Do you Twitter (Tweet)? I do, although I can’t say that I am a veteran quite yet ;o)

Nielsen Online reported today that Twitter enjoyed a doubling in its user base last month, March 2009. And April will be even wilder, I suspect, with all the attention (read: hype) that celebrities like Ashton Kutcher*, Mrs. Kutcher (Demi Moore) and Oprah brought to the medium. Will the success last, though? (more…)

Larry King Interviewed Singing Sensation SUSAN BOYLE and Celebrity Apprentice and Britain’s Got Talent Judge Piers Morgan Monday 20th April 2009 CNN International

Some interesting excerpts:

MORGAN: But what’s astounding is the speed and the breadth of her success.  I mean, I’ve been getting calls today from China, from Russia, from Australia.  All around America, all around Europe.  Susan Boyle has gone from total obscurity in the space of five days to global superstar and that’s just extraordinary.

MORGAN: Well, I spoke to Simon Cowell who also judges “Britain’s Got Talent” last night and he’s in Hollywood and I think it’s fair to say his eyes have been going “kaching” ever since Susan’s performance because Simon is a businessman and he knows his music and he knows he’s got somebody with an extraordinary voice and this global phenomenon going on around her and I think that within a year, whatever happens to Susan on the show, whether she wins or not, I think we’re going to see a number one album around the world.

And even though she said in the interview she was not going to change her looks - she did! Today her new Susan Boyle’s look is all over the Internet. No Hollywood Make-Over yet, but that may be next…

BOYLE:  Why should I?  Why should I change?  Particularly my identity.

Here is a clip showing part of the interview:

And now the transcript of the whole interview: (more…)

Everyone can become a celebrity. After all: celebrities are ordinary people doing extraordinary things. So what about “the woman who shut up Simon Cowell”? (more…)

The power of association. Product placement certainly ain’t dead yet.

In the second hour of last Sunday’s Celebrity Apprentice Donald Trump had Team Kotu and Team Athena working on new meals for Schwan’s (a fast food delivery service). The next day, Schwans was at the top of phrases searched for, according to Google Trends. The products that both teams created are for sale online, at least for the time being. The items may be pulled once the Celebrity Apprentice season is over, as all three featured products only have one rating. And based on her remark during the show, I suspect that those ratings may come from Ivanka Trump herself (“I don’t think my dad will eat it, but I might.”).

The two-hour show was again more about the celebrity feuds than the challenges or the charities that benefited from the winning project manager. Country singer Clint Black pulled another two one-man shows, poker player Annie Duke went cut-throat on her poker pal Phil Hellmuth when opposing team’s Natalie Gulbis tried to get him to bid on jewelry items for her team and Joan Rivers, who overheard this conversation, called Annie two-faced and compared her to Hitler, who apparently also had his good moments. All of these can be “enjoyed” for at least another week, as Natalie Gulbis and Herschel Walker were the ones packing their bags.

Previous winner Pierce Morgan, now one of Donald Trump’s “eyes and ears”, said that this board room battle was way worse than the quarrels that he himself had with Amarosa. Pierce is all over YouTube again because of overnight British singing housewife sensation Susan Boyle’s performance on Britain’s Got Talent, with Pierce Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell as stunned judges.

Pierce could also not understand why Jesse James had not used his wife Sandra Bullock’s contacts for the fundraiser, but Jesse replied that he doesn’t mix “business with pleasure”. Donald Trump had his own thoughts on why Jesse James was married to Sandra Bullock at all; according to him Jesse must be good in bed? O-K…

Not much online yet on YouTube for this episode, except maybe for Jesse James’ chili fart:

Mor eabout Celebrity Apprentice on NBC.