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Courtney Love to Daughter: 'Sorry I Believed Gossip'

Mark Russell — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:02:29 CDT

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 drummer...

Teen Bride's Twitter Feed Is Totally Terrifying

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:11:25 CDT

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 alliterative feed: "Wildly wiggling...

Actor Gives Cat Away on Twitter, Gets Death Threats

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:00:05 CDT

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 wrath of cat lovers...

The Game Tweets Cops' Number, Jams Phones

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:25:39 CDT

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, he was...

Michael Moore Twitter-Blasts Obama

Mark Russell — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:31:16 CDT

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" "We've...

Courtney Love Twitter-Ranting Again

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:13:12 CDT

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 ended up having...

Gilbert Gottfried Fired for Tsunami Jokes

Rob Quinn — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:00:00 CDT

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 don’t...

Kutcher's Twitter Account Hacked

Polly Davis Doig — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:06:05 CST

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

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:32:05 CST

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 trending...