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  • Jim Carrey’s Ex, Jenny McCarthy, Addresses Shia LaBeouf Insults

    The Internet death rumors that were made about Jim Carrey on Tuesday were suspected to stem from Shia LaBeouf’s comment on Twitter Monday.

    The feud between the two all started at the Golden Globe Awards.

    Carrey made a playful reference to LaBeouf’s plagiarism scandal of the 2012 film “HowardCantour.com,” which was clearly based off of the comic Justin M. Damiano by Daniel Clowes.

    “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard … I believe it was Shia LaBeouf who said that,” Carrey said jokingly.

    After Carrey had made his remark, the ex-Disney star had a rebuttal of his own in which he posted to Twitter:   

    What made matters worst is that LeBeouf insulted Carrey’s parenting skills by throwing his daughter Jane into the equation.

    “At least I don’t get arrested for indecency on major LA highways! Or abandon love child’s,” the 27-year-old said in a tweet.

    LaBeouf, however, later tweeted again apologizing to Jane’s parents for his insensitive remarks. Both tweets have since then been removed.

    Now that that the insults are out in the open, another celebrity has something to say about the beef. In Tuesday’s segment of The View, Carrey’s former girlfriend Jenny McCarthy was furious about the comment made by LaBeouf: (image)

    “You can attack myself, but don’t bring my children into it. And I’m sure it’s the same for Jim…We dated for five years and I got to know his daughter, Jane, who is a lovely, lovely girl. It’s completely uncalled for and wrong. Jim is a great father. He loves Jane more than anything in the world. Shia did apologize and Jim did take it, but the whole thing is, do not bring our children into it.” 

    Oddly enough, just two weeks ago LaBeouf made a public apology to Clowes prior to announcing his retirement from the public-eye on Friday 10.

    On Monday he even tweeted what seem to be a bitter statement about his celebrity status.

    Carrey has yet to respond.

    Image via Youtube

  • Amanda Bynes: Miley Cyrus Responds to “Ugly” Tweet

    Amanda Bynes has a thing about calling people ugly. In the past few weeks, the former child star has called everyone from R&B star Drake to her own father “ugly.”

    This week, Bynes turned her ire toward pop star Miley Cyrus. In a now-removed tweet, Bynes simply tweeted “Ur ugly” at Cyrus’ Twitter account. Now, Cyrus has answered Bynes’ call for attention, but is taking the high road.

    In an interview this week with Washington D.C. radio station Hot 99.5, Cyrus stated that she really doesn’t want to address the issue. Instead, Cyrus was more subtle than simply name-calling, stating that Bynes’ situation is “sad.”

    “I think it’s all so sad that I don’t wanna add any fuel to that fire, because it’s really so sad to me,” said Cyrus. ” You know, I was rooting for a comeback until [she started] attacking me. And, you know, I just thought it was hilarious that she mentioned my name the moment I was the worldwide trending topic on Twitter. It’s just funny, ’cause the moment you’re, you know, a trending topic it’s funny how many people want your name to come out of their mouth ’cause somehow they can associate and maybe they could be a trending topic.”

    Bynes has been acting out on Twitter for months, posting strange and sometimes topless photos to her account. Since her arrest for bong-throwing in May, the former Nickelodeon star has been on the defensive, Tweeting (again) that she doesn’t do drugs and emphasizing that she posts whatever she likes to her account:

  • Somali Insurgents on Twitter

    Al-Shabaab, a Somali terrorist group, is using a Twitter account as a war strategy in their battle against the Kenyan Army. Below is the latest tweet from the HSM Press, the name the group uses in media accounts.

    @HSMPress
    HSM Press Office    Cutting off telecommunication links to El Adde highlights the level of #KDF despondency; a measure of desperation & despondency intertwined 2 days ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    The mere fact that this group has a Twitter account may seem surprising to those who may have viewed this small, Islamic militia as being unsophisticated. That is exactly the point. War analysts think that al-Shabaab is trying to change perceptions others may have of them as being like cavemen.

    One analyst says, “Al-Shabaab is using Twitter as a platform to help amplify its victories, downplay its defeats and show that it has a bead in modern technology”.

    Will Oremus of Slate Magazine, claims that the U.S. government is taking this Twitter account seriously enough to attempt to shut it down.

    Although al-Shabaab is obviously using the account as war propaganda, many Americans – who are not terrorists – may be following the account for educational purposes.

    Students, educators, and journalists are among the many who are intrigued by the move all different groups are taking towards social media as a means of battle.

    The fact that the tweets are in clear, concise English suggests that al-Shabaab is attempting to convey to the world that they are a modern force, and not afraid to battle with words.