Katy Perry says 'good people' help handle fame

Katy Perry (above) believes keeping 'good people around' helps her deal with the pressures of being one of the world's biggest pop stars, which currently has her on a global concert tour and taking part in her first movie. -- PHOTO: AP

NEW YORK - KATY Perry believes keeping 'good people around' helps her deal with the pressures of being one of the world's biggest pop stars, which currently has her on a global concert tour and taking part in her first movie.

As the music world mourns the death of British singer Amy Winehouse, Perry told Reuters she is not tempted by the hedonistic lifestyle that has helped fuel the demise of talented performers before her.

Perry, whose hits include Teenage Dream and Firework, said she is able to stay away from the wild, party life with the help of honest, supportive people around her, such as her British actor/comedian husband Russell Brand, himself a recovering drug addict who is now clean and sober.

'I like to keep good people around me, people that aren't always 'yes' people, people that sometimes it's difficult to be around because they're not 'yes' people,' she told Reuters.

'My husband is definitely one of those, he keeps me accountable and, you know, he's not a fan, even though he is a fan...he supports me and loves me but he doesn't bullshit me, which is really important.'

The 26-year-old California native, who is one year younger than Winehouse, tweeted on Saturday when Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment, 'RIP Amy Winehouse. May she finally find peace'. -- REUTERS

Katy Perry postpones two US concerts

Katy Perry has postponed concerts in the Chicago area and St Paul, Minnesota, because she's suffering from food poisoning. -- PHOTO: AP

Showbiz : MILWAUKEE - KATY Perry has postponed concerts in the Chicago area and St Paul, Minnesota, because she's suffering from food poisoning.

A statement released by her publicist said the Friday show at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, has been rescheduled to Aug 21 and her Saturday show at St Paul's Xcel Energy Center is now set for Aug 23.

The statement said the food poisoning led to severe dehydration. She performed ill at Summerfest in Milwaukee on Thursday night.

John Boler, vice-president of sales and marketing at Summerfest, said Perry wasn't feeling well when she arrived. He said a doctor was provided to her during the day and the performance.

He said she performed beautifully despite being sick.

Perry apologised but said she plans to give fans the best show ever when she returns. -- AP

Devil talk banned in Katy Perry's childhood home

Katy Perry says she did not have a childhood with her evangelical minister parents, who allowed her to read only the Bible and even banned terms like'deviled eggs'.

NEW YORK - KATY Perry says she did not have a childhood with her evangelical minister parents, who allowed her to read only the Bible and even banned terms like'deviled eggs'.

'I didn't have a childhood,' Perry told Vanity Fair in an interview for its June edition. 'I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting. Sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up,' she said.

'Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I don't try to change them anymore, and I don't think they try to change me. We agree to disagree. They're excited about (my success).'

Perry, 26, rose to stardom in 2008 with her hit single I Kissed a Girl and by promoting herself as a sex kitten. Her first stab at a music career was through a gospel music album. But the cover of her latest hit Teenage Dream, features her lying naked on a pink cloud.

The Firework singer - who wants her ashes shot out over the California coast in a firework - said her friends had to sneak her CDs as a child because secular music was banned in her California home. 

Phrases like 'deviled eggs' and the name of the vacuum cleaner Dirt Devil were also banned, and Perry said she was led to believe that the family planning group Planned Parenthood was only an abortion clinic.

'I was always scared I was going to get bombed when I was there ... I didn't know it was more than that, that it was for women and their needs. I didn't have insurance, so I went there and I learned about birth control,' she told Vanity Fair. -- REUTERS

Katy Perry's E.T beat was for Three 6 Mafia

Singer Katy Perry has revealed that the beat of her new album 'E.T' was for southern US hip hop group Three 6 Mafia. Her producers accidentally played her a beat that was not meant for her but she liked it so much so that she grabbed it.

“I remember writing with Max Martin and Dr. Luke, and they were just showing me different samples of songs or tracks or beats, and they accidentally pulled up this beat, and it was for Three 6 Mafia. I heard it and I always knew I wanted to write this futuristic, alienistic song, and I was like, 'Wait, I can wrap my head around this. I know this seems like a long shot, but I think I have the perfect material to put on top of this sound.' And I did, and it really worked out perfectly (sic),” Contactmusic quoted the singer as saying.

Katy Perry released the video of her album 'E.T.' yesterday. The album featuring Kanye West has songs like “California Gurls," "Firework" and the title track "I feel like I've done that”. It will hit the small screens tonight.

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Date of Birth- 25 October 1984, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Birth Name- Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson
Height- 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Spouse- Russell Brand (23 October 2010 - present)

With an great debut single like "I Kissed a Girl" (not to mention its less successful predecessor "Ur So Gay"), Katy Perry had all the makings of a typical one-hit wonder. Flash forward almost three years, and Katy Perry has managed to establish herself as one of the best selling female artists in the world. While "I Kissed a Girl" peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Perry's debut record One of the Boys hit No. 9 on the charts and produced a string of smash hits including "Hot N' Cold" and "Waking Up in Vegas."

Six MTV Video Music Awards and two Grammy Award nominations later, and Katy Perry returned with yet another hit machine. Lead single "California Gurls" immediately peaked at No. 1, making her sophomore effort Teenage Dream a certified smash before it was even released -- it's now up for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards. Perry is also set to make the inevitable leap to the big screen when she stars as Smurfette in the 2011 animated film adaptation of The Smurfs. Something tells us the small blue forest creature will never have looked so hot.

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Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American pop musician. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her freshman year of high school, she began to pursue a career in music. As Katy Hudson, she released a self-titled gospel album in 2001, which due to the closing of her record label, was deemed unsuccessful. She later recorded an album with production team The Matrix and completed the majority of a solo album from 2004–5; neither of which were released.

After signing with Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry and released her first Internet single "Ur So Gay" that November, which garnered public attention but failed to chart. She rose to fame with the release of her second single "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008, which went on to top international charts. Perry's first mainstream studio album One of the Boys followed later that year and subsequently, became the thirty-third best selling album worldwide of 2008.It was accredited platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America, while "I Kissed a Girl" and her second single "Hot n Cold" both received multi-platinum certifications. Her sophomore studio album Teenage Dream was released in August 2010 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The album included hit singles "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream" and "Firework", all of which topped the charts on the Billboard Hot 100.

Perry was credited as a guest judge on the seventh series of British television show The X Factor; has released a fragrance called "Purr"; and will appear in the upcoming 2011 film The Smurfs. Perry had a long relationship with Travie McCoy; she married Russell Brand on October 23, 2010