Former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor is close to be joining the cast of Dancing With the Stars. Ashton Kutcher, using screen name aplusk on thte popular microblogging site Twitter,, reported the news saying:

Just met LT, the old school, lawrence Taylor. Expect to see him in prime time soon. Can't say where but he better work on his foot work.

Kutcher also used the site to express his support of embattled swimmer Michael Phelps in a number of posts:

# @michael_phelps got your back brother 12:16 PM Feb 2nd from TwitterFon

# And now the good news IOC says phelps apology is good enough. Accourding (sic) to a UK rueters article 12:12 PM Feb 2nd from TwitterFon

# I don't smoke and haven't in quite some time. But I'm not immune to a lapse in good judgement from time to time. 12:04 PM Feb 2nd from TwitterFon
@michael_phelps got your back brother

This is the second time this week that Twitter has been in the news for celebrity users spreading news on the site. As we reported yesterday, R&B star Erykah Badu gave a blow by blow description of her birth of her baby on the site live yesterday using the service.