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These past few years, Maisie Williams has spent a lot of her time slaying on Game of Thrones — but now she’s launched an app to help creators slay in real life. Together.

Williams - an actress who’s best known for starring as Arya Stark on HBO’s fantasy epic, her own occasionally updated YouTube channel (where she's amassed over 478,000 subscribers), voice work on a Rooster Teeth animated project, and Teens React appearances - announced the launch of Daisie on her Twitter account this morning, telling folks to enjoy and “Play nice.”

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The latest format to come out of the Fine Brothers Entertainment (Fbe) studio is a blast from the past. In a recent episode of the popular web series Teens React, young adults opened up a 100-year-old high school yearbook and explored the youth culture of the early 20th century.

As Fbe co-founder Benny Fine told Tubefilter in an email, the idea to look into high school life from a century past stemmed from his discovery of his great-grandmother's yearbook, which dates back to 1917. His team presented it to the stars of Teens React, who offered their opinions. As they perused the pages of the ancestral document, they commented on how different youth culture used to be. Instead of senior quotes, students of 1917 wrote poems; instead of science, they studied home economics.

Some details provided apt comparisons to the modern day. One 1917 student noted that, upon graduation, she hoped to become the first female president.

The soaring popularity of Fine Bros Entertainment’s React franchise has made the kids, teens, adults, and elders who star in those videos into YouTube stars in their own right. The latest Fine Bros series gives React’s stars another chance to connect with audiences, this time through the well-worn territory that is YouTube “challenges.”

The show in question is called Challenge Chalice, and each episode features a different video format plumbed from the depths of YouTube. Fine Bros Entertainment’s community of react personalities, as well as the the company’s staff members (who have gained notability in their own right) will serve as the hosts. The chalice in question is a cup that contains the theme of each episode’s challenge, adding an element of surprise to the mix.

Up first is the “Eat It Or Wear It” challenge, which was previously undertaken by popular vloggers like Collins Key,...

The Fine Bros. have released a fun new “Teens React” video that features young teens attempting to use an old Dell computer with Windows 95. This video reminds me that we were basically living in the Stone Age of technology not too long ago. Technology has come such a long way. It will be interesting to see where it all is 20 years from now. Will we be looking at at the computers we work on today and think, “I can’t believe we used such primitive devices,” and be asking ourselves, “How did we even function!?” It’s pretty incredible to see how far we’ve come so fast, and it’s fun to watch these teens trying to figure out how to use the computer tech that a lot of us grew up with.

Welcome to today's edition of Nerd Alert, where we have all the quirky, nerdy news that you crave in one convenient spot. What do we have in store for you on this wondrous Wednesday? We have an honest trailer for the 007 action-thriller Spectre, the classic comedy Groundhog Day re-imagined with a Donald Trump twist and Winnie the Pooh posters for this year's Oscar nominees. But wait, there's more! Find out how to make your own Diy version of Harry Potter's quidditch snitch and watch teens react to Fuller House. Sit back, relax and check out all that today's Nerd Alert has to offer.

Teens React to Netflix's Fuller House

Fine Brothers Entertainment is back with a new video in their React series, where groups of teens or elders are shown reacting to various TV shows, movies or video games. Today, we have a group of teens who react to the trailer for Fuller House,...

Welcome to today's edition of Nerd Alert, where we have all the quirky, nerdy news that you crave in one convenient spot. What do we have in store for you on this wonderful Wednesday? The Martian gets an honest trailer, teenagers react to the first Captain America: Civil War trailer and seven things you didn't know about Back to The Future. But wait, there's more! A new Google Chrome filter will block every mention of Donald Trump and Star Wars: The Force Awakens villain Kylo Ren gets a new parody video. Sit back, relax and check out all that today's Nerd Alert has to offer.

All Star Wars Characters Have Stupid Names

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now a verified blockbuster that has reinvigorated the fans' fervor for this franchise, under the direction of J.J. Abrams. One of the many franchise traditions he upheld is the use of bizarre names,...

