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Love him or hate him, Kanye West will not be ignored. Case in point: since joining Twitter in July of 2010, he's racked up more than four million followers. And while some may be true fans of the hip-hop star, others follow just for the comedy -- intentional or otherwise. Crooner Josh Groban has set the often-nonsensical blatherings to music, and The New Yorker has even turned some of Kanye's twe

It can be hard to pull yourself away from Twitter sometimes. Even when nature calls. With this new Twitter Toilet Paper Dispenser, you won't miss a single Tweet. Even the ones people send from the bathroom.

It's pretty awesome when you find out that the actors who play BFFs on TV really are just as tight off-screen. Zach Braff and Donald Faison, who played the bestest of best friends for eight years on 'Scrubs,' are long on record as being super close and even having been roommates in real life.

Hell hath no fury like a scorned ghostwriter. So learned Mark Davidson, an "internet sales and marketing professional" with more than 56,000 followers. His bio also says he "write a lot of things to amuse myself and others" and that he sometimes has "deep thoughts." Only it turns out he's not the one writing the amusing things or having the deep thoughts -- those are

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Neil Diamond, 70, announced on Twitter that he's engaged to his co-manager, Katie McNeil.

Deepak Chopra has written over 60 books, mostly about the importance of connecting one's spirit to the body and mind, and he often speaks about how ridding oneself of negative emotions can lead to better health and wellbeing. And on Tuesday, Chopra used his Twitter account to blow off a little of that negative steam when one of his 613,000 followers, @Expatina, rebutted a couple of his many daily

Hurricane Irene has apparently been busy. Not only is the storm barreling toward the East Coast, she's joined Twitter in the form of a parody account, reminiscent of the Bronx Zoo Cobra. The storm has also been inspiring comedians, who are coping with the impending disaster in joke form. Chec ...

While news outlets are still scrambling to get the facts on the earthquake that shook a large portion of the US, civilians took to Twitter to swap jokes about the 5.8 'quake (or just confirm that it wasn't isolated to their street/couch/bathroom). Some of our favorites below:

Peter Shankman "had visions of steak in my head" when he waited for an airplane that was going to bring him from Tampa, Florida to Newark, New Jersey. So the investment guru sent out a sarcastic Tweet requesting the steak house chain Morton's meet him in the Newark airport in two hours with a porterhouse -- and to his surprise, they obliged!

Twitter user Allison Hiromi wasn’t impressed with the bartender at the Down House restaurant in Houston. So, while she was still in the establishment, she sent out a Tweet calling him a “twerp” and also used the hashtag #jackoff in her message.

Goldie Hawn and 50 Cent were unlikely lunch companions on Thursday, and took to Twitter later in the day to proclaim it The Greatest Lunch of Our Time.

Jonnie Marbles, the man who allegedly hit News Corp mogul Rupert Murdoch with a face full of shaving cream at his parliamentary hearing, posted a cryptic tweet moments before, saying, "It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before #splat"

Last weekend on NPR's comedic quiz show 'Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!' Twitter co-founder Biz Stone was invited on to play a game called 'I Can Hardly Clear My Throat in 140 Characters.' Before his win (the prize was getting co-host Carl Kasell's distinguished voice on a lucky listener's home answering machine), Stone recounted an awkward but hilarious encounter he had with Facebook founder Mark Zuc

Lady Gaga made her fair share of enemies last week when she performed in a wheelchair during a concert in Sydney, Australia. Now she appears to have ticked off Bette Midler as well. Over the weekend, the Divine Miss M sent a number of hostile tweets at Gaga, accusing the 'Born This Way' singer of stealing her act.

Twitter skills are going to score one student a full ride to The University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie School of Management. To win the $37,200-a-year scholarship, applicants have to answer one of their essay questions within Twitter's 140 character limit. The Trippie School's website does encourage that links to other social media "such as blogs, video, Facebook, or a web page" be includ