We Have a Twinner! Ashton Tops CNN

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(April 17) - Ashton Kutcher edged out CNN early Friday morning in contest to see who could attract 1 million followers on Twitter the fastest.
According to CNN, which understandably was watching the tallies all night, Kutcher reached 1 million about 30 minutes before the news net passed the mark. About 2:13 a.m. ET, Kutcher's account (aplusk) crossed the 1 million mark, beating CNN (cnnbrk). CNN passed the mark at 2:42 a.m. ET.
Kutcher celebrated with a live webcast that included champagne, his wife Demi Moore and Kool & the Gang's hit 'Celebration.' Watch:
"We are over a million. CNN is still trying to get there. And that isjust how it goes," Kutcher said. "There are a million people that need to be thanked for this."
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Ashton Kutcher Pics

    FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2009 file photo, actor Ashton Kutcher arrives for the screening of the movie "Happy Tears" at the Berlinale in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz, file)

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    Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore leaving the Kabbalah Center in Beverly Hills. April 12, 2009 X17online.com exclusive

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    Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore leaving the Kabbalah Center in Beverly Hills. April 12, 2009 X17online.com exclusive

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    Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore leaving the Kabbalah Center in Beverly Hills. April 12, 2009 X17online.com exclusive

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    Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore leaving the Kabbalah Center in Beverly Hills. April 12, 2009 X17online.com exclusive

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    Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore leaving the Kabbalah Center in Beverly Hills. April 12, 2009 X17online.com exclusive

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    Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore leaving the Kabbalah Center in Beverly Hills. April 12, 2009 X17online.com exclusive

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    Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore leaving the Kabbalah Center in Beverly Hills. April 12, 2009 X17online.com exclusive

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    Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore leaving the Kabbalah Center in Beverly Hills. April 12, 2009 X17online.com exclusive

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    Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore leaving the Kabbalah Center in Beverly Hills. April 12, 2009 X17online.com exclusive

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The 31-year-old actor challenged CNN and its founder, Ted Turner to the race and has promised to "ding-dong-ditch" (ring doorbell, run away) the billionaire's house if he beats the news network to a cool mill.
On a serious note, Kutcher promised to donate 10,000 mosquito bed nets to charity for World Malaria Day in late April if he bested CNN, and 1,000 if he lost. The cable news network agreed to do the same.
Kutcher and CNN are the first Twitterers to reach a million followers.
Kutcher saw this competition as a significant sign of the times.
"I find it astonishing that one person can actually have as big of a voice online as what an entire media company can on Twitter," Kutcher said in a video he posted on qik.com. "I just thought that was kind of an amazing comment on the state of our media."
When Larry King caught whiff of Kutcher's challenge he posted snarky tongue-in-cheek video promising the wrath of his company.
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"Are you kidding? Do you think you can take on an entire network? Do you know how big we are? Do you know what CNN is? Kutcher, you're playing out of your field. You're in anothertime zone. This ain't gonna work. CNN will bury you!"
Both Kutcher and his wife, Demi Moore, are incredibly popular Twitter users, though actress lags far behind her hubby in followers with 542,239 readers.
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