The Best of Stephen Fry on Twitter
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Stephen Fry on Twitter
Stephen Fry, the third most popular Twitter user, has broken the 100,000 follower barrier - as reported by the Daily Telegraph on 02 February 2009.
The article goes on to inform us that Stephen Fry was the second most followed individual on Twitter after Barack Obama who had 225,520 followers. CNN, the American news network, had 124,286.
By the time this lens was written (29 May 2009) Stephen Fry's following had increased to a huge 525,855, still somewhat behind Barack Obama at 1,267,181 and CNN News at 1,605,277 but still remarkable!
However, what is really incredible is that in the three months since the article was written, Fry has dropped to #82 in the Top Most Followed Twitterers according to Twitterholic.
Three months is a long time in the history of Twitter!
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Twitterholic Stats: February 22, 2011
How many are now following Stephen Fry on Twitter?
Stephen Fry's up to date Twitter stats:
Stephen Fry surpassed 2,000,000 followers on December 01, 2010!
Ranking: #52 (previous on December 01, 2010: #60)
Followers: 2,247,563 (2,051,141)
Updates: 7,876 (7,235)
Source: Twitterholic
Who is Stephen Fry?
All round jolly good fellow!
Born on born 24 August 1957, the English actor and comedian Stephen Fry is also an author, television presenter and film director.
Stephen Fry first came to attention of his British fans as one part of a comedy double act with Hugh Laurie, who is well know in America for his starring role in "House". The duo Fry and Laurie also played in the title roles in Jeeves and Wooster.
Fry also played the parts of Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde and Melchett in the British Comedy TV series Blackadder, alongside Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean). Currently Fry is hosting the British TV Panel show QI.
In 2008 Fry presented a TV series showing him travelling to all 50 US States and more recently he has become better known to American TV audiences for his recurring role in Bones.
Books written by Stephen Fry
Warning: VERY adult content
Stephen Fry loves Twitter
He even has a dedicated Twitter page on his website
Stephen Fry's dedicated Twitter page lists his latest Tweets and replies. He also gives a very simple explanation as to why he never ReTweets, saying:
If I direct followers' attention to one site on request, then don't I have to for all?
Fair enough!
However Stephen Fry does relent sufficiently to say that once a week he WILL select a worthy cause to RT and explains what action followers need to take and what he will do to help them.
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stephenfry Twitter List
Best of:
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- @brumplum I am so sorry to hear ppl have been abusing you. You had every right to say what you did. Pls accept my apols. This is so awful.
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- Arrived in LA feeling very foolish. Wasn't the fault of the fellow who called me "boring", BTW. A mood thing. Sunshine will help.
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- Think I may have to give up on Twitter. Too much aggression and unkindness around. Pity. Well, it's been fun.
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- @brumplum You've convinced me. I'm obviously not good enough. I retire from Twitter henceforward. Bye everyone.
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- I know that anyone who buys a Sony Vaio is asking for it, so I don't deserve sympathy, but it continues to be the worst PC experience ever.
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- A spoonful of paté de campagne Ardéchois à l'ancienne is not really that far distant from a spoonful of catfood. Just notably more expens
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- Streets of London fantastically full of young people. Either it's half term or truancy in this country is running wildly out of control.
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- You can send your own SOS message about rainforest destruction here www.rainforestsos.org
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- @r2d222 In a lifetime of having been asked stupid questions, that is probably the stupidest.
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- @mumstheboss It'll never happen you know. The odds against one tweet in 870k ever being noticed are- wow! It happened!
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- Have mended one computer, thank goodness, so my life now only a shattered saucer of arse. But must leave for Chelters or I'll be late
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- Apologies to all those turned back from QI queue this evening. So entirely out of my hands. All health and effing safety etc. So sorry :(
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- OMFG - don't like to crow but we were anxious about releasing #dongle as a general album & now it's No1 on iTunes. Beating Eminem &c
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- Ooh missus, me abs and me pecs!
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- Bah! @virginmedia has gone down on me (ooh er): still haven't issue a ticket or declared a fault. Anyway. Walkies and gym now.
