Uh oh. Famed Hollywood journalist who we're afraid to talk anything remotely resembling shit on -- Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke -- now has a Twitter. But why is Finke getting a Twitter account so important?

Finke buttered her bread with an LA Weekly column for a while before launching her own website, which took the spotlight during the 2008 WGA strike for getting scoops long before any of the industry trades (Variety, Hollywood Reporter) and major newspapers of the country could get to it. Some say this is because Finke (who has a dangerous number of Hollywood agents, studio execs, and more likely than not, plenty of assistants' private email accounts on tap) is well-liked and well-sourced because she actually understands that which she reports on (unlike, say, the LA Times). Others say it's because her take-no-prisoners reporting doesn't spare anyone. And still others say it's because she's "crazy." We're not saying shit, other than: Nikki, you're an amazing reporter, please don't hurt us.

Finke sometimes drops off the radar when she falls ill or gets too exhausted to post during particularly harsh news cycles (like the 24/7 WGA strike) -- so much so that the HuffPo made a crack about it -- and tends to not post anything half-assedly, unlike the vast majority of unfortunately unfiltered Twitterers. So a bunch of Hollywood industry-ites are stuck refreshing their browsers, waiting for Finke's fever to break.

But a substantial tip that comes in over the wire might be too good for her not to post, too juicy to do anything but report immediately; and with any luck, Finke will use her Twitter to set Hollywood phones on fire from time to time. No question -- she's got our ears. Consider this a new day in Hollywood's news industry, or in other words: "followed."