OK we're already a few days into 2009 and just as I
predicted, Twitter is going nuts at the moment and making the headlines all over the place. First the Daily Mail (sorry can't bring myself to link to them) did an article about celebs that Twitter. Then over the last couple of days we've had the "
scandal" whereby
Britney Spears,
Barack Obama and other high profile people's Twitter accounts were hacked.
Then just this morning Jonathan Ross (
@Wossy) outed Jack Dee (
@jackdee) as being a fake too. He then went on to see if Jeremy Clarkson (
@Jeremy_Clarkson) was real, I doubt very much he is but time will tell. See Twitter grabs below:
So I thought it would be useful to build a resource of real celebs that use Twitter. A couple of disclaimers first; to the best of my knowledge all of the celebs listed below ARE the real deal, but if you know better please let me know and I'll remove them from the list. Secondly, some celebs (like Jonathan Ross and Stephen Fry for example) use Twitter for a bit of laugh like the rest of us and update their Tweets personally. Then on the other hand you have people like Britney Spears who's Twitter account is used by her "people" as a PR machine and is therefore quite dull. Richard Branson's Twitter account is much of the same, boring.
Finally I have only listed celebs that I have "heard of". There are quite a few American minor celebs that have Twitter accounts, you know the type, the c-list TV personalities. I haven't listed them as I didn't think anybody would be interested.
Alan Carr
Andi Peters - joined 26th January 2009
Andy Murray
Britney Spears
Chris Moyles - joined 4th February 2009
Coldplay
Common
Erykah Badu
Fearne Cotton - joined January 31st 2009
Imogen Heap
John Cleese
Jonathan Ross
Kanye West
Kieron Donoghue - before anyone says it, yes I know I'm not a celeb, it's just a bit of fun!
Lance Armstrong
MC Hammer
Phillip Schofield
Q-Tip
Reggie Yates - joined January 31st 2009
Richard Branson
Robert Llewellyn
Russell Brand - joined 26th January 2009,
picture
Shaquille O'Neal
Snoop Dogg
Stephen Fry
Tina Fey
Will Carling
If anybody knows of any more celeb Twitterer's then please let me know in the comments and I will update this page. Let me know your Twitter name too and I'll credit you.
What I'm listening to right now: Cassie - "Summer Charm"
Welcome to my blog. My name is Kieron Donoghue and I am the founder of ShareMyPlaylists.com, ContentNow.co.uk and some other stuff. I have no idea why I'm blue on this photo though but I like it!
Cant forget Mark Hoppus, from the band Blink-182
http://twitter.com/markhoppus
Demi Moore (mrskutcher), Ashton Kutcher (aplusk) and Ellen DeGeneres (EllenDeG).
Dane Cook: http://twitter.com/danecook
definitely real, and hilarious
Tony Hawk
Carey Hart
Jason Ellis
Trent Reznor – NIN
Shawn White
John Mayer! His are the best!
gerard way
jenette mccurdy
ray toro
bob bryar
frank iero
serena williams
mikey way
they have a twitter too.
theres also katie price peter andre and lewis hamilton
Matthew Perry (talked about Twitter on Ellen)
@mileycyrus ..
its official!
These are real ones:
Hugh Jackman – @RealHughJackman
Oprah Winfrey – @Oprah
I don’t know if you care or not, but here are a few that i am following at the moment:
http://twitter.com/HoffmanRobert – Robert Hoffman from Step Up 2.
http://twitter.com/stephenofficial – Stephen Gately from Boyzone (only New)
http://twitter.com/PhilKeoghan – Phil Keoghan from the Amazing Race
http://twitter.com/Rove1974 – Rove McManus, Aussie Comedian/tv presenter.
http://twitter.com/Wil_Anderson – Wil Anderson, Aussie Comedian.
http://twitter.com/sean_mac – Sean Mac, singer.
http://twitter.com/nhoustonreed – Official Nikki Reed, Twilight’s Rosalie.
