We must admit that we’ve all played the scrabble-like game Words With Friends at least once…and it is addicting. But Alec Baldwin liked the game so much that he was willing to get off a flight for it.
“Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving. #nowonderamericaairisbankrupt,” Baldwin tweeted .
It looks like some fans are taking a clever humor approach to the situation:
Many celebrities advocate for a cause that is near and dear to their hearts. Lady Gaga, one of the most well known advocates of anti-bullying took her cause to the White House. As promised, Lady Gaga brought her concerns to Washington and although she was unable to meet with President Obama she did have a sit down discussion with one of Obama’s advisors Valerie Jarrett and staff members of the Oval Office.
Although Lady Gaga was unable to meet with the President, she is not giving up. She is working to set up a meeting with him and in the meantime has her Twitter followers tweeting #MakeALawForJamey, in honor of Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14 year old boy who committed suicide due to bullying.
Lady Gaga since her visit to the White House has set up the Born This Way Foundation to fight against bullying and provide support for those who experience bullying everyday.
Farrah Abraham, from MTV’s show “Teen Mom,” expressed her views on Kourtney Kardashian’s second pregnancy with Scott Disick via Twitter. However, her bashing on Kardashian and Disick resulted in the Kardashians fighting back.
After being slammed by Kourtney, Scott and Khloe Kardashian, Farrah attempted at an apology by saying, “4 all who mistunderstood: regards to kourtney K.~I hope she takes her relationship w/her boyfriend more serious 4 their children-takecare.”
The NBA lockout continues and the NBA superstars continue to be bored. Many have turned to playing pick up basketball games, taking part time jobs, or signing contracts overseas. But some are just working out and making random appearances. Follow the stars on Twitter and you will see many tweeting about other sports and news. Or if you are lucky with your timing you may find Kevin Durant looking for a flag football game, and then sign on as your new Quarterback/Wide Receiver.
“While I will continue to express myself through @Aplusk, I’m going to turn the management of the feed over to my team at Katalyst as a secondary editorial measure, to ensure the quality of its content. My sincere apologies to anyone who I offended. It was a mistake that will not happen again.”
This was a statement that Ashton Kutcher made in his blog after he mistakenly made this tweet:
Tweeting without realizing why PennState football coach Joe Paterno was fired, he learned an hour later that it wasn’t based on “Jo Pa’s” coaching. Kutcher continues to apologize to anyone he has offended and even pokes fun at himself with this picture that he tweeted.
But will saying sorry be enough for his fans, followers, and critics? And does turning over his twitter feed to management really make enough of a statement?
One hundred and forty characters: that’s all you have to leave an impression on your followers, to talk about your life, to start a movement, or to completely ruin your career. Twitter: it’s the social media website that is taking over the social media industry and it’s creating unique opportunities for celebrities.
How did we communicate with celebrities before twitter? It’s almost hard to think back that far. We communicated to celebrities through fan mail, tabloid magazines, entertainment shows, etc. All of that communication was push media, we were pushing ourselves at the celebrities that we loved and hated. Now, with twitter we are able to have an actually dialogue.
Take a look at Shaquille O’Neal, every day he provides wisdom to all of his followers, he shares lessons and quotes. His followers retweet him and then people who would not have thought to follow Shaq are now more drawn to his profile.
Demi Lovato uses her twitter page to communicate about her past struggles this past year. She uses twitter to clear rumors, and to put a person behind her celebrity status.
Taylor Swift is always uploading pictures on her twitter; pictures of her dressing room, backstage, on tour, shopping, doing her everyday activities and the best part is, her fans get to see it all.
Follow some of your favorite celebrities and see what goes on behind the glamour, tabloids, and rumors.
Overcoming challenges, strife, and heartache only leads to success. advocate, Army combat veteran, business leader and author who faced more than many people would ever think is possible. Moore visited Saint John Fisher College in the Fall of 2010 sharing his story, morals and advice with students, staff, and local community members.
Moore encourages students and youth to find motivation to make their dreams come true, along with recognizing that community service is necessary, and that giving back benefits everyone around.
Music artist Drake, previously known as Jimmy Robins on the television series Degrassi: Next Generation took his opportunity as a youth and ran through the open door to transpire into a musical phenomenon.
Opportunity will generally excite ambition to aspire
The childhood actor was able to take advantage of the contacts made as a youth, and network with executives from the music industry and was able to gain popularity in his hometown of Toronto, into the United Sates and now internationally.
He is now set to release his second album on November 15th, 2011 Take Care, which leaked on Sunday November 6th, 2011 around 10:30pm. Many anticipated for Drake to be highly upset, but he responded via Twitter saying,
“Listen, Enjoy it, buy it if you like it… take care until next time.”
“Whatever they do has publicity value. More or less continuously, over a period of time, they are the material for the media of communication and entertainment.” – C. Wright Mills
As most of us know at this point, Lebron James is one of the best basketball players in the world. He is known all over the globe and always puts on a show for basketball fans everywhere. Amazingly, even at a time when the NBA is not even playing, Lebron remains the spotlight of many sporting news outlets.
His recent talk of a possible NFL career has people buzzing all over the nation, and waiting for what Lebron may say or do next. The media is obviously eating all this buzz right up.It is a sports reporters dream come true when a superstar of Lebron’s caliber speaks of a decision that could rock the sports world as we see it. However, the league and team that has made him millions of dollars remains in the off-season, but Lebron James news coverage never sleeps.
Rapper Drake’s newest album, “Take Care” has leaked nine days prior to the set release date. Once informed Drake responded to his Twitter “followers” saying:
“Listen, enjoy it, buy it if you like it…and take care until next time”
Now the big question that still remains is, Will fans still go out on November 15th, 2011 to purchase his album?
Understanding Celebrity 