Ashton Kutcher Quits Twitter
Twitter.com’s biggest egomaniac Ashton Kutcher wrote a post on his blog today declaring his intentions to turn his Twitter account over to his management team.
The move comes less than 12 hours after Kutcher came under fire from his 8 million followers for his tweet slamming Penn State’s board of trustees for firing legendary football coach Joe Paterno.
Kutchers’ followers erupted with angry tweets criticizing Kutcher for his insensitivity toward child sex abuse. 30 minutes later Kutcher deleted the tweet, and then claimed he wasn’t aware of the sex scandal involving one of Paterno’s former coaches.
Kutcher admitted he wrote the tweet impulsively without bothering to research why Paterno was fired.
“Up until today I have posted virtually every one of my tweets on my own, but clearly the platform has become [too] big to be managed by a single individual,” Kutcher wrote on his blog.
He added: “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 Media to ensure the quality of it’s content.”
Translation: he’s an impulsive narcissist who can’t stay away from his source of supply, but he also doesn’t want to lose his cushy ‘Two And A Half Men’ gig on CBS. So he will ask his management team to babysit his tweets for him rather than delete his Twitter, which he can’t live without.
Nia Long had a boy, and Kyla Pratt had a girl last year
We all knew actress Nia Long was pregnant, but who knew that child star Kyla Pratt got knocked up last year?
Long, 41, gave birth to her 2nd son, Kez Sunday Udoka, on Monday, Nov. 7, according to her rep. The baby’s daddy is NBA player Ime Uodka. Nia also has a 10-year-old son from a previous relationship.
“This is the most exciting time in our lives,” Long and Udoka told People in a statement this past June when they announced they were expecting. “Words can’t explain how thrilled we are by the new addition to our family. We feel truly blessed and appreciate all the well wishes and prayers.”
Meanwhile, Kyla Pratt confirmed rumors that she was pregnant last year. The former teen star, who recently landed a gig on BET’s ‘Let’s Stay Together’, told Rocsi and Terrence J on BET’s ’106 & Park’ yesterday that she gave birth to a daughter last year and her daughter turns 1 next week. How did we miss that?
Source: GOT
Monica Denies Pregnancy Rumors
R&B singer Monica dismissed rumors that she is carrying husband Shannon Brown’s baby. The Diva spoke to Global Grind last night during the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul 3rd Annual Women Behind the Music series at Tenjune in New York.
When Monica was asked if there were any future baby plans for her and basketball hubby Shannon Brown, she said:
“Absolutely I’m young, he’s young and we want to have that between the two of us, but right now we are enjoying the three that we have blended together. We have little Shannon, we have Rodney and we have Romello. So we are enjoying the three of them right now.”
On married life as a basketball wife:
“I always say ‘I’m Shannon Brown’s wife’. I don’t look at the title of what he does, basketball, as the leading ideal of what I am as a wife. Because no matter what career path he chooses, I’m his wife, not a basketball wife.
I just look at it like we have two different jobs that are some times complex, but wanting our marriage to work it’s easy for us to prioritize and do what we need to do.”
Last night’s event honored Mona Scott, Monica and celebrity manager Phillana Williams with a special performance by Bridgette Kelly.
Photo: Getty Images
Celebs Out & About: Kanye West, Nicki Minaj
Cartoon rapper Nicki Minaj performed during the 2011 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York City last night.
After the show Kanye West attended the after party at Dream Downtown. The troubled musician signed autographs on his way in. Kanye wore his favorite pair of Nike Air Yeezy 2 sneakers, which aren’t available yet, according to fashion blog Upscale Hype. Peep another view of the ugly basketball shoes after the break.
Beyonce Baby Bump Watch 2011
Singer Beyonce Knowles, 30, cheered on her geriatric rapper hubby Jay-Z, 42, as he performed with buddy Kanye West at the 2011 Victoria’s Secret Show in NYC last night. Beyonce made sure she was highly visible in the front row wearing a flowing white gown and a cheesy grin.
On Tuesday, Bey was seen leaving her office in Manhattan wearing towering 6-inch leopard skin Christian Louboutins without a care in the safety world for her unborn baby. Maybe she knows that the baby is being safely carried by someone else?
Photos by Splash News and FlynetPictures.com
Celebs Out & About: Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade
Actress Gabrielle Union, and her boyfriend Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, attended the ‘Get The Edge’ press conference at the Cook and Phillip Aquatic & Fitness Centre in Sydney, Australia yesterday. Later they were spotted arriving at LAX airport looking a bit fatigued. Both Gabby and D Wade wore grey sweats.
Gabby has admitted wearing her man’s clothes in the past. She’s one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, who is confident enough to be seen in public without a stitch of makeup on. We salute her!
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Joe Paterno, Penn State President Fired Over Child Sex Scandal
Days after a smoldering child sex scandal exploded onto the front pages of the nation’s newspapers, Penn State’s legendary football coach Joe Paterno, 84, announced he would retire at the end of the season.
But that wasn’t soon enough for outraged parents who believe Paterno turned a blind eye to a culture of rampant child sex abuse that was covered up by university officials for years.
Yesterday, Paterno and Penn State president Graham Spanier were fired in phone calls by the board of trustees.
Paterno’s firing touched off riots on the campus, with angry students overturning a TV satellite truck.
“Right now, I’m not the football coach. And I’ve got to get used to that. After 61 years, I’ve got to get used to it,” said 84-year-old Paterno, speaking to hundreds of weeping students outside his home in the shadow of the storied university.
The only remaining question is what will become of Mike McQueary, the former quarterback for the Penn State Nittany Lions, and now the recruiting coordinator and receivers coach for Penn State. (He is pictured at right with Paterno.)
On March 1, 2002, McQueary, then a 28-year-old graduate assistant for Joe Paterno, walked into the team showers and witnessed a horrific scene that would shake Penn State to its core nine years later.
