Monday, July 5, 2010

Is Katy Perry better than the 80 other women Russell Brand slept with in a month? (Plus other gossip)

British comedian Russell Brand has become the subject of some rather sexually based math work after a Daily Mail piece revealed he was 'tamed by her'.

Of course, as many bloggers have already rightly pointed out, this would mean that Brand would have had just over two women each day of that month. Is that really all that believable?

Also in celebrity gossip this week, Christian Ronaldo has become the father of a baby boy. Of course, no one is actually able to work out who the mother of the child is - whose birth was heralded on, well....what else? Twitter.

Finally, Snoop Dog - in another piece of gossip loosely related to Katy Perry (having appeared in Perry's 'California Gurls as the candy man/pimp) may be appearing on the smash hit television musical Glee. 


This was according to Cory Monteith - the one who plays Finn - who reported such a possibility to the Daily Mail.
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Katy Perry's new "California Gurls" video is four minutes of confusing visual oddity


Perhaps the best review I've read so far of Katy Perry's new music video for "California Gurls" was one of the top rated comments on its YouTube video page. The amateur critic poignantly noted "I have lived in California for years and I have never seen anything like this".

Personally, I don't think anyone has. The video (which can be found here) contains every candy-related gimmick whatsoever - a visual eye candy wonderland filled with childlike (well, kind of) fantasies with adult themes.

What is so unusual about the video is the use and application of such a theme and general aesthetic appeal. This is true for so much of the video that one is left asking - just one and a half minutes in - what any of what you've just seen has to do with California.

Snoop Dog also features in the video - with the mandatory big ol' pimping cane to complete the image. [Watch the full video on YouTube]
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