A rising Don Bosco Prep football star, who was being courted by some major college programs, was expelled and may have lost many of his recruiters over a months-long string offensive tweets. For a high school that takes its football arguably too seriously, this is bad news. When will everyone learn that when you post dumb sh*t on the internet, people will notice? more ›

Chaos reigned this afternoon when hackers took over the Huffington Post's Twitter feed, sending out a series of racist, homophobic, and anti-English tweets to their 1.5 million followers. And they seem to be fans of the New York Post, writing, "Sup bitches? Hacked by: New York Post" and "New York Post rules!!!" Huff Post were able to quickly take their account back and delete all the offensive tweets, but you can see them all lovingly preserved below. And in a cruel twist of fate, Ashton Kutcher's Twitter account was also hacked around the same time. Is this what the Mayans have been going on about for centuries? more ›

When actress Ellen Barkin Tweeted her anger about the NYPD's apparent "random arrests" of innocent people in the wee hours of New Year's, she set off a firestorm of criticism from other Twitterers when she criticized the NYPD ("People being thrown in police vans, arrested for 'jaywalking'What happened to the NYPD of my youth?Who are u all?Shame shame on u all") and Mayor Bloomberg ("Fuck all of u,Bloomberg & every1 goose-stepping behind u.I cannot believe what I am seeing.U protect nothing.U ARE the violence in my city") and complained about a cop shoving her. But what do the cop-types on NYPD Rant think? more ›

Former Saturday Night Live writer and Kids in the Hall producer, 63-year-old Joe Bodolai, died in a Los Angeles hotel room sometime over the last couple of days, and police believe the death was a suicide. According to TMZ, Bodolai—who co-wrote the Wayne's World movie—had been staying at the hotel for over a week, and cleaning crews discovered his body yesterday. The site learned that police found a bottle of antifreeze and Gatorade in his room. more ›

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi prince whose fortune is an estimated $19 billion, has invested $300 million—or 1.5% of his wealth—in the social networking service Twitter. He made the investment through his Kingdom Holding Company and Bloomberg News reports that Kingdom called it a "strategic stake": "A strategic holding means more than 3 percent, Ahmed Halawani, a Kingdom Holding director, said in an interview. That would give the San Francisco-based company a valuation exceeding $10 billion." more ›

In the midst of the most important story of our time, Alec Baldwin's spokesman wants us to know that getting the boot from an American Airlines flight was just Alec being Alec. "Alec loves Words With Friends so much that he was willing to leave a plane for it," flack Matthew Hilzik tells the Daily News. And fellow famous-person Oscar De La Hoya, who was on the flight from LAX to JFK, tweeted "I think the flight attendant over reacted…@AlecBaldwin was doing nothing wrong but playing 'words' on his phone." But couldn't this just be some celebrity Omertá? According to American Airlines, Baldwin was acting like a thoughtless little pig. more ›

A worried brother has been using Twitter to try to find his missing 17-year-old sister who is autistic. Chris Lewis has been Tweeting, "In about an hour you will see on the news a missing 17 year old autistic girl named Janice lewis that is my little sister," "This is Janice. Around 2:15pm she boarded the Uptown bound d train and hasn't been seen since http://twitpic.com/7pk2dr," and "She's 5'11 about 155 pounds. Last seen in dark blue true religion jeans and dark purple ugg field boots http://twitpic.com/7pk2qz." more ›

[UPDATED BELOW] Developing! It seems that actor, and future mayor of New York, Alec Baldwin has been booted from his flight out of LAX. So far the only confirmations are from fellow passengers—Grant Cardone Tweeted around 4:15 p.m.: "Alec Baldwin is getting kicked off of AA flight as I tweet this!" Which was followed by a Tweet from Michael J. Wolf, saying, "On an AA flight at LAX. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane We had to go back to the gate. Terrible that everyone had to wait." Don't these people have camera phones? We'll update when we have more details. more ›

