142-452: Gold House is a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Singapore that promotes the interests of people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent. The collective consists of founders, creators, investors, entertainers, thinkers and other leaders with the goal of highlighting each other's work, investing in both content and companies, and changing perceptions about
284-555: A White House state dinner alongside Jessica Vosk and Norm Lewis . On May 6, she was recognized by Gold House at the 2nd Annual Gold House Gala, receiving the Gold Legend Honor for a "lifetime of indelible contributions to the success and representation of the Asian Pacific community." On May 25, Salonga was featured on TAAF AAPI Heritage Heroes 2023 on Hulu. In June 2023, it was announced that Salonga would be featured on
426-432: A $ 100 reward. Difficulty in finding enough dating videos led to a change of plans, with the site's founders deciding to accept uploads of any video. YouTube began as a venture capital –funded technology startup . Between November 2005 and April 2006, the company raised money from various investors, with Sequoia Capital and Artis Capital Management being the largest two. YouTube's early headquarters were situated above
568-753: A British think tank, found that harassment against women was flourishing on YouTube. In his 2022 book Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination , Bloomberg reporter Mark Bergen said that many female content creators were dealing with harassment, bullying, and stalking. YouTube has been criticized for using an algorithm that gives great prominence to videos that promote conspiracy theories, falsehoods and incendiary fringe discourse. According to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal , "YouTube's recommendations often lead users to channels that feature conspiracy theories, partisan viewpoints and misleading videos, even when those users haven't shown interest in such content. When users show
710-751: A Christmas concert for Expo 2020 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre. On April 6, 2022, Salonga began her Dream Again Tour in the United States and Canada. Following the completion of this tour, she performed the song " The Prayer " at the 2022 National Memorial Day Concert on the West Lawn of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. , which was broadcast on PBS. On June 18, she continued her tour in
852-667: A Dame event to benefit the women's health initiative of The Actors Fund. Right after doing Les Misérables , she performed in two events: at the U.S. Military Academy Band 's concert in West Point , where she sang four songs and an encore, and in her concert at the Tarrytown Music Hall in New York. She was then busy with other concerts and musical events, including a Christmas presentation in Manila. In 2008, Salonga gave concerts in
994-529: A Musical . Her further roles include Éponine in the Broadway and West End productions of Les Misérables , Wu Mei-Li in the 2002 Broadway revival of Flower Drum Song , Fantine in the 2006 Broadway revival of Les Misérables, Kei Kimura in the original Broadway production of Allegiance , Erzulie in the 2017 Broadway revival of Once on This Island , and Aurora Aquino in the original Broadway production of Here Lies Love . In 2023 and 2024, she starred in
1136-572: A alto/mezzo. My natural voice sits low to midrange. Salonga has been praised for her absolute pitch and control over her powerful vocals, which can evoke a wide array of emotions and soundscapes. Her voice has been described as "golden" by Marilyn Stasio for Variety magazine and "clear and as sparkling as Baccarat crystal" by Rex Reed for Observer . Due to her vocal versatility, her vocal range and type classifications are often debated. When Salonga performed as Kim in Miss Saigon , she
1278-571: A burgeoning hotspot for entrepreneurs and businesses looking to grow and envisioned it developing into the "next Silicon Valley of Asia" and a hub for talent. The inaugural A100 list in 2018 included "Crazy Rich Asians " director Jon M. Chu , Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, Anu Duggal & Sutian Dong, partners at the Female Founders Fund. In 2019, Awkwafina and Sandra Oh , BTS , Hasan Minhaj , Albert Cheng , Kamala Harris and Nathan Chen were among
1420-787: A child in Philippine musical theatre productions and rose to international recognition in 1989 for playing the lead role of Kim in the original West End and Broadway productions of Miss Saigon . For her performance, she gained five awards—the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical , the Drama Desk Award , the Outer Critics Circle Award , the Theatre World Award , and the Tony Award for Best Actress in
1562-508: A child, Salonga began singing at family parties. Her cousin, who was active with Repertory Philippines , encouraged her to audition for a production of The King and I , where she made her professional debut in 1978 at the age of seven. She played the title role in Annie in 1980, later reprising the role in 1984, and appeared in other productions such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1978), Fiddler on
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#17328760975941704-405: A claim by The Daily Dot that the views had been deleted due to a violation of the site's terms of service, which ban the use of automated processes to inflate view counts. This was disputed by Billboard , which said that the two billion views had been moved to Vevo, since the videos were no longer active on YouTube. On August 5, 2015, YouTube patched the formerly notorious behavior which caused
1846-717: A coach on The Voice of the Philippines and its spin-off series, The Voice Kids and The Voice Teens . Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga was born on February 22, 1971 to Ligaya ( née Imutan) (b. 1937) and Feliciano Genuino Salonga (1929–2016). She has a younger brother named Gerard . At age three, she was trained by her aunt in singing. At age seven, she and her family relocated from Pampanga to Manila . She finished her primary and secondary education as salutatorian and valedictorian , respectively. In an article by The New York Times published in 2000, she said that she planned to enroll at Fordham University . As
1988-653: A concert series in Australasia. Salonga reprised her role as Kei Kimura in the 2015–16 Broadway production of Allegiance . In The New York Times , Charles Isherwood wrote of her performance: "Her voice retains its plush beauty, and her culminating first act solo, 'Higher' ... is perhaps the show's musical highlight." Salonga guest-starred on the April 2016 season finale of the American television series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend , playing Filipino-heritage character Josh's visiting aunt,
2130-431: A database. When a video is uploaded, it is checked against the database, and flags the video as a copyright violation if a match is found. When this occurs, the content owner has the choice of blocking the video to make it unviewable, tracking the viewing statistics of the video, or adding advertisements to the video. An independent test in 2009 uploaded multiple versions of the same song to YouTube and concluded that while
2272-547: A dinner party at Chen's apartment in San Francisco . Karim did not attend the party and denied that it had occurred, but Chen remarked that the idea that YouTube was founded after a dinner party "was probably very strengthened by marketing ideas around creating a story that was very digestible". Karim said the inspiration for YouTube came from the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy , when Janet Jackson 's breast
2414-658: A former Star Search contestant, in town for a wedding, at which she sings the episode's climactic Disney princess parody song, "One Indescribable Instant." In Manila in November 2016, she appeared as Helen Bechdel in the international premiere of Fun Home . A review in ABS-CBN News said that she "delivers a finely tuned performance, utilizing her prodigious stage presence to provide the cold and dark shadings to erstwhile peppy scenes with her subtle stares and held back emotions. ... [In] "Days by Days" ... she finally lets go of all
2556-542: A group founded by Dorothy Chandler in 1968. Salonga gave a concert on July 11 at Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall . That same year, she received a special citation from the Awit Awards . From late July 2008 to mid-2009, Salonga played the title role in the 30-week Asian tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella , which premiered in Manila. Salonga performed a series of concerts in North America in 2009 and
