1 Jan 2012
On: HollyWood
Katy Perry’s divorce from Russell Brand wasn’t due to a particular event or issue. The pair simply got married too fast and are too different, sources say.
They were infatuated with each other when they wed in October 2010, but had only been together about a year at that point, and things went south fast.
People close to the couple say Katy and Russell were head over heels for each other, fascinated to be with a great person who was an extreme opposite.
The problems came when the honeymoon phase wore off.
After they got married, they fought constantly, often in front of people at clubs and shows. They’re both stubborn and strong-willed, making things worse.
Their busy schedules didn’t help, as they never spent long periods of time with each other. In the end, despite their attraction, they were “just too different.”
Brand, who filed for divorce Friday, is more of a homebody than Katy, 27, who loves going out partying. Russell, 36, has been sober for years and didn’t enjoy the scene.
He would often voice his desire to stay in or leave places early, asking her to come with him, which would trigger arguments. So it went. Not a long-term match.
At the end of the day, neither hates the other, there’s no bad blood, and not even a hint of impropriety on either part. Just a mutual parting of ways.
Sad, but something a lot of people, famous or not, can relate to.
[Photo: WENN.com]
The Hollywood Gossip
Tags: Brand, Different, Friends, Just, Katy, Perry, Russell
31 Dec 2011
On: HollyWood
The Internet may be a “wicked little liar,” to use Russell Brand’s words, a great deal of the time. But apparently not in this sad case. He’s divorcing Katy Perry.
Just 24 hours after Russell was spotted sans wedding ring in London, with Katy 7,000 miles away with friends in Hawaii, the actor filed the papers this afternoon.
Brand personally confirmed the news, saying in a statement: “Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage I’ll always adore her and I know we’ll remain friends.”
Brand cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split in the official divorce documents, filed in Los Angeles Friday. The couple married October 23, 2010.
The documents list “community property assets,” which may indicate a lack of prenup, or one that does not account for all their earnings and other assets.
The news is surprising and yet not, given recent reports that the couple had been having problems and spending time apart, possibly following a massive fight.
He does not list a date the couple separated, but TMZ reports that Russell Brand may have blindsided Katy Perry by filing the divorce petition. Stay tuned.
[Photo: WENN.com]
The Hollywood Gossip
Tags: Brand, It's, Katy, Over, Perry, Russell
19 Jul 2011
On: HollyWood
Russell Brand and Katy Perry have been subjected to headlines about their supposed trouble in paradise recently … heck, since the day they got married.
But in the wake of the most recent groundswell of speculation – Russell reportedly cavorting with brunettes not named Katy – the couple is fighting back.
“Just cause we don’t flaunt our relationship doesn’t mean there’s something wrong,” Katy wrote. “Privacy is our luxury. #tabloidsrtrash #gossipisgross”
Russell echoed his wife’s sentiments and cheered her Tweets.
This time around, it was the Daily Mail (UK) and the British weekly magazine Heat that took the lead on spearheading the newest round of reports.
While the Daily Mail reported Brand was seen with a “Katy Perry lookalike,” it’s Heat that went a step too far, saying they’re on “a trial separation.”
Citing unnamed sources (obvi), the rag blamed conflicting work schedules and said they’ve seen each other four days in the past six months.
Perry is far from pleased. Just recently, her legal team hit back at NW, an Australian tabloid, for claiming that she was unfaithful to Brand.
You could be next, Heat.
The Hollywood Gossip
Tags: Brand, Katy, Perry, Rocks, Russell
22 Jun 2010
On: Entertainment-F
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5 Jan 2010
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Brand, in the viewpoint of a manufacturer or service provider, is a feature that distinguishes the product or service in a market. A user may define brand as the one that he can recognize and identify as an integral part of his life. In this age of modernization and industrialization, the consumer has emerged as the uncrowned king. He is the monarch of all he surveys. And to attract his attention, organizations are ready to innovate and upgrade the ideas of promoting. The 4P basic idea of Product, Pricing, Promotion and Place has come to evolve mostly around Promotion, as market survey indicates that a consumer likes to buy a brand, not a product or service.
And to showcase promotion, companies are making a beeline for the most saleable of products, that is, the Hollywood stars. A popular proverb says that one can even sell dreams in Hollywood. So it is but natural that when the celebrities, who are the stuff of our dreams, wave to us from the silver screen or stare at us from flashy bill boards endorsing a product, we simply cannot ignore the plea. After all, even for a flitting second, the user will feel that he is sharing something with his favorite idol.
Brand promotion by a Hollywood star not only enhances the longevity of the product, but also its apparent quality and mass appeal. The conveyed image of a successful individual using the product creates a sense of demand and urgency to get hold of it by the consumer. Better still, he begins to identify the product with the star, thus adding immensely to its recall value.
A user only sees a product when it is seen and this observation is triggered by various external factors and internal conditions. Perception of familiarity, trust and contentment are foremost conditions that influence the choice of a particular brand over another. Since the flashy world of entertainment and razzmatazz has easy recall value, the faces we adore and the style we follow compel a consumer to select that particular brand from the bouquet of choicest of products existing in the market. Market analysts have even noticed the trend of shift of consumers from one product to another once their favorite star leaves one company and starts to endorse another.
As Hollywood spawns the magic over almost the entire world, enticing the young and the old, the poor and the rich by its continued tales of fantasies and glory, emotions and intricacies, fervent admirers of the stars follow the fashion and style with bated breath. To some of them, turning down the plea of a star to use his product is akin to sacrilege. It gives a sense of vicarious pleasure to the consumer and awards him a sense of supremacy over his idol, as he feels that he is doing a favor by adopting the product promoted by the star. As the company and the star laugh together all the way to the bank, the consumer is left clutching to his straw of imagination that has been so well played upon by the promotional blitz of a brand by a Hollywood star.
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