Katy Perry
This star cricketer couldn’t play for Australia for more than 850 days. On Sunday, she can become a champion again
Melbourne Renegades WBBL star Sophie Molineux has had plenty of career highlights, but it’s been far from plain sailing lately as injuries struck her down.
- by Scott Spits
Latest
Katy Perry wins appeal in trademark fight with Sydney fashion designer
A court ruled an Australian loungewear designer’s “Katie Perry” brand name should be cancelled, in a decision the small businesswoman said was “heartbreaking”.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
The school-leaver up at 4am, and a Katy Perry dancer turned Cup strapper: Racing’s pre-dawn heroes
While the big days of the Melbourne Cup carnival attract the height of fashion and society’s elite, there are also pre-dawn heroes who keep horse racing’s heart beating.
- by Rob Harris
Major sporting events in ‘arms race’ to secure top singers
In an effort to attract new fans, sporting events invest heavily in securing musical acts.
- by Angus Delaney
Katy Perry won the grand final but can she sell a dress?
For most Australian labels, it takes more than a celebrity coathanger to survive.
- by Damien Woolnough
Katy Perry prays special Aussie guest helps make grand final show a winner
A “favourite Australian artist” will perform I Kissed a Girl with the pop superstar – and one name is on everyone’s lips.
- by Meg Watson
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
‘A lot of people wrote us off’: How Lions proved footy world wrong
Charlie Cameron said the Lions had taken pleasure in silencing those who wrote them off after their slow start.
- by Peter Ryan, Jake Niall and Marc McGowan
Derivative and dated, Katy Perry’s new album is worse than we feared
In distancing herself from the doe-eyed goofball of her Teenage Dream days, 143 is a colossal misstep from which Perry’s career may never recover.
- by Robert Moran and Annabel Ross
Opinion
Feminism
I’ve never sent a naked selfie. There’s no shame in a little shame
That we use “prude” as a derogatory term should show us the implicit pressure we put on others to embrace nudity and sexuality.
- by Cherie Gilmour
Updated
AFL grand final
Katy Perry to perform at AFL Grand Final
The AFL has confirmed the pop star will headline the pre-match entertainment this year.
- by Kate Lahey and Kerrie O'Brien
Katy Perry is back with a ‘feminist’ anthem. It’s a train wreck
Katy Perry’s much-anticipated new single begins with the lyrics “sexy, confident, so intelligent”. Unfortunately, it is none of those things.
- by Meg Watson
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