http://twitter.com/kristenstewart9 – Official Kristen Stewart. Bella from Tiwlight.
http://twitter.com/OfficialTL – Official Taylor Lautner, Jacob from Twilight.
http://twitter.com/Jrathbne – Jackson Rathbone – Jasper in Twilight.
http://twitter.com/greeneash – Ashley Green, Alice Cullen from Twilight.
http://twitter.com/jason_mraz – Singer Jason Mraz.
http://twitter.com/TheMandyMoore – Mandy Moore, actress.
http://twitter.com/KevinSpacey – Kevin Spacey.
http://twitter.com/BarbaraJWalters – Barbara Walters.
http://twitter.com/penndbad – Penn Badgley from Gossip Girl.
http://twitter.com/megcabot – Author Meg Cabot.
And my favourite one of all is:
http://twitter.com/Mike_Dougherty – Mike Dougherty, screen writer of Superman Returns and director of Trick R’ Treat…This is 100% the Man, and a wonderful man he is.
@emophillips
Eliza Dushku is on twitter, as @ElizaPatricia , confirmed by @thatkevinsmith. He was talking to her one night and suddenly realized she could be fake.
This is what he said: F***! How do I know that’s really @ElizaPatricia ? Could’ve just read stuff in “My Boring-Ass Life” and hit me with enough plausible info.
This is her reply: @ThatKevinSmith F***, I dunno! I could meet you in Times Sq. under the Giant Corona bottle if I walk outta my hotel, or I’ll txt Mewes 4 ur#
His reply: They can breathe easier in Worcester: @ElizaPatricia confirmed via phone as real-deal Dushku. Commence “Marry me, Faith!” tweet-fall.
I’d say that’s genuine!
Kevin Durant is on twitter
I follow the twitter account of Bobby Labonte, who is a NASCAR sprint cup series driver =D http://twitter.com/bobby_labonte
Till then,
Jean
Russel Brand is by far my favourite – makes me laugh every time I read his feed… http://twitter.com/BallbagBrand
Hi,
These May be of interest too. For anyone who likes Mythbusters on Discovery, Adam Savage and Grant Imahara are on Twitter and they’re real:
http://twitter.com/donttrythis – Adam Savage
http://twitter.com/grantimahara – Grant Imahara
The author Anne Rice is there too:
http://twitter.com/AnneRiceAuthor
Great list by the way
Hi,
For anyone who likes Mythbusters, Adam Savage and Grant Imahara are on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/donttrythis – Adam Savage
http://twitter.com/grantimahara – Grant Imahara
Both genuine.
Great list by the way
no. rusell brand is @rustyrockets
ballbagbrand is a fake.
check his website
Hi,
From Jackass / Viva La Bam etc
Bam Margera:
http://twitter.com/BAM__MARGERA
Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls)
Emmy Rossum (Phantom of Opera)
Emma Roberts (Actress neice of julia Roberts)
Samantha Ronson
Perez Hilton
Tegan and Sara
just come across Darren Gough (@dgoughie), the guys a legend!
Don’t know if they are mentioned yet:
twitter.com: TJ_Black (Jack Black) GeneSimmons and Ace_Frehley
jensen ackles, jared padaleckii, jim beaver, misha collins, christina applegate, ashley tisdale, felicia day, summer glau, nathan fillion, michael seater, ashley leggat, michael muheny, taylor momsen, matthew perry, Jason segel, johan hill, justin timberlake, zachary quinto.
hey there is lady gaga and beyonce knowles and katie price and peter andre guys x
Guys, it’s great that you’re all contributing to this blog post but please remember to leave the Twitter name of any celebrities you spot. I.e. what comes after the “@” in their onscreen Tweets.