Welcome to today's edition of Nerd Alert, where we have all the quirky, nerdy news that you crave in one convenient spot. What do we have in store for you on this fun-filled Friday? A group of kids react to The Peanuts Movie trailer, one video breaks down huge editing mistakes and Project Greenlight gets a new spoof. But wait, there's more! We have a breakdown of every James Bond gadget used throughout the franchise's history and Adult Swim's Robot Chicken spoofs The CW's Arrow and The Flash! Sit back, relax and check out all that today's Nerd Alert has to offer.

Every James Bond Gadget

With Spectre hitting theaters today, Burger Fiction has put together a comprehensive video that shows every single James Bond gadget, from 1963's Dr. No to 2012's Skyfall. If you have 16 minutes to kill, it's a fascinating video that shows how 007's gadgetry has evolved over the past 50 years.

Welcome to today's edition of Nerd Alert, where we have all the quirky, nerdy news that you crave in one convenient spot. What do we have in store for you on this wondrous Wednesday? Jurassic World gets mashed up with Guardians of the Galaxy, explore the real science of The Martian and Australians are making BASEketball an actual, real sport. But wait, that's not all! Find out what Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice would look like if it was made in 1949 and watch an alternate beginning for Back to the Future Part II! Sit back, relax and check out all that today's Nerd Alert has to offer.

Jurassic World Meets Guardians of the Galaxy

This was bound to happen sooner or later. Since Guardians of the Galaxy was one of the biggest movies of last year, and Jurassic World is currently the biggest movie of 2015, and both blockbusters star Chris Pratt,...

Much of the nostalgia fueling Back to the Future Day comes from people (like yours truly) who are actually old enough to remember when 1989 was the present, and 2015 was an impossibly distant future. But a whole generation of moviegoers has come up since that film was released. So how do teens today — who, keep […]

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Welcome to today's edition of Nerd Alert, where we have all the quirky, nerdy news that you crave in one convenient spot. What do we have in store for you on this whacked out Wednesday? Robocop gets reimagined as a mall cop, an animated spoof reveals the true identity of Batman's greatest villain and learn how to build your very own ooze canister from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. But first, Avengers: Age of Ultron gets an honest trailer. Sit back, relax and check out all that today's Nerd Alert has to offer.

Avengers: Age of Ultron Honest Trailer

This week, Screen Junkies takes aim at Avengers: Age of Ultron in their latest Honest Trailer, tearing this superhero sequel apart for the peculiar nature of new characters Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and Vision, while trashing Earth's Mightiest Heroes for failing to "assemble" in other Marvel movies,...

Welcome to today's edition of Nerd Alert, where we have all the quirky, nerdy news that you crave in one convenient spot. What do we have in store for you on this magnificent Monday? The Madden 16 video game has a new ad using movie stars, we have a supercut of awkward celebrity interviews and a video that shows iconic horror themes with much different sounds. But first, watch how teenagers react to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 trailer and learn just how many people Batman has killed over the years. Sit back, relax and check out all that today's Nerd Alert has to offer.

Batman Movie Kill Count Supercut

Mr. Sunday Movies is back with a new three-minute supercut that shows every time Batman has killed one of his enemies in the live-action movies. The final number may surprise you, and it's interesting to see the ways that Batman has dispensed of his enemies,...

Earlier this year we watched Kids React to The Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer, and then we went to the opposite end of the spectrum to watch the Elderly React to Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer. And now we’re landing somewhere in the middle with Teens React to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – […]

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We hope after watching this video, kids today realize how insanely lucky they are to have the Internet in their palms at all times. Because back in our day, if we had to do a report on Ancient Egypt, or hell, just look up what the capital of Egypt was…we had to go slogging through a giant book called an encyclopedia. YouTube's Fine Brothers just released another edition of their Teens React series, and this time, they are checking out the spirit of book reports past, or as they call them: "It's the Internet in books" and "It was Google way back in the day!" Basically. This writer grew up at a time when encyclopedias were definitely the norm, but a little thing called...

