Katy Perry

5 Best Music Videos from Newport Beach Film Fest's Program Premiering Tonight

Tonight at 8 at The Triangle, the Newport Beach Film Festival debuts its Music Videos program, which is part of the three-year-old Music Series of features and documentaries that focus on musicians. Confession time: I had my doubts about the video program when I first heard about it. Who wants to se ... More >>

What We Learned from the 2013 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards

This past Saturday, award show season officially ended with the 2013 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards. The 26th installment of the only award show where "kids rule," it was a star-studded night that legitimately out-shined plenty of its contemporaries. You may think we're kidding, but how many awards ... More >>

Halloween Party, Indie Rom Com, Tries to Scare Up Oscar Best Song Nomination

It may be a long shot, but Long Beach-based producers of a very independent film shot over 13 days in three homes in Belmont Shores say they are vying for an Academy Award nomination for best original song.Perhaps less difficult than trying to generate Oscar buzz was settling on "Voodoo" as the song ... More >>

I'm A White R&B Singer From Red Hook, Brooklyn: Should I Even Bother?

By: Jessica Hopper[Editor's Note: Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for ... More >>

The Real Gurl of 'Katy Perry: Part of Me'

A tour doc reveals Katy Perry's essential Katy Perry-ness

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Add Another LA Date

​Sweet! Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band added another show to their LA stop. Now they're also performing on Friday, April 27 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. The tour supports Springsteen's 17th studio album, Wrecking Ball, out on March 6, and tickets go on sale at all Ticketmast ... More >>

Manila Luzon on Her Budding Music Career: 'If Kim Zolciak Can Do It, So Can I'

​Manila Luzon, our favorite contestant on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race (and the "next to next drag superstar," aka runner up) was recently featured on HuffPo talking about her music career. Apparently making the leap from lip-syncing into actually singing! Not only is she working with ... More >>

Katy Perry, Now On a Sims Game

​ Electronic Arts today announced its collaboration with Katy Perry for The Sims. The life-simulation game will feature Perry-themed content and virtual goods such as clothing, hairstyles, props and furniture. The Collector's Edition expansion pack for The Sims 3 Showtime will be out in March.Ste ... More >>

Top 10 Craziest Outfits Worn By Musicians In 2011

​Once a year, the normal people of the world take the opportunity to dress oddly in public. But in the music industry, there's no real need for Halloween--every day and every award ceremony is the opportunity for a new (and increasingly weird) costume debut.  We bet you can guess who tops the ... More >>

The Ten Most Disappointing Albums of 2011: #10 - #6

Yes, Jessi J, you made the list. Stop pouting. ​Tis' an exciting time of year for music critics. From January through November, carpel-tunnel prone wordsmiths like us are often faced with editorial pressure to "go easy" on certain releases. Or perhaps we are encouraged to throw praise upon hyp ... More >>

Justin Bieber Is Officially the Most Searched Musician Of 2011

​Bing.com, Microsoft's search engine, recently compiled its 2011 search trends for musicians and came up with some interesting results.Their list of the top ten most searched musicians is entirely made up of femme powerhouses (Who run da world?), save for the top slot, which was nabbed b ... More >>

2nd Floor Hosts Autograph Party

Want something signed by the blink-182 drummer? Come to 2nd Floor in Huntington Beach on Friday!​When you walk in to 2nd Floor Restaurant/Art Gallery in Huntington Beach, you'll see the walls lined with original artwork for sale by local artists. Many are inspired by tattoo and punk culture an all ... More >>

Katy Perry and More Showgazing

[Mental Notes] Highlights from the U.S. Open of Surfing with Jimmy Eat World, plus the Yost's reopening with Unwritten Law

Katy Perry with Robyn At the Nokia Theatre Last Night

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Check out our slideshow here!Katy Perry with RobynAugust 7, 2011Nokia TheatreWhen you're at a concert there are events that occur, usually in some sequence, that make you hyper-aware of where you are. When the teenybopper behind you starts shrieking/crying/furiously ... More >>

Katy Perry: Cashing in on that Normal Niche

Flickr user florencia.tomasConsider Katy Perry--who, a few years before her rapid rise to stardom, was best known as "the girlfriend of that guy from Gym Class Heroes."  Now, Perry sells out stadiums. She's gotten so popular that she's performing at the Nokia Theatre in LA for three nights in ... More >>

Kreayshawn Gets Nominated Best New Artist at the VMAs--and Other WTF Moments This Year

​I've never agreed with any award-giving body on who gets nominated or gets awards for best this or that, but this year's VMAs are akin to the year Milli Vanilli won Grammys over the Indigo Girls. (The fact that I date myself by remembering this hoopla means I'm really mystified by what's going on ... More >>

