Back in July 2017 Dr. Luke subpoenaed Lady Gaga for a deposition in his defamation case against Kesha, with his lawyer maintaining that the singer had “relevant information” about Kesha making false statements about Dr. Luke. It was reported that Dr. Luke was granted permission to view a text message Kesha sent to…
Katy Perry—a woman who has dressed like a literal piece of candy, a geisha, a carousel, a sexy whipped cream can, a movie ticket, dime store Cleopatra, a graffitied wall, Britney Spears circa 2001, Armie Hammer, an angel fit for the top of Christmas tree, and whatever this was, to name just a few—has a problem with…
We may never be free from the reanimated corpse of American Idol, which is more proof to me that hell is real.
After years of awaiting Vatican approval for the sale of the sprawling $14.5 million Los Feliz hilltop convent/really great find, Katy Perry met ambassador of Christ and final arbiter of his properties, the Pope. Perry, her mom, and current boyfriend Orlando Bloom came for an international summit on curing cancer,…
Katy Perry is happy! :) But Katy Perry is also sad. :(
Katy Perry has technically won the battle against the nuns whose convent she desires, but the last remaining nun, Sister Rita Callanan, is still fighting.
On Sunday night’s episode of ABC’s inexplicable reboot of the former Fox hit American Idol, Judge Luke Bryan asked a contestant who they “look up to as an artist.” The contestant, a friendly looking young fella with a beard and glasses, nervously offered a disclaimer to Judge Katy Perry before responding. “I’m sorry…
We can debate whether or not we need American Idol back so soon—it only went off the air two years ago, which means the gap between getting the boot and being rebooted is shorter than ever. One day that gap will cease to exist, and then what? Some version of the singularity where the computers take over but all they…
Tragedy enters the ages-old “Katy Perry wants to live in a convent” story. Since literally the beginning of time in 2014, Katy Perry has been fueling a legal imbroglio with her ferocious desire to turn a nearly century-old former convent into a resplendent property, against nuns who do not want her to. The Los Angeles…
At some point when you’re a massive global superstar, popularity becomes not just a product of your identity but an integral component of it. Mass validation has the potential to affect every aspect of your life—how you move about the world, what you allow yourself to say in public, your personal relationships, and…
A man named Pawel Jurski was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly stalking Katy Perry. While at the singer’s show at American Airlines Arena in Miami that night, the 37-year-old reportedly “rushed towards the stage” before being stopped by security. He’s been charged with “aggravated stalking and escape, and…
A Welsh teenager was found guilty of plotting an attack at a Justin Bieber concert in Cardiff, after authorities discovered that he’d been searching for details about the event’s security, as well as finding a hammer, a kitchen knife and a “martyrdom letter” in his backpack declaring that he was a soldier of the…
Think of the thing you want more than anything. Is it a new president? Healthcare for all? An end to world hunger? A puppy? Those shoes with lights in the heels that you parents refused to buy you in 1992? Whatever it is, take that feeling of desire and magnify it by a power of 200 and you’ll understand just how badly…
When American Idol powers back up in March—like the mosquito that flew away just as you were about to crush it—don’t expect any of its new judges to be the mean judge.
This year Katy Perry was set to perform at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in Shanghai, but there’s an unexpected twist—she’s banned from China “indefinitely.” Ahhh!
Demon Hellspawn Katy Perry won the war over the convent of Los Feliz, which is to be hers, all hers, for $14.5 million. Her dispute of two years (not that long, compared with eternity) waged with the former occupants the Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (not Katy Perry fans) who…
After weeks of negotiations and holdouts caused by apparent budget restraints, American Idol is close to finalizing its judging panel. What a journey it’s been.
American Idol’s ongoing issue with securing a judging panel for its dreaded return is perhaps one sign that the show is ill-fated from the start. Nonetheless, the producers need just one more expert to join Katy Perry and country singer Luke Bryan and it would be nice if it wasn’t another white person.
There are artists and there are pop stars and rarely the twain shall meet. In a review of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s recent Comme des Garçons exhibit, artist/writer David Salle wrote a sentence that succinctly exposed just how different these professional species are: “The modern artist says, Love me for hating…