2698-519: A lawsuit against YouTube in November 2006, after being regularly overloaded by people looking for YouTube. Universal Tube subsequently changed its website to www.utubeonline.com . On October 9, 2006, Google announced that they had acquired YouTube for $ 1.65 billion in Google stock. The deal was finalized on November 13, 2006. Google's acquisition launched newfound interest in video-sharing sites; IAC , which now owned Vimeo, focused on supporting
2840-897: A major lawsuit by Viacom International in 2011 that nearly resulted in the discontinuation of the website. The lawsuit was filed as a result of alleged copyright infringement of Viacom's material by YouTube. However, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that YouTube was not liable, and thus YouTube won the case in 2012. Susan Wojcicki was appointed CEO of YouTube in February 2014. In January 2016, YouTube expanded its headquarters in San Bruno by purchasing an office park for $ 215 million. The complex has 51,468 square metres (554,000 square feet) of space and can house up to 2,800 employees. YouTube officially launched
2982-525: A media watchdog group, reported that homophobic and transphobic content calling LGBT people "predators" and "groomers" was becoming more common on YouTube. The report also referred to common accusations in YouTube videos that LGBT people are mentally ill . The report stated the content appeared to be in violation of YouTube's hate speech policy. An August 2022 report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate ,
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#17328760975943124-549: A new office in San Bruno, California . Hurley announced that he would be stepping down as chief executive officer of YouTube to take an advisory role and that Salar Kamangar would take over as head of the company in October 2010. In December 2009, YouTube partnered with Vevo . In April 2010, Lady Gaga's " Bad Romance " became the most viewed video , becoming the first video to reach 200 million views on May 9, 2010. YouTube faced
3266-469: A paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube incorporated Google's AdSense program, generating more revenue for both YouTube and approved content creators. In 2023, YouTube's advertising revenue totaled $ 31.7 billion, a 2% increase from the $ 31.1 billion reported in 2022. From Q4 2023 to Q3 2024, YouTube's combined revenue from advertising and subscriptions exceeded $ 50 billion. Since its purchase by Google, YouTube has expanded beyond
3408-509: A pizzeria and a Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California . In February 2005, the company activated www.youtube.com . The first video was uploaded on April 23, 2005. Titled " Me at the zoo ", it shows co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo and can still be viewed on the site. The same day, the company launched a public beta and by November, a Nike ad featuring Ronaldinho became
3550-425: A political bias in what they choose to view, YouTube typically recommends videos that echo those biases, often with more-extreme viewpoints." After YouTube drew controversy for giving top billing to videos promoting falsehoods and conspiracy when people made breaking-news queries during the 2017 Las Vegas shooting , YouTube changed its algorithm to give greater prominence to mainstream media sources. In 2017, it
3692-638: A satisfactory replacement for Salonga, and an arbitrator later reversed the AEA ruling. In 1999, Salonga returned to reprise the role of Kim on Broadway, then again in 2001, at the age of 29 and after finishing the Manila run of the musical, this time to close the Broadway production. In 1991, she was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People . In 1992, she performed the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney's animated film Aladdin . Later that year, Salonga's agent submitted her to an audition for
3834-472: A set of community guidelines aimed to reduce abuse of the site's features. The uploading of videos containing defamation, pornography, and material encouraging criminal conduct is forbidden by YouTube's "Community Guidelines". Generally prohibited material includes sexually explicit content, videos of animal abuse, shock videos , content uploaded without the copyright holder's consent, hate speech, spam, and predatory behavior. YouTube relies on its users to flag
3976-496: A short-form video platform. During this period, YouTube entered disputes with other tech companies. For over a year, in 2018 and 2019, no YouTube app was available for Amazon Fire products. In 2020, Roku removed the YouTube TV app from its streaming store after the two companies were unable to reach an agreement. After testing earlier in 2021, YouTube removed public display of dislike counts on videos in November 2021, claiming
4118-509: A skit " Lazy Sunday " by The Lonely Island . Besides helping to bolster ratings and long-term viewership for Saturday Night Live , "Lazy Sunday"'s status as an early viral video helped establish YouTube as an important website. Unofficial uploads of the skit to YouTube drew in more than five million collective views by February 2006 before they were removed when NBCUniversal requested it two months later based on copyright concerns. Despite eventually being taken down, these duplicate uploads of
4260-589: A sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall for the benefit of Diverse City Theater Company. The same year, she received the Golden Artist Award at the 53rd FAMAS Awards in honor of her international achievements, performed during the grand opening of Hong Kong's Disneyland , and recorded two songs on Daniel Rodriguez 's album In the Presence . She also did voice work for Disney's English dub of Hayao Miyazaki 's My Neighbor Totoro as Yasuko Kusakabe. Salonga wrote
4402-534: A souvenir program for the concerts. In 2014, she returned for the second season of The Voice of the Philippines and joined the new Philippine version of The Voice Kids , on which she has appeared for three seasons. Salonga recorded a song titled "Wished That I Could Call You" that was included in the charity compilation album Children In Need , released in March 2014. Also, in 2014 and 2015, she toured Asia and North America with Il Divo . In mid-2015, she performed
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4544-690: A starting point. The first one was trying to address the misconceptions in the media involving the sexualization of Asian women and emasculation of Asian men that in some cases, can result in deleterious treatment and anti-Asian hate crimes. Gold House is working as cultural consultant on the accuracy of scenes, products and characters on major films and creative projects. The organization's #GoldOpen project helped secure theater buyouts, global distribution and media campaigns for films like Parasite , Crazy Rich Asians , and The Farewell , and in January 2021, #GoldOpen released its first Gold List in collaboration with
4686-697: A studio recording for the upcoming musical Wild About You , which was released in December of the same year. She returned to London's West End to star alongside Bernadette Peters in the tribute revue Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends , which ran at the Gielgud Theatre from September 21, 2023 to January 6, 2024. Salonga reprised her role as Elodie in Pretty Little Liars: Summer School , which premeired in May 2024. In June 2024, Salonga appeared in
4828-465: A system for automatic detection of uploaded videos that infringe copyright. Google CEO Eric Schmidt regarded this system as necessary for resolving lawsuits such as the one from Viacom , which alleged that YouTube profited from content that it did not have the right to distribute. The system, which was initially called "Video Identification" and later became known as Content ID, creates an ID File for copyrighted audio and video material, and stores it in
4970-591: A third app oriented towards streaming and discovering the music content hosted on the YouTube platform. The company also attempted to create products appealing to specific viewers. YouTube released a mobile app known as YouTube Kids in 2015, designed to provide an experience optimized for children. It features a simplified user interface, curated selections of channels featuring age-appropriate content, and parental control features. Also in 2015, YouTube launched YouTube Gaming—a video gaming -oriented vertical and app for videos and live streaming, intended to compete with
