
("Tube Raider - Lara Croft Saves YouTube") -sketch - Megan FoxMegan FoxMegan Denise Fox is an American actress and model. She began her acting career in 2001 with several minor television and film roles, and played a regular role on Hope & Faith. In 2004, she launched her film career with a role in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen...
("Transformers 2 Parody - Revenge of The Twiticons") -sketch - Katy PerryKaty PerryKaty Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
("I Kissed A Girl" Parody - Elderly Remix", "Charlie Sheen (Quotes)") -music video - Taylor SwiftTaylor SwiftTaylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...
("Just A Zombie - You Belong With Me Parody") -music video - Tom CruiseTom CruiseThomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....
("Tinseltown Nanny") -music video - Katie HolmesKatie HolmesKatherine Noelle "Katie" Holmes is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. Her movie roles have included the blockbuster Batman Begins along with art house films such as The Ice Storm and thrillers...
(Tinseltown Nanny") -music video - Suri Cruise ("Tinseltown Nanny") -music video
- Lindsay LohanLindsay LohanLindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
("Tinseltown Nanny") -music video - Michael JacksonMichael JacksonMichael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
("Tinseltown Nanny") -music video - DorothyDorothyDorothy may refer to:*Dorothy , a given name *Dorothy, the title of an Old English dance by Seymour Smith*Dorothy , a comic opera...
("Dorothy Goes To Hollywood East") -sketch - Billy MaysBilly MaysWilliam Darrell "Billy" Mays, Jr. was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products on the Home Shopping Network, and through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc...
("Susan Boyle, Billy Mays, and Me") -sketch - Susan BoyleSusan BoyleSusan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ...
("Susan Boyle, Billy Mayes, and Me") -sketch - Adam LambertAdam LambertAdam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol...
("Adam Lambert's New Confession") -sketch - Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi ("Tik Tok" parody) - music video
- RihannaRihannaRobyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...
("We Found Love" parody) - music video
Random Characters
- Genie ("Drunken Genie") -sketch
- Ghosts ("Comment to Save Your Soul") -short film
- Stewardess ("Fear of Flying") -sketch
- Tobias Clefton [Cheesey Game Show Host] ("Jonas Brothers Interactive Compatibility Game") -interactive game/sketch
- Dorky School Principal ("Adam Lambert's New Confession")
- SupergirlSupergirlSupergirl is a female counterpart to the DC Comics Superman. As his cousin, she shares his super powers and vulnerability to Kryptonite. She was created by writer Otto Binder and designed by artist Al Plastino in 1959. She first appeared in the Action Comics comic book series and later branched out...
("Man of Steel, Woman of KleenexMan of Steel, Woman of Kleenex"Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" is an essay in which science fiction author Larry Niven details the problems that Superman would face in having sexual intercourse and reproducing with "a human woman designated LL for convenience", using arguments based on humorous reconciliation between physics,...
") - Emo Chick ("I'm A Gleek") -music video
Original Characters
- Joan Shivers ("For The Miley Haters", "Princess Caught Going Wild", "Ysabellabrave & VenetianPrincess In Trouble" "YouTube Tonight-Juicy Dirt on YouTube Celebs") -sketch
- Tinseltown Nanny (A.K.A. Nanny P) -music video
Original Series Characters
- Catarina (Cirque de Mystère- Episodes 1 & 2)
- The Ice Princess (Princess Chronicles- "Icy Obstacles")
- Edmund, the ogre (Princess Chronicles (all episodes)
- Elizabeth Ostrich (Princess Chronicles "The Dead Sea", "Quest For The Key")
- Mystical Sea Urchin (Princess Chronicles "The Dead Sea")
- The Oyster Empress (Princess Chronicles "The Oyster Empress")
- Pirates (Princess Chronicles "Quest For The Key")
- The Sky Boat Renter (Princess Chronicles "Quest For The Key")
- The Sky Fisherman (Princess Chronicles "Quest For The Key")
- Ethereal, The Sky Goddess (Princess Chronicles "Quest For The Key")
- Claudius and Larithius, the Cherubs (Princess Chronicles "Quest For The Key")
- Clovis (Princess Chronicles "Lunar Island")
- Moonlings (Princess Chronicles "Lunar Island")
- The Lunar Empress (Princess Chronicles "Lunar Island")
- Lunar Lagoon Mermaids (Princess Chronicles "Lunar Island")
- Water Lilies (Princess Chronicles "Lunar Island")
Behind the Name: VenetianPrincess
The Official YouTube Blog did a write-up about VP's username and asked her where her username came from. This is what she said:"When I created my YouTube account back in 2006, culture and mystique, from its colorful venetian masks to its gondolas. I thought it would make for a good video setting. The princess part was my paying homage to my idol, the late Princess Diana. I’m also a Disney fan, so it has two meanings to me."