Getty Images Earlier this week American singer Katy Perry, best known for her bubblegum pop, said she felt like a “human Piñata” after weeks of online backlash. The description felt suitably colourful – but the acknowledgement was serious. A decade on from headlining the Superbowl, Perry’s part in a much-derided Blue Origin spaceflight has seen...
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Getty Images Katy Perry said the “online world” had tried to make her a “human Piñata” Singer Katy Perry has admitted feeling “battered and bruised” by the backlash following her recent space trip, but reassured fans she is OK as would “keep looking to the light”. Writing two weeks after the...
Ian Youngs Culture reporter EPA Kary Perry bore the brunt of the ridicule after the flight Lily Allen has apologised to Katy Perry for “being mean” about her when she joined in the backlash against the recent space flight carrying the US singer. “There was actually no need for me to bring her name into...
Since pop star Katy Perry returned to Earth earlier this week, the number of memes referencing her brief trip to space has skyrocketed. After weighing in with jokes of its own, American fast-food chain Wendy’s has clarified that its now-viral tweets weren’t meant to cause offense. Following criticism from followers, the company put out a...
This week saw more talks to agree a ceasefire in the Ukraine war, Hollywood star Mickey Rourke kicked out of Celebrity Big Brother, and scientists find new evidence of possible life on another planet. But how much attention did you pay to what else has been going on in the world over the past seven...
Singer Katy Perry kissed the ground after her Blue Origin space flight returned to land on Monday. Blue Origin’s founder, Jeff Bezos, opened the capsule door to welcome the all-female crew back to Earth. The first to leave the capsule was his fiancé Lauren Sánchez, who was also on board. Bezos greeted her with a...
Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science reporter Getty Images The singer will be aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket Pop star Katy Perry and five other women are set to blast into space aboard Jeff Bezos’ space tourism rocket. The singer will be joined by Bezos’s fiancée Lauren Sánchez and CBS presenter Gayle King. The...
After the government took control of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant over the weekend, many of Monday’s front pages consider what might happen next. “Blast chance saloon” is how the Metro describes the government’s “race against time” to obtain sufficient raw materials to keep the blast furnaces running, after ministers accused the plant’s owners of selling...