5112-551: A video's view count to freeze at "301" (later "301+") until the actual count was verified to prevent view count fraud . YouTube view counts once again updated in real time. Since September 2019, subscriber counts are abbreviated. Only three leading digits of channels' subscriber counts are indicated publicly, compromising the function of third-party real-time indicators such as that of Social Blade . Exact counts remain available to channel operators inside YouTube Studio. On November 11, 2021, after testing out this change in March of
5254-535: A view and just over 85% of them have fewer than 1,000 views. YouTube has faced numerous challenges and criticisms in its attempts to deal with copyright, including the site's first viral video, Lazy Sunday , which had to be taken down, due to copyright concerns. At the time of uploading a video, YouTube users are shown a message asking them not to violate copyright laws. Despite this advice, many unauthorized clips of copyrighted material remain on YouTube. YouTube does not view videos before they are posted online, and it
5396-412: A year and a half later, on August 9, 2024. In late October 2023, YouTube began cracking down on the use of ad blockers on the platform. Users of ad blockers may be given a pop-up warning saying "Video player will be blocked after 3 videos". Users of ad blockers are shown a message asking them to allow ads or inviting them to subscribe to the ad-free YouTube Premium subscription plan. YouTube says that
5538-604: Is a Filipino singer and actress. Known primarily for her work in theatre , she has starred in musicals on Broadway and in the West End . Her accolades include a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award , in addition to nominations for two Grammy Awards . She was conferred with the Presidential Medal of Merit in 1990 and the Order of Lakandula in 2007, and she was honored as a Disney Legend in 2011. Salonga began her career as
5680-565: Is left to copyright holders to issue a DMCA takedown notice pursuant to the terms of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act . Any successful complaint about copyright infringement results in a YouTube copyright strike . Three successful complaints for copyright infringement against a user account will result in the account and all of its uploaded videos being deleted. From 2007 to 2009 organizations including Viacom , Mediaset , and
5822-495: The Amazon.com -owned Twitch . The company was attacked on April 3, 2018, when a shooting occurred at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California, which wounded four and resulted in the death of the shooter. By February 2017, one billion hours of YouTube videos were being watched every day, and 400 hours worth of videos were uploaded every minute. Two years later, the uploads had risen to more than 500 hours per minute. During
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5964-583: The American Theatre Wing 's documentary series Working in the Theatre . In the Philippines in 1999 and again in 2000, she played Sonia Walsk in They're Playing Our Song . After performing in the 2000 production, Salonga began a relationship with Korean-American co-star Michael K. Lee . She also performed in four concerts: The Homecoming Concert , The Millennium Concert , The Best of Manila , and Songs from
6106-614: The COVID-19 pandemic , when most of the world was under stay-at-home orders , usage of services like YouTube significantly increased. One data firm estimated that YouTube was accounting for 15% of all internet traffic , twice its pre-pandemic level. In response to EU officials requesting that such services reduce bandwidth as to make sure medical entities had sufficient bandwidth to share information, YouTube and Netflix stated they would reduce streaming quality for at least thirty days as to cut bandwidth use of their services by 25% to comply with
6248-1030: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative . Its individual investors include DoorDash CEO Tony Xu , Block CFO Amrita Ahuja and YouTube co-founder Steve Chen , along with celebrities like rapper Anderson .Paak , two-time Olympic figure skating champion Nathan Chen, TV host and producer Padma Lakshmi , and actor Daniel Dae Kim . On May 2, 2023, Gold House rang the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange. The delegation included Bing Chen, Nathan Chen, Sehr Thadhani (Chief Digital Officer, Nasdaq), Kinjil Mathur (Chief Marketing Officer, Squarespace), and R'Bonney Gabriel (Miss USA 2022 and Miss Universe 2022). Gold House expanded to Asia via Singapore in September 2023 and referred to this phase as "Gold Bridge" that focused on strengthening ties between communities, industries and continents. Head of Platform Oscar Wong described Singapore as
6390-602: The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) to celebrate the most outstanding Asian and Pacific Islander (API) achievements in film. In February 2024, Gold House hosted its first "Oscars One Night Toast" in collaboration with GLAAD , the NAACP Hollywood Bureau, La Cena, IllumiNative, Harness, Pillars Fund , The Blackhouse Foundation , The Female Quotient, and The Latinx House. The inaugural event celebrated
6532-524: The Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah . The event was televised on PBS in December 2023. In February 2023, it was announced that Salonga would make her producing debut and appear for a five-week run in the original Broadway production of Here Lies Love in the role of Aurora Aquino, mother of Ninoy Aquino . The production notably marks the first time Salonga has played a Filipino role on
6674-561: The Order of Lakandula , with the rank of Commander ( Komandante ), from Philippine President Gloria Arroyo in recognition of using her talents to benefit Philippine society and foster cultural exchange. She has also received the Congressional Medal of Achievement from the House of Representatives of the Philippines for showing "the extent and depth of the Filipino musical talent" and "opening
6816-686: The Philippine International Convention Center . She also sang at the 56th Tony Awards with Harry Connick Jr. , Peter Gallagher , and Michele Lee in a number paying tribute to Richard Rodgers . From 2003 to 2004, Salonga did her first "all-Filipino" concert in Manila called Songs from Home , which later won her an Aliw Award as Entertainer of the Year . In 2003, she performed in several concerts at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. This
6958-575: The Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre . From 1997 to 2000, Salonga did recordings and concerts in the Philippines, another engagement in London, and a few returns to Miss Saigon in London and on Broadway. In 1997, she released I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing to gold sales in the Philippines. That recording was followed by Lea... In Love in 1998 and By Heart in 2000, both albums reaching multiple platinum status in
7100-714: The Sydney Opera House , where she performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra . In 2021, Salonga voiced the Mysterious Woman in the Netflix series Centaurworld . In September of the same year, she announced her Dream Again Tour , named after her 2020 single. One month later, she announced she would also be touring the United States and Canada . On December 25, 2021, Salonga returned to Dubai to perform
7242-467: The TIME100 Impact Awards for being a "life-long role model for children of color ." On October 27, 2022, Salonga was featured on Pentatonix 's cover of Jose Mari Chan 's "Christmas In Our Hearts" in their Christmas album, Holidays Around The World . On December 15, 16, and 17, 2022, Salonga performed with The Tabernacle Choir as the featured guest artist in a series of Christmas concerts at
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#17328760975947384-565: The United Kingdom . On July 28, the critically acclaimed series Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin premiered on HBO Max , where Salonga portrays Elodie Honrada. In September 2022, Salonga began portraying Mama Soubirous in the Indie Theatrical workshop of the new musical adaptation of The Song of Bernadette in Manhattan . In the same month, she was recognized by TIME magazine at
