Type in any celebrity’s name on Instagram or Twitter and you’re bound to find at least a handful of accounts — if not more — posing as the celebrity, using the same profile picture and sharing photos and videos taken from their real accounts.
Some of them are innocuous fan accounts dedicated to sharing the latest updates on their favorite stars with other stans. But others — the true impostors — can cause much more harm, DMing unsuspecting fans to scam users out of money, solicit nude photos or otherwise exploit a celebrity’s star status.
Though social media platforms now have sophisticated AI-powered technology that can help weed out possible fraudsters among their millions of users, public figures still must contend with the potential for their likeness to be ripped off for someone else’s gain. In fact, Twitter’s verification program launched in 2009 after St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa...
Some of them are innocuous fan accounts dedicated to sharing the latest updates on their favorite stars with other stans. But others — the true impostors — can cause much more harm, DMing unsuspecting fans to scam users out of money, solicit nude photos or otherwise exploit a celebrity’s star status.
Though social media platforms now have sophisticated AI-powered technology that can help weed out possible fraudsters among their millions of users, public figures still must contend with the potential for their likeness to be ripped off for someone else’s gain. In fact, Twitter’s verification program launched in 2009 after St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa...
- 4/17/2023
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Coming back to work after a little time off isn't easy for anyone. Just ask David Nail, who kicked off his 22-city, headlining I'm a Fire tour last week. "I was starting to get used to being home. I just lay on the couch and nap," he tells People. "[My wife] Catherine is teaching school and she'd give me a couple errands to do, but I'm so Add I can only knock out two in an afternoon." But now it's time to get back to business and Nail, 35, couldn't be more excited. "We've worked hard this year, more than I ever have,...
- 9/17/2014
- by Kay West
- PEOPLE.com
Bobby Cox, Tom Glavine, Tony La Russa, Greg Maddux, Frank Thomas and Joe Torre are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame 2014 class in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Sunday, July 27. Mlb Network has exclusive coverage of the ceremony live at 1:30pm Et. Mlb Network begins the festivities with Mlb Tonight on Sunday at 12pm Et, featuring Greg Amsinger, Peter Gammons, Harold Reynolds and John Smoltz, and Bob Costas will have exclusive interviews with all six new inductees before the ceremony. Additional details in the press release from Mlb Network below: 2014 National Baseball Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony … Continue reading →
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- 7/25/2014
- by Ryan Berenz
- ChannelGuideMag
There are few topics that get baseball fans more riled up than the question of who should (or should not) be in the Hall of Fame. People tend to take that shit extremely personally, as if denying your pet case for induction a plaque in Cooperstown — or giving one to an "undeserving" player ahead of him — is somehow tantamount to negating your fandom, your childhood or even your very existence as a human being.
Farewell to the Captain: Can Anyone Replace Derek Jeter?
We've all got our top five or...
Farewell to the Captain: Can Anyone Replace Derek Jeter?
We've all got our top five or...
- 7/25/2014
- by Dan Epstein
- Rollingstone.com
Where's George Brett when you need him?
Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson broke form with baseball's oh so important unwritten rules last night, instructing umpires to inspect the glove of Rays pitcher Joel Peralta for pine tar. Rays manager Joe Maddon called Johnson's play "bogus," "bush" and a "pussy move." And Maddon is one hundred percent correct (video of Maddon discussing the incident below).
Peralta pitched for the Nationals in 2010, so his former teammates must have known that Peralta likes to load his glove with pine tar, which is illegal for pitchers, but not the least bit uncommon. Johnson, acting on inside information on Peralta, requested that umpires inspect Peralta's glove. Umps found what they called a "significant amount of pine tar" and Joel Peralta was ejected before he even threw a pitch.
The problem with what Davey Johnson did is that his info on Peralta was ill-gotten. It didn't...
Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson broke form with baseball's oh so important unwritten rules last night, instructing umpires to inspect the glove of Rays pitcher Joel Peralta for pine tar. Rays manager Joe Maddon called Johnson's play "bogus," "bush" and a "pussy move." And Maddon is one hundred percent correct (video of Maddon discussing the incident below).
Peralta pitched for the Nationals in 2010, so his former teammates must have known that Peralta likes to load his glove with pine tar, which is illegal for pitchers, but not the least bit uncommon. Johnson, acting on inside information on Peralta, requested that umpires inspect Peralta's glove. Umps found what they called a "significant amount of pine tar" and Joel Peralta was ejected before he even threw a pitch.
The problem with what Davey Johnson did is that his info on Peralta was ill-gotten. It didn't...
- 6/20/2012
- by Bison Messink
- Celebsology
With the exception of, in some cases, Bad Santa, most would agree that Billy Bob Thornton‘s best, recent outing would have to be Friday Night Lights — he and Peter Berg are in this same camp, now that I think about it — which, having an overactive mind, gets me thinking history played a big part in this next career step. Or, maybe he just likes baseball.
According to Variety, he and Edward Burns are taking the top spots in Three Nights, director David Anspaugh‘s (Rudy, Hoosiers) big-screen take on Three Nights in August, a sports memoir from… Friday Night Lights author H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger. (Yes, that’s what I took too long to build up to.) Unlike that seminal account of high school football, however, Three Nights is a fictionalized portrayal of strategic choices made by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony Larussa during a three-game, 2003 series against the Chicago Cubs.
