Twitter Alert: Atif Aslam joins Twitter!
The singer posted his first tweet on January 7, updating his fans about his musical endeavours. “Recording ‘Allah Hu’ for the next gig. Will be aired soon,” Aslam tweeted through his Twitter handle @itsaadee. In a matter of a mere week, the artist has a Twitter following of 1,650 fans.
While celebrities like Sonu Niigam and Miley Cyrus have abandoned Twitter for the mess it created in their lives, daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, Rumer Willis is thankful for the micro-blogging website and says it gives celebrities an “outlet” in which they can respond to negative comments.
“Everyone has an opinion and if they say something negative, you can’t defend yourself because any response in itself is enough to validate the claim. But that’s the great thing about outlets like Twitter because, more and more, we’re getting control of our image. We can be in direct contact with the world and people can at least choose between second-hand and the direct information,” she said.
And singer Melanie Brown is enjoying what Rumer thinks is a Twitter bliss. Brown has shot down reports that she has fallen out with Spice Girls bandmate Victoria Beckham.
“Just read online some bulls**t about me and Victoria having a fall-out, where do they get this from I have no idea,” Brown wrote on her Twitter page.
Here is our collection of the best ten tweets celebrities posted this week.
"Socialite" is an insult to any self respecting person and besides my friends all accuse me of being an anti-socialite.
I am not surprised or angered by the cynicism of young people. My generation has let them down.
Seriously, I have the best fans ever. I love you all so much! Everything I do is for you!
In Singapore for Zee Cine Awards.
Just finished writing Day 1000 blog. 1000 days, nonstop blogs ... not a day missed ... happy! Hope I can do a T1000 someday on Twitter.
Why didn't anybody tell me Gwyneth Paltrow has a blog? [It's] my new obsession.
People say my eyes change colours but I'm not so sure. I feel like the green just picks up reflections of what's in front of it.
I don't care what your passion is, be grateful for it and honour it. Don't dismiss it because others don't understand it.
The only thing that can make a person fly is his or her dreams.
A woman is a beautiful flower in the garden of life. What would the garden look like without her?
Published in The Express Tribune, January 17th, 2011.