Ashton Kutcher Targets Twitter Hacker
Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Self-confessed tech geek Ashton Kutcher is reportedly looking for revenge on the person that hacked his Twitter and Foursquare accounts.According to RadarOnline, the star of Two and a Half Men tweeted, “…
Romney, Obama Campaign Advisors Engage in Twitter Spat
Riccardo S. Savi/Getty Images(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) — Another Twitter battle is brewing between Mitt Romney’s senior advisor Eric Fehrnstrom and President Obama’s chief campaign strategist David Axelrod, who have spent hours trading insults …
Sinead O’Connor Tried to Commit Suicide
Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic(LONDON) — Something’s wrong with Sinead O’Connor. She tried to commit suicide twice within the last week. “I took an overdose,” the 45-year-old singer told The Sun newspaper, not explaining what exa…
Michelle Obama Joins Twitter
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — First Lady Michelle Obama officially joined the Twittersphere on Thursday, a move meant to expand her influence and outreach for the 2012 presidential campaign.The account — @MichelleObama — will be managed by Pr…
Source: Tebow Earned $250,000 Bonus for Playoff Win
Jeff Gross/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — According to ESPN’s NFL Insider Adam Schefter, Denver Broncos’ quarterback Tim Tebow earned $250,000 for beating the Pittsburgh Steelers’ in overtime on Sunday.
Reason for it? Tebow has an escalator of $250,00…
Alec Baldwin Back on Twitter
Art Streiber/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — After a one month hiatus, Alec Baldwin has returned to Twitter.The 30 Rock actor stopped using his account on Dec. 6 after he repeatedly tweeted about his removal from an American Airlines flight for using his cellphone…
Back to Iraq? Twitter Ignites Over Perry’s Suggestion
Toni Sandys/The Washington Post(MANCHESTER, N.H.) — Rick Perry‘s attention-grabbing comment that troops should be sent back to Iraq is getting traction on Twitter.According to our social media-watching friends at BlueFin Labs, Perry’s comm…
Back to Iraq? Twitter Ignites Over Rick Perry’s Suggestion
Win McNamee/Getty Images(MANCHESTER, N.H.) — Rick Perry‘s attention-grabbing comment that troops should be sent back to Iraq is getting traction on Twitter. According to BlueFin Labs, Perry’s comment in Saturday night’s ABC News deba…
Cuba Blasts Twitter over Fidel Castro Death Rumor
ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images(HAVANA) — Cuban state media blasted Twitter on Wednesday for a rumor that spread on the social networking site earlier this week claiming that former President Fidel Castro had died.According to the Cubadebate website,…
Snarky Tweet from Ron Paul’s Twitter Account Fired at Jon Huntsman
Jason Merritt/Getty Images(SPRINGFIELD, Va.) — During the Iowa caucus Tuesday night it wasn’t just the wind sending a chill into the hearts of presidential candidates.At 8:30 p.m., just after entrance polls started pouring in, Ron Paul tweeted a…
Japan Tweets Way to Record in New Year
SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images(TOKYO) — It didn’t take long for Twitter users to set a new record for tweets per second in the New Year.The social-network site ground to a halt just after midnight in Japan, as users there sent out a record 16,197 t…
Chris Brown and Rihanna Send Out Love to One Another on Twitter?
Jacopo Raule/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Did Rihanna and Chris Brown communicate with one another via Twitter on Thursday? It’s purely speculation, but they both tweeted very similar messages within a span of a few minutes.At one point on Thursday, Chris…
Kasey Kahne Apologizes over Breast Feeding Comments
Jerry Markland/Getty Images for NASCAR(NEW YORK) — NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne is apologizing after drawing angry responses when he tweeted that he found a woman breast feeding her baby in a supermarket “nasty.”The driver, who finished in fo…
DHS Creates Accounts Solely to Monitor Social Networks
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — An online privacy group is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security accusing it of not releasing records from the agency’s covert surveillance of Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites.The DHS creates…
Charlie Sheen Goes on Vacation with Denise Richards and Their Kids
ABC/RICHARD CARTWRIGHT(LOS ANGELES) — Charlie Sheen is taking it easy this holiday season. He’s posted a series of pictures on Twitter of him with his ex-wife, Denise Richards, and their two daughters on a tropical vacation.The caption for one o…
Is Happiness Declining? Twitter Analysis Says It Is
SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images(BURLINGTON, Vt.) — From what celebrities are doing at any given minute to the little things that irk ordinary people, there’s a lot to learn from Twitter.Researchers at the University of Vermont used the social media …
Jon Bon Jovi Victim of Online Death Hoax
Paul Zimmerman/WireImage(ASBURY PARK, N.J.) — Is Jon Bon Jovi “Dead or Alive?”That was the big question being asked Monday afternoon as an ugly online rumor spread quickly that the Sayerville, N.J.-born singer had died in Asbury Park.First…