It's a sign of the times: agents, managers, talent scouts, and assorted charlatans are trolling YouTube in search of fresh talent. Former MTV VJ Carson Daly recently signed filmmaker Brooke Brodack to
explore Web options for his production company. Daly said sites like YouTube serve as a "new pipeline" for talent. Fame on YouTube is about "recognition from peers, having a top video, maybe being
noticed walking down the street," says
USA Today--which means that teens and 20somethings are becoming adept at conceiving, directing, and promoting their own mini-movies. For some, like the
group Smosh, lip-syncing is enough to catapult them to stardom: Smosh's "Pokemon" video has been viewed more than 14 million times.
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