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Katy looking STUNNING in THR magazine
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If resumés could talk, Katy Perry’s would be screaming, “Take a break, woman!” But that word -- "break" -- has no place in the 27-year-old pop star’s vocabulary, unless it involves breaking records, which she’s done plenty of in the last two years. That’s when Teenage Dream, her delectable second album, saw more hit songs top the Billboard charts than any artist since Michael Jackson in the Bad era. At the same time, Perry launched a grueling 124-date world tour and filmed every minute of the highly technical production, including backstage moments with her then husband, comedian-turned-movie star Russell Brand, for her own concert-umentary Katy Perry: Part of Me (opening July 5).
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WHEN IT CAME TO HER RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSELL BRAND, PERRY STRUGGLED WITH HOW TO PRESENT THE DEMISE OF THEIR MARRIAGE ON THE BIG SCREEN
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Class and truth were Perry’s thoughts when it came to her depiction of a whirlwind romance gone wrong. “Like how I write my songs, honesty has always worked for me,” she says. “So if it ain’t broke, why f---ing fix it?“ As for the incessant invasiveness of blogs and the celebrity press, Perry adds that, like Kim Kardashian’s ill-fated 72-day marriage to NBA up-and-comer Kris Humphries, “Nobody knows what really happened except the two people who are in it.”
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THE PRESS “TRIED TO DESTROY MY PARENTS”
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Responding to the media firestorm over alleged anti-semitic comments Perry’s father Keith Hudson made to an Ohio church congregation, the former Christian music artist insists the remarks “were taken completely out of context.” As for how Perry is fighting back? “There’s not a whole lot you can do,” she says. “You hope that it passes, which it always does, but they have to be careful. They didn’t necessarily sign up for this.”
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PERRY SPENT MILLIONS OF HER OWN MONEY TO FINANCE PART OF ME
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“Trust me, I have a vision.” That’s been Katy Perry’s creative mantra since the beginning, but in the case of a theatrically-released film, she had to bet on herself with cold hard cash: $2 million to be exact, with the rest of the movie’s budget loaned to Perry by production partners AEG Live (the company counts Staples Center as one of their flagship venues). “My frugal business manager, God bless him, was sweating,” she says. Good thing Perry earned some $44 million last year, according to one report.
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NEXT ON PERRY’S TO-DO LIST: HER OWN RECORD LABEL
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Perhaps in an effort to pay back (metaphorically speaking) whose who extended a hand to a struggling artist like her former self, Perry will soon undertake another venture: label-head. The as-yet-unnamed imprint is in the works, she reveals. Says Perry: “When it does come to fruition, I’m going to try and avoid the things that take away any fighting chance for an artist to have financial success.” No doubt she would know.
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Great interview and hot photoshoot.
