Cut! Actors Take Five to Twitter Their Fans

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Some of the actors on NBC’s drama “Heroes” are among those in Hollywood who may have the superpowers to help Twitter break into prime time.

Greg Grunberg, who plays a Los Angeles cop with the ability to hear people’s thoughts, pulls out his iPhone nearly everywhere, including between takes on the studio lot, to tap out the short Twitter messages known as tweets. He broadcasts them to the more than 20,000 friends and fans following him.

The ranks of Twitter-using show business people are swelling: married actors Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Kutcher; “The Office” star Rainn Wilson; “The Closer” creator James Duff; Emmy-winning TV director Greg Yaitanes, who invested in the company; and talk show host Jimmy Fallon, among many others.

Twitter hasn’t quite hit the mainstream yet, but it’s one of the fastest-growing online services. Twitter faces growing questions about how it will make money, since it doesn’t run advertising or charge for accounts. Still, Twitter’s star is on the rise. The company’s founders turned down a $500-million buyout offer from social networking giant Facebook Inc. in November and closed a $35-million round of venture capital funding last month.



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