The music world is still reeling from the death of 'Soul Train' creator Don Cornelius, who died yesterday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. In particular, members of the R&B and hip hop community were moved by the passing of an icon whose TV show introduced many of them to legends like Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson.
When British tourists Leigh Van Bryan and Emily Banting arrived in Los Angeles, customs officials discovered that Van Bryan had recently sent out a tweet about "destroying America."
While any English person (and most Americans) would understand that by "destroy" he meant to get rip-roaring drunk and party so hard that he ends up offending a Kardashian, the literal-minded officials detained the pair for making terroristic threats.
No one can accuse Pope Benedict XVI of being old-fashioned, even if his beliefs on doctrine are strictly traditionalist. The Pontiff proved he holds his traditional views in a very modern social landscape by praising the usefulness of social media communication.
As you may have heard, Rob Lowe recently announced on Twitter that Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning would be retiring. While Lowe is getting flack for claiming that his "people" told him that Manning would soon be hanging up his jersey, it turns out that the 'Parks and Recreation' star has been right about a lot of things on Twitter in the past.
Rob Lowe set the sports world and the Twittersphere on fire Wednesday when he broke the news, via a Tweet, that legendary Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning was retiring.
Just imagine, as some people are starting to believe, a universe where both the SOPA and PIPA bills pass, and the all powerful Wikipedia blacks out for good. How else would we discover that 'Star Wars' was actually based off of the Shakespearean play 'Thy Force Shall Be With You?' Wait, is that right?
There's a lot of talk right now about the Web blackout for PIPA and SOPA. And, of course, some folks are mighty confused. That's where we come in.
Who would've thought that a simple Congressional bill aimed at ending online piracy with the same potential to censor the entire internet community would cause such a mass panic? But that's exactly what's going on, especially with Twitter users.
As you've probably already figured out by the flood of tweets, married superstars Beyonce and Jay-Z (aka Shawn Carter) reportedly gifted the world with a newborn little girl named Blue Ivy Carter. The most poignant of all the tweets so far came from Lisa Lyons: "is it ivy blue, or blue ivy? so confused.."
Wednesday night on Twitter, Kanye West admitted that he hadn't bought a car or a piece of jewelry in two years. Why? Well, if the rest of his burst of Twitter activity is any indication, it's because the hip-hop superstar is too busy trying to CHANGE THE WHOLE WORLD.