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Twitter Celebrates NBA Center Jason Collins Coming Out as Gay

Emerald Catron — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:09:56 +0000

If you’ve been hiding under a rock, or just somehow not on the internet at all today, here’s a newsflash — Jason Collins is now the first active NBA player to be openly gay. The Washington Wizards center came out in an interview with Sports Illustrated. Obviously, the world is going bananas, and his name [...]

Hackers Make Burger King Twitter Praise McDonald's

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:00:46 +0000

Things got weird in the burger wars yesterday when hackers broke into the Burger King Twitter page and started firing off pro-McDonald’s tweets. Under the handle McDonalds@BurgerKing, the hackers posted messages which said Burger King had been sold to McDonald’s, accused Burger King employees of on-the-job drug use and posted links to popular hip hop [...]

FloridaMan Is the Best Fake Twitter Account Ever

Emerald Catron — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:09:02 +0000

There’s something special about Florida. Not the Keys or the Everglades. Really it’s the propensity for weird news that gets us. Strange things are always happening down there. If you’re familiar with the bizarre state, @_FloridaMan on Twitter will delight you. Basically it’s just headlines that begin with “Florida Man…” and end with something crazy, [...]

Super Bowl 2013 Blackout Prompts Twitter Outrage, Awesome Oreo Response

Emerald Catron — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:40:03 +0000

What? No lights? A power surge caused a blackout at Super Bowl 2013, which gave people on Twitter plenty of opportunity to move on from Beyonce’s half-time performance. Everyone shifted gears and focused their bit-writing abilities on the fact that they game is delayed. With the above picture, Oreo really rose to the occasion, but [...]

Twitter Thinks Bane Caused the Super Bowl XLVII Blackout

Emerald Catron — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:04:37 +0000

We're going to pretend all of these people are hilarious and not morons. When the 2013 Super Bowl was delayed by a power outage, most people took it as a chance to actually talk to the people at their football party. These people decided to make jokes on Twitter that the half hour of darkness was actually 'The Dark Knight Rises' villain Bane's fault.

Best Twitter Reactions to the New iPhone 5

Emerald Catron — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:58:37 +0000

So Apple is releasing a new iPhone (again). It’s thinner, lighter, bigger and faster. It comes with headphones that might actually fit your ears. It fits in your hand. It also possesses the ability to explode the Twitterverse. Here’s what people are saying. Can’t wait for the new iPhone 5.I’ve had this mint condition, perfectly [...]

Roseanne Barr Tweets Billionaires Are 'Violent Pedophiles' and 'Coke Addicts'

Mike Adams — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:07:08 +0000

Well, don’t expect to hear about Roseanne Barr receiving any large contributions from billionaires looking to support her Roseanne for President 2012 campaign anytime soon. That is because the actress, comedian and now political mudslinger on the Peace and Freedom presidential ticket has been back on her Twitter account, this time lashing out against billionaires, [...]

This Week in Texas Music Tweets

Buddy Logan — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:00:06 +0000

Our good friend Rita Ballou takes the time to collect the wittiest, most topical and sometimes very random tweets each week from the Texas scene. Then, after she gathers them up, I steal ‘em. And that takes us to right up, to right here. Check out “This Week in Texas Music Tweets,” including a “thank you” tweet from Randy Rogers, a patriotic one from Bart Crow, and it wouldn’t be a true “T.W.I.T.M.T” without a Hayes Carll tweet from Down Under.

Swimmer Stephanie Rice In Trouble For Swimsuit Twitpic?

BJ Ragone — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:00:28 +0000

With the summer Olympics fast approaching, many of the athletes are in the spotlight. Every little thing they do is being watched, even their tweets. Stephanie Rice learned that after tweeting a picture of her new bikini. Rice is a three-time gold medalist for the Australian swim team. She’s a phenomenal athlete, and looks pretty good too, so [...]

Lauren Alaina Involved in Dramatic Twitter Fight Over a Boy

Billy Dukes — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:00:15 +0000

Lauren Alaina was shooting flames from her fingertips last night on Twitter, and it sounds like it was over a boy. The teenage singer went back and forth with an unnamed female before going to bed Monday night. She fired several messages across the internet as her fans offered support.

