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So what if Spears herself isn't doing much of the tweeting

(NEWSER) - Just nine days after Mashable's prediction , it came to pass: Ashton Kutcher has been dethroned as Twitter’s reigning superstar. Britney Spears , despite a distinct lack of tweets actually posted by the singer herself, officially has the most followers on the microblogging site, though the numbers constantly fluctuate. Both are near 5 million followers; at the moment, she has about 3,600 more. More»

Also: Is Megan Fox dating co-star?

(NEWSER) - Never fear: Britney Spears is alive. A post from her Twitter account claiming she had died is false, the AP reports, a result of the hacking of her Twitpic account. Ellen DeGeneres’ account with Twitpic—a program not owned by Twitter—was also hacked. Elsewhere:

• Rumors continue to fly that Transformers co-stars Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf are dating. “They definitely seemed into each other” at a recent dinner, a source tells the New York Daily News.

(NEWSER) - Celebrity oversharing on Twitter has gone from the drama-ridden (Lindsay Lohan) to the inane (Solange Knowles, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, and Nicole Richie making playdates for their kids). The New York Daily News zeroes in on the most popular celeb Twitterers, starting with Britney Spears, who has Ashton Kutcher on her heels. To read some recent Tweets, see the photo captions at left. More»

50 Cent, others turn to 'ghost Twitterers' for microblogging

(NEWSER) - 50 Cent has more than 200,000 fans following his every 140-character pronouncement on Twitter, such as this recent gem: "My ambition leads me through a tunnel that never ends." But the multimillionaire rapper doesn't bother to write his microblog; he has an assistant who does it in his voice. As the New York Times reports, 50 is just one of many celebrities, politicians, and businesses that have embraced the intimacy of Twitter, but aren't tweeting themselves. More»

Plus, Twilight hunk loves Tina Fey, more

(NEWSER) - Sorry, boys: Britney’s taken. The comeback queen is dating her talent agent, E! reports, a do-gooder credited with helping Brit, 27, get back on the straight and narrow. Jason Trawick, 37, “is one of the few people who Jamie Spears trusts,” says a source. Tween girls will also weep today: The Improper quotes Twilight hunk Robert Pattinson as calling Tina Fey “the sexiest woman.” Elsewhere: More»