Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Perry grew up with gospel music, and during her first year of high school she pursued a music career as Katy Hudson, releasing her first studio album called Katy Hudson which failed to chart. She recorded a solo album later, which was never released. After signing with Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry.
She first gained recognition with the release of her first mainstream album, One of the Boys in 2008, which spawned three Billboard Hot 100 top-ten songs—"I Kissed A Girl", "Hot n Cold" and "Waking Up In Vegas". Perry supported the album with her Hello Katy Tour. In 2010, her third studio album, Teenage Dream (2010), which topped the Billboard 200 chart, and spawned five number one singles—"California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T." and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"—Teenage Dream was the only album (after Michael Jackson's Bad)—to do so, and the first female in history to achieve this milestone. She embarked on the California Dreams Tour, which grossed nearly $60 million worldwide. Perry re-released the album under the name of Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection on March 26, 2012, and the re-release has already spawned the number-one single "Part of Me".
Dark horse is a term used to describe a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition of some sort or a contestant that seems unlikely to succeed.
The term began as horse racing parlance. A dark horse is a race horse that is not known to gamblers and thus is difficult to place betting odds on.
The earliest-known use of the phrase is in Benjamin Disraeli's novel The Young Duke (1831). Disraeli's protagonist, the Duke of St. James, attends a horse race with a surprise finish: "A dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph."
The term has been used politically in such countries as Peru, Philippines and United States.
Politically, the term reached America in the nineteenth century when it was first applied to James K. Polk, a relatively unknown Tennessee Democrat who won the Democratic Party's 1844 presidential nomination over a host of better-known candidates. Polk won the nomination on the ninth ballot, and went on to win the presidential election.
Jordan Houston, better known by his stage name Juicy J (born April 5, 1977) is an Academy Award-winning American rapper and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee and is the co-founder and a member of the duo Three 6 Mafia (formerly known as Triple Six Mafia). He is also the younger brother of fellow member, Project Pat. His second solo album, Hustle Till I Die, was released June 16, 2009. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp". In December 2011 Juicy J confirmed rumors that he was the newest member of Wiz Khalifa's "Taylor Gang." He is featured with other members of Taylor Gang on the cover of Source Magazine's May 2012 issue.
Juicy J is most notable for his crunk style of rapping, highlighted by his patented "heavy-breathing" and "stomping" background sound effects. Juicy J's production style is characterized by fast-rolling high hats, sharp snares, and deep cinematic bass. He also incorporates samples from classic soul artists such as Willie Hutch, David Ruffin, and Isaac Hayes.
Aubrey Christina Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress and comedian who has gained popularity through her deadpan-style comedy, and currently co-stars in Parks and Recreation as April Ludgate.
Plaza was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the daughter of Bernadette, an attorney, and David Plaza, a financial advisor. She has two younger sisters, Renee and Natalie, the latter of whom she uses as inspiration for her teenage character April Ludgate on Parks and Recreation.
Plaza was named after the song "Aubrey" by Bread. Her father is Puerto Rican and her mother is of Irish and English descent. Plaza has stated: "I was like the only diverse kid in my high school, and I'm half-Puerto Rican. But yeah, I have a huge family and tons of cousins in Puerto Rico." She participated in productions with the Wilmington Drama League.
Plaza graduated from Ursuline Academy in 2002, and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2006. While at NYU in 2004, Plaza suffered a stroke that caused temporary paralysis and expressive aphasia, but she has fully recovered.