Adam Lambert’s is called theadamlambert
Don Felder…..Former Eagles guitarist, Legendary Musician
http://twitter.com/donfelder
I searched Dev Patel and I added the first one on the list. I think he is the real Dev Patel, but I’m not sure. Does anyone have him?
uuhh. miley ofcourse!!!!
http://twitter.com/mileycyrus
ICE-T has twitter!
he updates regularly and even provides film reviews.
his twitter is @FINALLEVEL
this is legit
there’s http://www.twitter.com/brandonswift
Rob Thomas is on Twitter as well.
http://twitter.com/ThisisRobThomas
do you know if any of the kristen stewart or robert pattinson twitter sites are real?
We have just started off the Twit Parade at http://www.twitparade.co.uk , which provide realtime updates of UK celebrity Tweets. Any suggestions for people to add are really appreciated. We have quite a few already, but we’re sure there are many many more!
Muse are on twitter!!
http://twitter.com/musewire
the saturdays and mcfly all have twitter accounts- which are real! they have individual ones and then band ones..
the saturdays- http://twitter.com/TheSats
frankie(the sats)- http://twitter.com/FrankieTheSats
una(the sats)-http://twitter.com/unahealy
vanessa(the sats)- http://twitter.com/vanessawhite
rochelle-http://twitter.com/RochelleTheSats
mollie-http://twitter.com/MollieTheSats
mcfly
dougie-http://twitter.com/dougiemcfly
danny-http://twitter.com/Dannymcfly
tom-http://twitter.com/Dannymcfly
i dont htink that harry has one
dolly parton: Dolly_Parton
rob pattinson: ThePattinson
raven symone: MissRavenSymone
russel brand: rustyrockets
miley cyrus: mileycyrus
jackson rathbone: jayrathbone_
amber benson: amber_benson
stephanie meyer: twilightsmeyer
and here is mine plz follow me : india_julie
xxxxx
Anders Fogh Rasmussen – Secretary General of NATO http://twitter.com/AndersFoghR
You missed…
http://twitter.com/Kaley_Cuoco
http://twitter.com/rosemcgowan
http://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano
http://twitter.com/Kathy_Bates
http://twitter.com/TheMandyMoore
http://twitter.com/RachelMcAdams_
http://twitter.com/lilyroseallen
http://twitter.com/VanessaCarlton
http://twitter.com/Venuseswilliams
http://twitter.com/serenajwilliams
http://twitter.com/tonyhawk
http://twitter.com/DameElizabeth
http://twitter.com/NorahJones
http://twitter.com/amandaseyfried
http://twitter.com/RachieHurdWood
http://twitter.com/KelleyArmstrong
http://twitter.com/LucieSilvas
http://twitter.com/Amanda_Holden
http://twitter.com/TamminSursok
http://twitter.com/delta_goodrem
most of the above of verified accounts so it’s definatley them. I found the others through that person’s actual website.
Great list. I like reading what they are up to.
Richard Bach who wrote Jonathan Livingston Seagull and a bunch of other books.
http://twitter.com/Richard_D_Bach
is anyone from mock the week on twitter?
tyra banks is also on twitter u should add her to your list
You might not know him but – http://twitter.com/justinbieber
he’s a singer from canada
x
Hayley Williams (paramore) twitter acccout is http://twitter.com/yelyahwilliams one of her tweets said she sent in an application for a vertified account
Found Nolan Robert celebrity make-up artist and the winner of the reality show “Blush” that was on Lifetime. That was a great show, I just loved him. http://twitter.com/MakeupByNolanR
Tom Felton is also on twitter: http://twitter.com/TomFelton
If you’re interested in formula 1
http://twitter.com/The_Real_JB – Jenson Button, from the Brawn GP website so should be official, he tweets from the track and also about Triathons
http://twitter.com/rubarrichello – Rubens Barrichello, also from Brawn GP (but you’ll need to hablo espanol)
http://twitter.com/real_Vettel – New to twitter, seems the real Vettel (JB checked him out on twitter)
real Vettel is a fake he outed himself this evening – my bad