7526-695: The Vibiana in Los Angeles in May 2022 to honor Asian representation from the year gone by. Guests included names from the film and television industry such as Mindy Kaling , Henry Golding , Michelle Yeoh and Simu Liu , snowboarder Chloe Kim , designers Prabal Gurung and Phillip Lim , and Boston mayor Michelle Wu . In May 2023, the first A100 celebratory weekend took place with the A100 Welcome Reception at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in Century City followed by industry-specific Salons, culminating in
7668-512: The titular character in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004). As a teenager, she hosted the variety show Love, Lea and later appeared on That's Entertainment . Her television acting credits include Lien Hughes on As the World Turns , Aunt Myrna on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend , and Elodie Honrada on Pretty Little Liars . Furthermore, Salonga has expanded her career to include reality television as
7810-465: The "polymer" redesign of its user interfaces based on Material Design language as its default, as well a redesigned logo that is built around the service's play button emblem in August 2017. Through this period, YouTube tried several new ways to generate revenue beyond advertisements. In 2013, YouTube launched a pilot program for content providers to offer premium, subscription-based channels. This effort
7952-525: The 10th Anniversary as Eponine. The same year, she served as a celebrity judge for Avon Voices . Salonga was honored as a Disney Legend on August 19, 2011. She was one of the judges in the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Salonga and Darren Criss sang "A Whole New World" to its composer, Alan Menken , as Menken was named the winner of the 2011 Maestro Award at
8094-430: The A100 Hall of Fame. Throughout the years, Gold House offered a variety of venues for showcasing the diverse skills and life stories of API people through a number of different programs and built the largest Asian leadership network in America, and in Fall 2023, Gold House expanded to Asia with Singapore serving as entry point to the rest of Asia. According to Bing Chen, Gold House had two initial missions to work on as
8236-478: The API community. Chen, who holds the role of executive chairman and CEO of Gold House, wanted to combat hate and affliction with information by changing the narrative and promoting the impact of Asian Americans. To that end, he created the A100 list which is released annually and includes the 100 Asian Pacific leaders that made the greatest impact on culture and society across a range of industries and professions. Those honored multiple times will eventually make it into
8378-471: The Allen Room. In February in the Philippines, Salonga provided the theme song for TV5 's reality singing competition Kanta Pilipinas , and, together with Tyne Daly and Norm Lewis , she starred as Mother in a concert performance of Ragtime at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall . Salonga headlined a concert series, "4 Stars One World of Broadway Musicals", in Tokyo Osaka in June, performing with Ramin Karimloo , Sierra Boggess , and Yu Shirota . She
8520-439: The Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film & TV Music Conference on October 24, 2011. Salonga performed in a six-concert series titled The Magic of Broadway and Disney Favorites in 2012 with the Palm Beach Pops. She starred in the first production of Allegiance at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego from September to October 2012. Salonga starred in the Philippine production of the comedy God of Carnage in July 2012 at
8662-433: The Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre , following a pre-Broadway run at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. In her popular music releases, Salonga has sung "simple love songs," common in Original Pilipino Music . Salonga's style and music have been inspired by musical artists such as ABBA , the Carpenters (particularly Karen Carpenter ), Olivia Newton-John ,
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#17328760975948804-477: The Broadway stage and her return to the Broadway Theatre , where Miss Saigon originally played. From March through July 2023, she performed concerts across the United States in California, New Jersey, Virginia, Texas, and North Carolina. On March 13, Salonga performed at the annual Broadway Backwards event at the New Amsterdam Theatre . On April 26, Salonga performed for U.S. President Joe Biden , South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol , and other world leaders at
8946-459: The Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium of RCBC Plaza in Manila. She reprised the role at the DBS Arts Centre in Singapore in November 2012. Also in 2012, Salonga was the guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional at Epcot in Walt Disney World from December 14 to 16, retelling the Christmas story accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra and a mass choir. In January 2013, Salonga participated in Lincoln Center's American Songbook concert series at
9088-417: The EU's request. YouTube later announced that they would continue with this move worldwide: "We continue to work closely with governments and network operators around the globe to do our part to minimize stress on the system during this unprecedented situation." Following a 2018 complaint alleging violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the company was fined $ 170 million by
9230-455: The English Premier League have filed lawsuits against YouTube, claiming that it has done too little to prevent the uploading of copyrighted material. In August 2008, a US court ruled in Lenz v. Universal Music Corp. that copyright holders cannot order the removal of an online file without first determining whether the posting reflected fair use of the material. YouTube's owner Google announced in November 2015 that they would help cover
9372-509: The FTC for collecting personal information from minors under the age of 13. YouTube was also ordered to create systems to increase children's privacy. Following criticisms of its implementation of those systems, YouTube started treating all videos designated as "made for kids" as liable under COPPA on January 6, 2020. Joining the YouTube Kids app, the company created a supervised mode, designed more for tweens , in 2021. Additionally, to compete with TikTok , YouTube released YouTube Shorts ,
9514-498: The Osmonds , Elaine Paige , and Barbra Streisand . She has noted that these performers provided "clear voices that really helped the listener focus on the lyrics besides the tone and music." Salonga has repeatedly praised Streisand as one of her favorites for her "mammoth" career in singing, acting, producing, and arranging. During her January 15, 2000 concert at the Philippine International Convention Center , Salonga called Streisand one of her idols. Replying to @iLeanatics I'm
9656-418: The Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral. She gave birth to their child, Nic, on May 16, 2006. After her final stint in Miss Saigon for its closing on Broadway in 2001, Salonga recreated the role of Lien Hughes , initially played by Ming-Na Wen , in the soap opera As the World Turns . She guested on Russell Watson's The Voice concert, narrated for the television special My America: A Poetry Atlas of
9798-481: The Philippine International Convention Center Plenary Hall on December 11 and 12, 2009. In the same venue, Salonga received the Gusi Peace Prize in November 2009. From July to August 2010, Salonga played the role of Grizabella in the Manila run of the Asia-Pacific tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Cats at the Cultural Center of the Philippines . In October, she played Fantine during the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables , fifteen years after appearing in
9940-602: The Philippine Young People’s Project and selected Salonga and Menudo to lead the campaign. Music videos, commercials, and live performances were used to sell the message of responsible sexual behavior and to encourage counseling for discussing and solving their problems. Additionally, Salonga promoted the campaign's program Dial-A-Friend, a telephone hotline that provides confidential counseling regarding mental health, relationships, and contraception. "You don't have to be pro-contraception to be pro-reproductive health... You choose for yourself, because I believe every individual has
10082-455: The Philippines and Singapore , such as Sandy in Grease , Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady , and The Witch in Into the Woods . In the U.S. in 1995, Salonga played the role of Geri Riordan, an 18-year-old adopted Vietnamese American child in the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie Redwood Curtain , which starred John Lithgow and Jeff Daniels . She then flew back to the Philippines to star with Filipino matinée idol Aga Muhlach in
