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- A guest post from Salidatious who looks at what some one your favourite celebrities have been up to on Twitter (we are looking for more guest posts from YOU, so please get in touch!).
- Authenticity, Celebrities and Twitter
- Guest post by Nick Morgan discussing celebrity trust and charisma online
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David Mitchell – @RealDMitchell
David Mitchell
David Mitchell (born 14 July, 1974) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known as one half of the comedic duo Mitchell and Webb, alongside Robert Webb whom he met at Cambridge University. There they were both part of the Cambridge Footlights, of which Mitchell became President. Together the duo are most famous for starring in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show in which Mitchell plays Mark Corrigan. The show has received a BAFTA and won three British Comedy Awards. The duo have written and starred in several sketch shows includingThe Mitchell and Webb Situation, That Mitchell and Webb Sound and most recently That Mitchell and Webb Look. Mitchell and Webb also star in the UK version of Apple‘s Get a Mac advertisement campaign. Their first film Magicians, in which Mitchell plays traditional magician Harry, was released on 18 May, 2007.
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How did we validate?
Confirmed in a tweet by Jack Schofield and Stuart O’Connor who write for the Guardian (David Mitchell also writes a column in the Guardian).
Thanks to Jack for pointing this out.
George Hincapie – @ghincapie
George Hincapie
George Hincapié Garcés (born June 29, 1973 in Queens, New York City) is an American professional road bicycle racer residing in Greenville, South Carolina.
Hincapié is most widely known as a key domestique of Lance Armstrong, having been the only rider to assist Armstrong in all seven of his Tour de France victories. Hincapie was also a domestique for Alberto Contador during his 2007 Tour de France victory. Thus, he is the only rider to have raced on eight Tour-winning teams. As of the end of the 2008 Tour, Hincapie has raced the Tour 13 times, finishing all but the first year. However, Hincapie does have several important wins of his own, starting with Gent-Wevelgem in 2001 and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne in 2005. Also in 2005, Hincapie took two stage wins at the Dauphiné Libéré and 2nd place at Paris-Roubaix. In 2005 he also had his first stage win in the Tour de France where, on July 17, he finished seven seconds ahead of Óscar Pereiro to win stage 15 from Lézat-sur-Lèze to Pla d’Adet. More recent victories include two stages at the Tour of California (2006), the overall and a stage at the Tour of Missouri (2007), and another stage win at the Dauphiné Libéré in 2008. He is a two-time US Professional Road Race champion (1998, 2006)
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How did we validate?
Confirmed by tweets from @LanceArmstrong a fellow valebrity welcoming him to Twitter.
Thanks to Fiona for pointing this out.
Perez Hilton – @perezhilton
Perez Hilton
Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. (born March 23, 1978) is an American blogger and television personality. His blog is Perezhilton.com(formerly PageSixSixSix.com), which he writes under the pseudonym Perez Hilton. On his website, Lavandeira posts gossip items about musicians, actors and celebrities. He often posts tabloid photographs over which he has added his own captions or “doodles.” His blog has garnered both positive and negative attention for its brash attitude, its active “outing” of alleged closeted celebrities and for its role in the increasing coverage of celebrities in all forms of media.
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How did we validate ?
Via a series of twitter conversations posted in the media.
Happy Birthday Ashton Kutcher – @aplusk
Ashton Kutcher
According to Wikipedia, Saturday (7th Febuary) will be Ashton Kutcher’s birthday.
Please leave some messages for Ashton in the comments below. That way he can come read them in one place (i’m sure he’ll get millions of messages mixed through his Twitter stream too)!
Rachel Jones – @ProducerRach
Rachel Jones
Rachel Elizabeth Jones (born March 29, 1974 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England) is the live producer of The Chris Moyles Show onBBC Radio 1 in the UK.
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How did we validate?
She was validated by Aled Haydn Jones, an existing valebrity.
Thanks to Nickie O’Hara for notifying us of these.
Aled Haydn Jones – @ahj
Aled Haydn Jones
Aled Haydn Jones (born 9 August 1976, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales) is a Welsh radio producer and since 2004 has worked onThe Chris Moyles Show. Jones is a fluent Welsh speaker, he attended Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth, a Welsh medium primary school, andYsgol Gyfun Penweddig Welsh medium secondary, before going on to complete a BTEC qualification in Media Studies at Swansea College.
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How did we validate?
He was validated by Chris Moyles, an existing valebrity.
Taylor Swift – @taylorswift13
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country–pop singer-songwriter. In 2006, she released her debut single “Tim McGraw“, which peaked at number six on the Billboard country charts. Later in October 2006, she released her self-titled debut album, which produced five hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and was certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. The New York Times described Swift as “one of pop’s finest songwriters, country’s foremost pragmatist and more in touch with her inner life than most adults”.