Rebecca Black to Release New Single, "My Moment"

​First a starring role in Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night" video, now a brand spanking new single called "My Moment"!  Rebecca Black's follow up to her hit (?) "Friday" debuts July 18. Apparently the 14-year-old YouTube star is also finishing a five-song EP that should be out in August.&nb ... More >>

Planking Fail by Katy Perry; Other Celebs Show Her How its Done

​ Katy Perry tweeted a picture of her planking on a yacht on the Fourth of July. Except she was doing it wrong (legs and head down, hands by your side!) and subsequently got a lot of flak for it on the Interwebz. To show her how its done, we complied a list of celebrities who can plank right, and ... More >>

Free Ticket Tuesday: Sander Kleinenberg at Sutra This Thursday

​ Catch Dutch producer Sander Kleinenberg at Sutra on Thursday, where he stops to promote his debut 5K, out today on his label This Is Recordings. His songs (called "the next level of electronic music") are described as "elegant," "entrancing," "energetic," with "airy dreamscape" thrown in th ... More >>

Five Most Awesome Moments of the Katy Pervy Trailer; Watch the Totally SFW Trailer Here!

​ How funny is it that this porn parody of Katy Perry's  life is so much more entertaining than the "California Gurls" singer's real work? Unlike Katy Perry, Goodnight Media's Katy Pervy has a clear, upfront agenda: sex sells her music, and she's on a "XXX adventure" with her buddies Ka$$ha, ... More >>

Arcade Fire Win Album of the Year in a Shocker

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​Surprisingly, The Suburbs by Arcade Fire won album of the year for the 53 Grammy Awards last night. Shocked? We are, too. They beat out Lady Antebellum's Need You Now, Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster, Eminem's Recovery and Katy Perry's Teenage Dream. The Grammys seemed to get ... More >>

Katy Perry Reiterates Her Love for In-N-Out in Rolling Stone

Pop chanteuse Katy Perry has never hidden her love for In-N-Out--she's tweeted about it, told reporters about it, and more. We get it--she loves the burgers.But she can't say it enough.

Josh Freese to Fill in For Paramore's South American Tour

Susan Sabo/OC WeeklyJosh Freese gets his hair cut by a fan in a parking lot in Downtown Long Beach. No big deal. ​According to SPIN Magazine, Long Beach resident and session drummer (and former OC Weekly cover man) Josh Freese has been pegged as the fill-in drummer for Paramore's upcoming tour dat ... More >>

Celebrity Perfumes by Musicians: Justin Bieber (Yes, Him Again), Katy Perry, Kate Walsh and Jordin Sparks

​If being a celebrity and having a perfume line is the true mark of success, the sad corollary is that audiences think dousing themselves in the "wet ozone" notes of Paris Hilton's product will make you fun and vacuous as well, or that wearing "Unforgivable Woman" by Puffy Combs (aka. P. Diddy/Sea ... More >>

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Much Ado About Boobs: Parents Complain About Katy Perry Showing Too Much Skin on Sesame Street

Sesame Street​It had to happen sooner or later: the inevitable Boob Backlash.After the skirmishes and scuffles of the summer, the innocent bystanders of the Boob Wars have risen up, and they've set their sights on their first targets: Katy Perry on Sesame Street.

Battle Report: Blake Lively Uses Comic-Con to Bring Out Her Big Guns

​Katy Perry might have fired the first shot in this year's Boob War, but it looks like Blake Lively might be the one to fire the last one that ends it all.Our battle report shows who has the advantage.

Katy Perry, Reinterpreted: "California Gays"

​Filmmaker Ryan James Yezak made one of the cutest interpretations of Katy Perry's "California Gurls" we've seen. In it: hot, hairless twinks, a tribute to the movie Mean Girls, and various recognizable spots around Santa Monica. 

Boob War 2010: The Battles Rage On as a Lady and a Dame Draw Up Their Tit Offensives

​Two more enemy combatants have entered the fray of this summer's Boob War, which was ignited by Katy Perry's frontal assaults at the MTV Movie Awards and in her video for "California Gurls." Ms. Perry, prepare to face off against Lady Gaga and Dame Helen Mirren.

