Twitter Alert: Miley and Piya go head to head

Miley’s in and Piya’s out. Check out what celebrities have been posting on Twitter.

Miley Cyrus is back. The singer deleted her Twitter account more than a year ago when she was persuaded into silence by her ex-boyfriend Liam Hemsworth. Now with Hemsworth reportedly back in her life, Cyrus has rejoined the microblogging site. “Came back to Twitter for two reasons: My fans and to follow Charlie Sheen,” she said.

With the elimination of contestant Pia Toscano from “American Idol”, celebrities are voicing their feelings of shock on Twitter. Toscano was sent packing on Thursday, April 7, in an elimination that drew booing from the audience and visibly angered the judges.

A clearly upset judge Jennifer Lopez buried her face in her hands and said: “I have no idea what just happened here. I’m shocked. I’m angry.”

Veteran judge Randy Jackson echoed her words, saying: “This makes me mad.” He told Toscano, who switched from her usual ballads to an up-tempo performance this week: “You’re one of the best singers in here.”

Toscano said on Friday, April 8, she had a premonition that she was in danger of leaving the show.

Toscano, 22, from Queens, New York City, went home to a standing ovation from the judges followed by a performance of “I’ll Stand by You”.

Joining Toscano in the bottom three were Stefano Langone and Jacob Lusk, both of whom were pegged by bloggers as a good bet for elimination this week.

The judges and host Ryan Seacrest all exhorted fans to make sure they voted for their favourites, theorising that perhaps Toscano was booted because her fans assumed she was safe from elimination.

The other remaining finalists include Casey Abrams, who last month scored the judges’ once-per-season save, Haley Reinhart, James Durbin, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina and Paul McDonald.

In Bollywood, actors and filmmakers are showing full support for social activist Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption.

“I stand in support, as a celebrity and as an Indian. I would like to fight against corruption,” said actor Kareena Kapoor. Many others took to Twitter to raise voice against corruption.

Here’s what celebrities have been posting this week.

Ashton Kutcher

Who are the people that vote on “American idol”? That’s just crazy!

Ellen DeGeneres

I’m still shocked that Pia was voted off “American Idol”, and I’m not the only one. I have to meet her, so she’ll be on the show next Thursday.

Tom Hanks

Don’t have an “Idol” habit, but how could the USA vote Pia off? I may be done for the season.

Bipasha Basu

Corruption is our enemy. We need more leaders like Anna Hazare.

Ali Zafar

I fail to understand why providing basic education to people is still not being executed as a plan by the government. How many more decades to go?

Atiqa Odho

It’s easy to judge and criticise others, but much harder to look at ourselves and honestly reflect on how much work is required to improve the “self “ to be able to contribute better to society.

Paula Abdul

I’ll be happy if... my life would be perfect if... So when your ‘ifs’ come true, what then? Make more ‘ifs’?

Britney Spears

I’m so excited that you all can finally see the “Till the World Ends” video.

Ali Azmat

Had crazy time shooting “Bum Pata” with Jami and Azad films crew. Great make up by Kamal sahib and a crazy list of actors. It’s explosive!

Jemima Khan

I’m sorry about all today’s tweets. I got carried away and broke my own rule of maximum three tweets a day.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 12th, 2011