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- Chap doesn't like to be exultant but it so gratifying that #dongle is in the album charts already: general album not just audiobook. Thanks!
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- All dolled up for a wedding today. Morning suit a bit roomy. Reminder of how appallingly corpulent I was. Topper still fits tho.
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- @BigDaws Oh dear. Wish they'd stop showing that. I was horribly misunderstood. Or at least expressed myself horribly. I'm not on MPs' side!
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- Other current obsession is Mamer Eagle. Astounding eastern music. Never heard anything like it. Wonderful.
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- @joshuamharvey Free evening? Not till September by the look of things!
Community write-ins:
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- Wishing @stephenfry would Tweet me so I can add his message here! http://twttrlist.com/117Z
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Stephen Fry uses Twitter to orchestrate campaign against Jan Moir
Complaints over article about death of Stephen Gately
16 October 2009 - Stephen Fry tweeted:
"I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathsome and inhumane."
Stephen Fry's tweets resulted in a massive public outcry and the British Press Complaints Commission received over 1000 complaints against Dalily Mail journalist Jan Moir after she wrote a horrible article about the death of the Boyzone singer Stephen Gately.
- Stephen Fry's Blog - The New Adventures of Stephen Fry: Jan Moir
- I sometimes think that when I die there should be two graves dug: the first would be the usual kind of size, say 2 feet by 7, but the other would be much, much larger. The gravestone should read: ME AND MY BIG MOUTH.
- The Guardian: Twitter and Facebook outrage over Jan Moir's Stephen Gately article
- Social media users including Stephen Fry and Derren Brown react angrily to 'homophobic' Daily Mail column
- Pink News: Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir blames orchestrated campaign
- Jan Moir, the Daily Mail columnist who suggested that gay Boyzone star Stephen Gately's death was "unnatural" and "sleazy", has blamed an "orchestrated campaign" for the backlash against her.
- Telegraph Blogs: Jan Moir's article about Stephen Gately: the row goes nuclear
- This morning the Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir wrote a truly poisonous article about Stephen Gately, suggesting there was something fishy about the gay Boyzone singer's death and then turning her insinuations into an argument against civil partnerships. The reaction today has been unprecedented
Stephen Fry reads Harry Potter
(Audio books)
Stephen Fry's latest Tweets on Twitter
Also gives up to date number of followers
- stephenfry
- aka Stephen Fry
- 3,898,249 followers
- 52,226 following
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- Farewell all. Sorry I haven't had a chance to answer any DMs or direct questions. I'll be in Wellington some time on the 15th. Props, bruvs.
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- 3 important tweets just sent. Fly tonight to New Zealand for more Hobbiting. Arrive Weds. No Valentine's Day for me :( Catch you Weds 15th x
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- Don’t miss Rockin Horses: Savoy feb 26th: M Ball M Shaw C Biggins N Hamilton et al. http://t.co/qm4Lgq8C #Mane Chance #SSChase hospices
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- Join @UEALCS for "Norwich:City of Interculture" at The Forum, 17-18th Feb. We'll be having lectures, workshops and FUN! http://t.co/EEy8hDC3
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- Just two weeks until @Beatbullying's #BigMarch2012 - get involved at http://t.co/G3Lutvop
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- Very touched by the nice things so many of you have said about the BAFTA evening. Very glad if you enjoyed it. My hangover is slowly easing.
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- Yahoo, that's the first bona fide hangover I have had in ages. Drinking water and waiting for the cement mixer in my head to stop. Bah.
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- Well, the #BAFTA ceremony is over, but I think the TV is still running. Huge relief when things end w/out any massive hitches. Time to party
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- Oh hell. Here we go. Starting now. Tho not broadcast till 9. #BAFTA
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- Every minute we get closer. I'm giving nothing away, but I do believe it will be the best opening to a BAFTA ceremony in history #BAFTA
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Stephen Fry leaves Twitter!
It's OK he changed his mind!
