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Who’s old and famous on Twitter? [celebrities]

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William Shatner, 78

William Shatner uses his Twitter account to plug his MySpace page and YouTube postings. And if that weren’t enough, he has a separate profile for his alter ego, The Negotiator…Every once in a while, he gets personal, calling out George Takei yet again in their longstanding public spat and paying respects to Ricardo Montalban, with whom he worked in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.”

Jane Fonda, 71

…The 71-year-old Oscar winner started tweeting recently…Among the famous friends who have seen her play “33 Variations” and had a meal with her in recent months: Jeff Daniels, Dianne Wiest, Tommy Tune, Rosie O’Donnell, Barbara Walters, Angela Lansbury, Anjelica Houston, Griffin Dunne, “Candy” Bergen, Robert Redford, Tom Hanks, Sally Field, James Taylor, and our beloved Kathy Griffin.

Richard Branson, 58

Richard Branson’s account is full of tales of yachting accidents, Formula One races, run-ins with “The Hoff,” and his latest video project, “PitchTV,” which gives young entrepreneurs exposure and furthers their dreams of flying in the shoes of the most swinging businessman around.

John Cleese, 69

Cleese meanders around quite a bit. He dishes Monty Python trivia (it turns out Michael Palin’s middle name is Edward and he has an asteroid named after him called Sarah). He jokes that Terry Gilliam invented time travel, which they used to venture into the future to watch YouTube. And he used it to clear up any nasty divorce and dating rumors. “Don’t believe anything you read in the papers,” warned Cleese. Apparently, Twitter is a far more reliable news source.

Yoko Ono, 76

Yoko’s page is pretty much what you’d expect: a forum to speak about important causes, a place to push her art exhibits and new music, occasional mentions of The Beatles, and a few Ono-esque platitudes like, “Remember, we are all water in the same ocean.” But we did learn something we didn’t know about Yoko: she loves to dance. Imagine.

John Lithgow, 63

John Lithgow might not have the most followers (around 10,000), but he knows how to engage the ones he has. As he jets back and forth from New York to Los Angeles, he often throws out little guessing games for his fans. Our favorite: “Mid-air, NY bound. Who’s 3 seats away? Good friend; with me in Buckaroo Banzai; on B’way same time as Scoundrels; just as tall; specs. ???” He congratulated the fans who guessed “JG.” Jeff Goldblum could not be reached via Twitter to confirm or deny.

John McCain, 72

John McCain seems to be using Twitter the way he used the Presidential debates of 2008: as a forum to drop quick quips at Barack Obama. And while McCain’s 500,000-plus followers is an impressive mark, it’s about half of Obama’s supporting force. Falling short of the margin once again.

George Takei, 72

Like former commander James T. Kirk, Hikaru Sulu (a.k.a. George Takei) takes his high-tech USS Enterprise skills online and tweets about subjects that matter to him: gay rights (with a shout-out to Dustin Lance Black and Sean Penn for their “Milk” Oscar wins), political policy (acknowledging Obama’s Gitmo-shattering Executive Orders on Detention and Interrogation Policy), and science-fiction (promoting the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s Sci-Fi Spectacular this past January). Live long and Twitter.

Karl Rove, 58

The former Bush administration Deputy Chief of Staff may have had to resign in 2007, but he’s going strong on Twitter. Rove uses the forum to try to clear the air about interrogation memos and publicize his many appearances on Fox shows like “Fox & Friends,” “Hannity,” and “The O’Reilly Factor.”

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Nutrition labels should replace grams with “sugar cubes” [photo]

Would you eat 16 sugar cubes?  Probably not.  But that’s how much you’re consuming when you drink a bottle Coke.  A label reads “39 grams of sugar” in your soda but what does that much sugar look like?

“We’ve used regular sugar cubes (4 grams of sugar each) to show how the sugars in your favorite foods literally stack up, gram for gram.  Compare foods, find out where sugar is hiding, and see how much of the sweet stuff you’re really eating.“

You’ll find sugar content of foods in these categories:

• Beverages
• Breakfast foods
• Candy
• Cookies
• Deserts
• Fruits
• Sauces
• Shakes & Smoothies
• Snacks
• Vegetables

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