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Is Charlie Sheen's World Record-Setting Twitter Presence an Elaborate Stunt?
By David Moye - AOL NewsCharlie Sheen now has some 1 million followers on Twitter, and that has at least one PR expert wondering if his meltdown is actually a PR stunt. A spokesperson for Guinness World Records confirms that Sheen set a world record recently for being the quickest person to gain 1 million followers, doing so in 25 hours, 17 minutes. However, the timing of Sheen's debut on Twitter is so perfect that PR expert Peter Shankman wonders if Sheen actually planned this whole thing in advance. TwitPic A PR expert wonders if the recent antics of Charlie Sheen, pictured here with Rachel Oberlin, ...
Mike Huckabee Rips Natalie Portman Over Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancy
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsMike Huckabee slammed actress Natalie Portman on a radio show for glamorizing out-of-wedlock pregnancy at the Academy Awards and sending an irresponsible message to women. The former Arkansas governor and possible presidential hopeful said on "The Michael Medved Show" this week that most unwed mothers aren't able to support their children on a Hollywood actress' salary. "You know, Michael, one of the things that's troubling is that people see a Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts of, 'Hey look, you know, we're having children, we're not married, but we're having these ...
Test Your News IQ in Weekly Street Quiz [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsMore on This Week's Quiz Questions: Who hosted the Oscars? Which designer lost his job for making anti-Semitic remarks? How long does the stopgap budget keep the government going? What is Rush Holt's job? Which network did Charlie Sheen threaten to sue? What major tennis star had surgery for a blood clot? ...
James Franco Not Totally Baked During Oscars, Apparently [VIDEO]
By David Knowles - AOL NewsThere goes that theory? James Franco's rather lackluster performance as co-host of the Academy Awards set off a storm of speculation that the young actor/scholar/performance artist may have gotten high backstage before the show began. Pundits pointed to pictures of Franco in which his eyelids were captured at half-staff as some sort of empirical proof that marijuana had been smoked. But following a day of reefer theorizing, one of Franco's representatives decided that enough was enough and let the world known that the Yale Ph.D. candidate don't play like that. "James does not drink or do ...
Academy Awards Help Save Family From Tornado [VIDEO]
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsA cement block sits where Patrick Shipley's head usually rests on his pillow. Massive shards of roof cover the sink area of the master bathroom, where his wife usually stands to take out her contacts before bed. Had Sunday night been any other night, the Shipleys might have been the victims of one of three tornados that touched down in the St. Louis area, including in their community, St. Albans. Thanks to the Oscars, they're safe and sound, though out one roof. Instead of turning in at their usual bedtime, the couple stayed up late watching the Academy Awards, enjoying the glitz and glamour ...
Selena Gomez: Meet Justin Bieber's Superstar Girlfriend [VIDEO]
By David Knowles - AOL NewsWhat will this mean for Bieber fever? As the Oscars after-parties went on into the night on Sunday, millions of Justin Bieber fans faced the inevitable as news spread that the teen heart throb was seen holding hands and smooching with his date, Selena Gomez. The tabloids even snapped pictures of the young lovebirds reportedly leaving a hotel together the morning after. So who is this 18-year-old interloper causing such waves in the Bieber universe? Surge Desk did some digging on Selena Gomez and found that Bieber might actually be the lucky one in this young celebrity pairing. She has a ...
Melissa Leo's Unscripted Moment at the Academy Awards
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyThe Oscars didn't really hold my attention Sunday night and sadly, after I got distracted,they still went on and on. Before the first commercial, however, I was glad to hear winning cinematographer Wally Pfister thank his "union crew" on the film "Inception." As my husband is a member of the screenwriters' guild, I was also glad to see, for the two winners in his professional category, that the Academy got it exactly right. Related Stories The Oscars: 'The King's Speech' and Natalie Portman Reign The Oscars: Young, Pretty, Snarky, So Who's ...
Oscars 2011: Twitter Wonders Whether Host James Franco Was Totally High
By JJ Helland - AOL NewsMaybe it was the perma-grin, the squinty eyes or just the generally goofy vibe he gave off. But whatever the reason, a lot of the online chatter this morning is centered around the fact that Oscar host James Franco looked high to many folks during last night's ceremony. We'll probably never know whether he was or wasn't, but that of course hasn't stopped people on the Interwebs from opining -- with supreme confidence -- on the subject. Let's go to the tweets. .bbpBox42233639827804160 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/a/1298664727/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) ...
Opinion: 6 Ways to Improve the Oscars Next Year
By David Fagin - AOL NewsWhen the biggest moments this year were Melissa Leo dropping of the F-bomb and a feisty Kirk Douglas, maybe the Oscars should start calling themselves "The Felixes"? To think, this is a show that honors some of the most deranged and spoiled members of our society -- actors -- and last night's telecast was the first time a bad word had ever been uttered in its history? No wonder the shows are so boring. Even Sesame Street is more edgy these days. And, let's face it, when everyone already knows the outcome, the Oscars are just too clean, too proper and too late for the Internet ...
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