According to Nielsen SoundScan, Swift was the biggest selling artist of 2008 in America with combined sales of more than four million albums.
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How did we validate?
She has a link to her twitter account on her Official MySpace page which is itself linked to from her official web site.
Lily Allen – @lilyroseallen
Lily Allen
Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is a British singer-songwriter. Best known for her songs “Smile“,”LDN“,and “The Fear” and their Mockney style, Allen is the daughter of actor/musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Allen also hosts her own BBC Threetalk show Lily Allen and Friends.
Her single “Smile” reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006. In December 2006, her debut album Alright, Still was voted the third best album of the year by Mixmag. In 2007, it was nominated for the award of Best British Album at the BRIT Awards and for Best New Artist at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. The album was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award in the category of “Best Alternative Music Album”. Alright, Still has sold over 2,600,000 copies worldwide.
A second album entitled It’s Not Me, It’s You will be released in the UK and United States in February 2009.
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How did we validate?
Lily Allen has a link to her Twitter account at the bottom of this page on her official web site.
Michael Phelps – @Michael_Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer. He has won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympian. By the end of 2008, he held seven world records in swimming.
Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics with the eight golds he won at the 2008 Olympic Games. With this record, he surpassed American Mark Spitz, who was also a swimmer and had held the previous gold medal total with the seven that he won at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
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How did we validate?
Michael Phelps has been sent a number of messages from valebrity Ashton Kuchner and his Twitter account has also been reported in many nationwide and global newspapers.
Lucio Buffone – @luciobuffone
Lucio Buffone
Lucio Buffone, presents the UK national chart, in the Capital FM studios. He’s one of the team at Capital FM & presents the evening show, broadcasting throughout London.
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How did we validate?
Confirmed through Jim Herd as he read his message to him out on air and confirmed by a direct email from Lucio.
Tim Lovejoy – @timlovejoy
Tim Lovejoy
Timothy Paul Lovejoy (born 28 March 1968) is a British television presenter, most famous for hosting Saturday morning football programme Soccer AM alongside Helen Chamberlain for over a decade.
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How did we validate?
Confirmed via an tweet from the official ITV account.
Rhett McLaughlin – @rhettmc
Rhett McLaughlin
Rhett McLaughlin is part of the comedy duo of Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. They are known for their large collection of videos on the World Wide Web. Rhett and Link are also musicians, filmmakers, and TV hosts. In April 2007, Rhett and Link placed 3rd in the TurboTax TaxRap Contest. Over 370 rap entries were judged by Vanilla Ice. In 2008, Rhett and Link independently released Websongs Vol 1, an online album featuring “Facebook Song”, “Cornhole Song” and “Velcro Song”.On February 1, 2009, Rhett and Link independently released “Secret Songs”, a collection of songs that were previously only available to winners of their monthly “Community Building Exercises”, a part of their “Quest for the Seven Keys” contest. Rhett and Link are among the first group of internet personalities to attempt a transition from the internet into network television.
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How did we validate?
Confirmed via a link to his twitter account on his official website.
Link Neal – @linklamont
Link Neal
Link Neal is part of the comedy duo of Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. They are known for their large collection of videos on the World Wide Web. Rhett and Link are also musicians, filmmakers, and TV hosts. In April 2007, Rhett and Link placed 3rd in the TurboTax TaxRap Contest. Over 370 rap entries were judged by Vanilla Ice. In 2008, Rhett and Link independently released Websongs Vol 1, an online album featuring “Facebook Song”, “Cornhole Song” and “Velcro Song”.On February 1, 2009, Rhett and Link independently released “Secret Songs”, a collection of songs that were previously only available to winners of their monthly “Community Building Exercises”, a part of their “Quest for the Seven Keys” contest. Rhett and Link are among the first group of internet personalities to attempt a transition from the internet into network television.
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How did we validate?
Confirmed via a link to his twitter account on his official website.
Warren Ellis – @warrenellis
Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is a British author of comics, novels, and television, well known for sociocultural commentary, both through his online presence and his writing, which covers extropian and transhumanist themes (most notably nanotechnology, cryonics,uploading, and human enhancement). He is a resident of Southend-on-Sea, England.
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How did we validate?
Confirmed via a series of conversations between Ben Templesmith who is an existing valebrity and Warren Ellis.
Andrew Zimmern – @andrewzimmern
Andrew Zimmern
Andrew S. Zimmern (born July 1961) is a food writer, dining critic, radio talk show host, TV personality and chef. Writing for many national magazines and publications, Zimmern has received the Society of Professional Journalists Page One Award. Zimmern is currently and most widely known as the host of a weekly travel and food program on the Travel Channel called Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.
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How did we validate?
Confirmed via a direct email sent to valebrity from Andrew’s official site.