10224-573: The Philippines, California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Guam, On July 3, 2008, Salonga became a columnist in the Philippine Daily Inquirer with her column "Backstory" (Entertainment section), "Introducing: Lea Salonga, writer." Since then, she has written numerous columns for the Inquirer . She performed in "Global Pop" at the Music Center on July 11, 2008. It was presented by The Blue Ribbon,
10366-656: The Philippines. In 1998, she provided the singing voice for the title character in Mulan before later reprising the role in the 2004 sequel, Mulan II . At age 28, Salonga moved to New York City, purchasing her own apartment (which she still owns up to at least 2013). She participated in the 1998 tribute concert to Cameron Mackintosh in London entitled Hey, Mr. Producer! , where she performed numbers from several of his musicals. In December 1998, Salonga appeared in an international panel of performers, along with Iain Glen , Nicole Kidman , and Anna Manahan , for episode 277 of
10508-620: The Roof (1978), The Sound of Music (1980), The Rose Tattoo (1980), The Goodbye Girl (1982), Paper Moon (1983), and The Fantasticks (1988). In 1981, Salonga released her first album, Small Voice , which was certified gold in the Philippines, and made her film debut in the comedy film Tropang Bulilit . As a young performer, Salonga received a Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences ( FAMAS ) award nomination for Best Child Actress and three Aliw Awards for Best Child Performer in 1980, 1981, and 1982. From 1983 to 1985, she hosted her musical television show, Love, Lea , and
10650-641: The Screen –the last two being benefit shows. Salonga returned to Manila in Miss Saigon , staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines at the end of 2000. In November 2001, while performing in the Los Angeles production of Flower Drum Song at the Mark Taper Forum , Salonga met Robert "Rob" Charles Chien, an American entrepreneur of Chinese and Japanese heritage. The two were married on January 10, 2004 at
10792-433: The Theatre for a second time, along with John Cullum , Edie Falco , Stanley Tucci , Marissa Jaret Winokur , and Charlayne Woodard . Between the 2001 Los Angeles and 2002 Broadway productions of Flower Drum Song , she performed in a non-musical theatrical production for the first time, playing the role of Catherine in the stage play Proof in Manila . This was followed by a major concert, The Broadway Concert , at
10934-791: The United Kingdom that year. Later, in 2019, she played Mrs. Lovett in a revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Manila and then Singapore. Critics praised her "crystalline tones that turned her numbers, especially 'By the Sea,' into unexpected show-stoppers" and called the performance a "career-high" for the actress. Between these two short runs, she gave concerts in Sydney , Melbourne , and Brisbane in November 2019. In March 2020, shortly after performing in Dubai , Salonga announced that her 2020 North American tour would be rescheduled due to
11076-561: The United States , and appeared on the Season 8 Christmas episode of the television medical drama ER , playing a patient with lymphoma . In 2002, Salonga returned to Broadway to play the leading role of Wu Mei-Li, a Chinese immigrant in a reinterpretation of Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Flower Drum Song opposite Jose Llana . This was after the reinvented musical had a run at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 2001 with Salonga playing
11218-466: The West End production of the musical revue Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends . As a recording artist, Salonga began her music career at age ten. Her first album, Small Voice , was launched in 1981 and received a gold certification . She later signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records, releasing her platinum-certified self-titled album in 1993. Her subsequent releases include I'd Like to Teach
11360-547: The World to Sing (1997), Lea... In Love (1998), By Heart (1999), and Inspired (2007). On film, she portrayed Lisa in the Filipino comedy Tropang Bulilit (1981), and her performances as Sandy and Agnes in the romantic dramas Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal (1992) and Sana Maulit Muli (1995), respectively, were widely acclaimed. Additionally, Salonga provided the singing voice for the characters of Jasmine in Aladdin (1992) and
11502-471: The achievements of the 2024 multicultural nominees in filmmaking. The second issue that Gold House wanted to address initially was helping Asian Americans in the corporate world break through to upper management, and the organization created an initiative called "Gold Rush", a startup-accelerator that connected smaller Asian-led companies with AAPI venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in a rigorous 12-week program. Gold House held their inaugural Gold Gala at
11644-520: The announcement, software developer Dmitry Selivanov created Return YouTube Dislike, an open-source , third-party browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that allows users to see a video's number of dislikes. In a letter published on January 25, 2022, by then YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki , acknowledged that removing public dislike counts was a controversial decision, but reiterated that she stands by this decision, claiming that "it reduced dislike attacks." In 2022, YouTube launched an experiment where
11786-487: The audio fiction series Does This Murder Make Me Look Gay?! alongside Michael Urie , Frankie Grande , Douglas Sills , Cheyenne Jackson , Jonathan Freeman , Brad Oscar , Robin de Jesús , Lea DeLaria , Seth Rudetsky , and Kate McKinnon . In the same month, Salonga began performing her third U.K. concert tour, Stage, Screen & Everything In Between, which included a concert at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane , where
11928-463: The audition, she sang " The Greatest Love of All ." At her first callback audition, Salonga was asked to sing "Sun and Moon" and "The Movie in My Mind," impressing the audition panel. In December 1988, Salonga appeared before the panel at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London to perform "I'd Give My Life For You" and "Too Much For One Heart." After three days of intensive work sessions in London, Salonga
12070-518: The award. On December 21, 1990, Salonga performed with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra , Ateneo College Glee Club , and guest singer Robert Seña in a homecoming concert in Manila entitled A Miss Called Lea , which was later broadcast on television. She also received a Presidential Award of Merit from President Corazon Aquino for her services to the arts. When Miss Saigon opened on Broadway in 1991, she again played
12212-463: The cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once receiving a "golden icon award" and Ke Huy Quan getting a "special leading man award". A100 Hall of Famers include Jon M. Chu, Sandra Oh, Kamala Harris, Nathan Chen, Naomi Osaka, Michelle Yeoh, Mindy Kaling, Phillip Lim, Dwayne Johnson, Chrissy Teigen, Lisa Ling , Dan Lin and more. YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google . YouTube
12354-460: The company again changed its interface and at the same time, introduced a new logo with a darker shade of red. A subsequent interface change, designed to unify the experience across desktop, TV, and mobile, was rolled out in 2013. By that point, more than 100 hours were being uploaded every minute, increasing to 300 hours by November 2014. During this time, the company also went through some organizational changes. In October 2006, YouTube moved to
12496-400: The company simplified its interface to increase the time users would spend on the site. In 2011, more than three billion videos were being watched each day with 48 hours of new videos uploaded every minute. However, most of these views came from a relatively small number of videos; according to a software engineer at that time, 30% of videos accounted for 99% of views on the site. That year,
12638-544: The company was bought by eBay . Hurley had studied design at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania , and Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign . According to a story that has often been repeated in the media, Hurley and Chen developed the idea for YouTube during the early months of 2005, after they had experienced difficulty sharing videos that had been shot at
