Wednesday, August 31, 2011
newsmakers
Beyonc ’s baby bump sparks Twitter record
NEW YORK
Beyonc ’s pregnant performance at the MTV Video Music Awards sparked a Twitter record.
When Beyonc performed at 10:35 p.m. Sunday night, there were 8,868 tweets per second. Twitter said that rate was a record for the service.
At the VMAs, Beyonc revealed a baby bump, cupping her growing belly for photographers as she arrived and rubbing her tummy when she performed. The 29-year-old singer is married to Jay-Z.
The VMAs drew MTV’s biggest audience since the network began measuring its viewership. Sunday night’s show attracted 12.4 million viewers.
Daryl Hannah arrested in protest
WASHINGTON
Actress Daryl Hannah has been arrested in front of the White House along with other environmental protesters who oppose a planned oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The sit-in Tuesday involved dozens protesting the Keystone XL pipeline. It would go through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas to refineries in Houston and Port Arthur, Texas.
Before she was arrested, Hannah told WRC-TV the protesters want to be free from the “death and destruction” that fossil fuels cause. The group is calling for clean energy instead.
Hannah sat down on the sidewalk near the White House and refused orders from U.S. Park Police to move.
She has been arrested for environmental causes in the past.
Vindicator wire services