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To celebrate the upcoming release of National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Disney is hosting “The World’s Biggest Treasure Hunt,” a 10-week interactive platform for users to play a variety of online games and find information about the new film. Those who play can qualify to win authentic treasure provided by Odyssey Marine Exploration and are […]

The Doritos is once again turning over its Super Bowl ad air time to its fans. But, this time there will be no ad. Instead, unsigned artists will be invited to share an original song that is, like Doritos, inspired by the musician’s passion and creativity based on his or her own bold or intense […]

An online film contest boasting celebrity judges, including actor Danny Glover and Mariane Pearl, is calling for entries that tell of the American Muslim experience.
The “One Nation, Many Voices” competition will take submissions until November 25th of films lasting five minutes or less. The winner will be awarded a $20,000 cash prize as well as […]

Beginning October 7th and ending November 9th, YouTube is accepting submissions for their Project: Direct Challenge.
Wannabe directors, 18 years or older, can submit their short videos for a chance to have their video showcased on YouTube’s homepage and a $5,000 debit card.
Basic Guideline for the Project:Direct Challenge videos include:

Video must use the line of dialog: […]

XM and MySpace have launched the “Show Us What Ya Got!” coast-to-coast online search for the hottest unsigned hip-hop and R&B music talent. Aspiring hip-hop and/or R&B artists are encouraged to submit their original song for the opportunity to perform at The Mix Show Power Summit, the industry’s premier event, in October, where one […]

Vivendi Games Mobile is seeking original user-generated content in the form of original ideas for episodes for its latest title, Surviving Hollywood, now available on mobile phones throughout North America.
To enter, participants can submit their written pitch for a pilot episode online or send it via a text message from their mobile phone. Submissions […]

YouTube is holding their first-ever rap video contest to be judged by 50 Cent, Common, and Polow Da Don. Entrants need to bring their best original rhymes and beat with a video to match.

The top 20 videos from all submissions will be chosen by 50 Cent, Common, and Polow Da Don.
Your […]

Universal Pictures is collaborating with Google for the new online game “The Ultimate Search for Bourne with Google,” inspired by Universal’s Bourne action series (”The Bourne Identity,” “The Bourne Supremacy” and the most recent film in the series, “The Bourne Ultimatum”). Players will assume the persona of a former CIA operative as they track rogue […]

Two World Wide Web-crawling Spider-Man enthusiasts will have the chance to report breaking Spider-Man 3 movie news as the winners of Columbia Pictures’ “Face of the Fan” contest. Building on the success of Columbia’s partnership with online user generated video portal Grouper, the “Face of the Fan” contest will provide at least 250,000 Spider-Man Movie […]

Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore are taking their roles in their latest movie, “Music and Lyrics,” to heart by personally judging entries submitted to the “Your Music, Your Lyrics” songwriting contest created by Warner Bros and VH1. Inspired by the upcoming romantic comedy “Music and Lyrics,” Warner Bros. Pictures partnered with […]