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Current Twitter trends: 'Expendables,' Super Junior Super Show 3, 'Bioshock'

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Friday 13 August 2010 00:00 BST
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"Scott Pilgrim" vs. the World, the name of a movie releasing in North American cinemas Friday, is back in the top position on Twitter's most talked about topics list on the morning of August 13.

"Meteor Shower Tonight" takes second place in the charts as Twitter users discuss what they have seen or hope to see flying through the night sky during the Perseid meteor shower.

In third, sixth and seventh places are the memes "#dontexpectmeto," "#itsallfunandgamesuntil" and "#air_comi-aph."

Expendables, an action film that pays homage to a long line of action film stars, is in fifth place, while science fiction flick Inception moves up into fourth place.

"This weekend we have the jocks ( Expendables) vs the chicks ( Eat Pray Love) vs the nerds ( Scott Pilgrim). It's high school all over again," say Twitter users talking about this weekend's new release films in North America.

"SS3," short for "Super Junior: Super Show 3," is trending in eighth place. Korean pop music fans are chatting about Korean band Super Junior's third Asia Tour which is due to start in Seoul on August 14 and 15.

The name of the newly announced " Bioshock" video game prequel, Bioshock Infinite, is in ninth place while "RMK" (short for "remarks") is in tenth place.

The top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter on August 13 at 9:30 AM GMT are:

1. Scott Pilgrim (+1)
2. Meteor Shower Tonight (new)
3. #dontexpectmeto (new)
4. Inception (+2)
5. Expendables (new)
6. #itsallfunandgamesuntil (-3)
7. #air_comi_aph (new)
8. SS3 (new)
9. Bioshock (new)
10. RMK (new)

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