NEWS: Lonelygirl15, Danielbeast and YouTube

No one has publicly come forward to lay claim to her work, but she is starting to look as connected in Hollywood as any starlet. Three lonelygirl15-obsessed amateur Web sleuths set up a sting using tracking software that appears to show that e-mails sent from a lonelygirl15 account came from inside the offices of the Beverly Hills-based talent agency Creative Artists Agency.

The apparent CAA link takes its place alongside other tantalizing pieces of evidence that lonelygirl15 is not who she claims to be: a copyright for the name obtained by an Encino lawyer, and a plot line that, leading speculation suggests, will turn out to be the lead-in to a horror movie's marketing campaign.

CAA spokesman Michael Mand said he "could neither confirm nor deny" that the agency is representing whoever is behind the 27 video posts. (Other talent agencies and production companies contacted by The Times denied any connection.)

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Nixon said:
What sort of evil genius woould think to use a hot young lady to lure in unsuspecting viewers for purposes other than pure entertainment????

Oh. Wait a minute...

DancehallDreamer said:
Anna Nicole's tits were less fake than that.

AndyM said:
Doesn't look much like a girl with no friends

Penultimate said:
the post ceremony vid is up

AceT said:
Ooh, Sean busting out with some intriguing investigative journalism

Personally, I like LisaNova's videos.