Twittermania

According to a Texas-based algorithms company the Global Language Monitor, Twitter is the most used word in 2009.

"Barack Obama" and "H1n1" came in second and third respectively.

I find it funny how Twitter, a social networking site, beat out the first African-American President in the United States and the 2009 flu pandemic lol.

Anyways, to read the full article, CLICK HERE!

Rose :)

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So last week I posted a blog to see How influencial you are in the Twitter world and I hadn't shared my stats with all you you.

Well....I would like to share with all of you my results.

Influence: 25.4

Popularity: 31.3

Engagement: 28.2

Trust: 30.2

Ouch! Well my excuse is that I'm still pretty new to the Twitter world and I only got a couple months under my belt (lol, excuses excuses).

I don't think I use Twitter properly other than using it as a status update like Facebook which I should totally work on.

But what I do find useful is all the people I follow. I'm in PR so it is useful for me to know what is happening in the social media world.

People I follow that I find very useful include:

@Mashable

@PRsarahevans

@JonathanCheban

@adamdooley

@chrisd

@MarkRaganCEO

@Lockstep

All these people have a PR background and are very helpful in regards to what is happening around the social media world.

Rose :)

Yes, I'm one of them...

What am I exactly? A Twi-Hard!

Lol.

So I went to see the second "Twilight" movie last night, New Moon, with a theatre full of screaming teenagers and the girl behind me in line even brought the book with her to the screening (ya, I don't know either).

For those of you who don't know what this movie is about, Here is a brief plot summary courtesy of imdb.com:

After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her life, she looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family. However, a minor accident during the festivities results in Bella's blood being shed, a sight that proves too intense for the Cullens, who decide to leave the town of Forks, Washington for Bella and Edward's sake. Initially heartbroken, Bella finds a form of comfort in reckless living, as well as an even-closer friendship with Jacob Black. Danger in different forms awaits.

So what did I think of the movie? Pretty good.

I know the movies will never compare to the books, but it does give you the visuals of it all.

The acting got a teeny bit better especially from Kristen Stewart, who is a really good runner and screamer, since that is what she mostly did in the movie. Robert Pattinson and the rest of the cast were amazing, especially Billy Burke, who plays Bella's dad. He was really good at providing humour in the movie and his awkward sense of humour gave the audience a good laugh. There were really cheesy and laughable parts in the movie, due in part, to the bad acting and just how the characters don't fit in with certain scenes (don't worry, I'm not going to kill it).

So what was the best part(s) in the movie: Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) and his lack of clothing (CLICK HERE to see what I'm talking about). For the majority of the movie, he is shirtless along with his pack of werewolves (who are also not that bad to look at) which made the movie that much greater.

This movie after all focuses on the story of Jacob and Bella since Edward leaves her in the beginning.

So if you like movies with shirtless men (well in the case of Jacob, boys) then this movie is for you! ha!

So as of right now, I'm Team Jacob. Not because he was shirtless throughout the movie, but because his character is more lovable than Robert Pattinson's character Edward (hey, I'll probably change my mind when Eclipse comes out, which is my favorite book out of the four).

What else did I like? The action scene in Italy was pretty cool and Dakota Fanning also appeared in the movie and I thought she made a very good vampire. Oh and she's totally not a kid anymore since the last movie I seen her in was I am Sam.

Anyways, the November 20th opening made the film the highest grossing single day sales ever, racking in $72.7 million at the box office. (Not surprised at all).

According to Perezhilton.com, New Moon is expected to pull in $125 million this weekend which will place the movie at #4 on the list of the top-grossing opening weekend films. New Moon falls short behind The Dark Knight at number 1 with 158.4 million, Spider-Man 3 at number 2 with $151 million, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at number 3 with 135.6 million.

I'm just glad I somewhat helped with the success of the film by watching it this weekend! (lol, ya right)

Rose :)

Sky high ratings for Miss O!

On Monday November 16, former Vice-President candidate Sarah Palin was interviewed on the The Oprah Winfrey Show and was a complete hit!

She racked in the highest ratings for the queen of talk in two years, even beating out Oprah's interview with Whitney Houston.

According to thefeed.com,

“Monday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" drew a 8.7 household rating and 13 share -- the best since Winfrey had the entire Osmond family on the show in 2007.

That means Palin also topped Winfrey's heavily viewed interviews with Whitney Houston at the start of the season.”

Palin is currently on a book tour promoting her new book, “Going Rogue,” that came out on Tuesday.

During her one hour interview, she talked about her book (obvious), her Katie Couric interview (which you can tell she was completely embarrassed about), her marriage with Todd and her $35 wedding bans, and of course her daughter’s baby daddy, Levi Johnston and his new pictorial for Playgirl and says, “I call that porn,” in regards to Johnston’s magazine shoot and heard he goes by the name “Ricky Hollywood.”

Palin even invited Johnston to Thanksgiving dinner at the Palin house where Johnston, in an interview with another source, said, it was “a nice gesture, but she didn’t mean it.”

Oprah and Palin also discussed why Winfrey decided not to interview her during the 2008 presidential campaign because of Winfrey support for Barack Obama.

Oprah asked Palin whether or not she felt offended and snubbed over not being on the show during the presidential campaign and Palin responded and said, “No Offense to you, but it wasn’t the center of my universe.”

Burn!

Rose :)

How influential are you on Twitter?

I found the following to be pretty fun and interesting.

Do you ever wonder how influential, popular, or trustworthy you are on Twitter?

Well, you can take the Edelman Twitter test to find out how, CLICK HERE!

The top 10 influential people include celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher, Perez Hilton, and Wyclef Jean.

