TMC
03-19-2018, 03:11 PM
...era?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/19/katy-perry-keeps-flirting-with-male-contestants-on-american-idol-how-will-this-play-out/
Perry ran into some controversy last week for giving contestant Benjamin Glaze his first kiss without permission. But the flirtation didn't stop there. She's been flirtatious with a number of contestants, including an 18-year-old crooner. “Eighteen-year-old girls would eat this up! If a 32-year-old cougar would eat it up," she said. As Emily Yahr notes, Perry may have good intentions, but they seem problematic in this #MeToo era: "Idol producers and the network seem excited to treat Perry’s shtick as a joke. Same with the contestants — but then, do they really have a choice? That gets into the power dynamics issue that the entertainment industry has been forced to confront over the last several months. As a result, it can become more uncomfortable to watch auditions such as the one starring 26-year-old William Casanova: Although he and Perry had an entertaining rapport, he had to retrieve his ticket to Hollywood from between Perry’s toes after she found out that he was a shoe salesman."
ALSO:
Idol contestant apologizes to Katy Perry after admitting she idolizes Taylor Swift (http://ew.com/tv/2018/03/19/american-idol-katy-perry-taylor-swift-fan)
Idol ringers?: Some contestants have ties to music business veterans (http://www.showbiz411.com/2018/03/18/american-idol-contestants-ringers-twin-boys-are-sons-of-pro-in-music-biz-26-year-old-womans-dad-wrote-great-balls-o-fire)
Idol ratings drop further on Night 3 (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-march-madness-steals-american-idol-thunder-1095439?)
Original Pop Idol presenter Ant McPartlin arrested after a London car crash (http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/british-tv-presenter-ant-mcpartlin-arrested-car-crash-1202729914/)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/19/katy-perry-keeps-flirting-with-male-contestants-on-american-idol-how-will-this-play-out/
Perry ran into some controversy last week for giving contestant Benjamin Glaze his first kiss without permission. But the flirtation didn't stop there. She's been flirtatious with a number of contestants, including an 18-year-old crooner. “Eighteen-year-old girls would eat this up! If a 32-year-old cougar would eat it up," she said. As Emily Yahr notes, Perry may have good intentions, but they seem problematic in this #MeToo era: "Idol producers and the network seem excited to treat Perry’s shtick as a joke. Same with the contestants — but then, do they really have a choice? That gets into the power dynamics issue that the entertainment industry has been forced to confront over the last several months. As a result, it can become more uncomfortable to watch auditions such as the one starring 26-year-old William Casanova: Although he and Perry had an entertaining rapport, he had to retrieve his ticket to Hollywood from between Perry’s toes after she found out that he was a shoe salesman."
ALSO:
Idol contestant apologizes to Katy Perry after admitting she idolizes Taylor Swift (http://ew.com/tv/2018/03/19/american-idol-katy-perry-taylor-swift-fan)
Idol ringers?: Some contestants have ties to music business veterans (http://www.showbiz411.com/2018/03/18/american-idol-contestants-ringers-twin-boys-are-sons-of-pro-in-music-biz-26-year-old-womans-dad-wrote-great-balls-o-fire)
Idol ratings drop further on Night 3 (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-march-madness-steals-american-idol-thunder-1095439?)
Original Pop Idol presenter Ant McPartlin arrested after a London car crash (http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/british-tv-presenter-ant-mcpartlin-arrested-car-crash-1202729914/)