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Katy Perry is one of the hottest divas in the industry. She is actually quite a multitasker and a rebel in many senses. Her upbringing is actually shocking, considering the attitude she flaunts (there is the rebellion, read it below) and she has had quite a rocking life, as well as her fourth album Prism released in 2013.

Here are the 7 mind-blowing facts about the amazing Katy Perry.

1. The presentation and reality (differences)

Okay, people in showbiz have to adapt to a lot of changes with their realities. Katy has her own secrets and there is nothing wrong with that! Nevertheless, it does no harm to know that there is a human behind the star. To start with, Katy Perry is not her birth name. Her original name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson. When her life took her to showbiz, she had to change the name to avoid confusion with actress Kate Hudson. She is a natural blonde, but she keeps them dyed (much like Elvis Presley). Perry is not a made-up name either. It is the maiden name of her mom.

2. The upbringing and the rebellion

Her parents’ raised Katy in very stringent Pentecostal Christian values, being pastors both of them. Her upbringing was so strict that even watching the smurfs or reading Harry Potter was restricted. She once said, if she would not have been a singer, she would have been a stay-at-home mom. Her singing career actually began at the church where she sang from an age of 9 to 17.

You can easily imagine the teenager going to church on masses, not reading Harry Potter, later turning into Katy Perry who sings ‘I kissed a girl”! Did you actually try to imagine? It is kind of hard to believe. However, destiny fulfilled her rebellion very ironically, as her debut film was as the Smurfette at the Smurfs. There, she even had her natural blonde color.

3. She may actually believe in karma

Although there are no straightaway revelations on her spiritual beliefs, given the above Smurf twist of fate, she may actually believe in the ancient Indian idea of Karma. She and Russel Brand also married in India. Reportedly, Russell proposed to her in India while they were watching fireworks from the back of an elephant!

4. Other relationships

Besides the well-known marriage and subsequent divorce with actor Russell Brand, she had been in a relationship with Travis McCoy, lead singer of the Gym Class Heroes. Travis also has a cameo role in her video, “I kissed a girl.” Rumors report that the song has Scarlett Johansson as inspiration. Guest roles are kind of Katy’s favorite thing. She appeared as herself in an episode of “The Young and the Restless” in 2008.

5. Her unknown musical career

Katy can not only sing, but she is also a talented guitar player (both acoustic and electric). She grew up strictly hearing Christian gospel music. Her first non-Christian tune was Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette. She also has a course complete in Italian opera, and she took her first steps into the musical career with Christian pop.

She released that album under her real name. The rebel left home in 17s with only one dream- to make her career in music. She is the only other popstar since Michael Jackson to have a single album with 5 hits in the top slot. Her vocal range is in the control too. She reveals Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” as her favorite track to listen while driving.

6. Her cat

Her cat is Kitty Purry. The cat has her own blog. Speaking of cat things, Katy also launched her own perfume label in November of 2011. The perfume is called Purr, and she appears in the ad with a cat costume, complete with the tail. The bottle of the perfume is also in the shape of a cat. There is also a Katy Perry Barbie doll, released in December 2011. Perhaps, it was on her cat’s advice that she rejected an offer of 20 million dollars to be the judge at the 12th season of the American Idol.

7. Tattoos

She has a tattoo for each one of her albums. There is a strawberry tattoo for ‘One of the Boys’. The Teenage Dream got her a peppermint tattoo.

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Amber Rose (Amber Levonchuck) was born on October 21, 1983, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was able to break into the Hollywood entertainment business by first posing for a Louis Vuitton.

After being in music videos for a huge number of celebrities like Ludacris, Nicki Minaj, and Kanye West she became a hostname overnight. She began acting as well and the world knows her the best from films “Joan of Arcadia” and “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”, and on the series “General Hospital”. So we can definitely say that she is made her Hollywood dream come true.

Early life

She comes from an artistic family. Her mother Bonnie is a singer, and her father, Russ, is an actor. When she was 10, an agent and family friend noticed her talent when he saw her acting in a school play. With help from a whole family, the agent persuaded her father to allow her to start going on auditions.

