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Soupy Sales Dies, Web Responds

Comedian Soupy Sales has passed away at the age of 83, reportedly at a Hospice in New York.  Provide your condolences at the Famous Dead website -- www.FamousDead.com ... The web is abuzz with fond memories and sadness of his death.  The rate at which the Tweets about him are rolling in provide evidence to that.

Jermaine Dupri, Anthony Edwards on New Media for Celebs

The BlogWorld Expo out in Vegas, which wrapped up over the weekend, attracted some major star power. One session in particular included Anthony Edwards (whom you may remember from films like Revenge of the Nerds and Pet Sematary 2, as well as the television program ER), and Jermaine Dupri, the man who brought us groundbreaking hip hop acts Kris Kross and Da Brat.

Celebrities Syncing Their MySpace and Twitter Accounts

MySpace is touting the fact that a bunch of celebrities have already synced their MySpace and Twitter accounts. The feature was just announced today, and MySpace has already issued an announcement listing a number of celebrities taking advantage of it. When the feature is activated,  a user's status update will appear in  their Twitter feed, and any Twitter feed update will appear in their MySpace Status & Mood.

Kanye, Swayze, Others Propel Google News to Record Week in UK

Google News had a record week in the UK last week. Hitwise attributes this largely to a big week for celebrity news.

Could Celebrities Drum Up Mass iGoogle Interest?

Google has introduced the iGoogle showcase, which is a gallery of celebrity iGoogle pages for you to peruse, and if you like one well enough, emulate theirs for your own. I suspect this is a way to generate more interest in the use of iGoogle (it certainly worked for Twitter).

MSN Launches Celebrifeed

Tired of the pervasive coverage of celebrity minutia? Too bad, because Microsoft just made it much, much easier to follow celebrities’ every move online. The software company’s Wonderwall has introduced the “Celebrifeed.”

Microsoft Gives Advertisers Access to Celebrity Endorsements

Microsoft Advertising has teamed up with Brand Affinity Technologies to give advertisers access to athlete and celebrity endorsements. The companies claim this is a way for businesses of "all sizes and budgets" to increase brand performance with their online campaigns.

Are Celebrities Causing Twitter to Evolve or Devolve?

You've no doubt been exposed to mass hoopla surrounding Twitter and celebrities starting Twitter accounts, racing to get the most followers, etc. There's no question that celebrity Twitter use is good for expanding the social network's user base, but what's it doing to Twitter as a communication tool?

Celebrities Engaging With Public Through Twitter

On the tail of the Oscars this weekend comes a story from the NY Times. I have read it several times because I can’t get over the possibilities. The possibilities of what you ask?

TMZ Partners With MySpaceTV

Over a month ago MySpace launched a channel focused on all things entertainment called MySpace Celebrity. Now the social networking site has partnered with celebrity gossip news outfit TMZ to create a branded channel on MySpaceTV.Under the terms of the deal TMZ will supply two or three clips per week to MySpaceTV after the clips have been broadcast on TMZ's syndicated TV program. TMZ will also provide up to 15 non-exclusive clips on a weekly basis featuring the latest celebrity hi-jinks.