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The Year's Reversals of Fortune
Britney Spears bounced back – but Arnold and Charlie weren't so lucky. See who soared (and who crashed) in 2011
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Updated: Monday Nov 21, 2011 | 11:00 AM EST By: Cara Lynn Shultz
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DOWN: ANTHONY WEINER
If there was ever a perfect candidate for a lesson in social media, it's the disgraced New York congressman. After a photo of a man's bulging crotch appeared on Weiner's Twitter feed, he claimed he was hacked. (Call it junk mail?) Weinergate ensued, forcing the politician and dad-to-be to finally come clean that the photo was, in fact, of him. Weiner resigned from his post, saddening late-light hosts and comics everywhere.