12780-672: The company would show users who watched longer videos on TVs a long chain of short un-skippable adverts, intending to consolidate all ads into the beginning of a video. Following public outrage over the unprecedented amount of un-skippable ads, YouTube "ended" the experiment on September 19 of that year. In October, YouTube announced that they would be rolling out customizable user handles in addition to channel names, which would also become channel URLs. On February 16, 2023, Wojcicki announced that she would step down as CEO, with Neal Mohan named as her successor. Wojcicki took on an advisory role for Google and parent company Alphabet . Wojcicki died
12922-424: The content creators to distinguish itself from YouTube. It is at this time YouTube issued the slogan "Broadcast Yourself". The company experienced rapid growth. The Daily Telegraph wrote that in 2007, YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000. By 2010, the company had reached a market share of around 43% and more than 14 billion views of videos, according to comScore . That year,
13064-573: The content of videos as inappropriate, and a YouTube employee will view a flagged video to determine whether it violates the site's guidelines. Despite the guidelines,YouTube has faced criticism over aspects of its operations, its recommendation algorithms perpetuating videos that promote conspiracy theories and falsehoods, hosting videos ostensibly targeting children but containing violent or sexually suggestive content involving popular characters , videos of minors attracting pedophilic activities in their comment sections, and fluctuating policies on
13206-756: The core website into mobile apps , network television, and the ability to link with other platforms. Video categories on YouTube include music videos , video clips , news , short and feature films , songs , documentaries , movie trailers , teasers , TV spots , live streams , vlogs , and more. Most content is generated by individuals , including collaborations between " YouTubers " and corporate sponsors. Established media, news, and entertainment corporations have also created and expanded their visibility to YouTube channels in order to reach greater audiences. YouTube has had unprecedented social impact , influencing popular culture, internet trends, and creating multimillionaire celebrities. Despite its growth and success,
13348-529: The critically acclaimed film Sana Maulit Muli , which gave her a second Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences ( FAMAS ) award nomination, this time for Best Actress. She reprised the role of Éponine in the 10th-anniversary concert of Les Misérables at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which was recorded and later released as a film titled Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert . In 1996, Salonga
13490-512: The debut production of the musical Miss Saigon in London. For her initial Manila audition in 1988, the then 17-year-old Salonga chose to sing Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg 's " On My Own " from Les Misérables . Salonga has sometimes credited the song as the starting point of her international career. After hearing her rendition, she was asked if she had prepared another song to perform. Although she had not prepared another song for
13632-468: The dispute was resolved. Since April 2016, videos continue to be monetized while the dispute is in progress, and the money goes to whoever won the dispute. Should the uploader want to monetize the video again, they may remove the disputed audio in the "Video Manager". YouTube has cited the effectiveness of Content ID as one of the reasons why the site's rules were modified in December 2010 to allow some users to upload videos of unlimited length. YouTube has
13774-483: The dispute with GEMA was resolved, with Google content ID being used to allow advertisements to be added to videos with content protected by GEMA. In April 2013, it was reported that Universal Music Group and YouTube have a contractual agreement that prevents content blocked on YouTube by a request from UMG from being restored, even if the uploader of the video files a DMCA counter-notice. As part of YouTube Music, Universal and YouTube signed an agreement in 2017, which
13916-490: The existing Google Play Music service. The service continued to evolve in 2015 when YouTube announced YouTube Red , a new premium service that would offer ad-free access to all content on the platform (succeeding the Music Key service released the previous year), premium original series, and films produced by YouTube personalities, as well as background playback of content on mobile devices. YouTube also released YouTube Music ,
14058-480: The first Asian actress to perform the role on Broadway. She performed the song " A Whole New World " from Aladdin with Brad Kane at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles , where the song won an Oscar , having already won a Golden Globe Award . That same year, she released her self-titled international debut album with Atlantic Records . In 1994, Salonga played in various musical theatre productions in
14200-564: The first video to reach one million total views. The site launched officially on December 15, 2005, by which time the site was receiving 8 million views a day. Clips at the time were limited to 100 megabytes, as little as 30 seconds of footage. YouTube was not the first video-sharing site on the Internet; Vimeo was launched in November 2004, though that site remained a side project of its developers from CollegeHumor . The week of YouTube's launch, NBC-Universal's Saturday Night Live ran
14342-528: The foreword to Linda Marquart's The Right Way to Sing (2005). In 2006, at the 15th Asian Games in Doha , Qatar , Salonga concluded the closing ceremony with the song "Triumph of the One" before an audience of 50,000 people at Khalifa International Stadium . In 2007, Salonga released her first studio album in seven years called Inspired , which was certified platinum in the Philippines. On August 14, 2007, she received
14484-518: The group in 1986 and 1987, also appearing on their English-Tagalog album, In Action . As a teenager, Salonga continued to act in films, appearing in Like Father, Like Son (1985), Ninja Kids (1986), Captain Barbell (1986), and Pik Pak Boom (1988). In 1988, she released her second studio album, Lea , and opened for Stevie Wonder in Manila. In 1989, Salonga originated the leading role of Kim in
14626-639: The honorees. The third annual list in 2020 featured Allure editor in chief Michelle Lee , Vanity Fair editor in chief Radhika Jones , Lana Condor , Chrissy Teigen , Lilly Singh , Dwayne Johnson , Blackpink and others. In 2021, tennis player Naomi Osaka , actors Daniel Dae Kim, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Auli’i Cravalho , director Chloé Zhao and others appeared on the list. Gold House named Simu Liu, Olivia Rodrigo , Mindy Kaling, HoYeon Jung , Bowen Yang and more to its 2022 list of A100 honorees. The most recent list in 2023 included Shohei Ohtani , Geena Rocero , Neal Mohan and Bela Bajaria , with
14768-478: The impact of the Asian Pacific diaspora within and across multicultural communities. According to the organization's website, the strategy is to "forge meaningful bonds across professional, familial, and community life, and leverage those relationships to elevate the Asian Pacific diaspora's authentic societal representation and economic success." Gold House was founded by former YouTube executive and entrepreneur Bing Chen in 2018 in an effort to strengthen and uplift
14910-717: The job. Controversial moderation decisions have included material relating to Holocaust denial , the Hillsborough disaster , Anthony Bourdain 's death, and the Notre-Dame fire . In July 2008, the Culture and Media Committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom stated that it was "unimpressed" with YouTube's system for policing its videos, and argued that "proactive review of content should be standard practice for sites hosting user-generated content". In June 2022, Media Matters ,
15052-402: The leading role of Eliza Doolittle in the upcoming Broadway revival of My Fair Lady . However, the casting director for the production refused to see her because of her race. Shortly after, Salonga was contacted by Cameron Mackintosh to join the Broadway production of Les Misérables . In 1993, Salonga played the role of Éponine in the Broadway production of Les Misérables , becoming
