diff --git a/lib/twitter/status.rb b/lib/twitter/status.rb
index c76901d57..4c056ef8e 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/status.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/status.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 require 'twitter/geo_factory'
 require 'twitter/place'
 require 'twitter/user'
+require 'twitter-text'
 
 module Twitter
   class Status < Twitter::Base
@@ -22,13 +23,30 @@ def geo
       Twitter::GeoFactory.new(@geo) if @geo
     end
 
+    def hashtags
+      Twitter::Extractor.extract_hashtags(@text) if @text
+    end
+
+    def media
+      @entities['media'] if @entities
+    end
+
     def place
       Twitter::Place.new(@place) if @place
     end
 
+    def urls
+      Twitter::Extractor.extract_urls(@text) if @text
+    end
+
     def user
       Twitter::User.new(@user.merge(:status => self.to_hash.delete(:user))) if @user
     end
 
+    def user_mentions
+      Twitter::Extractor.extract_mentioned_screen_names(@text) if @text
+    end
+    alias :mentions :user_mentions
+
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/twitter/client/tweets_spec.rb b/spec/twitter/client/tweets_spec.rb
index a41deb978..3a6ad0d43 100644
--- a/spec/twitter/client/tweets_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/twitter/client/tweets_spec.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
       status.text.should include("You always have options")
     end
 
-    pending 'should return the media as an entity' do
+    it 'should return the media as an entity' do
       status = @client.update_with_media("You always have options", fixture("me.jpeg"))
       status.media.should be
     end
diff --git a/spec/twitter/status_spec.rb b/spec/twitter/status_spec.rb
index 54e571dea..2746615f1 100644
--- a/spec/twitter/status_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/twitter/status_spec.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,36 @@
 
   end
 
+  describe "#hashtags" do
+
+    it "should return hashtags" do
+      hashtags = Twitter::Status.new(:text => "This tweet contains a #hashtag.").hashtags
+      hashtags.should be_an Array
+      hashtags.first.should == "hashtag"
+    end
+
+    it "should return nil when not set" do
+      hashtags = Twitter::Status.new.hashtags
+      hashtags.should be_nil
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  describe "#media" do
+
+    it "should return media" do
+      media = Twitter::Status.new(:entities => {'media' => [{'type' => 'photo'}]}).media
+      media.should be_an Array
+      media.first['type'].should == 'photo'
+    end
+
+    it "should return nil when not set" do
+      media = Twitter::Status.new.media
+      media.should be_nil
+    end
+
+  end
+
   describe "#place" do
 
     it "should return a Twitter::Place when set" do
@@ -60,6 +90,21 @@
 
   end
 
+  describe "#url" do
+
+    it "should return urls" do
+      urls = Twitter::Status.new(:text => "This tweet contains a http://example.com.").urls
+      urls.should be_an Array
+      urls.first.should == "http://example.com"
+    end
+
+    it "should return nil when not set" do
+      urls = Twitter::Status.new.urls
+      urls.should be_nil
+    end
+
+  end
+
   describe "#user" do
 
     it "should return a User when user is set" do
@@ -74,4 +119,19 @@
 
   end
 
+  describe "#user_mentions" do
+
+    it "should return urls" do
+      user_mentions = Twitter::Status.new(:text => "This tweet contains a @mention.").user_mentions
+      user_mentions.should be_an Array
+      user_mentions.first.should == "mention"
+    end
+
+    it "should return nil when not set" do
+      user_mentions = Twitter::Status.new.user_mentions
+      user_mentions.should be_nil
+    end
+
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/twitter.gemspec b/twitter.gemspec
index 5c2d8194e..fca180e15 100644
--- a/twitter.gemspec
+++ b/twitter.gemspec
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_dependency 'faraday', '~> 0.7.4'
   gem.add_dependency 'multi_json', '~> 1.0.0'
   gem.add_dependency 'simple_oauth', '~> 0.1.5'
+  gem.add_dependency 'twitter-text', '~> 1.4.2'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'json', '~> 1.6'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 0.9'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rdiscount', '~> 1.6'