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Katy Perry Set To Perform at MusiCares Benefit Concert Honoring Paul McCartney

Grace — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:14:39 +0000

Not only will Katy Perry and Coldplay be performing on the Grammy Stage Feb. 12, the two popsters will be honoring Paul McCartney two days prior at this year’s MusiCares tribute concert. Alicia Keys is also listed as a performer.

Part of an annual tradition dating back to 1991, this year’s MusiCares Person of the Year concert will be held in Los Angeles, with tickets ranging from $1,500 to $100,000. It sounds awfully pricey, even with that lineup, but it’s for a good cause: MusiCares offers a safety net for musicians who need assistance in times of financial, personal, or medical crisis.

In addition to Coldplay, Perry, and Keys, this year’s list of performers includes Foo Fighters, Alison Krauss, Norah Jones, and past Person of the Year honorees James Taylor and Tony Bennett — as well as McCartney himself, who’ll be promoting his latest album, the collection of pop standards ‘Kisses on the Bottom.’

Source: Pop Crush

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Katy Perry New “GHD: Air” Campaign Promotional Shoot & Behind The Scenes Images

Grace — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:12:15 +0000

I’ve added new behind the scenes & promotional shoots images of Katy Perry did for GHD new campaign, “Air” did by David LaChapelle.

“David did a set incredible” -- Perry said -- “It was fun, I had to wear a pink streaked hair / purple as it was my real hair last year. It’s like Lisa Frank had done “The Little Mermaid.”

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Katy Perry in Talks With Paramount For 3D Movie

Grace — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:36:18 +0000

Katy Perry could be headed to the big-screen — and in 3D, to boot.

Paramount has initiated talks with Perry’s camp, as well as Imagine Entertainment, to create a documentary-style 3D film centered on the powerhouse singer-songwriter.

Dealmaking is still in the early stages, and no director is officially on board yet. But both sides are eager to make the details work, and insiders say it’s just a matter of working out the logistics. A source close to the dealing says Paramount wants to use the model it employed for its successful concert film featuring Justin Bieber, “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.” That film, released February 11, 2011, holds the domestic box office record for a concert film with $73 million. (The worldwide record is held by Michael Jackson’s “This Is it,” which grossed $261.2 million in 2009.)

After a long absence, concert films have come back in vogue in recent years, especially those that focus on young-skweing acts and include a documentary aspect allowing fans into the personal lives of the stars. Disney’s Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour started off the new wave in 2008, grossing a surprising $65 million. A year later, Disney repeated the success with Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. “This Is It” and “Never Say Never” followed.However, not every effort has been a success. Fox’s ” Glee: The 3D Concert Movie,” released in August, was the last concert movie to hit screens. It’s weak $11.8 million performance was attributed to “Glee” overload.

Perry could prove to be an ideal subject for a documentary-style concert film. Not only is she a top-selling act, her core audience consists of teen girls, the same demo that made the Bieber, Cyrus and Jonas Bros. films successful. On top of that, her performances and style are so colorful and visual that they may lend themselves to the cinema experience.

Source: Billboard

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Katy Perry To Perform At Grammy Awards

Grace — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:39:04 +0000

Katy Perry will take the stage at the Grammy Awards on February 12. The two-time nominee was announced as the latest performer on Wednesday (February 1).

The currently blue-haired pop star is up for Record of the Year for her feel-good empowerment track, “Firework.” The Teenage Dream single is also up for Best Pop Solo Performance. This is hardly her first time performing on the show.

At the 2011 Grammys, she performed her songs “Not Like the Movies” and “Teenage Dream.” The Valentine-themed performance also included the debut of footage from her wedding to her now-estranged husband, Russell Brand. In 2009, Perry performed her breakthrough hit “I Kissed a Girl” surrounded by giant, glittering pieces of prop fruit. And in 2010 she took the stage at the Grammy Nominations show and sang her ubiquitous candy-coated track, “California Gurls.”

The same day that Perry was announced as a performer, fellow nominee Drake was announced as one of the night’s big presenters, along with Gwyneth Paltrow, Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley.

Adele announced her long-rumored Grammy performance on Tuesday. It marks her first performance since a November vocal surgery. “I’m immensely proud to have been asked to perform at this year’s Grammy Awards,” Adele said. “It’s an absolute honor to be included in such a night and for it to be my first performance in months is very exciting and of course nerve-racking, but what a way to get back into it all.” Rihanna, Coldplay, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson, Jason Aldean and Nicki Minaj are also confirmed to perform live at the 54th annual awards show, which will be hosted by LL Cool J.