Miranda Lambert Checks Blake Shelton's Twitter Messages

Megan Pacella — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:00:07 +0000

If you follow Blake Shelton on Twitter, you know that ‘The Voice’ coach and country star has a reputation for tweeting after he’s had a few too many drinks–and he’s not shy about connecting with attractive women. We’ve all wondered at some point if Shelton’s behavior bothers his sometimes sweet, sometimes fiery country star wife, Miranda Lambert. Turns out, if her hubby’s feed becomes too much to handle, Lambert just unfollows him!

Is the Celebrity Tweet Becoming the New 'Autograph'?

Mithun Divakaran — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:30:48 +0000

Social media has the changed the world in so many ways, there’s hardly anybody that hasn’t experienced its impact, no matter how big or small. Twitter in particular has opened doors to celebrities that us commoners never imagined. Why wait for a star outside a restaurant in Beverly Hills to get a scribbled autograph when you could just get a shout-out from them on Twitter? And it has worked for many.

Twitter Is Selling Your Tweets and You Don't Get a Dime

Kathy Landin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:45:29 +0000

You may not be able to search for your own Tweets on Twitter after a week, but a marketing research company in the UK can now search all the Tweets Tweeted since January of 2010. This is possible because Twitter just sold Datasift the right to sort through them.

Did Steve Martin Troll Gwyneth Paltrow on Twitter?

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:11:28 +0000

Because she is really famous, Gwyneth Paltrow is able to do things like pose for pictures with comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short at the Academy Awards.

But don’t think Paltrow doesn’t appreciate this privileged perch. The 39-year-old actress tweeted the photo above from the 2012 Oscars for all of her Twitter followers to see with the message, “I love my life.”

2012 Oscars Night Erupts With Tweets Asking, 'Who Is Billy Crystal?'

Nick Romano — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:15:00 +0000

You know you’re getting older when it seems like nobody on Twitter knows who Billy Crystal is. Yeah, you read that right. Loads of people (and by people we mean out-of-touch teens) took to the Twittersphere after seeing the opening of the 2012 Oscars with utter confusion as to who the iconic actor is. ‘Princess [...]

Miranda Lambert Takes a Hit From Chris Brown Via Twitter

Brittany Joy Cooper — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:02:43 +0000

Oh how the plot is thickening between tell-it-like-it-is country gal Miranda Lambert and controversial hip-hop artist Chris Brown. If you haven’t heard, the two have been in a bit of a virtual tiff, with Lambert tweeting her honest feelings for the star who spent time on probation in 2009 for beating then-girlfriend Rihanna. The battle began with Lambert expressing feelings about Brown getting stage time for two Grammy performances this year, and now the male singer is fighting back.

How Did One Tweet Get Oprah Winfrey in a Ton of Trouble?

Shauna Wright — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:10:39 +0000

After Whitney Houston’s untimely death on the eve of the Grammys, the Sunday night awards show saw a 50 percent increase in viewership, but that didn’t stop Oprah Winfrey from trying to poach some of those eyeballs — and it’s gotten her into a lot of hot water with ratings powerhouse Nielsen.

Miranda Lambert Lets One of Her Pups Take Over Her Twitter Page

Billy Dukes — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:00:57 +0000

Cher gets what Cher wants. That cute pup with the terrifying snarl is Miranda Lambert‘s dog Cher, and she is now the profile picture on the singer’s Twitter page. “Cher wanted y’all to know she is pretty so she posed for me for my profile pic,” Lambert tweeted on Wednesday before posting the above snapshot.

Kasey Kahne Apologizes For Twitter Rant About Breast Feeding

Billy Goforth — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:20:25 +0000

Kasey Kahne has recently got himself into a little hot water with the breast feeding moms of the world. The superstar NASCAR driver recently apologized about his recent twitter rant and offending breastfeeding mothers. He referred to the sight of a woman breast feeding in a supermarket as ‘Nasty’ and called a woman a dumb [...]

Facebook and Twitter Are Harming Our Kids, Says Majority — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:00:27 +0000

Facebook, Twitter and all the other social media sites have changed the way young people interact with each other, but according to a survey from Poll Position, the majority of Americans don’t think this has been a change for the better.