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Simon Pegg Writes 1000 Words On Why He Joined Twitter

I loathe following celebrities on Twitter, but I make an exception with British actor Simon Pegg. He’s classy, funny and knows how to use Twitter correctly – something you only have to look at Courtney Love’s Twitter feed to appreciate.


March 9, 2011
Entertainment

Are The People Who Call Radio Shows Actually Paid Actors?

Tablet Magazine recently published a revealing report exposing the “real people” that call into radio shows. According to Tablet, those real people aren’t real at all. Instead, they’re paid actors. Hired guns. Fake. I knew those amazing stories that spur great conversation and make for awesome programming was too good to be true.


March 2, 2011
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Charlie Sheen Joins Twitter: Thousands Of Followers Added Each Minute

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Love him or hate him or just plain laugh at him, Charlie Sheen has joined his celebrity Twitter brethren today. Not surprisingly, an army of curious onlookers have started following, hoping for an online meltdown or just something slightly twisted and bitter from the actor. Sheen’s Twitter account, which became live this morning (Australian time) has been verified – so it’s the real deal and not some kid pretending to be drunk and rich with lots of spare time…Hang on a min…


October 14, 2010
Online

Alec Baldwin Smacks Down AOL As Only Alec Baldwin Can

“Eighth degree, black belt idiots.” “Dumbest bastards in the world.” That’s not Jack Donaghy talking about pinko liberals. That’s Alec Baldwin talking about AOL homepage writers. But what’s got him so heated?


April 18, 2010
Online

Buying Back Your Youth On The Internet

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Heartwarming: An elderly actor used the internet to recreate the Manhattan apartment he lived in as a youngster, item by item. Not so heartwarming: it was a stunt by the Swedish Postal Service to familiarise old people with e-commerce.