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For nearly four months Lonelygirl15 took YouTube by storm, creating one of the most watched Internet based drama around. The story was simple — a supposedly home-schooled emo girl of 16, known to millions as Bree, would sit in front of her webcam in her bedroom and pour out her heart on everything from family to friends to current events. Her musings quickly generated a cult following, but her seemingly professionally editted videos drew scrutiny. Who was this girl? A product of Hollywood, a marketing scheme by YouTube?

Through the power of the web it has been unveiled that Bree is actually Jessica Rose, a 20-something actress who graduated from the New York Film Academy. Lonelygirl15 is an elaborate project created by two filmakers who contrived to produce and distribute the videos to pique maximum curiosity about them. Despite the reveal the creators plan to push forward, releasing more of the same … and who knows, perhaps a movie.

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