An unidentified Occupy Wall Street protester who goes by the handle Dicey Troop needs your help. Since the movement began over two months ago, Mr. Troop has been very active on Twitter, "tweeting the revolution," as he puts it, with meticulous updates of the daily General Assemblies at @LibertySqGA. But Occupy Wall Street, despite receiving half a million dollars in donations, still doesn't have any professional activists on the payroll—and tweeting isn't exactly bringing home the soy bacon for Dicey Troop. And so he's turning to the Internet for financial help. more ›

This morning, we heard a report of a grey seal spotted on the rocks behind Gracie Mansion, the city's official mayoral residence, so we messaged the NYC Mayor's Office via Twitter, "is there a grey seal on the rocks behind gracie mansion? if yes, can you take a picture?" Ask and ye shall receive, folks—the NYC Mayor's Office just Tweeted, "Meet the new City seal! MT @Gothamist is there a grey seal on the rocks behind gracie mansion? http://yfrog.com/gzgp2laaj" more ›

Can Twitter tame the parsimonious proclivities of East Village landlord Jakobson Properties? Fed up with the slow pace and miserable quality of repairs, one tenant created the Twitter account @Jakobson_Fix_It and started a Tumblr to document the company's alleged misdeeds. "I've talked to so many people, and everybody is complaining about things," John, the man behind the Twitter account tells the Post. And surprise: it seems that Jakobson is responding to issues a little faster these days. more ›

Have you heard of this thing called "Twitter?" You type something, and then everyone in the world can read it! We should probably mention that it doesn't censor anything, so it's best not to—sigh. An eight-year veteran of the Orange, New Jersey Police Department was fired by the mayor of the city after posting variations of the "n-word" and criticizing the city itself on his Twitter account. more ›

Last night, not only were there riots at Penn State over the firing of legendary coach Joe Paterno, Twitter users took the time to shame celebrity Twitter fiend Ashton Kutcher. Last night, the "Two and a Half Men" star and college football fan Tweeted, "How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye fan I find it in poor taste"—which sent the Twitterverse into a frenzy. more ›

Say what you will about Anthony Bourdain, but the man certainly knows how to get an even tan. TMZ dug up some nude photos of Bourdain (and his friend/ sous chef Steven Tempel) on vacation in St. Martin circa 1999, rocking the cerveza in an inflatable pool chair. Check out those abs! more ›

WFMU's Tom Scharpling took to Twitter last night to send out some live transmissions of a close encounter with Lou Reed, who was enjoying some scones, coffee, and WiFi at a local Starbucks. Of course, none of this actually happened, but we feel pretty confident if it were to happen, the below is a pretty accurate play-by-play of what would unfold. You can view a larger version of the below "transcript" right here—it is, at the very least, more enjoyable than Reed's other recent contribution to society. more ›

Viktor Bout, the Russian national whose arms dealing allegedly brought him billions and the nickname "Merchant of Death," is going on trial for terrorism charges in New York federal court. And the judge overseeing the case is making jurors sign a pledge promising they will restrict their Internet and social media urges. more ›

Someone bring Gwyneth Paltrow a wine cooler! (Can we call her Sir Gwyneth Paltrow now? Gender aside, it just seems fitting?) Anyway, the actress just Tweeted: "Shooting in sunny central park. Reminds me of my youth. Whatever happened to bartles and jaymes? Could rock one of those things." more ›

Someone please go help Julia Stiles figure out this Twitter thing. About an hour ago the actress entered the Tweet world like a deer in headlights, and the poor thing is relying on Mia Farrow and Good Charlotte for technology advice. Below, some of her Tweets (the first one seems to be a response to a Direct Message, as there's nothing on Mr. Madden's Twitter feed that's directed at her). People, help—after all, they don't teach Tweeting at Columbia. more ›

Stop the presses! The greatest Twitter parody phenomenon of our time has—maybe—been revealed! The Star Tribune is claiming that the person behind Ruth Bourdain, the potty-mouthed online culinary mashup of Ruth Reichl and Anthony Bourdain, is none other than Village Voice food critic Robert Sietsema. Could it possibly be true?! And why does the Tribune have to go and ruin a perfectly good time? more ›