01st November 2009 - news headlines: Stephen Fry quits Twitter (and then comes back again)
Stephen Fry announced the end of his love affair with Twitter after publicly sparring with another user called @BrumPlum. However, by the time his flight landed in LA, he had changed his mind.
- Stephen Fry quits Twitter (and then comes back again) - Times Online
- To some Stephen Fry is a national treasure but to most of those who follow his regular musings on Twitter he is rather more.
- The Guardian
- Stephen Fry threatens to quit networking site Twitter because there is 'too much aggression and unkindness'
- Sky News: Stephen Fry Threatens To Quit Twitter:
- Twitter fan Stephen Fry has threatened to leave the social networking site because of the unkind comments from others.
- The Mail: 'Depressed' Stephen Fry threatens to quit Twitter amid 'too much aggression'
- Stephen Fry is one of Twitter's most high-profile users and attracts over 928,000 followers.
Stephen Fry in the news
Stephen Fry is ALWAYS in the news!
- Stephen Fry Tells Prime Minister to Name a Day for Children
- Stephen Fry has joined forces with Save the Children's newest campaign and issued a challenge to Prime Minister David Cameron via Twitter to ?Name a Day.? The ?Name a Day? campaign is a push to urge the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to host a ...
- Stephen Fry stars with Mark Rylance in Globe Twelfth Night
- Stephen Fry will return to the London stage, starring as Malvolio opposite Mark Rylance's Olivia in Shakespeare's Globe's upcoming production of Twelfth Night. The final production in the Globe's "The Play's The Thing" season, Tim Carroll's Twelfth ...
- Stephen Fry, Julie Walters, Rupert Grint and Michelle Dockery to front ...
- Stephen Fry, Julie Walters, Rupert Grint and Michelle Dockery started shooting the Visit England commercial this week which will air on March 8. In addition to the main 40 second advertisement, a series of additional 10 second adverts will be shot in a ...
- Karen Gillan, Stephen Fry for Dickens, Wilde, Coward 'In Love' series
- Karen Gillan and Stephen Fry are among the stars who will feature in Sky Arts' series of programmes celebrating the works of Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward. The In Love With series, which will air in February and March, will feature stars ...
Who is Blogging about Stephen Fry?
- Stephen Fry Tells Prime Minister to Name a Day for Children
- Stephen Fry has joined forces with Save the Children's newest campaign and issued a challenge to Prime Minister David Cameron via Twitter to ?Name a Day.? The ?Name a Day? campaign is a push to urge the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to host a ...
- Stephen Fry stars with Mark Rylance in Globe Twelfth Night
- Stephen Fry will return to the London stage, starring as Malvolio opposite Mark Rylance's Olivia in Shakespeare's Globe's upcoming production of Twelfth Night. The final production in the Globe's "The Play's The Thing" season, Tim Carroll's Twelfth ...
- Stephen Fry, Julie Walters, Rupert Grint and Michelle Dockery to front ...
- Stephen Fry, Julie Walters, Rupert Grint and Michelle Dockery started shooting the Visit England commercial this week which will air on March 8. In addition to the main 40 second advertisement, a series of additional 10 second adverts will be shot in a ...
- Karen Gillan, Stephen Fry for Dickens, Wilde, Coward 'In Love' series
- Karen Gillan and Stephen Fry are among the stars who will feature in Sky Arts' series of programmes celebrating the works of Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward. The In Love With series, which will air in February and March, will feature stars ...
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BestComedyReviews
Nov 28, 2010 @ 8:04 am | delete
- Excellent lens, very interesting. I love Stephen Fry, especially as Jeeves!
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Samantha
Dec 2, 2009 @ 10:03 am | delete
- Hi guys
I just love Stephen Fry so much!
Thanks for the lens
Kind regards
Sam
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spunkyduckling
Nov 13, 2009 @ 3:02 pm | delete
- Oh darn it. I came through the search engine. Anyways thanks for this lens. Now I cannot write one on him hehe..Don't know him but saw some love tweets about him...
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JohannTheDog Oct 5, 2009 @ 6:30 am | delete
- Love the British sense of humor - gotta luv him!!! Woofs, Johann
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