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Since launching in 2012, YouTube’s creator-focused Spaces have facilitated the production of more than 10,000 videos, which have collectively received upwards of one billion views. Now, the Spaces are providing additional support to creators through a new channel that will curate videos from some of YouTube’s most talented artists. That channel is called Field Day, and it’s a co-production between YouTube Spaces and production company 1stAveMachine.

YouTube describes Field Day as “a curated stream of individual videos from content creators who will push the boundaries of their creativity through the use of enhanced production tools and unique locations.” At launch, it features offerings from four talented online video stars: Vsauce, Game Theorists, Amymarie Gaertner, and Cut. An additional channel trailer introduces Field Day’s mission:

Creators who will collaborate with Field Day include Action Movie Kid, Improv Everywhere, Mike Relm, devinsupertramp, MysteryGuitarMan, SoulPancake, and ‘First Kiss’ director Tatia Pilieva.

After the success of the First Kiss video that went viral earlier this year, Rosario Dawson, Jenny Slate and 16 more of your favorite celebs are giving it a try.

This year's best actors paired up for nine intimate encounters in The New York Times Magazine's annual Great Performers Issue, on stands Sunday, Dec. 14.

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A big-haired Reese Witherspoon puckered up for a masked Benedict Cumberbatch, Shailene Woodley dropped a peck on the cheek of Unbroken's Jack O'Connell, Steve Carell planted a wet one on Laura Dern, Rosario Dawson shared a sexy moment with Jenny Slate, Kristen Stewart got steamy with Chadwick Boseman, David Oyelowo got intimate with Timothy Spall, Patricia Arquette cuddled up to Jason Schwartzman, John Lithgow seduced Julianne Moore and Gugu Mbatha-Raw shared a smooch with Miles Teller.

Similar to Tatia Pilieva's First Kiss video, which featured 20 strangers kissing for the first time, most of the...

"I asked strangers to undress each other and get in bed. Nothing else. No rules." So reads the description below "Undress Me," the latest viral video from Tatia Pilieva. That name might not sound familiar now, but remember the "First Kiss" video and all the awkward sexual tension jumping off the screen? She's the one responsible. Pilieva, the "First Kiss" video director, filmed yet another clip, this time in collaboration with Showtime for Masters of Sex. This round, instead of asking strangers to kiss one another for the camera, she told them to take off each other's clothes and hop in the sack. "No rules." We repeat: No rules. Things are about to get out of...

A few months back, a video featuring strangers kissing went viral. Remember that one? Of course you do. It’s called First Kiss and it was directed by Tatia Pilieva.

Now, Pilieva is back with Undress Me. This time, she’s asking 20 strangers to undress each other (in pairs, let’s not get crazy here) as an ad for Masters of Sex, which returns to Showtime Sunday, July 13.

The video opens with a man sitting in bed saying, “It’s nerve-racking,” and then the text: “In 1957, William Masters and Virginia Johnson began asking men and women to undress for science.

Masters of Sex is getting creative with its advertising. In addition to the print ads already circulating — the ones in the style of a racy 1950s magazine — Showtime has turned to Tatia Pilieva, the creator of the viral video First Kiss, for inspiration. Photos 'Masters of Sex': Vintage Designs for Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan In collaboration with the filmmaker, the network released a black-and-white YouTube video titled Undress Me in which 20 strangers pair up, strip down to their underwear and get in bed together. "Nothing else. No rules," the director added on her YouTube page. The result

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Director Tatia Pilieva talks to Et about her 'Undress Me' video.

Director Tatia Pilieva talked to Et about her 'Undress Me' video, in which 20 strangers are paired, undress each other down to their underwear and go to bed.

You might remember Tatia's "First Kiss" video which went viral earlier this year. That video captured strangers locking lips for the first time. While "First Kiss" caught some awkward moments, "Undress Me" took it to another level.

"Everybody was very excited and also terribly shy," said Tatia. "Not just the people in front of the camera. Sometimes I would even close my eyes."

"Undress Me" is part of a promo campaign for the Showtime series Masters of Sex, which premieres Sunday. Check out the video below!