The Fine Bros have gathered an audience of millions by asking kids, teens, elders, and YouTubers to react to the most significant viral videos on the Internet. Between them, those four demographics cover a wide range of viewpoints, but there are still many Americans who have not yet delivered their opinions on K-Pop. In the latest expansion of their React franchise, Benny and Rafi Fine will launch Adults React, which will star guests between the ages of 20-55.

As with the other React shows, Adults React will feature a handful of recurring participants. In particular, The Fine Bros noted in an introductory video how the launch of Adults React will provide a new home for cast members who have aged out of Teens React.

In a new twist for the React franchise, Adults React videos will often be broken down even further, with groups like college students, parents, and thirtysomethings receiving their own reaction videos.

Mandeville Films is partnering with YouTube powerhouse Fine Brothers Entertainment on an untitled original series.

Benny Fine, Rafi Fine, Max Benator, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Laurie Zaks serve as executive producers. YouTube will fully fund the series.

The half-hour show, created by the Fines and developed with Mandeville’s Hoberman and Lieberman, is a comedic series that pokes fun at TV singing contests.

“We thought the Fines were amazing and we all got excited about the idea of a real transmedia opportunity as well as this ambitious push by YouTube into the scripted spaces,” said Hoberman and Lieberman. “With the Fines’ built-in audience in that platform, it felt like a natural fit.”

“We are excited to be part of this new phase with YouTube to continue our decade long passion to produce premium online shows,” added Benny and Rafi Fine, whose creations include Kids React and spin-offs Teens React and Elders React.

“This partnership...

Tyler Oakley wanted to see what teenagers thought about him in one of the most meta ways possible. The engaging YouTuber with over 6 million subscribers on his channel watched the Fine Bros. Teens React episodes where his videos were the subject of teens’ interest (or lack thereof).

Oakley posted his reaction-to-the-reactions video on December 5, 2014. The currently-blue-haired digital star’s video starts off with Oakley expressing his concern people will be mean, but then backtracking on that thought because he’s been on the internet for seven year so he “can handle mean.” Despite Oakley claiming the Fine Bros.’s videos will be “so hard” for him to watch, the cheerful YouTuber seems to enjoy the teens’ reactions to him. And when one teen says he won’t watch Oakley’s videos again, the video creator isn’t upset and instead says he knows he’s not for everyone.

Many of...

The Fine Bros. can always capture some funny reactions, but when they do serious content they do it well. In their newest “Teens React” video, the duo decided to take a more contemplative approach and showed teenagers the story and speeches of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzia. Yousafzia is a 17-year-old activist from Pakistan who stood up to (and was consequently shot by) the Taliban when she insisted she and other young women had a right to get an education. Because of her efforts, she became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize recipient in 2014. Most of the teens in the Fine Bros. episode react as expected: shocked at Malala’s story and inspired by her courage. But the video goes deeper than that, initiating some powerful discussions outside the typical realm of a “Teens React” video. After watching Malala’s speeches, several of the teens feel guilty over disliking school...

The Fine Bros.

Contrary to what many believe, it’s actually not that difficult to get your YouTube video to go viral nowadays (just look at the recent “P.O.P Hold It Down” video that’s been making its rounds lately). However, it is quite difficult to keep that trend up on a consistent basis. Just ask The Fine Brothers, Benny and Rafi.

A few years back the brothers launched the YouTube channel TheFineBros and have been pretty much running the internet ever since (with over 2 billion video views and counting). Their biggest success has been their “React” series (Kids React, Teens React, Elders React, YouTubers React, and Celebrities React).

In the videos the brothers expose a demographic to something they probably wouldn’t otherwise be acquainted to, and we all watch as hilarity ensues. For instance: Elders react to Google Glass while kids react to rotary phones in an equally hilarious manner.

The Fine Bros' Teens React web series is usually light-hearted, but every once in a while, Benny and Rafi Fine release an episode with a more serious tone. The latest Very Special Episode in the Teens React library discusses an important topic for teens who are out on the road for the first time: drunk driving. As with other Teens React, the drunk driving video features ten adolescents as they watch and respond to a topic video. In this case, the chosen video is titled "I killed a man", and it describes an instance of DUI-related vehicular homicide from the driver's perspective. Since its release on August 24th, the video has been viewed more than three million times. The drunk driving episode of Teens React was launched in partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Nhtsa) as part of the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign. The timing...

