Twitter index: 'Anchorman' sequel, poet and feminist Adrienne Rich dies
Will Ferrell aka Ron Burgundy, the famed newsman from the hit comedy The Anchorman, appeared on Conan to announce there will be a sequel to the movie, to the excitement of microbloggers around the world.
An Anchorman sequel had previously been ruled out due to the costs of reuniting the cast. Tweeps are saying, “Ron Burgundy is coming back in an Anchorman sequel?!? best news I've heard since the Lakers got Chris Paul..,” “So glad to hear that Ron Burgundy will be coming back. We all have missed his steady voice and guidance” and “I'm in a glass cage of emotion over Ron Burgundy announcing long-awaited Anchorman sequel.”
Twitter users are sending out their condolences to the friends and family of award-winning poet and feminist “Adrienne Rich,” who died on Wednesday aged 82.
Twitterers are having fun replacing song titles with “Taco,” listing 20 things they love and giving examples of the things that sex isn’t better than.
British microbloggers are debating a controversial new VAT tax that will result in a price hike on freshly baked goods from bakeries including UK-based bakery chain “Greggs.”
Spanish film and television actor “Willy Toledo” is in fourth place, Italian anchorman “Emilio Fede” is in sixth place and Mexican President “Felipe Calderón” is in tenth place.
The top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter on March 29 at 7:30 AM GMT are:
#ReplaceSongTitlesWithTaco (new)
#20ThingsIlove (new)
#SexAintBetterThan (new)
Willy Toledo (new)
Ron Burgundy (new)
Emilio Fede (new)
Cierra Williams (new)
Greggs (new)
Adrienne Rich (new)
Felipe Calderón (new)
