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.
Rogers & Cowan/PMK Lays Off About 10% of Staff in Wake of Coronavirus
variety.comBy Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Fallout from COVID-19 has hit publicity powerhouse Rogers & Cowan/PMK.
About 10% of the staff “across all divisions and departments” has been laid off, company chairman Cindi Berger told Variety on Wednesday morning. “It was a fiscally responsible decision to make that prepares us for the future,” she said.
The cuts were made throughout Rogers & Cowan/PMK’s offices in New York, Los Angeles and London. Longtime publicist Heidi Schaffer, whose clients include Jamie Lee Curtis and Sally Field, is among those who have been let go.
The firm’s talent relations clients also include Keanu Reeves, Rosie O’Donnell, Brie Larson, Jamie Foxx, Katy Perry, Ansel Elgort, Glenn Close, Bruce
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