The Fine Bros have come up with another new spin for their React format, and it involves guest stars who have established themselves on traditional media platforms. On August 14th, Benny and Rafi Fine will debut "TV, Film, and Sports Stars React", a special edition of their most popular series. This will be the fifth version of React (or the sixth, if you could their "Cats React" April Fools joke), joining Kids, Teens, Elders, and YouTubers React. The trailer features ten guests who, in typical React fashion, will be subjected to whatever viral video The Fine Bros choose to show them. The ten guests in the trailer are Maria Menounos, Sarah Hyland, Nick Cannon, Tony Hawk, Emily Osment, Aimee Teagarden, Debby Ryan, Chris Hardwick, Pete Holmes, and James Van Der Beek; from the looks of it, the video they will react to will be a bizarre one. This won't be...

With "Saved By the Bell" turning 25 later this month, there's a whole generation of teenagers who have never seen it before -- and "Game of Thrones" star Maisie Williams is one of them.The 13-year-old, who plays Arya Stark on the HBO series, was one of the outspoken teenagers who participated in the latest "Teens React" video on YouTube.Check out the video above to see some of them watch the show for the very first time. Yep, get ready to feel old.While Jesse Spano's caffeine-fueled breakdown still managed to make a few of the kids emotional, the perms, opening credit graphics and social stereotypes didn't quite hold up.The show made its big premiere on August 20, 1989, and feuds over the show are still making headlines. Check out the gallery below to see how all the stars have aged through the last 25 years! Read more...

“Game of Thrones” star Maisie Williams watched “Saved By the Bell” for the first time, and thought it was “so embarrassing” for just about everybody involved. “If this was, like, being fed to teenagers, that's not great,” the actress who plays Arya Stark on the hit HBO fantasy series said in the newest episode of the Fine Bros. “Teens React” web series (above). See video: ‘Saved by the Bell’ Kids Hate On Each Other in First Clip From Lifetime's Unauthorized Movie Williams and the other participants were not fond of the show's stereotypical portrayal of certain characters, such as nerds or dumb surfers.

“It’s like Gilligan’s Island… I’ve heard about it, but I’ve never seen it.”

What show would you guess this teen is talking about—M.A.S.H.? I Love Lucy? Nope. It’s Saved by the Bell.

As part of their popular “Teens React” series, YouTube users The Fine Bros collected together some teens (including Game of Thrones’s Maisie Williams) and previewed some highlights from the classic ’90s teen comedy (well, at least one of them thinks it’s from the ’80s).

Most of the teens (including Williams) had never seen Saved by the Bell before,...

"Game of Thrones" star Maisie Williams was invited to participate in the latest Teens React video from the Fine Brothers, and she and other teenagers were presented with the mother of all kid-friendly TV shows: "Saved by the Bell."

Unfortunately for Zack, Kelly, Screech, Slater, Jessie, and Lisa, today's teens were less than impressed with the 25-year-old series, which the kids made fun of for its bad permed hair, cheesy graphics and color scheme, terrible plot points, and even worse acting. While the boys were still charmed by the adorable Tiffani Amber Thiessen, and the girls thought Mark-Paul Gosselaar was quite dreamy (beating out Mario Lopez in a cute competition -- sorry, A.C.), they didn't connect with any of the storylines, and were downright harsh with some of their criticisms.

"I'm sorry, Kelly, but your dreams are crushed in the real world," Williams declared after watching a clip of...

