There's no better way to let everyone know you flew on a private plane than to casually tweet a picture of yourself posing in the aisle. That's what Paris Hilton did as she boarded a flight from Madrid to Cannes Thursday, resulting in a multi-tweet photographic account of her trip that even included outfit changes. From a sundress and sunglasses one minute to sweatpants, a sweatshirt and a different pair of sunglasses the next, the photo shoot is summed up in Hilton's words: "taking off to Cannes in style."
Ellen's Twitter photos look like just stills from her show—with priceless Ellen comments attached to them. DeGeneres (or the people who work for her) frequently tweet photos of her guests, and this week, the subject was Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr. DeGeneres wrote, "Miranda Kerr & I are just two sexy ladies talking about what makes us sexy."
Chelsea Handler's sex tape may have been real or may have been a joke. But this week, the queen of late-night snark posted a sunburned picture of herself at the beach: "Look what I found in the bahamas," she tweeted "He barely speaks english!!!"
Look, celebrities also pretend that their animals are children! Cat lady Katy Perry tweeted a picture of a kitten to her fiancé, Russell Brand. "I would like to announce the birth of our 3rd child, KRUSTY" she wrote. "Not the chachka, the kitten :) PROUD MOTHER OF 3!!!!" And, since there is nothing the celebrity press loves more than baby news and cat posts, the tweet got a lot of media attention. "There's a new celebrity cat in town!" wrote People.com. The couple already have two cats. Katy Perry's is named Kitty Purry.
Kim Kardashian is undoubtedly the queen of Twitter pictures. Because she's always in hair and makeup for one reason or another, Kardashian will tweet pictures of herself on a yacht or in a dentist's chair. This week, the former Dancing With the Stars contestant returned to the dance floor, where she took a spin with Mark Ballas. "Back on the dance floor with @OfficialMBallas," she tweeted. "I miss this place!"
Since Conan left NBC and began touring around the country, he has created a compelling self-portrait through pictures on Twitter. "I no longer have health care," he tweeted a few months ago, with a picture of a large mole (and a tape measure) on his body. "Could someone show this to a dermatologist and get back to me?" He's grown a full beard, and, this week, tweeted: "On my bunk in the Tour Bus, eating Doritos and watching Team America. Me happy."
We've seen pictures of them on newspapers and TV—so it's a nice change to see the Obamas in a handheld Twitter picture. Actress Rosario Dawson visited the White House last week, and took a quick shot of the couple—and the side of her face. "The President of the United States of America, our First Lady & me in the Rose Garden," she tweeted
Some stars are documentary reporters, and others make no sense at all. Sarah Silverman tweeted a picture of what she said was her boyfriend's "#1 gayest pillow." She added that as she took the picture, he told her "not to ‘unduly stretch it.'" Silverman added a simple hashtag to the photo: "#TomBradyMadeHimGay."
Now we all know what it's like to kiss Ke$ha: the pop star tweeted an up-close and personal shot of herself caked in gold makeup. "Myyyy fiiirrrssst kisssss went a litttttle liiiike thiiiiissssss..." she tweeted.
Erin Andrews may have had a stalker, but she still tweets pictures of herself backstage in sweatpants. In this case, the Dancing With the Stars contestant appears with costars Niecy Nash and Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Tweeted Andrews: "This why I'm so thankful I did DWTS..I love my ballroom family..backstage today."
Jim Carrey has recently become an artiste, and tweeted several pictures of his own paintings. Another Carrey hobby, of course, is hiding. Here he is peeking out from a funhouse mirror. " It's odd when u catch a glimpse of your #BOING in a fun house mirror but u can't enter a fun house without it!" he tweeted.
Before her big spot on SNL, Betty White couched-hopped on several shows. And there's nothing quite like money shot of White in hair and makeup, as tweeted by Larry King.
BFFs Usher and Justin Bieber captured their down-time together on the set for Bieber's new video. As Usher tweeted, "Chillin with my boy @justinbieber at his video shoot for Somebody to Love."
Ryan Seacrest might not be a robot after all: behind the sharp suits and the hair gel he sports on American Idol, there is a guy in a dorky hat making a Caesar salad with his mom. “Happy mother’s day to all the moms especially mine, connie xo,” Seacrest tweeted.
