Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
How ‘SNL’ paid tribute to Val Kilmer after the former host’s death at age 65
nypost.comdied of pneumonia at age 65 on April 1. The comedy show flashed a photo of Kilmer on the screen before host Jack Black led the goodnights at the end of Saturday’s episode.Kilmer previously hosted “SNL” on Dec.
9, 2000 alongside musical guest U2.During the episode, Kilmer spoofed his movies “Top Gun” and “The Doors” in separate sketches.
In the first sketch, called “Iceman: The Later Years,” Kilmer plays an aging pilot who dreams of the days he was flying at record speeds.
After an uneventful landing in Arizona, he asks his co-pilots (played by Chris Parnell and Will Ferrell), “Why don’t we go to the hotel room and shower and dry off and play some volleyball?”“I don’t think that’s going to happen,” Ferrell replies, as he runs out of the cockpit with Parnell.
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