15194-579: The legal cost in select cases where they believe fair use defenses apply. In the 2011 case of Smith v. Summit Entertainment LLC , professional singer Matt Smith sued Summit Entertainment for the wrongful use of copyright takedown notices on YouTube. He asserted seven causes of action , and four were ruled in Smith's favor. In April 2012, a court in Hamburg ruled that YouTube could be held responsible for copyrighted material posted by its users. On November 1, 2016,
15336-638: The live-action series Avatar: The Last Airbender , Olympic champions Kristi Yamaguchi , Chloe Kim, Nathan Chen , HYBE chairman Bang Si-Hyuk and more. In April 2022, Gold House expanded on their startup accelerator and established Gold House Ventures, the organization's first venture fund, and announced the launch of a $ 30 million fund to boost API leadership in the corporate world by supporting and promoting Asian American entrepreneurs. The fund's investors include venture capital firms Lightspeed , NEA, Bain Capital and General Catalyst, along with philanthropies like
15478-633: The most powerful radicalizing instruments of the 21st century." Jonathan Albright of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University described YouTube as a "conspiracy ecosystem". Before 2019, YouTube took steps to remove specific videos or channels related to supremacist content that had violated its acceptable use policies but otherwise did not have site-wide policies against hate speech . Lea Salonga Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga , OL ( / ˈ l eɪ ə s ə ˈ l ɒ ŋ ɡ ə / LAY -ə sa- LONG -ə ; born February 22, 1971)
15620-478: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic . In May 2020, she announced that the tour would again be rescheduled to Fall 2021, but these dates were rescheduled again. During the pandemic, Salonga performed for several virtual global fundraising events and concerts. In August 2020, she released her single " Dream Again ," a song of hope and persistence. On November 27, the PBS series Great Performances broadcast her 2019 concert at
15762-672: The original production of Miss Saigon premiered. In October of the same year, Salonga starred in a Filipino production of the Franz Xaver Kroetz solo play Wunschkonzert (or Request Program ) , retitled Request sa Radyo , at the Samsung Performing Arts Center in Manila. She alternated the lead role of Ms. Reyes with Filipino actress Dolly de Leon . On November 1, 2024, Salonga released Sounding Joy , her first holiday album in over two decades. In 2025, Salonga and Bernadette Peters will reprise their performances in
15904-492: The platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and as of 2023 , there were approximately 14 billion videos in total. On the 9th of October 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $ 1.65 billion (equivalent to $ 2.31 billion in 2023). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium ,
16046-450: The platform has been criticized for its facilitation of the spread of misinformation and copyrighted content , routinely violating its users' privacy , excessive censorship , endangering the safety of children and their well-being , and for its inconsistent implementation of platform guidelines. YouTube was founded by Steve Chen , Chad Hurley , and Jawed Karim . The trio were early employees of PayPal , which left them enriched after
16188-447: The reason for the removal was, based on its internal research, that users often used the dislike feature as a form of cyberbullying and brigading . While some users praised the move as a way to discourage trolls , others felt that hiding dislikes would make it harder for viewers to recognize clickbait or unhelpful videos and that other features already existed for creators to limit bullying. YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim referred to
16330-402: The resentment and repressed anger of a woman stuck in a marriage built on a lie. Yet there is dignity in her breakdown ... Salonga pulls it off with such clarity, both musically and emotionally, that it's difficult not to be moved." In 2016, Salonga won two more Aliw Awards , one for Best Major Concert in a Foreign Venue and her second Entertainer of the Year award. The following year, Salonga
16472-485: The role and, in 2002, winning an Ovation Award for Lead Actress in a Musical. The Salonga-led Broadway revival cast album was nominated for a 2004 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. Salonga's performance was received positively by theatre critics in New York, and she received a nomination for Distinguished Performance from the Drama League , among other honors. In September 2002, she appeared on Working in
16614-556: The role of Kim, winning the Drama Desk , Outer Critics Circle , and Theatre World awards and becoming the second-youngest actress and first actress of Asian descent to win a Tony Award . During the production transfer from West End to Broadway, a controversy erupted over Salonga's citizenship. The Actors' Equity Association (AEA) initially prevented her from reprising the role, wishing to give priority to Asian-American performers. However, Cameron Mackintosh claimed he could not find
16756-563: The same year, YouTube announced it would start hiding dislike counts on videos, making them invisible to viewers. The company stated the decision was in response to experiments which confirmed that smaller YouTube creators were more likely to be targeted in dislike brigading and harassment. Creators will still be able to see the number of likes and dislikes in the YouTube Studio dashboard tool, according to YouTube. YouTube has an estimate 14 billion videos with about 5% of those never having
16898-548: The second annual Gold Gala attended by Brie Larson , Harry Shum Jr. , Destin Daniel Cretton , Eva Longoria , Awkwafina , the cast of Queer Eye , Lea Salonga , and more. The third annual Gold Gala that took place in May 2024 was attended by content creator Valkyrae , actor John Cho , actresses Lucy Liu and Regina King , singer and songwriter Cynthia Erivo , directors Jon M. Chu and Lulu Wang , actors Gordon Cormier , Dallas Liu , Ian Ousley , and Elizabeth Yu from
17040-679: The short list of Broadway.com's Audience Award favorites as Best Replacement. During her tenure on Broadway that season, she appeared in Broadway on Broadway 2007 and Stars in the Alley 2007, spoke at the Broadway Artists Alliance Summer Intensives, guested on the Broadway musical 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee , and participated in Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ' 12th Annual Nothing Like
17182-450: The show for its final performances in December 2018 and January 2019. The cast recording for Once on This Island was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album . Salonga appeared alongside Eva Noblezada , Dale Watson , and Princess Punzalan as a Philippine immigrant, Aunt Gail, in the musical film Yellow Rose , which premiered at the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival . She also toured North America and
17324-514: The skit helped popularize YouTube's reach and led to the upload of more third-party content. The site grew rapidly; in July 2006, the company announced that more than 65,000 new videos were being uploaded every day and that the site was receiving 100 million video views per day. The choice of the name www.youtube.com led to problems for a similarly named website, www.utube.com . That site's owner, Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment , filed
17466-447: The system was "surprisingly resilient" in finding copyright violations in the audio tracks of videos, it was not infallible. The use of Content ID to remove material automatically has led to controversy in some cases, as the videos have not been checked by a human for fair use. If a YouTube user disagrees with a decision by Content ID, it is possible to fill in a form disputing the decision. Before 2016, videos were not monetized until
17608-420: The types of content that is eligible to be monetized with advertising. YouTube contracts companies to hire content moderators, who view content flagged as potentially violating YouTube's content policies and determines if they should be removed. In September 2020, a class-action suit was filed by a former content moderator who reported developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after an 18-month period on