Career

She made her acting debut in the role of the daytime soap opera “General Hospital” where she played the role of Emily Bowen in 1995. As the critics were more than satisfied she remained on the show for six years. In 2001, after leaving “General Hospital”, she starred on prime-time shows Boston Public, CSI: Miami, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

She should play the lead role in the CBS drama “Joan of Arcadia” but it was canceled. The same thing happened in “Babylon Fields”, which was also canceled. The same year “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” was released. And also she played a role in the film “127 Hours”. The movies that she played in after 2001: A Haunting, Better Off Alone, The Hills, Running Russell Simmons, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Master of the Mix, Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation, School Dance, Selfie, Sister Code and Zoolander 2.
She was nominated and won many awards. She won an Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Personal Life

The first celebrity men that she dated is Kanye West. After they began dating she was catapulted to stardom and often appeared in public events alongside the rapper. In 2010, she accused him of cheating on her with Kim Kardashian, and they broke up. She began dating Wiz Khalifa in early 2011 and got engaged to him but they split up a year after. She is now in marriage with an actor David Cross. The couple dated for two years before becoming engaged in 2011. She writes for the Poetry Foundation’s blog, Harriet, and by now she has published two books of poetry( Free Stallion and Bang Ditto).

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John Winston Lennon (born on 9 October 1940), in Liverpool. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were one of the most successful songwriting teams of the 20th century.

He was half of “The Beatles”. He wrote dozens of hit tunes, ranging from “Help!” and “Ticket to Ride” to “Penny Lane” and “Let It Be.” He wrote and co-wrote nearly all of their hits songs, sang lead on many songs. The Beatles had become a worldwide phenomenon.

Early life

Lennon grew up with his aunt Mimi and uncle George in a house called Mendips. He had little contact with his father Alf but kept in close contact with his mother Julia. She shared a love of Elvis Presley’s music with his son and taught him to play the banjo. In 1957 she bought John his first guitar.

Career

In 1957, he met Paul McCartney and they bonded and began writing songs together at McCartney’s home. Lennon completed his first song “Hello Little Girl”, which became a hit instantly.

After Lennon met a guitarist player George Harrison, he proposed him join the group which he accepted. After Paul’s solo song, the group releases their first single, “Love Me Do”, which gave them the real worldwide popularity. Their success looked unstoppable.

The Beatles broke up in 1970, and Lennon followed with a solo career marked by uneven recordings and public pleas for world peace. After a break in a career that lasted for 5 years, John Lennon released an album “Double Fantasy” with Yoko in 1980. Lennon was shot to death outside his New York home by a schizophrenic fan Mark David Chapman.

With The Beatles, he released almost 25 albums and these are the most known: Let It Be, Yellow Submarine, Revolver, Yesterday and Today, Help, A Hard Day’s Night, The Beatles’ Long Tall Sally and Please Please Me.

Albums as a solo artist: Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (with Yoko Ono) (1968), Wedding Album (with Yoko Ono) (1969), John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970), Imagine (1971), Some Time in New York City (with Yoko Ono) (1972), Mind Games (1973), Walls and Bridges (1974), Rock ‘n’ Roll (1975), Double Fantasy (with Yoko Ono) (1980) and Milk and Honey (with Yoko Ono) (1984).
John also appeared in these movies: The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (2012), All Together Now (2008), I Met The Walrus (2007), The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) and a Hard Day’s Night (2000).

Personal Life

When he was accepted into the Liverpool College of Art, he met Cynthia Powell, who became his first wife. After she became pregnant with their son Julian, they married.

His son Julian Lennon is also a singer and musician. When he was still married he met his new wife Yoko Ono who was a major influence on his post-Beatles career. Yoko gave him a son Sean Ono Lennon. John Lennon published two illustrated books of poetry in the mid-1960s: “In His Own Write” and “A Spaniard in the Works”.