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Tucker Carlson Is Back and 'Grateful'

Commentary is his usual fare on 10-minute, bare-bones episode

(Newser) - Tucker Carlson returned to the airwaves Tuesday night—or at least the Twitter waves—in a 10-minute episode of "Tucker on Twitter" that was classic Carlson in terms of content, reports the Hill . The wildly popular former Fox News host took on the breached dam in Ukraine, put the...

Dolly Parton Gives Husband, Everyone Else a Great Gift

The singer-actress-philanthropist-legend dressed up like a Playboy bunny at 75

(Newser) - Dolly Parton never disappoints. Neither does her Twitter feed. The singer—who once said she is never offended by dumb blonde jokes because she knows she’s not dumb and she knows she’s not blonde, and once tweeted that she’d never fun for president because "there are...

Ariana Grande Takes Down Piers Morgan on Twitter

Brit criticized band for posing nude

(Newser) - Piers Morgan clashed with Ariana Grande and Ariana Grande's mother on Twitter Wednesday—and it did not go well for the British TV presenter. In what Cosmopolitan calls a "spectacular takedown," Grande stepped in after her mother criticized tweets from Morgan in which he accused the band...

How an Epic Twitter Tale Mixed Scary Truth With Fiction

The 'Washington Post' takes a deep look at Zola the stripper's incredible story

(Newser) - Since a 19-year-old Detroit stripper named Aziah King (aka Zola) tweeted out a story of epic proportions on Oct. 27, she captivated millions of online readers, including studios, producers, and even Missy Elliott, who wrote : "That Zola story wild. Ended up reading the whole thing like I was watching...

Twitter to 'Improve Policies' After Zelda Williams Bullied

Family members to get more support, site says

(Newser) - Twitter has promised to take a look at its policies after some sickening abuse over her father's death forced Zelda Williams off the site . After she tweeted a touching tribute to her father, the grieving daughter received messages on Twitter and Instagram blaming her for her father's death,...

Tina Fey: People 'Too F--king Boring' to Tweet

'30 Rock' queen lets loose on Twitter-verse

(Newser) - Not only has Tina Fey kept her edgy self away from Twitter, she wants most of us to do the same: "I think you should have to get a license to use Twitter because most people are so f--king boring that they should shut up," she says in...

Washed-Up Stars' Savior: Social Media

From Justine Bateman to Sally Jessy Raphael, a 2nd chance

(Newser) - Chris Brown and Rihanna aren't the only ones finding fame/infamy on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and the lot. Plenty of last generation's stars are making waves there, too, reports the New York Times , which runs down a few recent success stories:
  • Though Sally Jessy Rafael only claims 5,
...

Courtney Love to Daughter: 'Sorry I Believed Gossip'
Courtney Love to Daughter:
'Sorry I Believed Gossip'
Once More Unto the Twitter
Apr 15, 2012 7:02 AM CDT

Courtney Love to Daughter: 'Sorry I Believed Gossip'

'Mommy loves you,' writes Love in surprisingly well-spelled tweet

(Newser) - Live by the Twitter, die by the Twitter ... and apologize for the whole mess on Twitter, too. Courtney Love took to Twitter once again yesterday, this time to apologize to daughter Frances Bean for dragging her into Love's latest Twitter meltdown, reports E! Online . On Tuesday, Love accused ex-Nirvana...

Teen Bride Courtney Stodden's Twitter Feed Is Totally Terrifying
 Teen Bride's 
 Twitter Feed Is 
 Totally Terrifying 
'jauntily jiggling'
Oct 11, 2011 11:11 AM CDT

Teen Bride's Twitter Feed Is Totally Terrifying

Courtney Stodden's posts are just plain bizarre

(Newser) - Just when you think the saga of Courtney Stodden, quasi-celebrity child bride , couldn't get any weirder ... welcome to her Twitter page. The Huffington Post notes that it's an odd assortment of "Bible quotes and ... lurid notes." Below, some of the highlights (er, lowlights?) from the strangely...