Source: MTV

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Katy Perry @ 1 OAK Las Vegas Kicks Off Grand Opening Weekend And GiveLove Event Arrival Photos Adds – Jan 27th

Grace — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:41:14 +0000

I’ve added replaced and added x45 more high quality event photos of Katy Perry arriving at 1 OAK Las Vegas Kicks Off Grand Opening Weekend And GiveLove Event on January 27, 2012.

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Katy Perry Arrives at 1 OAK Grand Opening Photos – January 27th

Grace — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:35:01 +0000

I’ve added new event photos of Katy Perry arrives at the 1 OAK Grand Opening at the Mirage on January 27, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Russell Brand ‘Dating Again’ After Katy Perry Split?

Grace — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:19:23 +0000

He’s apparently been telling girls negative things about the E.T. star…

Russell Brand may have only just announced his split from estranged wife Katy Perry, but reports have claimed that the comedian is already dating again.

According to Us Weekly, the Get Him To The Greek actor -- who confirmed he was filing for divorce from Perry in December 2011 -- has started seeing several women, with sources suggesting Brand has been ‘bad-mouthing’ theE.T. singer.

An insider told the publication: “She discovered through her friends. One of the women told a friend of hers and it got back to Katy,

“He’s spoken terribly about Katy to them. [Russell] told [one of them] he wanted her to move in with him after the divorce is final.”

Earlier this week, it emerged that Brand may have rejected Perry’s pleas to try and save their 14-month marriage, with The Mirror reporting that the 27-year old even suggested they should go to counselling instead of divorcing.

The One That Got Away star has since unfollowed Russell on Twitter, while Brand is currently still keeping an eye on Katy’s updates on the social-networking site.

Source: MTV UK

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Katy Perry ‘California Dream’ Tour Meet & Greet Photos – Jan 22th

Grace — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:52:31 +0000

I’ve added new meet and greet photos of Katy Perry during her ‘California Dream’ tour in Manila, Philippines on January 22, 2012.

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Videos Of Katy Perry Meeting Fans In Manila

Grace — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:24:15 +0000

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Katy Perry Arriving at LAX Airport Hi Res Photos – Jan 23th

Grace — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:14:32 +0000

I’ve added new high quality candids of Katy Perry arriving at LAX airport on January 23, 2012.

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Katy Perry “California Dream” Tour To Manila Live Photos – Jan 22th

Grace — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:54:38 +0000

I’ve added new performance photos of Katy Perry live during at ‘California Dreams’ tour in Manila, Phillippines on January 22, 2012.

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Katy Perry Readying Re-Release of Teenage Dream

Grace — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:33:23 +0000

If you haven’t had enough of Katy Perry over the past year and a half, well you’re in luck!She’s ready to do a complete re-release of one of the biggest pop albums of all time. Five number one singles (with a sixth still in the works), Katy is prepping a re-release for sometime in 2012.When will it be released? And what’s going to make this album special?

Set to hit stores on March 13th, the retooled album titled Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection- will include new tracks. And while the name of the cuts are presently unconfirmed,”Dressing Up”and ”Part Of Me”– two new Perry tracks which recently “surfaced” – have been wiped off Youtube in their entirety.

Does that mean something extra special? Probably. But maybe not! We heard later last year that her producer from Teenage Dream and Katy herself hit the studio for something new, but he never actually confirmed what it was! Well this just might be it!

Are you feeling new Katy Perry material? Or do you think she’s taking this whole thing to a completely new level of “milking it”. I can’t deny it. I think she is, BUT I love myself some Kitty Purry, and it’ll give her some time to get over this whole divorce with Russell Brand before she comes out with another brand NEW album sometime in the future.

Source: 923 Radio

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Katy Perry @ ‘Purr’ Fragrance Manila Launch Photos – 01/21

Grace — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:25:25 +0000

I’ve added new high quality event photos of Katy Perry at the ‘Purr’ Fragrance Launch in Manila, Philippines on January 21, 2012.

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Katy Perry’s Perfect Game

Grace — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:12:19 +0000

If you listen to commercial radio, this is not news: Katy Perry had a huge year. She went No.1 five times. She was the most played artist on the radio. But the record industry is so weird, it’s hard to know whether this kind of success translates into huge amounts of money.

So we asked.

I walked over to Katy Perry’s record label. She’s on Capital, which is under EMI. I met Greg Thompson, executive vice president of marketing and promotion at EMI.

“Did you guys end up in the black?” I asked.

“As far as I know, yes,” he said.