She's got her face in all the fashion magazines
Picture perfect photographic queen
But I like her best undone
She lights up every room like holy fire
And everybody burns to stand beside her
But she let's me hold her all night long
And in the morning as she's gone
Oh Katy
Katy
Don't you know I'm waiting
Katy I'll keep carrying on
But don't be long
She's spent the night a million different places
She knows each and every one on a first name basis
But I have seen her lying still
She's probably out there breaking someone's heart
And she don't know it but he's halfway torn apart
And I know just how he feels
Yeah I know just how it feels
Oh Katy
Katy
Don't you know I'm waiting
Katy I'll keep carrying on
But darling, don't be long
Katy I'll keep carrying on
Katy I'll keep carrying on
But darling, darling
My name is Katy and I come from Wales
I'd like to sing you a little song
My name is Katy and I come from the land of castles, valleys, hills, and song
It all began on the way to the Grateful Dead
When they found her in the back of Jodi's car
She didn't say much, but she shook her egg
Then we knew she'd be a star
We are a band and we don't want her to go
So we'll get her a drumset she can play
We'll practice daily so we can go on tour
When we hit the road then she can say:
My name is Katy and I come from Wales
I'd like to sing you a
little song
My name is Katy and I come from the land of castles, valleys, hills and song
Don't say she's English...she comes from Wales
(I come from Wales)
And she'll correct you in a flash
(oh yes I will)
Her hair's not red, it's strawberry blonde
Don't get caught dead sayin it's red
Don't say it's red
My name is Katy and I come from Wales
I'd like to sing you a little song
(don't say it's red)
My name is Katy and I come from the land of castles, valleys, hills and song
Katy, oh what can I do
I think you're mom knows that I ain't no good for you
Katy, said what can I do
I think you're mom knows that I ain't no good for you
You can hide me in your attic
Or we could let it all shine through
I'm just a little boy running around scared
Don't know what to do
Katy, oh what can we do
I think your mom knows that I ain't no good for you
Katy, said what can we do
I think your mom might be right when she says I'm no good for you
You can hide me in your attic
Or we could let it all shine through
I'm just a little boy running around scared
I know that we just met
I don't know what I expect
But Katy I just want you to know that
I think we could be more than perfect
I know that this is different
Something that you're not used to
But It's not everyday for me that I meet a girl as gorgoeus as you
And I swear that I'll mean everything that I'll say tonight
I'll mean every word that I sing to you
And I'll do my best to make you mine
If that's something you'd be into
I know it must be hard
To understand where this came from
For me to write a love song for a girl I barely know
But if you could just hear me out
If my message could get through
I hoped that maybe you would see I'd do anything for you
And I swear I'll mean what I say tonight
I'll mean every song that I'll write for you
Oh, I have a little daughter and my daughter's name is Kate
And she's every bit mischievous as a kitten on a skate
With a bandage on her forehead and the bruises on her knees
You would swear she'd fought with buccaneers upon the seven seas
For it's up the stairs and down the stairs and in the room and out
Like a miniature tornado, she can blow the house about
Take an angel with the devil in the twinkling of her eye
And that's my Katy, little lady, and I love her
Oh, you might believe in miracles, you might believe in saints
But you'd never believe my Katy when she's playing with her paints
For there's red upon the window and there's green upon her face
In her hair, and in her eyes but on the paper, not a trace
When she's in her room and quiet, and there comes a bit of calm
You develop the sensation that you're sitting on a bomb
Take an angel with the devil in the twinkling of her eye
And that's my Katy, little lady, and I love her
My Katy loves her games, you know, a thirty times a week
I find myself dragooned into a game of hide and seek
So, I find myself in closets, under beds I quietly creep
And I wait for thirty minutes till my brain has gone to sleep
Yes, I sit there in the closet and it seems like half a day
Till I find a friend has come to call and Kate's gone out to play
Take an angel with the devil in the twinkling of her eye
That's my Katy, little lady, and I love her
And you might have heard of daddies who would dote upon their girls
Who get wrapped around their fingers by the tossing of the curls
Who respond to hugs and kisses till there's nothing they wouldn't do
Don't you ever believe a word if it, it simply isn't true
For I'd only jump the moon for her, I'd only jump the sea
For the hugs I get to give her and the kisses she gives to me
Take an angel with the devil in the twinkling of her eye
That's my Katy, little lady, and I love her
Take an angel with the devil in the twinkling of her eye
You're brilliant what more can I say
Only known you for one day
Now it seems like I've found the one
To share my secrets with
Hope I'm not getting ahead of myself
Will you hold my hand
And you stare deep into my eyes
Makes my heart turn around
Could my search be over
It seems to good to be true
Finally found someone I can relate to
But I don't know how she feels
Say no don't go
Do I have a chance
By an angel I've fallen in love
Say no don't go
Do you understand
You're a wonderful lady, my Katy
What can I do with a girl like you
What can I say to bring you my way
I'm just a nobody without a past
I wanna be with you
You brought me on the dance
I couldn't say no you told me so