Ellen's Oscars Selfie, Teresa Giudice to Plead Guilty

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ByABC News
March 3, 2014, 7:30 AM

March 3, 2014— -- quicklist:1title: Ellen's Selfie at the Oscars Breaks Twitter Recordtext: It took the star power of Ellen DeGeneres, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Brangelina, and Kevin Spacey to finally do it.

The selfie taken by Bradley Cooper and somehow including all of those celebs and more at Sunday's Academy Awards brought down Twitter, and at the same time broke a Twitter record for most retweeted Tweet ever, crushing President Obama's former record.

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quicklist:2title: Teresa Giudice to Plead Guiltytext: Can the "Real Housewives" film behind bars?

Teresa Giudice and her husband, Joe, stars of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey," are expected to plead guilty this week to federal charges of fraud, sources told ABC News this weekend.

Giudice is facing two years in prison and her husband could face deportation to Italy. media: 22749550

quicklist:3title: Sarah Palin Was Right All Along About Russia, Maybetext: Maybe Sarah Palin really CAN see Russia from her house?

The former veep candidate posted to her Facebook page this weekend reminding the world that back in 2008, she predicted that Russian President Vladimir Putin would invade Ukraine.

"I'm usually not one to Told-Ya-So," she wrote, "but I did, despite my accurate prediction being derided as 'an extremely far-fetched scenario' by the 'high-brow' Foreign Policy magazine. Here's what this 'stupid' 'insipid woman' predicted back in 2008: 'After the Russian Army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama's reaction was one of indecision and moral equivalence, the kind of response that would only encourage Russia's Putin to invade Ukraine next.'"media: 22749245

quicklist:4title: Kim Novak's Stiff Speech Brings Out Twitter Jabstext: Poor Kim Novak!

The 81-year-old actress who starred in a slew of classic Hollywood films from the '50s presented the Oscar for Best Animated Feature on Sunday night with actor Matthew McConaughey. But the Twitterverse seemed more concerned about her rather formal delivery.

"Frozen wins. The movie, not Kim Novak's face. #Oscars" was one such Tweet.

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quicklist:5title: Paula Creamer Sinks 75-Foot Putttext: You've gotta see this one to believe it.

Golfer Paula Creamer sank a 75-foot putt to win the HSBC Women's Championship and an LPGA title on Sunday. The putt was one thing, but Creamer's reaction was the real show: she ran across the green, fell to her knees, and began pounding on the grass, laughing and cheering.media:22749387