Feed Your Feed!: 10 Great Twitter Accounts to Follow for Oscar Night Snark
Let’s face it: it’s a big, big Twitter-verse out there, filled with all the best and worst humanity has to offer. For many, the little blue bird and the service it represents are just further proof of the perversity of human nature—yes, even when restrained to 140 characters or less, people can be somehow spew novel’s worth of ignorance and pettiness. Yet amidst the cacophony and confusion, there persists plenty to love. Whether you’re a black belt-toting Twitter master, a dabbler in the social media substrate, or a neophyte looking for someone (or something) to follow, here are a few VIP feeds to add some extra LOLs to your weekend Academy Awards viewing. (ABC, Sunday, 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST)
Yes, I will be live-snarking the Academy Awards. No ifs, ands, or buts.
— Nikki Finke (@NikkiFinke) February 16, 2014
1. Nikki Finke – @NikkiFinke
Twitter Bio: There. Will. Be. Showbiz. Blood. Editor-in-Chief Emeritus & Founder, Deadline Hollywood
Followers: 216K
Need for Feed: The Queen of Live-Snarking. Finke already has a cult-like following for her back-channel Hollywood reporting and “TOLDJA!” story scoops, but for awards shows, the gloves really come off. Her acrimonious (and public) split from the site she founded, Deadline Hollywood, prevented her taking on this year’s Golden Globes, but she’s promising to be back in full force for Oscar night. Buckle up.
12 Years A Slave….to Fashion!!! Let the Globes begin!!!
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) January 12, 2014
2. Billy Eichner – @billyeichner
Twitter Bio: Emmy nom’d host of FUNNY OR DIE’S BILLY ON THE STREET on FUSE TV & iTUNES. Also CRAIG on PARKS & RECREATION!
Followers: 141K
Need for Feed: If you didn’t know better, you might think Billy Eichner was the Twitter alias of a 14-year-old girl. His ALL CAPS and exclamation points!!! could be seen as over the top if it weren’t for the nothing-gets-by-him sharpness of Eichner’s humor. You can count on him for hilarious live-tweeting of this year’s Oscars, especially when the nominees include “MERYL FUCKING STREEP.”
Have Jonah Hill and Leonardo DiCaprio ever held hands when no one was looking just bc they like the warm feeling
— Richard Lawson (@rilaws) February 4, 2014
3. Richard Lawson – @rilaws
Twitter Bio: Columnist for Vanity Fair
Followers: 25.6K
Need for Feed: Lawson is the best friend we all wish we could have at our Oscar party: an unabashed pop culture fan with a succinct and sophisticated sense of humor. His expert industry knowledge and short story-like tweets make his feed an awards-night staple right next to Chinese food and flannel pajama pants.
so brave of Julia Roberts to honor her role in Osage by walking the red carpet sans makeup…oh wait that’s Bruce Dern #GoldenGlobes