When we last checked in with React, the new channel from online video creators Benny and Rafi Fine, it had pulled in 500,000 subscribers in one day. While the channel's pace has slowed since then, it managed to reach one million subscribers just six days after The Fine Bros debuted it in an introductory video. Thanks to data from VidstatsX, we can see that the React channel had 60,000 subscribers on July 21st. The next day, the channel's creators made its presence known, and Fine Bros fans flocked to it at an unparalleled rate. On July 27th, the channel's first episodic video--in which the Teens React teens play the Goat Simulator video game--pushed the subscriber count over one million. By the next morning, the channel passed 1.06 million subs, thus ensuring a million subscriber week for The Fine Bros. As far as we can tell, the React channel now holds the title of...

The Fine Bros are coming to Nickelodeon. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the multi-talented YouTube duo are bringing their popular React concept to TV as a 13-episode series called ReactToThat. Nickelodeon's interest in ReactToThat was first rumored back in February, when it was reported that Benny and Rafi Fine were working with Nick Cannon to produced a pilot. The Fine Bros then leveraged their fan base for a social media campaign meant to convince Nickelodeon to greenlight ReactToThat. The TV execs reportedly "got it," and so ReactToThat will debut later this year. While the YouTube episodes of React are separated into Kids React, Teens React, Elders React, and YouTubers React, the TV show will feature "kids and teens together," according to The Fine Bros. There will also be a distinct reality show element, with reacting participants invited to complete specific challenges based on the videos they have watched. The result...

Benny and Rafi Fine of The Fine Bros. recently shot a pilot for Nickelodeon based on their very popular YouTube React series (which, with its separate Kids React, Elders React, Teens React, and YouTubers React shows, is really more of a burgeoning franchise). The made-for-tv version is called ReactToThat and was produced in partnership with Nick Cannon’s Ncredible Entertainment. Executives at Nickelodeon are currently considering if they want to put in an episode order for ReactToThat and greenlight the show to air. The Fine brothers are trying to make their decision a little bit easier. On Monday, January 24, Benny and Rafi took to their YouTube channel (with its 7.3+ million subscribers) to solicit support for their wouldbe television debut. The brothers uploaded a video plea in which they both solicit the camera and their fans to do the following two things: Leave a comment on this Variety article saying how...

The brothers Benny and Rafi Fine may be taking their online video talents to television. The fraternal pair known collectively online as The Fine Bros. have teamed up with Nick Cannon and his Ncredible Entertainment production company to produce a pilot for Nickelodeon. The program, dubbed ReactToThat, is based on the Fine’s incredibly popular React series, which is a fully-fledged YouTube franchise with multiple editions (including Kids React, Elders React, Teens React, and YouTubers React) that has tackled topics as inane as twerking and as important as gay marriage and garnered hundreds of millions of views in the process. Nickelodeon hasn’t yet made up its mind if it will greenlight the series, but regardless of the end result, the pilot order marks the latest example of online video talent getting a serious shot at transitioning to TV. Shane Dawson, for example, sold a workplace comedy to NBC in...

Benny and Rafi Fine, better known on YouTube as The Fine Brothers, are making a new TV show for Nickelodon with Nick Cannon, according to individuals with knowledge of the deal. The show will be based on the Fine Bros.’ popular “React” YouTube series, in which people respond to various viral videos. It is one of the Fine Brothers’ most successful properties on YouTube, where the brothers have a few different successful channels that belong to Fullscreen’s network. “React” started with “Kids React” in 2010, and the popularity of that show spawned ‘Teens React,” “Elders React” and “YouTubers React.” The Fine.

The Fine Bros. have over seven million YouTube subscribers. Arya Stark is one of them. Maisie Williams, the young actor who plays the youngest daughter of Eddard and Catelyn Stark on HBO’s Game of Thrones, is a big fan of the online video offerings of Benny and Rafi Fine, especially the fraternal pair’s React series. The brothers found out about Williams’ affinity for the program over social media, reached out, reminded Williams of the customary saying in Essos of Valar Dohaeris, and the 16-year-old swung by the Fine brother’s studios in La to film two episodes of Teens React before heading off to find a man without a face. (Editor's Not: Sorry / not sorry for all the GoT references.) In the installment, Williams and a handful of other teenagers react and respond to the ingenious prank marketing campaign for the horror flick Devil’s Due. It's not...