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He may not have been nominated for any Grammys.

And Yahoo! users may have been more curious about Kim Kardashian.

But Justin Bieber had one thing going for him in 2012: Twitter. The company announced today that this singer was the most Tweeted about celebrity of the past 12 months.

Bieber leads a top five that includes Zayn Malik, Demi Lovato, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.

Yes, the boys of One Direction are well represented, and for good reason: Each band member enjoyed the biggest percentage increase in Twitter followers among celebrities for the year, with Niall Horan actually leading at 712%.

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Ice-T understandably felt disrespected by his wife, Coco, when pictures of her canoodling with rapper AP.9 hit the web courtesy of celeb gossip site Media Takeout.

Naturally, Ice responded by going OFF on Twitter.

“Don't get it twisted, I'm not happy about this s--t," he wrote. "Most of [the pictures are] disrespectful and in bad taste. She's made me look and feel like s--t.”

Coco responded by apologizing completely and sincerely.

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Stephen Jackson of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs has been fined $25,000 ... for a Tweet in which he threatened Serge Ibaka of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Jackson posted the threatening Tweet after Ibaka and L.A. Lakers forward Metta World Peace got into it during the Thunder's 114-108 victory on Friday night.

The post has since been deleted, but multiple outlets reported it read: ''Somebody tell serg Abaka. He aint bout dis life. Next time he run up on me im goin in his mouth."

"That's a promise. He doin 2 much.''

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Upon receiving the stunning news that Jenni Rivera died in a plane crash this weekend, friends and fans are sharing their condolences for the loss of the singer.

The Mexican-American entertainer was just 43. Here's what her fellow stars had to say:

Pitbull: "I highly respected #JenniRivera 4 being a gr8 performer but more then tht being real & gr8 example 4 us all que dios la bendiga &may she RIP"

Eva Longoria: "My heart breaks for the loss of Jenni Rivera & everyone on the plane. My prayers go out to her family. We lost a legend today."

Jennifer Lopez: "So sad!! Praying for Jenni Rivera's children and family and the passengers families. Que dios los bendigan!! Descansen en paz..."

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After more than a week of Twitter silence following his vulgar exchange with Jenny Johnson, Chris Brown returned to the social media site on a positive note last night.

As he reintroduced himself to his 11 million followers, there wasn't a negative word to be found.

"#CarpeDiem," Brown tweeted, then posted again later, "Time to start fresh. #newchapter."

A positive message and one we hope sticks. Of course, he still knows how to generate buzz, as evidenced by the Chris Brown smoking three joints on Instagram.

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It's hard to envision Pope Benedict XVI cranking out musings on his iPhone 5 every 20 minutes, but the pontiff has officially joined Twitter, according to reports.

At the age of 85, the Pope himself is about to be launched into the brave new world of social networking, complete with the official handle of “@pontifex”.

@pontifex already has 360,000+ followers and has yet to Tweet once. Badass.

It's easy to see why the Catholic Church, which has struggled to connect with teenagers and young adults (as have all religions) launched this initiative.

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Amber Rose is pregnant - and not shy.

The ex-girlfriend of Kanye West has exposed her baby bump once again to the world, Tweeting a couple of very personal photos for followers to see because... well, that's just what many celebrities do these days.

"I swear I have shorts on in this pic but my belly is so big u can't see them Lol," Rose included as a caption along with one of these pics, adding of her vegetarian diet:

"Escarole & Beans and salad with beets & Russian dressing yumm Thx Mommy #Vegetarian :-)."

Along those lines, may we recommend a Potato Gnocchi recipe? And may we beg of you, Amber: Please do not Tweet us a photo of your baby being born.

Really. It isn't necessary.

Christmas came early! The "Kate Middleton pregnant!" gossip was actually true ... or at least lucky. She's officially expecting, the palace announced Monday.

With speculation regarding when Prince William and his wife would start a family building from the instant they got married (April 2011), Twitter predictably went nuts.

Read some of the best celebrity reactions to the official announcement below:

President Barack Obama: We extend our congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the welcome news out of London that they are having their first child.

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We hate the break the bad news, but a Bar Refaeli sex tape does not actually exist.

Fortunately, the model herself is here to soften that blow... but posing in a g-string for all to see!

Bar did not include any caption along with this image, but really. Come on now. Are any words necessary?!?

The SUPER model is not one to be shy about her body, often posing with very little on in calendars and/or magazines.

Have you seen the Bar Refaeli nude Maxim photos, for example? You really should.

It is totally on between One Direction and The Wanted.

Over the weekend, Max George (who shot down a certain redheaded trainwreck the night of the most recent Lindsay Lohan arrest) simply Tweeted: "Psy and me getting messy #geekandproud."

Zayn Malik then responded that "the first step is totally acceptance. #geekoftheweek. You display just how much of a wannabe you are."

And, from there - as one of our favorite Anchorman quotes would say - things escalated quickly...

"That's not very nice, @ZaynMalik. I was just starting to like you and your RnB songs, too," George wrote, backed up by Tom Parker of The Wanted, who chimed in with:

"Zayn Malik had his '1 Stripes' knickers in a twist, bro."

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