Katy Perry VS Gummi Bears

www.katyperry.com​You may or may not be already sick of Katy Perry and her ubiquitous "California Gurls" video, which targets all things booby, happy and summery,  but MTV is reporting that even Gummi Bears' makers Trolli are reacting to their...um, unusually out of character appearance in th ... More >>

1, 2, 3, 4 ... Katy Perry Declares A Boob War! See Who is Pulling Out the Big Guns in This Fight

Katy Perry fires the first volley of Boob War in this screen shot from her "California Gurls" video​In the past week, Katy Perry has claimed the summer as hers. Not with the inexplicable success of her single "California Gurls," nor her inexplicable romance with the inexplicably charming Russell ... More >>

Look Who's Talking! Katy Perry [May Have] Called Lady Gaga Cheap

www.katyperry.com​Spend any time listening to  the recent discussions about artists who become commercial products and one's mind inevitably gravitates toward Katy Perry. And before any diatribe on the subject begins, let's first mention a tweet Ms. Perry squeezed out Tuesday evening that re ... More >>

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Today in Music News: Katy Perry Crushes on 'American Idol,' Bob Dylan, Grizzly Bear, Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger

Katy Perry gets her snark on as guest judge at American Idol auditions in LA.Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, Natalie Cole, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Seal, the Blind Boys of Alabama to perform at White House.Grizzly Bear contributes to soundtrack to Philip Seymour Hoffman directo ... More >>

(Tragic) Kingdom Come Again, Leaving No Doubt Who Rules OC

Last Night: No Doubt, Katy Perry, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

No zoom on the iPhone, folks!​Last Night: No Doubt, Katy Perry, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; August 4, 2009.Better than: The three previous No Doubt shows at Verizon. Maybe. Actually, they were probably all equally fantastic, unless you hate Katy Perry.Number of dudes dress ... More >>

Slideshow: Saturday's No Doubt, Paramore, the Sounds Concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Andrew Youssef​It's No Doubt Central around here. Amanda Parsons threw up the setlist from Friday's show, and here are Andrew Youssef's pictures Gwen, Tony, Tom and Adrian-filled from Saturday's way beyond sold-out gig (he couldn't even stay past three songs, poor guy). Coming up: John Gilhooley's ... More >>

Four Days of No Doubt Shows in Irvine Starting...Now. Almost.

​Yeah, No Doubt is obviously one of the biggest bands from Orange County of all time. (Some might say "the;" feel free to debate that point as much as you'd like!) As such, it's appropriate that their return to Orange County--after a five-year layoff, save a quickie reunion during the encore of on ... More >>

Welcome to Agrestic, errrrr, Orange County

 When did Showtime's Weeds, which is set in Valencia or Calabasas or Santa Clarita or Stevenson Ranch or Gorman or wherever the hell it is, spring up in Orange County? It's sure seeming very Agrestic-like based on two police incidents mere hours apart Wednesday.First, cops started going door-to ... More >>

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Detroit Bar

Incoming: No Doubt Add Yet Another OC Show, Katy Perry to Open

(Yes, I could have used another No Doubt picture to illustrate this blog, but I'm using this Katy Perry pic instead. Deal with it. We need hits.) Waaay sold out. No Doubt has added yet another Verizon Wireless Amphitheater show--their fourth!--to their triumphant reunion tour, this one happening on ... More >>

Wener Watch: Compound Sentences Galore!

We've all heard that there's an elegance in simplicity. Well, all of us except for the Orange County Register's music critic/blogger Ben Wener, apparently.Here's the opening paragraph to his nearly 900-word (!) review of U2's latest, No Line on the Horizon. Bring a bookmark:"It's been streaming fr ... More >>

Daily Coachella Update: Still No Lineup, but There is a Fake One

It's getting to the point where the idea of the Coachella lineup is actually more appealing than whatever the eventual Coachella lineup will be, even if the actual lineup is really impressive. It's like Spock said, "having is not such a pleasing thing as wanting."So yeah, still no official Coachella ... More >>

Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were de ... More >>

Who Wins In the Worst Lyrics of 2008 Tournament? You Do

Live from KIIS-FM Jingle Ball, a.k.a. Bizarroworld

I didn't know there were people--especially this many--that would actually be happy to see Ryan Seacrest. But tonight at the Honda Center in Anaheim, for the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball, they were not only happy but, I dunno, elated?Jubilant? What kind of twisted, parallel universe have I stepped into?Katy ... More >>

KIIS-FM's Jingle Ball 2008

Rihanna to Make 'Special Guest Appearance' at KIIS Jingle Ball

Live Nation by way of the inimitable Ryan Seacrest announced this morning that Rihanna (she of "Disturbia," "Umbrella," "S.O.S.," "Shut Up and Drive" et al. fame) will be making a "special guest appearance" at the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball, Dec. 6 at the Honda Center in Anaheim. "Special guest appearanc ... More >>

Tickets for KIIS 102.7 FM Jingle Ball Going Fast

As far as these things go, the lineup for this year's "KIIS 102.7 FM Jingle Ball," Dec. 6 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, is fairly impressive. And by "these things," of course I mean a concert where pre-fab, manufactured teeny bopper acts perform 15 minute sets in the name of promoting a radio stat ... More >>

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