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Tribecafilm.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2013-04-25.^ a b c Makarechi, Kia (2013-03-18). “‘Lil Bub & Friendz’ Trailer: From Meme To The Movies (VIDEO)”. Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-04-08.^ a b The Editors (2013-04-25). “Here Are Your TFF 2013 Award Winners | Tribeca”. Tribecafilm.com. Retrieved 2013-04-29. ^ Ryzik, Melena (2012-08-31). “Internet Cat Video Film Festival, at Walker Art Center”. The New York Times.^ a b Angela Lutz (2013-04-11). ““Good Job Bub”: Lil Bub and Friendz Turns the Internet Cat Video Into an Adorable Documentary – Page 1 – Film+TV – Los Angeles”. LA Weekly. Retrieved 2013-04-19.^ a b c Rothman, Lily (2013-03-07). “‘Lil Bub & Friendz’: Internet Cats, Behind the Memes | TIME.com”. Entertainment.time.com. Retrieved 2013-04-19.^ a b Sykes, Tom (2013-04-19). “Lil Bub, The World’s Cutest Cat, Stars In Documentary Lil Bub & Friendz at Tribeca”. The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2013-04-24.^ a b c d “Interview: Director Juliette Eisner Discusses the Making of “Lil BUB & Friendz”“. Complex. 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-05-02.^ a b c d e Zakarin, Jordan (2013-04-21). “Lil Bub Movie: Tribeca Film Fest Screening Delights Fans”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-04-22.^ VICE Staff (2013-03-06). “Lil Bub & Friendz Premieres at Tribeca! | VICE United States”. Vice.com. Retrieved 2013-05-02.^ Price, Kathryn. “The Many Faces of Lil Bub, the Most Famous Cat on the Internet”. Bullettmedia.com. Retrieved 2013-05-02.^ “Presents: Lil BUB Week!”. Complex. 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-05-02.^ a b Wortham, Jenna (25 April 2013). “Lil Bub Hits the Tribeca Film Festival – NYTimes.com”. Artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-05-14.^ “Robert De Niro Met Internet Kitty Lil Bub and Took This Amazingly Adorable Photo”. E! Online. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-25.^ Zakarin, Jordan (2013-04-09). “Tribeca: Robert De Niro, Lil Bub and New York Flavor”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-04-25.^ “SIFF stereotypes challenged with cat-studded ‘Lil Bub & Friendz’ – Blog”. MyNorthwest.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.^ “Tijdlijnfoto’s”. Facebook. Retrieved 2013-10-11.^ “Metro | Chicago | Concert Calendar”. Metrochicago.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2013-10-11.^ “Tijdlijnfoto’s”. Facebook. Retrieved 2013-10-15.^ “Tijdlijnfoto’s”. Facebook. 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2013-09-09.^ “Lil Bub & Friendz”. VICE. 2013-08-27. Archived from the original on 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2013-09-09.External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/lil-bub-friendz-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Lil Bub & Friendz – Wikipedia"}}]}]