“How do you not know?!”

“I believe we did. Absolutely,” he said.

But how much did they spend on Katy Perry? And how much did they make?

Here’s what EMI did say: “We invested substantially to make a great record.”

What does “substantially” mean? I called up Andy Tavel, an entertainment lawyer. He’s had clients like Mary J. Blige and the Cure. I ran into Dr. John in his lobby. Tavel helped me think through what EMI spent on Katy Perry.The first expense is the album itself.

Why so expensive? Take “California Gurls.” It features Snoop Dogg. He’s pricey. And the producers on the song — Dr. Luke and Max Martin (among others), who charge around $100,000 per song. And there are 12 tracks on the album.

Then there’s Katy Perry’s advance. “That advance could have been perhaps a million dollars net, maybe $2 million — I can’t say for certain,” Tavel says.

So the record company has shelled out millions of dollars before anyone has even heard the album.

Next expense: Getting the album played on Top 40 radio. Tavel says it could cost up to $250,000 just to get the first single played on radio — special promotions, free merchandise and gifts.

For example: the painting of Katy Perry on one program director’s wall. She’s naked, wrapped in a cloud of cotton candy. (That’s also the album cover image, but seeing it painted is somehow different.)

Tavel figures the album cost the label somewhere around $4 million.

They made all that — and much more — on the sales of Katy Perry singles.

“Being in the business of pennies,” Greg Thompson, the EMI record exec says, “can actually be a good business.”

Here’s what Katy Perry sold in the United States: 2 million albums and 24 million digital tracks. That’s not a lot of albums. That is a LOT of songs. At a dollar a pop.

Back to the back of the envelope: Let’s say you bought “The One That Got Away” for 99 cents on iTunes. Thirty cents goes to Apple. Thirty cents goes to the songwriters (including Katy Perry). The label gets the rest. Perry has to pay back the recording costs and the advance out of her royalties.

By my estimate, the record-shattering, chart-topping Katy Perry made her label around $8 million in U.S. music sales. And that doesn’t even count revenue from movie trailers, commercials or foreign sales.

But, Katy Perry notwithstanding, the record industry is still in trouble.

“The problem is, their batting average isn’t high enough,” Tavel says. “Those success stories like Katy Perry are unfortunately too few and far between.”

EMI needs a whole roster of Katy Perrys.

Source: NPR

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Katy Perry Unfollows Russell Brand on Twitter

Grace — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:10:25 +0000

The 27-year-old “Firework” singer has unfollowed her soon-to-be ex-husband on Twitter. As of Friday, Perry is still one of the 78 people Brand subscribes to via the social networking site.

It’s not surprising, given that Perry is only communicating with Brand, 36, via phone or email. “She’s limiting those interactions,” a source tells the new issue of Us Weekly (out now). “He’s being so atrocious that she feels like she never really knew him.”
Perry has been keeping Brand off her mind by focusing on her career: she performed in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday, and she recently shot an Adidas ad in Santa Barbara, Calif.

“She doesn’t want to look battered and have people for sorry for her,” a Perry source tells Us. “She’s very strong and confident.”

Source: US Weekly

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Katy Perry Filming New ‘Adidas’ Ad in Santa Babara Hi Res Photos – January 12th

Grace — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:29:13 +0000

I’ve added new high quality filming photos of Katy Perry onlocation to shoot her ‘Adidas’ campaign ad in Santa Babara on January 12, 2012.

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Katy Perry Brings ‘California Dreams’ Tour to Jakarta Photos – January 19th

Grace — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:35:01 +0000

I’ve added new performance photos of Katy Perry live at her ‘California Dreams’ tour concert in Jakarta, Indonesia on January 19, 2012.

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New Katy Perry ‘The Sims 3 Showtime’ Promos!

Grace — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:00:43 +0000

I’ve added one more new promotional photo of Katy Perry did for ‘The Sims 3 Showtime’ to the gallery.

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First Look Of Katy Perry ‘The Sims 3 Showtime’ Promo Shoot!

Grace — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:51:48 +0000

I’ve added new promotional shoot of Katy Perry posed for ‘The Sims 3 Showtime’ to the gallery.

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Katy Perry in The Sims 3 Showtime Video

Grace — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:36:02 +0000

The new EP for the popular sims game offers a special edition with Katy Perry content

Collector’s Edition: Enjoy The Sims 3 Showtime Expansion pack and an Ultimate Stage bonus venue plus special Katy Perry themed iconic content including fashions, a guitar, a hairstyle, and various stage props plus an exclusive Katy Perry poster.

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