Katy Perry

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Birthday: October 25, 1984
Age: 27
Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Santa Barbara, California, USA
Hometown: Los Feliz, California, USA
Big Break: Song "I Kissed a Girl"
Biography
Katy Perry, being the daughter of two pastors, started her music career singing in church until she was 17.

In 2007, Katy Perry signed with Capitol Music Group where she rose to fame with her hot single “I Kissed a Girl” which reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2008.

Her album One of the Boys became the 33rd best selling album of 2008 worldwide. Katy Perry is currently engaged to comedian Russell Brand.

Did you know…

    Perry is her mother's maiden name.
  • She's a former Christian folk singer turned pop singer.
  • She released an album in 2001 as "Katy Hudson."
  • Her parents Keith Hudson and wife Mary Perry are both pastors. She's their middle child and has one older sister and one younger brother.
  • She has a contralto vocal range.
  • She got engaged to Russell Brand during the Christmas holidays in 2009. They were dating since September 2009.
  • Her hit song "I Kissed a Girl" was inspired by Scarlett Johansson.
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Hey, they said it was amicable.

Katy Perry and Russell Brand have officially signed and filed their divorce papers, which state that the former couple has reached a “comprehensive written settlement.”

The settlement includes Russell saying ‘no thanks’ to half of Katy’s fortune, which he is entitled to by law.
Russell Brand and Katy Perry must've seriously thought their marriage was going to last, because the two didn't get a prenup. I mean, I hate to be a naysayer, but this was a risqué but evangelical pop princess and, well, Russell Brand. They should've been required to get a prenup.

But they didn't, and Katy is reportedly worth a whopping $44 million, and Russell is now entitled to half of that amount. But here's the thing: he doesn’t want it.
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Simon Cowell must be softening up. Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger, and host Steve Jones have all been dropped from the 'X-Factor' after only the first season, and Simon is admitting that his bragging might have gotten this show to the point it's at.

"It's only because I opened my big mouth and said we were going to get 20 million [viewers]. If I hadn't said that, everybody would be saying the show was a huge success."

You, Simon? A big mouth? Get out.
Because Zooey Deschanel bears a resemblance to Katy Perry, rumors naturally started that Zooey and Russell Brand were probably going to get married and have babies. That’s just the way life works.

A close friend of Russell’s claimed that Brand was sending Zooey “funny, flirty texts to see if they can get together.”

"Russell is a big fan of Zooey and would love to work with her in the future.
he’s so “not ready” to talk that she had all reporters removed from the red carpet at her Saturday night pre-game Super Bowl performance. Wow, diva, for sure.

Katy Perry was worried that if she did interviews before the show that they would undoubtedly ask her about Russell. I mean, obviously. What is Katy Perry doing that is newsworthy, other than divorcing her husband? “Hey Katy, can you talk about your blue hair?”

A source told The Huffington Post, “Katy isn’t ready to talk about what happened with Russell.
What do you do when you break up with Katy Perry? Date Zooey Deschanel, because they are the same freaking person.

Zooey Deschanel filed for divorce from Death Cab for Cutie musician Ben Gibbard just days before Russell Brand split from Katy Perry, now Russell is supposedly been texting Zooey.

Because Zooey and Katy look nearly alike and have that same “I’m so weird and quirky” vibe
Katy Perry performed a concert at the DirecTV Super Saturday Night pre-show for the Super Bowl, and when she went onstage to perform a song she dedicated it to Tim Tebow.

First of all, Tebow wasn’t even playing in the Super Bowl. So she was just flirting.

Katy said, “This goes out to Tim Tebow” and then launched into a rendition of the song “Peacock” that boasts lyrics like “I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock, your peacock, cock, cock.”

Apparently Katy isn’t down with subtlety.
Now that Nicole Scherzinger, Paula Abdul and host Steve Jones have all been fired from The X Factor it has sent tongues wagging over who will replace them on the singing show. The replacements have to be music A-List, I mean, there’s a reason Paula, Nicole and Steve were fired, you guys.

Rumor has it that Mariah Carey, Katy Perry and even Nicki Minaj are in talks to join the judging panel of the X Factor.
Omigod, Jennifer Lopez has started a trend. What do you do when you split from your high-profile celebrity relationship? Date your less famous, far younger, male back-up dancers.

Male back-up dancers are awesome because they know all the words to Lady Gaga songs, they can probably bench press you and they are also usually good at doing back flips, but they are straight, it’s like the craziest thing.

Katy Perry has apparently been hanging out with her backing dancer Malik Le Nost, whose been “helping her cope” through her break-up, though a source is adamant that the couple is strictly platonic. Riiigghhht. Helping her cope is code for booty call. Let’s be real.
For most of us, getting mistaken for a celebrity is usually awesome. For celebs, it’s not as awesome, because, well, they’re already celebs.

A handful of celebrities have often been mistaken for other celebrities. Sometimes they’re flattered, sometimes they’re annoyed. But at any rate, here are some notable celebrities who have been mistaken for other celebrities.

Zooey Deschanel & Katy Perry: Zooey didn’t take it very well when she was compared, looks-wise, to pop star Katy Perry. “It’s a little bit annoying to be totally blunt,” Zooey said. “The only similarity that we have is that we look a little bit alike…I’m happy that she’s famous enough now that she’s not going out and being mistaken for me.” And she did it without a single Ukulele.

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