Chris Pratt, Anna Faris Give Cat Away on Twitter; Uproar Ensues
Actor Gives Cat Away on Twitter, Gets Death Threats
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Oct 9, 2011 4:00 PM CDT

Actor Gives Cat Away on Twitter, Gets Death Threats

Cat lovers aren't happy with Chris Pratt

(Newser) - Here's an example of a bad idea: You're a famous actor with more than 54,000 followers on Twitter , so when you decide you can no longer keep your cat, you give her away ... on Twitter. That's what Chris Pratt did, and he's now facing the...

The Game Tweets Cops' Number, Jams Phones

LA sheriff's department is investigating

(Newser) - Someone tweeted an LA sheriff station's phone number on the Game's Twitter account last night, encouraging all 580,000 of his followers to call for an internship—and incidentally jamming emergency lines for two hours. The rapper appears to be backtracking, notes the LA Times, suggesting that, ahem,...

Michael Moore Twitter-Blasts Obama

Left-wing filmmaker outraged over US military intervention in Libya

(Newser) - Michael Moore ripped into President Obama yesterday for taking military action in Libya , reports the Hill , unloading a barrage of criticism via Twitter . A sampling of Moore's outrage:
  • "It's only cause we're defending the Libyan people from a tyrant! That's why we bombed the Saudis last wk! Hahaha. Pentagon=comedy"
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Courtney Love Twitter-Ranting Again

Account isn't verified, but sure sounds like her, Gawker notes

(Newser) - Guess who’s back on Twitter? That’s right, everyone’s favorite crazytweeter, Courtney Love. Or at least, someone who claims to be Courtney Love—and sounds a lot like her too, Gawker notes . Love ditched Twitter in January after she was sued for defamation by a fashion designer (she...

Gilbert Gottfried Fired for Tsunami Jokes

Aflac ditches comedian after tasteless tweets

(Newser) - Gilbert Gottfried has quacked his last for Aflac. The comedian, who has provided the grating voice for the insurance company's trademark duck, was fired for tweeting more than a dozen jokes making fun of earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan, Failure Magazine reports. Sample: "Japan is very advanced. They...

Kutcher's Twitter Account Hacked

First tweet asks, 'Dude, where's my SSL?'

(Newser) - Ashton Kutcher went to TED yesterday, and lost something intrinsic to being Ashton Kutcher: His Twitter account. The ever-tweeting actor's account appears to have been hacked, and likely by someone all but looking over his shoulder at the conference, reports ReadWriteWeb, which notes that celebs aren't likely to be impressed...

Meet the Justin Bieber Lookalike Storming the Web

Jamie Laou already has 50,000 Twitter followers

(Newser) - Apparently, all it takes to earn your very own set of tween groupies these days is an eerie likeness to Justin Bieber. That’s what 17-year-old Australian high school student Jamie Laou has going for him. Laou went from a random Twitter user in July to, this weekend, a worldwide...

Bills Player Drops Pass, Tweets Anger at God

Steve Johnson less than thrilled with Almighty after hellish flub

(Newser) - After dropping a would-be winning touchdown pass in an overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday, the New York Daily News reports that Buffalo Bills receiver Steve Johnson did what any modern day athlete would—he tweeted to the Almighty. "I praise you 24/7!!! And this how you do...

Courtney Love Tweets Racy Pics

Her latest publicity stunt?

(Newser) - She's at it again: Courtney Love took to Twitter last week to post a few, er, interesting pictures of herself. In the first, she flashes her skivvies, but fair warning: The second is decidedly more NSFW. View both in the gallery, or if you'd rather watch Love butcher...

Lilo, Photographer Defend Gun Photos as 'Art'

Plus, she and Sam feud on Twitter

(Newser) - They don't call her 'Linsanity' for nothing: Lindsay Lohan tweeted a picture of herself yesterday clad in black lingerie with a gun pressed against her lips. But don't worry: "It's not softcore porn, hunny, it's called ART," she explained. The photographer agrees, telling E! Online that she's "...

LiLo: Downfall of a Diva

From fresh star to drunken, out-of-work tweeter

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan has more (pre-written) obituaries than acting reviews to her credit, but the New York Post takes a moment today to dance on her grave—tracing the onetime singer-dancer-actress lauded by Robert Ebert and Meryl Streep alike to the out-of-work, drama-prone, free-spending rehab candidate of today. What's worse, some...

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