CELEBRITY IDLE

The Shiniest Stars In Twitter's Galaxy

By Crabby Golightly

ASHTON KUTCHER FORGOT FOR A MOMENT THAT he isn't producing Punk'd any longer and posted a shot of his wife's pantied derriere on Twitter. Thank you Ashton!

I'm sure both she and you are very proud. I would be too if I had that butt. (And what better time to remind the world of your love -- and that rump -- than on the weekend when Demi's ex ties the knot to another dark-haired beauty. We learned this week that Bruce Willis has a "type.")

Ashton's prank, or pride, or generosity, or…whatever you want to call it…gives perfect entree to the subject of celebrities on Twitter, and I won't waste my time talking down to those who need explaining what Twitter is. (Feel that tsunami sucking you inward and down?)

It's because of this latest -- and most absorbing -- darling of the "social media" networks that ordinary schleps like me and you get to peek at Demi Moore's rump.

"watching my wife steam my suit while wearing a bikini," Kutcher writes moments before he throws up the pic. "shhh don't tell wifey. http://twitpic.com/2bj58.

But Ashton isn't alone among celebrities sharing their minds' flotsam and jetsam to the masses through "tweets."

There is Sean Combs, aka, Puffy, aka. P. Diddy, aka iamdiddy, who routinely leads the virtual party for his 248,000 followers with a "question of the day."

"What's your definition of 'A FRIEND?'"!!!" "What the best HANGOVER remedy?" "What's your favorite song to make love too?????" are among his recent invitations to chat him up.

And only last weekend the Bad Boy himself "invited" his ethereal fans to a virtual party he was hosting in NYC. (Interestingly, Mr. Diddy has only "favored" one tweet and it's from aplusk, aka Kutcher.

Then there is Ellen DeGeneres, with a fanbase of 335,000, who likes to crack wise.

"I'm so glad Diddy told me about Twitter…Diddy tell you?" Haha. A real knee-slapper, Ellen. Sounds like one of my jokes.

And another: "This is my first video on twitter.…it's a twiddeo!"

True story about a Twitter "hook up": Ellen and MC Hammer exchanged tweets – leading Ellen to invite MC to her show. "I just told my audience I want you on the show. Tweet me back."

And just like that, MC is skedded for Ellen's show today.

Of course, Lindsay Lohan has her own Twitter stage, but hers
warrants its own story.

And then there is Britney, but it's no secret that she has some Harvard whiz kid handling all her social media. (Proof positive that the elite are in cahoots?) Let's be real: this is a girl who
isn't allowed her own cell phone; do you think daddy's gonna let her tweet an S.O.S. to the world?

Here's one more for the road: John Mayer, musician and ex boy toy of Jen Aniston, routinely tweets to 326,000 followers insights like, "Life is like walking through a funhouse. It's dark, people are pushing, and you can't turn around. You just follow the cracks of light."

John, that is so 140 characters deep.