Justin Halpern has a social media success story. The twenty-nine year old owner of the Twitter account @shitmydadsays just scored himself a deal with CBS to develop a sitcom based on his Twitter account. Justin’s Twitter, which he just started this year, already has close to 800,000 followers. Apparently, there is market for the stuff that Justin’s dad says. Justin tweets about the random stuff that his 73-year-old father Sam tells him. And the things his dad says are pretty funny.  Take the following tweets for example:

“Son, no one gives a shit about all the things your cell phone does. You didn’t invent it, you just bought it. Anybody can do that.”

“The baby will talk when he talks, relax. It ain’t like he knows the cure for cancer and he just ain’t spitting it out.”

“Just pay the parking ticket. Don’t be so outraged. You’re not a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement. You double parked.”

Halpern is set to develop the sitcom together with the creators of Will & Grace- David Kohan and Max Mutchnick. The show will also be co-written and co-produced by Patrick Schumacker. Aside from the TV show, Halpern has also scored a book deal for his Twitter account.

Representatives of Sir Elton John confirmed that the singer is in the hospital, recovering from E.Coli.  The sixty-two year old musician was forced to cancel his shows in Newcastle, Liverpool, Dublin and Wembley because he was diagnosed with a serious case of E.coli.  According to Elton John’s reps, Elton has the flu but is “definitely fine”.

Sir Elton John was diagnosed with e.coli (photo from starpulse.com)

At the moment, the singer’s concert tour “Face 2 Face” with Billy Joel has been put into a halt because of the singer’s health.  The upcoming shows in the West Coast are temporarily cancelled and the organizers have requested ticket holders to hold on to their tickets until further notice. The shows in Portland and Seattle— previously rescheduled from their summer dates when Billy Joel fell ill with flu-like symptoms will most likely be rescheduled again.  The two rock legends have been on tour for six months.

Singer Leona Lewis was attacked by a man at her book signing.  Lewis, the 24-year old winner of the UK’s The X-Factor, was approached by a man who punched her at the side of her face while the singer was signing copies of her autobiography entitled “Dreams”.  The book signing had to be cut short so that the singer could seek medical attention.  Lewis was photographed crying while being escorted by security out of central London’s Waterstone’s Booksellers.

The police were called to the venue and Lewis’ attacker was immediately apprehended. The attacker, 23-year old Peter Kowalczyk , was brought to a central London police station and charged with assault.   Kolwalczyk will have to appear at the City of Westminster Magistrate’s Court on October 26.

The singer reportedly got a bruise at the side of her head and is left shaken by the incident.  Being the professional that she is, Lewis was more concerned about her fans who lined up to have their books signed.  Lewis apologized to her fans through her management team who posted the following message on the singer’s Facebook account: “Leona was the victim of an unprovoked attack this afternoon at her book signing. The police were called immediately and medical attention has been sought. Leona is understandably shaken and apologizes to the fans she was unable to meet and complete signings.”

Leona Lewis is the first ever British woman to have an album debut at number one in the Billboard 200 charts.  The album Spirits, released in 2007 in the UK debuted in the US charts at number 1 in 2009.

A Beverly Hills waiter just got fired from his job for tweeting about his celebrity clients.  Jon-Barret Ingels worked as a waiter at the Barney Greengrass in Beverly Hills for five years until last week when he was fired for tweeting about the restaurant’s celebrity clients.   Because of the restaurant’s proximity to major talent agencies in LA, actors regularly dined in the restaurant.  Ingels was used to serving celebrities and tweeting about them.  Unfortunately, he learned that not all celebrities appreciate the additional social media exposure, especially is the publicity isn’t exactly positive.

According to a report posted on the Brand X website, Ingels was fired because he tweeted about Jane Adams skipping her restaurant bill. Jane Adams reportedly pulled a “dine and dash” from the restaurant, skipping her bill that amounted to $13.44.  According to Ingels, after being served the bill, Jane Adams fumbled through her purse and blurted, “I left my wallet in my car!” Adams supposedly left the restaurant to get her wallet from her car but didn’t return.

According to Ingel’s blog, Adam’s agent called the restaurant one or two days later and offered to pay the bill saying Adams was out of town.  The agent paid the bill but stiffed on the tip. That’s when Ingels decided to tweet about the incident: “Jane Adams, star of HBO series ‘Hung’ skipped out on a $13.44 check. Her agent called and payed the following day. NO TIP!!!”

According to online reports, Ingels was fired for tweeting about actress Jane Adams

A few days later Adams returned to the restaurant and gave Ingels his $3 tip claiming her friend had read the tweet. Soon after that, Ingels tweeted positive things about Adams but it seems the damage has already been done. Ingels was fired two weeks after the incident. The Barney Greengrass management supposedly received various complaints from their clients about Ingels’ tweets including one from Adams.

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