Geoff Lloyd – @GeoffLloyd
Geoff Lloyd
Geoff Lloyd (born 20 April 1973 in Withington, Manchester) is a British radio presenter. Lloyd presents Geoff Lloyd’s Hometime Show, Monday-Friday, 5pm-8pm on Absolute Radio. Until Autumn 2008, he presented the late night program The Geoff Show and before that, until Winter 2005 he co-presented the Virgin Radio breakfast show with Pete Mitchell (the show was known as the Pete And Geoff Breakfast Show). Occasionally he is asked to present the breakfast show with Annabel Port when Christian O’Connell is on leave.
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How did we validate?
Confirmed via a direct email sent to valebrity from Geoff’s official site.
Frank Lero – @franklero
Frank Lero
Frank Anthony Iero (born October 31, 1981) is the rhythm guitarist, backup vocalist and a member of the alternative rock band My Chemical Romance. After being in several bands including I Am A Graveyard and Pencey Prep he eventaully joined My Chemical Romance. Frank is the youngest member in My Chemical Romanceand was recruited by them when they decided they needed another guitar player to join Ray Toro.
He is also the frontman of post-hardcore quintet Leathermouth. In addition to his band Pencey Prep, Iero also played with the bands Hybrid, Sector 12, I Am Graveyard, and briefly with Give Up the Ghost. He is also involved in a tribute band to The Cure, named The Love Cats, after the song of the same name, and recently played bass with Reggie And The Full Effect on the “farewell tour”.
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How did we validate?
Confirmed by Gerard Way band member and an existing valebrity
Michael James Way – @michaeljamesway
Michael James Way
Mikey Way – The bass guitarist for the alternative rock band My Chemical Romance
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How did we validate?
Confirmed by Gerard Way band member and an existing valebrity
Ray Toro – @raytoro
Ray Toro
Raymond Manuel Toro-Ortiz, born on July 15, 1977 in Kearny, New Jersey, is the lead guitarist and one of two backup vocalists for My Chemical Romance. He plays Gibson Les Paul guitars with Seymour Duncan pickups through Marshall amplifiers.
When he was younger he enjoyed the music of Queen, Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer and he cites Brian May and Randy Rhoads as large influences on his playing.
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How did we validate?
Confirmed by Gerard Way band member and an existing valebrity
Bob Bryar – @bobbryar
Bob Bryar
Robert Nathaniel Cory “Bob” Bryar (born December 31,1979 in Chicago Illinois ) is the drummer for My Chemical Romance. Bryar joined My Chemical Romance after former drummer Matt Pelissier suddenly left the group while on tour in Japan in 2004.
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How did we validate?
Confirmed by Gerard Way band member and an existing valebrity
Greg James – @gregjames
Greg James
Greg James (born Greg Milward) December 17 1985 in Bishops Stortford,Hertfordshire, is an English radio DJ. Having previously had experience at BBC Radio Norfolk and Galaxy in Newcastle, he is now a DJ at BBC Radio 1 in London . He started presenting the Early Breakfast show 4.00-6.30am Monday-Friday from October 15, 2007, replacing the previous incumbents of the slot, JK and Joel. He is also a continuity announcer for Dave TV
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How did we validate?
Confirmed by himself on his blog and also confirmed by Chris Cox an existing valebrity
Thanks to Chris for letting Valebrity know.
Rumer Willis – @TheRue
Rumer Willis
Rumer Glenn Willis (born August 16, 1988) is an American actress. She is the daughter of actors Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. She has appeared in several of her parents’ movies since early childhood. In 2008, Willis ventured into the role of spokesperson for the clothing company Ocean Pacific. That same year, she also had a role in the comedy The House Bunny. Her latest released film is entitled From Within. It was filmed in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
Willis has been announced to be joining the cast of the upcoming indie flick Wild Cherry; she will be in the supporting role of a friend of main cast member Kristin Cavallari. She is also slated to be in the movie Slightly Single in L.A.
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How did we validate?
Confirmed by her mother Demi Moore an existing valebrity
Thanks to Wendy for letting Valebrity know.
Christopher Moyles – @CHRISDJMOYLES
Christopher Moyles (born 22 February 1974) is an English broadcaster from Leeds. He currently hosts the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show, entitled The Chris Moyles Show.
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How did we validate?
Chris confirmed his Twitter name live on BBC Radion 1.
James Clark – @JamesProps
James Clark
James Clark has worked as a propmaster, a production coordinator, an assistant, an on-set dresser, a swing, and a set designer for a number of productions. Some of his credits include The Heist, Dropping Out, Hollywood Sex Fantasy, Body & Soul, Sexy Urban Legends, American Dreams, Son of the Beach, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Deadwood, and Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide.
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How did we validate?
We received official confirmation via a tweet sent from Valebrity Greg Grunberg.
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