Britney Spears To Be Twitter's New Queen

Ashton Kutcher is on the verge of loosing his Twitter reign as the #1 followed account to Britney Spears.

Mashable reports that the two are neck-and-neck in the race to hit 5 million followers.

As you may already know (or if you didn't know,) Ashton Kutcher was the first Twitter user to reach 1 million followers back in 2009 after battling it out with CNN for the top spot.

A year later, Ashton faces another toughy as Britney's worldwide legion of die-hard-fans battle it out with the mighty Kutch-Army for Twitter's throne. So the question here is, can King Kutch be overthrown? Can he retain his title? Who will make it to 5 Million followers first?

Britney's worldwide popularity makes her a much tougher opponent, so I think it will be pretty tough for Kutcher to remain Twitter's King. But I could be wrong, Ashton may already have something up his sleeve, he did it against CNN, why won't he against Spears? If he has, he better hurry, as he is is only ahead by 100,000 followers, which to you may seem like a lot but you'll be surprised as to how quickly these numbers add up on the Twittersphere. As I write this post (9:05am - May 17), Britney has 4,892,129 followers, whilst Ashton is ahead with 4,901,115.

Let the battle begin!

Updated Daily - Last updated May 17
Ashton Kutcher 4,901,115
Britney Spears 4,892,345

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Shakira's Waka Waka Dance For Africa World Cup 2010

Superstar Shakira has got World Cup fever ahead of next month's finals and has created an African themed song and dance for the big kick off.

Shakira has a new song for the 2010 World Cup called “Waka Waka, (This is Africa)”, did you guys hear it? I like the video, it shows you clips of football games and Shakira of course appears in the clip doing an amazing dance with back up dancers wearing a hot outfit… I love her blonde locks!

Shakira also did a Spanish version of the song since she’s from Columbia. The Spanish version is called “Esto Es Africa.” Honestly I didn’t like the song much and critics even complained that it was “horrible”, Shakira features in this song an African band called Freshlyground and it is mixed with a Cameroonian song called “Zangalewa.”

Africans are actually angry that the official anthem of the World Cup is not sung by a South African artist. The organizers are getting many artists such as Black Eye’d Peas and Alicia keys to kick of the tournament concert but Africans want to see some local artists participate.

Back in 2006, Shakira also did a song for the World Cup and it was called “Bamboo,” do you remember it? Which one do you like better? I honestly prefer “Bamboo” it was really catchy and it was a hit single, people all over the world were singing it!

Shakira will perform the song before July 11 World Cup finale at the Soccer City Stadium.

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Cannes Film Festival 2010

Cannes film festival opens: Preview, list of movies, celebrities.

THE SIXTY third Cannes Film Festival unfolds on Wednesday, May 12 and goes on till May 23, 2010. More than four hundred companies from nearly hundred countries are participating in the Cannes Film Festival this year.

This year, the opening film is Ridley Scotts’s Robin Hood starring Russel Crowe. The closing film is Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Placed Out of Competition is Woody Allen’s You will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger. And the president of the Jury is American film maker Tim Burton.

The Indian film Udaan brings hope for India at the world festival. All those involved with the film will be present at Cannes, the director with his newcomer lead actor Rajat Barmecha, its producers Sanjay Singh and Anurag Kashyap, Ronnie Screwvala of UTV, the production house that backed the film.

The nine member feature film jury headed by Tim Burton of the Batman and Alice in Wonderland fame also includes Shekhar Kapoor. Atom Egoyan of Canada he­ads the five-member sh­ort film jury. Mrinal Sen wil be honoured in Cannes Classics.
This year the festival entirely depends on the weather conditions. Ash from the volcano in Iceland is still creating havoc with flights from northern Europe. Last week a thirty foot wave reportedly battered the Cannes coastline and caused significant damage to automobiles and ocean front businesses.

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