Annabelle Gurwitch, who hosted "Dinner and a Movie" on TBS from 1996 to 2002, had at least one show business firing that would have made most people look for a new career.
Annabelle Sreberny, professor of global media and communications at London's School of Oriental and African Studies, acknowledged that social networks and blogs had proved useful to protesters in the Middle East and Asia, but cautioned against overstating Twitter's significance.