It’s official! @aplusk beat @CNN!!!
At 2:13am EST, Ashton Kutcher won the race against CNN to 1,000,000 followers. The first twitter user to get there! CNN trailed behind by 1,760 followers.
After winning, Ashton tweeted, “Victory is ours!!!!!!!!” He and his wife Demi Moore (@mrskutcher)then proceeded to dance around the room to Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration.”
Tomorrow, Oprah will make her first 140-character tweet on-air tomorrow on @oprah. Appropriately enough, her guest tomorrow is Ashton, who will buy 10,000 mosquito bed nets for World Malaria Day April 25 since he crossed the million mark before CNN. Mosquito nets all around!
Also tomorrow, Mr. Kutcher will appear on Larry King to talk about the race to million. And as promised, Ashton will ding-dong-ditch media mogul Ted Turner’s house.
An awesome site just popped up where you can watch CNN and Ashton Kutcher’s race to 1,000,000 Twitter followers — in REAL TIME!
This chart refreshes with the real-time count of Twitter followers for both @CNN and @aplusk.
Check out the Twitter war at Chartbeat.com.
In other tweeting news, Oprah only has 30,000 followers but will make her first 140-character tweet on-air tomorrow on @oprah. Appropriately enough, her guest tomorrow is Ashton, who will buy 10,000 mosquito bed nets for World Malaria Day April 25 if he crosses the million mark before CNN. Trend-wise, it looks like aplusk will win!
UPDATE: Ashton has passed CNN! As of 10:30pm, Ashton has 985K and CNN has 984K. You’re well on your way to a million Ashton! Mosquito nets all around!
Costars Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl have a ball together, filming scenes for their upcoming movie Five Killers at the Eden Rock Hotel in the classy Caribbean island of St. Barts on Saturday (April 4).
Ashton’s wife, Demi Moore, was also spotted on set.
“Just took a plunge in the sea,” Ashton blogged earlier on the movie set. “Brrrrr. 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Reminded me of my rescue swimmer friends.”
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Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl shares a romantic kiss with Twitter-phenom Ashton Kutcher (aka username “aplusk“) on the set of their new film Five Killers in Nice, France on Friday (April 3).
Kat, 30, has been working hard on both the the silver screen and TV, saying, “I’m more than happy to make that compromise. As my agent likes to say, ‘High-class problems.’” I don’t know if I want to continue for five years working 12 months a year, but I can take at least another year or two!”
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Ashton Kutcher revs up the “Ferrari California” as he shoots new scenes for his upcoming film, Five Killers, in Beauliue Sur Mer, France on Monday (March 30).
“Gentleman start your engines,” the 31-year-old actor blogged before getting behind the wheel. “[I'll be] driving the Ferrari California today. 453 horse power 7 gear tranny. Speed limit? We’ll see… Bad ass car. Can’t wait to get it on the road.”
On Saturday, Ashton filmed a shirtless scene for his upcoming action comedy.
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Ashton Kutcher climbs a 2-story anchor chain as he shoots new scenes for his upcoming action comedy, Five Killers, in Nice, France on Saturday (March 28).
“[I] just accidentally knocked out a stunt man,” the 31-year-old actor blogged after filming a shirtless fight scene. “He threw a punch I blocked it & returned w/ a rt cross. [I] feel awful. I don’t think I broke it but he was out for a while. Alright, I gotta get this guy a gift. Maybe a 6-pack help the pain go away.”
You can also check out the video of Ashton getting waxed for the film. Very 40-Year-Old-Virgin-esque.
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Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher hold hands as they arrive at Borchardt restaurant on Wednesday (February 11) in Berlin, Germany.
The couple has been in Berlin promoting Demi’s latest film, Happy Tears. “His incredible love and support gives me greater courage to take more risks,” she said of her husband, Ashton, at the Berlin Film Festival.
Madonna and Demi will reportedly be co-hosting an exclusive party after the Oscars at the LA home of business man Guy Oseary.
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