According to Variety, he and Edward Burns are taking the top spots in Three Nights, director David Anspaugh‘s (Rudy, Hoosiers) big-screen take on Three Nights in August, a sports memoir from… Friday Night Lights author H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger. (Yes, that’s what I took too long to build up to.) Unlike that seminal account of high school football, however, Three Nights is a fictionalized portrayal of strategic choices made by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony Larussa during a three-game, 2003 series against the Chicago Cubs.
- 6/7/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Red Bird Cinema will co-produce four projects with producer Jeff Waxman, as well as Edward Burns and Aaron Lubin of Marlboro Road Gang Productions, the partners said Wednesday. In addition, the production companies are making plans to acquire and develop new projects. Red Bird's executive and creative team includes producer John Loar, actor and producer Kevin Pollak, actor Billy Bob Thornton and baseball manager Tony Larussa. Marlboro Road's Burns and Lubin are best known for directing and producing indie films like "The Brothers McMullen", "She's the One", "Sidewalks of New York", and "Newlyweds." Also...
- 6/6/2012
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Filed under: Movie News
During Game 5 of the World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers on Monday night, Cardinals manager Tony Larussa made a series of increasingly unexplainable pitching moves in the eighth inning, which helped contribute to his team's loss. After the game, Larussa blamed the bizarre changes (sports fans and non-sports fans can read about them here) not on failed strategy, but a faulty bullpen phone. It seems that the Texas crowd was so loud that the Cardinals' bullpen coach had trouble hearing which pitchers Larussa was asking for when he called down. On Espn Radio this morning, hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic imagined one reason for the phone disaster: Bullpenfone.
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During Game 5 of the World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers on Monday night, Cardinals manager Tony Larussa made a series of increasingly unexplainable pitching moves in the eighth inning, which helped contribute to his team's loss. After the game, Larussa blamed the bizarre changes (sports fans and non-sports fans can read about them here) not on failed strategy, but a faulty bullpen phone. It seems that the Texas crowd was so loud that the Cardinals' bullpen coach had trouble hearing which pitchers Larussa was asking for when he called down. On Espn Radio this morning, hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic imagined one reason for the phone disaster: Bullpenfone.
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- 10/25/2011
- by Christopher Rosen
- Moviefone
Oh Ms. Spears, when will you ever not give celebrity news something to talk about?
Currently Britney Spears finds herself in the midst of two potential lawsuits: one involving social networking site Twitter, the other involving the company that makes the jumbo-sized screens used at concerts.
If you are a Twitter user, you’ll already be aware that accounts set up by celebrities will say, near the username, that the account is verified to actually be that celebrity.
The program was set up by Twitter in June to prevent both lovers and haters of celebs from being able to impersonate them online.
Twitter was spurred to create the program in May, after Tony Larussa, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, sued the site when a user set up an account under his name. However, the account verification program hasn’t been completely effective at preventing people from posing as different celebrities.
Currently Britney Spears finds herself in the midst of two potential lawsuits: one involving social networking site Twitter, the other involving the company that makes the jumbo-sized screens used at concerts.
If you are a Twitter user, you’ll already be aware that accounts set up by celebrities will say, near the username, that the account is verified to actually be that celebrity.
The program was set up by Twitter in June to prevent both lovers and haters of celebs from being able to impersonate them online.
Twitter was spurred to create the program in May, after Tony Larussa, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, sued the site when a user set up an account under his name. However, the account verification program hasn’t been completely effective at preventing people from posing as different celebrities.
- 11/17/2009
- by Catherine
- ReelLoop.com
Billy Bob Thornton will be putting on his producer ballcap.
The Hollywood hyphenate has signed on to produce "Three Nights in August," a scripted baseball tale based on Buzz Bissinger's well-received book.
The nonfiction tome looks at a 2003 series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs, taking the readers into the mind and dugout of Cards skipper Tony Larussa.
Thornton, known to be a vocal Cardinals fan, will join Red Bird Cinema managing director John Loar in producing the picture. Writer-actor Kevin Pollak, Larussa and Bissinger will exec produce.
Thornton is known primarily as an actor and director, though he did produce one pic, the Tex-Mex romance "All the Pretty Horses," which he also directed. But he will take on a hands-on approach here, Loar said, and is now meeting with writers and directors.
There's also a possibility he could take a role in the picture, but it...
The Hollywood hyphenate has signed on to produce "Three Nights in August," a scripted baseball tale based on Buzz Bissinger's well-received book.
The nonfiction tome looks at a 2003 series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs, taking the readers into the mind and dugout of Cards skipper Tony Larussa.
Thornton, known to be a vocal Cardinals fan, will join Red Bird Cinema managing director John Loar in producing the picture. Writer-actor Kevin Pollak, Larussa and Bissinger will exec produce.
Thornton is known primarily as an actor and director, though he did produce one pic, the Tex-Mex romance "All the Pretty Horses," which he also directed. But he will take on a hands-on approach here, Loar said, and is now meeting with writers and directors.
There's also a possibility he could take a role in the picture, but it...
- 7/14/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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