Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Justin Bieber: Master of the Twitterverse

We always knew Justin Bieber was popular, but these incredible numbers back it up:

According to a Twitter employee, the singer and his throng of supporters use up three percent of the company's servers at any given time. In fact, says blogger Dustin Curtis, who has a connection at the service, "racks of servers" are dedicated to Bieber.

“Every time Bieber tweets, his messages have to be delivered to more than five million people who then endlessly retweet it," Curtis said. "Apparently, his account receives more than 60 @-replies per second for a while after he tweets, which is something Twitter wasn’t originally designed to handle."

Wow. Lady Gaga may be the Queen of Twitter - but we all know who the King is now.

Friday, August 27, 2010

British DJ Labels Justin Bieber a "Precocious Little Brat"

British DJ Labels Justin Bieber a Precocious Little BratTurns out, not everyone loves Justin Bieber.

Following Bill O'Reilly's criticism of the singer's Elle photo shoot, British DJ Scott Mills has come out and really attacked Bieber.

After recently interviewing the 16-year old sensation, Mills Tweeted: "Seriously, someone needs to have a word with him. He's a precocious little brat."

As you might expect, this did not sit well with the 27 billion teenagers afflicted with Bieber Fever. They bombarded Mills with responses, leading to this follow-up Tweet:

"I may have called Justin bieber a brat in today's metro! Just my experience of him,sorry.. Getting few angry messages!"

This isn't the first time Bieber has been accused of diva-like behavior. An Australian TV host said the artist flipped out over being touched during a May appearance.

Then again, Mills is also on record complaining about another celebrity's reaction on his radio show:

"Pamela Anderson was a whirlwind of nonsense," he said. "She came on the show, didn't answer any questions and as she left she threw a piece of paper at me saying 'read this', which was the details of her TV show."

Dude, maybe it's you.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Justin Bieber Movie To Be a "Story for Our Time," Director Teases

Director John Chu doesn't wish to over-hype the upcoming Justin Bieber movie, but, well, it "will be a pretty cool story for our time," he told MTV in a recent interview.

Chu said he is currently touring with the singer and trying to figure out the exact format of the film. All he knows for certain right now is that it will be released in February 2011.

"There's not going to be acted-out scenes and I can't talk about the rest. It's not your typical concert film and it's not going to be a biopic ... but it is about his life," Chu said. "I think it's more of a documentary. We're going to figure it out as we go."

As long as Bieber's hair and smiling face are on screen, we're guessing fans will be satisfied. And as long as he isn't groping Kim Kardashian, Bill O'Reilly won't complain.

Describing Bieber as a "really cool guy" and "legitimate talent," Chu sold the film as a biopic for anyone and everyone:

"[It's] a movie for his fans, a movie for people who don't know him, and we're gonna tell the underdog story of where he came from. Because it's a really fascinating story and it has a lot to do with our sort of digital lifestyle now... we're gonna make a really fun movie."

With all this hype, the flick may be considered a disappointment if it doesn't earn more money than Avatar.