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Actor helped Demi Lovato face bulimia
Our social media scout Cam Mansel gives you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Pastor admits praying for author's death
Gay author Jim Marjoram (pictured) received abusive email from Auckland pastor but the pastor says he's done nothing wrong.

Connor was watching, says Millie
Millie Elder-Holmes believes her slain boyfriend Connor Morris watched over her as she defeated Shortland Street star Frankie Adams in Saturday's Fight for Life.

Beckham, Del Rey and Love get cosy
Our social media scout Cam Mansel gives you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Aide quits after attack on Obama's girls
An aide to a Republican congressman has resigned after her critical comments about President Barack Obama's daughters sparked a backlash.

Destiny Church's shower of cash
It looked as if it was raining money at Auckland's Destiny Church on Sunday, in photos tweeted by church leader Bishop Brian Tamaki.

Republican: Obama daughters 'lack class'
Obama's daughters accused of lacking class by a Republican after appearing in a Thanksgiving broadcast.

PR guru still shoots from lip
The PR supremo whose employment of attack bloggers was exposed in Dirty Politics says his unconventional media strategies are here to stay.

Rigby killer wrote extremist messages online
One of the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby posted extremist messages on social media websites for six months without the authorities being alerted.

Jet ski 'woman' a mannequin
A photo of a woman sitting on a jet ski as it was towed by a truck on Auckland’s North-Western motorway is a hoax.

Apps use taking over from calls, texts
Mobile phone users are increasingly turning to messaging apps and shunning traditional calling and texting.

Paul Thomas: How poor dress sense became global shirtstorm
Clothes may no longer make the man, but it seems they can still break him.

WhatsApp moves to encrypt data
WhatsApp, the world's most popular instant messaging platform, has begun encrypting all its data by default.

Twitter indexes every public tweet ever sent
Until Tuesday afternoon, when Twitter released its first complete index, digging up old tweets was a surprisingly difficult task.

Solange breaks out in hives on her wedding day
Our social media scout Cam Mansel gives you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Matt Heath: Abuse by strangers doesn't hurt me a bit
Matt Heath writes: Who knows why people post mean stuff? Maybe their life is crap or maybe they're psychotic - but before you start crying you need to check credentials.

Actress drunk during an interview
Our social media scout Cam Mansel gives you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Offender ditches bracelet
A drink-driver sentenced to community detention skited about spending a week away from home without being noticed after he "ripped off" his monitoring bracelet.

What is Stephen Fry's secret project?
British actor Stephen Fry has taken a break from Twitter because it is not safe to tweet while working on a top secret project.

Baby on the way for Jessica Biel
Our social media scout Cam Mansel gives you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Young Lorde's rock cover
Our social media scout Cam Mansel gives you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Terror-raid kids to be guests of police
Children who were caught up in 2007 Urewera "terror" raids have been invited by police to travel to Wellington as they seek to rebuild trust with the community.

Hobbit fans descend on NZ
Hobbit fans and media have descended on New Zealand for an exclusive Hobbit tour and screening of the final film in the trilogy.

Smile - it'll soon be the big day
An engagement photo shoot is now among the list of must-haves by couples tying the knot - an emerging trend fuelled by social media and what's hot in the United States.

Facebook $22b WhatsApp deal buys $10m in sales
Facebook paid $22 billion for a startup that generated $10.2 million in revenue last year.

What's up with Miley's creepy baby mask?
Our social media scout Cam Mansel gives you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Q&A with Perez Hilton
Your celebrity-gossip website perezhilton.com has just celebrated its 10th birthday.