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Hitler Downfall parodies removed from YouTube
NEW YORK: Adolf Hitler,for years a vessel of frustration in a popular Internet video,has been quieted. Downfall,a German film released in 2004 about Hitlers last days,has been adapted for wildly popular YouTube parodies that have spanned mock rants about topics as varied as playing Xbox video games to Kanye West to Apples new iPad. On Tuesday,the clips on YouTube,began disappearing from the site. Constantin Films,the company that owns the rights to the film,asked for them to be removed,and YouTube complied.
Cigarette sponsor pulls out from Kelly Clarkson show
JAKARTA: Kelly Clarksons upcoming concert in Jakarta will no longer be sponsored by a cigarette company,the promoter said on Thursday following protests from fans and anti-tobacco groups. Clarkson said she was surprised to learn that her April 29 concert billboards were prominently branded with the logo of cigarette LA Lights. But she refused to cancel on my fans. However,promoter Adrie Subono said that his company had reached a final agreement with cigarette company Djarum and the sponsorship had been canceled.
