--- title: Celebrity Tweets, in Full Color description: During my coffee break this morning, I found out the status of Shaquille O'Neal's thumb surgery, learned Jim Carrey's thoughts about killer whales and caught... canonical: https://time.com/archive/6910733/celebrity-tweets-in-full-color/ author: Megan Friedman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2010-03-08T05:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-22T07:21:31.127Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Celebrity Tweets, in Full Color og:description: During my coffee break this morning, I found out the status of Shaquille O'Neal's thumb surgery, learned Jim Carrey's thoughts about killer whales and caught... og:url: https://time.com/archive/6910733/celebrity-tweets-in-full-color/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt740b8efc73ff1187/698a4b62457a521b49d6924d/360_viral_thing_0305.jpg?branch=production&width=360&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 360 og:image:height: 203 og:image:alt: 360_viral_thing_0305.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrity Tweets, in Full Color twitter:description: During my coffee break this morning, I found out the status of Shaquille O'Neal's thumb surgery, learned Jim Carrey's thoughts about killer whales and caught... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt740b8efc73ff1187/698a4b62457a521b49d6924d/360_viral_thing_0305.jpg?branch=production&width=360&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # Celebrity Tweets, in Full Color > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Megan Friedman](https://time.com/author/megan-friedman/) Mar 8, 2010 5:00 AM UTC  by [Megan Friedman](https://time.com/author/megan-friedman/) Mar 8, 2010 5:00 AM UTC During my coffee break this morning, I found out the status of [Shaquille O’Neal](https://twitter.com/THE%5FREAL%5FSHAQ)‘s thumb surgery, learned [Jim Carrey](https://twitter.com/jimcarrey)‘s thoughts about killer whales and caught up with the hectic clubbing schedule of [Snooki](https://twitter.com/sn00ki) from _Jersey Shore_. Sure, I’ve never met these people in person, but I know all about their lives from Twitter. Celebrities use Twitter for a variety of reasons. Some promote their projects, some communicate with fans, and some dispel rumors in 140-character press releases. Others just come off as … lonely. But by broadcasting their thoughts online, stars are brought back down to earth — fast. Twitter allows us to pierce the veil of fame and proves what _Us Weekly_ has been telling us for years. Stars: they’re just like us — they go grocery shopping, walk their dogs and often can’t spell to save their lives. And sometimes they go a little off the rails. (Courtney Love’s ramblings about a fashion designer, illustrated above, even led to a lawsuit.) [(See the top 10 celebrity Twitter feeds.)](https://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1878865%5F1878867,00.html) Attempting to spice up these celebrity lives, illustrator Odessa Begay has created the [Museum of Modern Tweets](https://tweetmuseum.com/), posting illustrated interpretations of stars’ Twitter posts each week. Her works play off poor grammar and lack of context for maximum comedic effect, turning everyday updates into surreal, vibrant scenes. The results include Lance Armstrong sitting on a couch with mythical creatures, Kirstie Alley in a bear suit and Shaq hunting down miniature versions of LeBron James with a butterfly net. Begay, a New York City–based freelance photo editor, starts by scouring Twitter and reader recommendations with her boyfriend. She then sits down with Adobe Illustrator and takes anywhere from four hours to a week and a half on each creation. There’s no blog-to-book deal in progress just yet, but Begay is [selling prints of her works](https://www.etsy.com/shop/odessabegay) and plans to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career as an illustrator. [(See 10 ways Twitter will change American business.)](https://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1901772,00.html) Stars are frequent targets for Begay, 25, who has also illustrated [several of Tiger Woods’ leaked text messages to his mistresses](https://www.odessabegay.com/tigerTexts.html). “Celebrities are people that the general population strives to be,” she says. “They’re supposed to live these fantasy lives and be doing all the stuff we wish we could be doing.” So when Nick Jonas tweets that he had an “exciting day,” it must be exciting enough to involve [a jet pack, a pony and a bucket of money](https://tweetmuseum.com/post/331743214/click-to-enlarge), right? 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