Pop Shots – True Romance

Welcome to your weekly dose of pop world musings. Covering all things pop culture, this week Pop Shots is hitting you with thoughts on everything from Katy Perry’s assertion that she’s solid in singlehood, to Britney Spears flaunting her current relationship, to our favorite celebrity couple having another spat, and since this is Pop Shots you know everything is seasoned with a little bit of attitude.

* Katy Perry told Entertainment Tonight that she’s more mature when she’s single. Being that Katy is 32, I assume this means when she’s single she pays her bills on time, and when she’s in a relationship she’s constantly in danger of the lights being turned off and having to use the wifi in the parking lot of a local coffee shop.

* Rihanna’s home of Barbados is reportedly planning on honoring the singer with her own street named Rihanna Drive. Am I the only one who thinks it would’ve been funnier if they’d honored her by naming the street “Shut Up and Drive.”


* Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick are reprising their Trolls roles for an NBC holiday special set to air on November 24th. It will immediately be followed by another Trolls special that will simply be hours of internet commenters calling everybody names.

* Britney Spears shared a compilation video on her Instagram featuring her dancing, kissing, and generally enjoying being in the company of her boyfriend, Sam Asghari. Cuz nothin’ says “this relationship is going super great” like a forced public display of affection.

* Fox, which rid themselves of American Idol seemingly just a few minutes ago, will be reentering the world of singing competitions, partnering with iHeartMedia for The Four: Battle for Stardom. The show will imitate the Israeli singing competition series The Final Four, skipping the talent search, and going straight to the finalists. This will be a world without William Hung, and be honest with yourself, is that any kind of world you want to live in?!?!


* All is not well with our new favorite celebrity couple – Marilyn Manson and Maple Leif Garrett (aka Justin Bieber). Things seemed to be going smoothly after Manson said their beef had been squashed, but in an interview with The Scully Show he said he had no idea why the Biebs wore Marilyn Manson merch, “because I don’t know how to use the mind of a squirrel.” He then added Bieber is “in some sort of sexual religious cult with an Asian version of Dave Navarro, apparently … But no, I don’t like to fight with girls, so I don’t want to fight with Justin Bieber.” If you’re anything like me, right now you’re only thinking one thing – I need to know more about this sexual religious cult with Asian Dave Navarro!

* Ed Sheeran took to Instagram to reveal he was in a bike accident. Photographed with his right arm in a cast, and his left wrist in a sling, the image was captioned, “I’ve had a bit of a bicycle accident and I'm currently waiting on some medical advice, which may affect some of my upcoming shows. Please stay tuned for further news. Ed x” In light of this news, I believe there’s a Queen classic we won’t be hearing Sheeran cover anytime soon.


* Lil Jon is getting crunk for educational purposes, as he recently celebrated the completion of a primary school – Abomayaw D.A. Kindergarten – in Ghana. The producer co-funded the project with the education-based organization Pencils of Promise. One thing’s for sure, those kids are definitely going to know how to say WHAT and OKAY!

* Joe Jonas and actress Sophie Turner are engaged. This news caused fans of each of them to exclaim, “Who?!?!”

* Camila Cabello, who was named the official face of Guess earlier this year, will be featured in the brand’s a new holiday campaign. In a barely related story, I can’t get “Havana” out of my head.


And with that, my time is up for the week, but I'll be back next week with more shots on all things pop.