"Brevity," wrote the Bard, "is the soul of wit."
Just ask anyone who has ever sat through a rambling Oscar speech. There's an art to creating a haiku of narcissism.
Perhaps that's why many in the industry are flocking to Twitter, the social-networking site that lets stars -- and wannabe stars -- communicate directly to fans in 140-character messages transmitted in real time over the Internet.
Ellen DeGeneres, Britney Spears and band members from Coldplay are among the techno-savvy celebs who want to tell you what's on their minds. Lily Allen is on the social network, Twittering about her woes, as is Lindsay Lohan.
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