17750-430: The update as "a stupid idea", and that the real reason behind the change was "not a good one, and not one that will be publicly disclosed." He felt that users' ability on a social platform to identify harmful content was essential, saying, "The process works, and there's a name for it: the wisdom of the crowds . The process breaks when the platform interferes with it. Then, the platform invariably declines." Shortly after
17892-447: The use of ad blockers violates its terms of service. In April 2024, YouTube announced it would be "strengthening our enforcement on third-party apps that violate YouTube's Terms of Service, specifically ad-blocking apps". YouTube has been led by a CEO since its founding in 2005, beginning with Chad Hurley , who led the company until 2010. After Google's acquisition of YouTube, the CEO role
18034-450: The way for other Filipino artists to break into the finest theaters in the world." In March 2007, Salonga returned to Broadway for another stint in the musical Les Misérables , this time as Fantine. Her rejoining the show boosted the musical's ticket sales. President Arroyo watched Salonga in this role, with Filipino-Americans Adam Jacobs as Marius and Ali Ewoldt as Cosette . Salonga received rave reviews and made it again to
18176-587: Was a member of the cast of German Moreno 's teen variety show, That's Entertainment . In 1985, Salonga and her brother, Gerard, took part in the 8th Metro Manila Popular Music Festival as the interpreters for the song entry titled "Musika, Lata, Sipol at La La La," composed by Tess Concepcion, which won second prize in the Amateur Division. That same year, she opened for the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo in their concerts in Manila. She again performed with
18318-609: Was again in Les Misérables as Éponine in the West End production of the musical. In September of that same year, she continued to perform the role at the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii , during the musical's U.S. national tour. In December 1996, Salonga represented the Philippines while performing at ONE: The WTO Show , the closing ceremony for the inaugural World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference held at
18460-683: Was asked to dance the Filipino novelty dances "Ocho-Ocho" and "Spaghetti." The same year, Salonga advertised the Avon Products line of anti-aging skin care products, Anew Rejuvenate, in the Philippines. In June 2009, she sang at the 95th Anniversary Special of the Iglesia ni Cristo . Salonga sang Patriotic song " Bayan Ko " at the Requiem Mass for former President Corazon Aquino at Manila Cathedral . Salonga celebrated 20 years of Miss Saigon by performing in concerts called Lea Salonga... Your Songs at
18602-548: Was briefly exposed by Justin Timberlake during the halftime show. Karim could not easily find video clips of the incident and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami online, which led to the idea of a video-sharing site. Hurley and Chen said that the original idea for YouTube was a video version of an online dating service and had been influenced by the website Hot or Not . They created posts on Craigslist asking attractive women to upload videos of themselves to YouTube in exchange for
18744-457: Was discontinued in January 2018 and relaunched in June, with US$ 4.99 channel subscriptions. These channel subscriptions complemented the existing Super Chat ability, launched in 2017, which allows viewers to donate between $ 1 and $ 500 to have their comment highlighted. In 2014, YouTube announced a subscription service known as "Music Key", which bundled ad-free streaming of music content on YouTube with
18886-411: Was estimated that visitors to YouTube spent an average of 15 minutes a day on the site, in contrast to the four or five hours a day spent by a typical US citizen watching television. In 2017, viewers on average watched YouTube on mobile devices for more than an hour every day. In December 2012, two billion views were removed from the view counts of Universal and Sony music videos on YouTube, prompting
19028-723: Was expected to utilize most of her range, hitting notes as low as E 3 and as high as D 5 . In both Disney Princess singing roles, Jasmine and Mulan , Salonga uses head tones that reach up to F 5 . In 1987, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , the United States Agency for International Development , and the Population Center Foundation (later renamed the Philippine Center for Population and Development) established
19170-614: Was followed by a Christmas concert in the Philippines called Home for Christmas and performances at the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center in Marlton, New Jersey , in 2004. Later, in 2004, she played Lizzie in the Manila production of the musical Baby , which earned her another nomination from the Aliw Awards . In 2005, Salonga gave her first U.S. concert tour. Later that year, on November 7, she performed to
19312-487: Was followed by separate agreements other major labels, which gave the company the right to advertising revenue when its music was played on YouTube. By 2019, creators were having videos taken down or demonetized when Content ID identified even short segments of copyrighted music within a much longer video, with different levels of enforcement depending on the record label. Experts noted that some of these clips said qualified for fair use. In June 2007, YouTube began trials of
19454-451: Was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen , Chad Hurley , and Jawed Karim , three former employees of PayPal . Headquartered in San Bruno, California , United States, it is the second-most visited website in the world, after Google Search . In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7 billion monthly active users , who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. As of May 2019 , videos were being uploaded to
19596-519: Was offered the lead role. During an episode of " Stars in the House " streamed on March 28, 2020, Salonga told Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley, she found out that she was officially cast when she read the Sunday supplement of the Daily Mail . For her performance as Kim, Salonga won the 1990 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical , becoming one of the youngest winners of
19738-470: Was one of the coaches on The Voice Teens . Also in 2017, she released an album, Bahaghari: Lea Salonga Sings Traditional Songs of the Philippines , with songs sung in several languages spoken in the Philippines. Salonga portrayed Erzulie in the 2017 Broadway revival of Once on This Island at Circle in the Square Theatre , where she received critical praise for her vocal performance. She returned to
19880-499: Was one of the four coaches, together with apl.de.ap , Sarah Geronimo , and Bamboo Mañalac , for the ABS-CBN program, The Voice of the Philippines , which premiered in June 2013. In December 2013, Salonga began her Lea Salonga: Playlist concert tour in the Philippines, celebrating her 35 years in show business. The concert series was extended to January 2014. Salonga wrote a book, Playlist: A Celebration of 35 Years , which she used as
20022-862: Was retained. Salar Kamangar took over Hurley's position and kept the job until 2014. He was replaced by Susan Wojcicki , who later resigned in 2023. The current CEO is Neal Mohan , who was appointed on February 16, 2023. YouTube offers different features based on user verification, such as standard or basic features like uploading videos, creating playlists, and using YouTube Music , with limits based on daily activity (verification via phone number or channel history increases feature availability and daily usage limits); intermediate or additional features like longer videos (over 15 minutes), live streaming, custom thumbnails, and creating podcasts; advanced features like content ID appeals, embedding live streams, applying for monetization, clickable links, adding chapters, and pinning comments on videos or posts. In January 2012, it
20164-486: Was revealed that advertisements were being placed on extremist videos, including videos by rape apologists, anti-Semites, and hate preachers who received ad payouts. After firms started to stop advertising on YouTube in the wake of this reporting, YouTube apologized and said that it would give firms greater control over where ads got placed. University of North Carolina professor Zeynep Tufekci has referred to YouTube as "The Great Radicalizer", saying "YouTube may be one of
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