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Selena Gomez has been all over Twitter lately posting pictures from the set of her upcoming flick ‘Spring Breakers,’ which marks director Harmony Korine’s latest effort. Gomez’s newest picture finds her posing in a convertible with her co-stars, one of which just happens to be tatted-up, cornrow-rocking James Franco.

A recent Tweet comparing the tragic Trayvon Martin shooting with the Kim Kardashian flour incident went viral because it was seemingly sent by actor Will Smith. Except it wasn’t. The Tweet was from Twitter user @RealWillSmith, who is not, in fact, the real Will Smith.

Want to be a part of Katy Perry‘s upcoming 3D concert film ‘Katy Perry: Part of Me?’ Well, you can really be a “part” of it, thanks to Twitter. So if you don’t follow Perry currently, you need to get on it now because the process is interactive. #Hurry.

Social media has the changed the world in so many ways, there’s hardly anybody that hasn’t experienced its impact, no matter how big or small. Twitter in particular has opened doors to celebrities that us commoners never imagined. Why wait for a star outside a restaurant in Beverly Hills to get a scribbled autograph when you could just get a shout-out from them on Twitter? And it has worked for ma

When you’re tweeting or posting on Facebook, you’re probably not thinking about the  Department of Homeland Security. But as it turns out, it may very well be thinking about you.

Fresh off the Harvard launch of her Born This Way Foundation, Lady Gaga has yet another reason to celebrate. No, it’s not her birthday either. That’s later this month, on March 28, when she turns 26. Right now, Gaga can throw her paws up and dance around the room because she has just notched 20 million Twitter followers. Make that 20,096,127 people are reading her tweets, as of press time. Read Mo

You may not be able to search for your own Tweets on Twitter after a week, but a marketing research company in the UK can now search all the Tweets Tweeted since January of 2010. This is possible because Twitter just sold Datasift the right to sort through them.

After Whitney Houston’s untimely death on the eve of the Grammys, the Sunday night awards show saw a 50 percent increase in viewership, but that didn’t stop Oprah Winfrey from trying to poach some of those eyeballs — and it’s gotten her into a lot of hot water with ratings powerhouse Nielsen.

There are people who love Facebook and people who love Twitter — and now scientists think they’ve discovered why those preferences exist, and what they say about the people who hold them.

Let us send your Valentine a special message this Tuesday.  Submit a love note your your Valentine using the form below and we'll pass it along via Twitter on February 14th. Twitter messages need to be 140 characters or less and if your Valentine has a Twitter account, let us know and we'll at-tweet them specifically...

As Super Bowl 46 was entering its final furious seconds, New Yorkers were taking to Twitter to celebrating the Giants victory. Here's a sampling of the tweets from Sunday night.

The music world is still reeling from the death of ‘Soul Train’ creator Don Cornelius, who died yesterday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. In particular, members of the R&B and hip hop community were moved by the passing of an icon whose TV show introduced many of them to legends like Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson.