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Remember the days when a dancing baby could captivate the entire internet? Or when a simple phrase like "All your base are belong to us" would leave us in stitches? Welcome to the golden age of memes, where the internet was a wild west of creativity, and the simplest of ideas could become overnight sensations.

The Hawaiʻi International Film Festival begins Nov. 3. It’s an event for world-famous directors from the Asia-Pacific to premier their films, but it’s also an opportunity for local student films to get a spotlight.

The artworks will be sold as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which are unique digital tokens encrypted with an artists signature verifying its ownership and are permanently attached to the piece.

One of the Slovak advertising agencies has chosen a peculiar approach to advertising by using the well-known Bad Luck Brian meme in a campaign for its client..

Zoe Roth, Face behind the “Disaster Girl” Meme, Sells Meme for $500,000 in Online Auction By Pablo Luna   /   Saturday, 01 May 2021 06:57PM Zoe Roth, a 21-year-old girl whose photo as a 4-year-old child has taken the internet as a meme storm has earned $500,000 from the sale of the photo. The photo which has come to be known as the “Disaster Girl” shows Zoe grinning at a camera in front of a burning house. Although the meme has gained notoriety worldwide, an...

Remember the ‘Disaster Girl’ Meme? The Girl in the Photo Just Sold It as a Nearly $500,000 NFT People 2 days ago © Provided by People Courtesy Zoe Roth The little girl best known for her devilish smile in the iconic "Disaster Girl" meme is all grown up — and about $430,000 richer thanks to the wonders of the internet. Zoe Roth, now 21, was 4 years old when her father Dave snapped a photo of her standing in front of a controlled fire near their home in Mebane, North Carolina in 2005,...

A meme gold rush? Classic viral images are selling as NFTs for thousands of dollars Kalhan Rosenblatt © Provided by NBC News The image of Zoe Roth, her small face grinning somewhat ominously at the camera while firefighters work to save a burning home behind her, has made the rounds online for years. The image of Roth, taken in 2005 near a planned and controlled burn, became an iconic meme known as "Disaster Girl." Now, 16 years after the image was snapped, "Disaster Girl" has...

The world knows her as ‘disaster girl.’ She sold an NFT of her meme for $500,000 By Marie Fazio New York Times,Updated April 29, 2021, 2:15 p.m. Email to a Friend The name Zoë Roth might not ring any bells. But chances are you’ve seen her photo. One Saturday morning in 2005, when Roth was 4 years old, her family went to look at a house on fire in their neighborhood in Mebane, North Carolina. Firefighters had intentionally set the blaze as a controlled fire, so it was a relaxed...

Disaster Girl meme sells for nearly $500,000 Celine Castronuovo © YouTube/BuzzFeedVideo Disaster Girl meme sells for nearly $500,000 The original copy of a photo that went viral in 2005 and became known as the "Disaster Girl" meme has been sold as a nonfungible token (NFT) for nearly $500,000. Zoë Roth, the woman who as a child was captured in the photo smiling as a house burned in the background, sold the image at an online auction earlier this month. Roth, who is now 21, s...

The name Zoë Roth might not ring any bells. But chances are you’ve seen her photo. One Saturday morning in 2005, when Ms. Roth was 4 years old, her family went to look at a house on fire in their neighborhood in Mebane, N.C. Firefighters had intentionally set the blaze as a controlled fire, so it was a relaxed affair: Neighbors gathered and firefighters allowed children to take turns holding the hose. Ms. Roth remembers watching the flames engulf the house when her father, an amateur ph...