With flub after flub, does Kutcher still deserve the "social media genius" label thrust upon him? We don't think so.
Thanks to YouTube, you'll still be able to (we were this morning) see the offensive South Asian stereotype that Popchips encouraged Ashton Kutcher to do even though the company, after one asinine non-apology, finally realized how upset people were and pulled its commercial.
Ashton Kutcher's new ad campaign for Pop Chips does a pretty unfunny caricature of an Indian guy, and has thus, understandably, riled up some folks.
Today: Fox News is reportedly close to extending the contracts of Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, Mel Gibson's latest recorded diatribe is slightly less unsettling and nauseating than earlier ones, and James Cameron has a new space venture.
The idea that goofball Ashton Kutcher will play visionary Steve Jobs in an upcoming film sounded so ludicrous that when Variety made the announcement yesterday, the Internet cautioned that it could be an April Fools joke.
Also: Michelle Williams and Jason Segel are dating, adorably.
Also: Brett Ratner is in talks to botch the Midnight Run sequel.
It's difficult not to get excited about the future of space travel, especially when the Obama administration starts boasting about how it will help stimulate the economy.
Andy Samberg, Saturday Night Live's prince of Digital Shorts, is getting into the tech startup scene. Samberg is listed as a co-founder of CarnaryHop.com, a newly-launched travel and activity recommendation site.
Also: What Michael Bloomberg and Andrew Cuomo have planned for Super Bowl Sunday, Bruce Springsteen's complicated way of not stealing the spotlight, and Walter Kirn joins GQ.com as a political columnist
Also: Michael Vick says he never even wanter to go to Fashion Week, Rachel McAdams is through finding boyfriends on movie sets while filming is still going on, and Ashton Kutcher takes a Twitter stand.
Today: A ringing phone had patrons of the New York Philharmonic out for blood, Ashton Kutchers cleans up but forgets to lose his wedding ring, and New York Observer publisher Jared Kushner gets not one but two lined thermal shirts in honor of turning 31.
Mia Farrow's son is a Rhodes scholar, Prince Harry does Vegas, and a new Bruce Springsteen album is on the horizon for 2012.
Also: Steven Soderbergh cries U.N.C.L.E., Terrence Malick and your little brother have similar taste in films, and CNN correspondent Jim Acosta did not like being asked to leave an airplane bathroom.
Steel yourselves for a rash of terrible Twitter jokes and commentary in the wake of Demi Moore's much expected but just announced divorce from Ashton Kutcher.
Today 19-year-old Disney star Selena Gomez joins the ever-rising clan of celebrity tech investors.
Things have only gotten worse for Twitter darling Ashton Kutcher since he offended his followers with a sympathetic Joe Paterno tweet on Wednesday night.
Bernie Madoff was a creep with women, and Ashton Kutcher only pretends to know about football, and Piers Morgan gives up on spotting America's talent.
Plus: Mark Zuckerberg knows his showtunes
Plus: Politico reporter resigns over plagiarism and Roger Ailes saved a man's life
Plus: Eddie Murphy could be lifting his SNL embargo this weekend
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