I'm pretty new to Twitter and I've only been using it for a couple months. But I was curious to know how "important" I may be in the Twitter world so I took the Twitter test. I didn't have the best scores, but the website did provide pointers on how to improve your scores, which I found to be pretty helpful. :)

Oh and what is Edelman you may ask?

Edelman is the world's largest public relations agency of the year (2008) with over 3,100 employees in 51 offices worldwide. Some of Edelman's offices are located in Chicago, Toronto, Mexico, and London.

Rose :)

Oprah is Cheap-O-supreme-O: FALSE ALLEGATIONS

UPDATE:

So the Oprah story BELOW, which I had posted last night, is ABSOLUTELY FALSE.

To be a credible blogger, I guess I should be getting my facts straight!

I made a choice of leaving my original post up and providing my kind readers of what actually went down.

For more information on what really happened, CLICK HERE!

Sorry, guys!

Rose :(

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So I was reading through various blogs today and came across one really interesting and hilarious topic (well in my opinion it was lol funny).

What topic exactly am I talking about?

Its the queen of talk show, Ms. Oprah Winfrey being a Cheap-o-supreme-o when tipping at restaurants and only giving 10% when she goes out to eat.

As PR Junkie put it, Oprah, WTF?

According to PR Junkie,

Apparently, a couple months ago Oprah told her viewers they can tip their waiters just 10 percent, due to the lousy economy. Right now the Facebook group has 52,000 members. Here’s what one server in the group had to say about the incident:

I am a mother of two young girls whose husband has been out of work since January! Since Oprah opened her big fat mouth the money at my work has been horrible! How dare her tell people such a thing! I hope she is happy that my girls won't have the Christmas they deserve thanks to her stupid comments and all the stupid PEONS that listen to her!!!!

Tipping in the States is very different from tipping in Canada, or at least Winnipeg. It seems like when I'm travelling down south, tipping can not be less than 15% on any amount on your bill or that would just be seen as rude. While here in the city of Winnipeg, I usually tip between 10% to 15%, that i think is the regular for my city, well unless I'm just cheap, but then again, I am from Winnipeg, the place where everyone likes to look for deals, including myself :P

Anyways back to my topic, it seems like Oprah has pissed off some people ( or at least the 52,932 people on the Facebook group called "1 Million Servers Strong Against Oprah's Comments"), that may include some of her fans.

Here are a couple comments posted on the Facebook page:

"Is she fuckin kidding me 10 percent I wont even give customers ice cubes if they start pulling that shit. We bust our assess and handle all of our business with those tips she should probably wait tables a day and then she would understand."

"shes a douchedbag she don't even know how to work hard. Just shut up oprah."

"It is obvious that Oprah has never worked for tips. Servers are not guarantee a living wage in Missouri. It is easy for the very rich to take from the struggling folks, no skin off her nose. 10% was not a good tip 15 years ago what is she thinking, whoops shes not! I say we request she spend a few days waiting tables, then lets hear her tune!"

"A woman with all the G*d damn money would want to act like she has some class!!! I mean,really????10%??? Oh yeah my hourly wage should make up for your half ass tip rite? NO! Because good ol Uncle Sam wants his cut of my $5 a hour!! Jeez America! Let's not forget that we have bills,families,children,and we need to make a living just like everyone else! If you intend on saving money_ take the $30 you plan on spending on your meal and go to the grocery store & cook your own meal. Spare me the aggrevation n leave my table open for the next party!"

OUCH! Some hurtful words for the divine Ms. O.

She sure should address this issue on her show or at least her magazine if she doesn't want the 52,932 servers to be spitting in her food anytime soon.

Really Oprah, 20% of your next restaurant bill is probably chump change compared to the billions you have in the bank!

Just sayin'.....TIP MORE!

Rose :)

Not that the movie needs it, but.....

The second installment of the Twilight Saga, New Moon, is only a couple weeks away and it seems like I have seen the whole movie already with the amount of “previews” that have been released by Summit over the last couple of months.

But I am certain that won’t hurt all the Twilight fanatics from going to see movie once it comes out Friday, November 20, 2009.

Not that this movie needs anymore publicity since it is going to be a given hit (I’m going to watch it at least twice, yes, I am one of those Twilight obsessed people), but I have a few ideas of what would get their movie more buzz. This includes:

· Since Rachelle Lefevre was fired and replaced by Bryce Dallas Howards for the character of Victoria, it was rumored that she would not be attending the premier. But to much speculations, Lefever will be attending the premiere of the movie she was fired from, and is actually very excited to see the movie and is excited to see all her former cast mates. I just think, wouldn’t it be great if she was there and just bashed Summit Entertainment (the studio in charge of the whole saga) in a couple of interviews during the premiere? How hilarious would that be, but she is probably super nice and wouldn't do that :(.

· Wouldn’t it be awesome if Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart FINALLY went public with their off-screen romance at the premiere of the movie? Now that would be the ultimate publicity stunt to boost movie ratings. Do you guys agree? Well at least I think so.

Movie comes out Friday, November 20, 2009 at theatre near you. For those of you in Winnipeg, see you there!

Rose :)

Hmm..in Letterman's case, sex does sell!

A lot of bad things could have happened to David Letterman's career after his sex scandal broke out, however that really isn't the case for him.

It just seems like his American viewers are still loyal to him despite his wrong doings. He may have even gained more viewers after his little sex scandal (Oh America, how you loves a scandal).

Letterman's ratings are still steady and solid with 4.4 million viewers per night and remains to be the number one late night show out there. Viewership for The Late Show has even increased by 10% compared to last year.

Whether people like him or not, they still continue tuning in, maybe in hopes for another scandal!

Rose :)