Earlier in the week, the sad news broke that celebrity couple Russell Brand and Katy Perry were no more. The split was the result of much speculation, as were the intentions and feelings of the couple. But every cloud has a silver lining, and this one being Jimmy Fallon‘s spot-on impression of the comedian, in which Brand reads articles about himself in gossip magazines and corrects their misconceptions.

On this week’s SNL Digital Short, Andy Samberg and Katy Perry were two best friends “with holiday cheer” who are inseparable, caroling, wrapping presents and spending such quality time watching The Lion King.

We’ve been talking a lot today about a new poll from Time that has the American people feeling more positively towards the Occupy Wall Street protesters than the Tea Party. However, there’s another poll that came out this morning as well. And while it actually also found the same results regarding the two protest movements, they found something else as well. Apparently, Rick Perry is now topping a presidential poll!

…Against Katy Perry and Tyler Perry.

Here’s what we know of the following story. A young man riding a crowded bus in Jersey City showed zero inhibition in belting out the Katy Perry‘s California Girls while listening on his discman(!). The odd but strangely sweet video begins to go viral (particularly on the video section of the social news aggregation site Reddit) and some commenters reveal that the subject is somewhat “mentally disabled” and very sweet-natured kid (as evidenced by his very pure and sweet id in the video.) Reddit commenter “heavymetalpancakes” then decides to take the source material, auto-tune the vocals and add a backing instrumental track…et viola! The world becomes a better place!

Yesterday mega-pop superstar Katy Perry visited Facebook for a livechat with Randi Zuckerberg and a tour of the office, and many photos were taken. Many, many photos. Also, it was Nacho Wednesday! Photos and Teenage Dreams inside.

The New Year is here, and with it, the annual exercise in futility that is the New Year’s Resolution. As you stare into the abyss of another 365 days in which to improve yourself, it might help you to know that the figures who make Mediaite go ’round have some things to work on, too. Here’s what we think some of them are saying into the mirror this morning.

So, before you try to shake off that Cold Duck and Four Loko hangover and blearily search for a gym membership you can get out of when you get tired of it after 3 sessions, why not check out our list  of New Year’s Resolutions for Everyone Else?

For the third year in a row, DJ Earworm has created a mashup of the top 25 songs of the year, as determined by Billboard, in his 2010 United States of Pop (Don’t Stop the Pop). Featured: Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Enrique Iglesias (really? He was back this year?), the Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna, Eminem, and — wait, no Bieber?!? I can’t imagine a 2010 mashup without the Baby hook that I still maintain ripped off “Runaround Sue” (oh look! Proof!).

In its eleventy-billionth season, Fox’s long-running animated hit The Simpsons seems more intent on retaining its edge than Patty and Selma‘s Lady Schick cartridges. Sunday night’s Christmas anthology was capped off by a pitch-perfect parody of The Muppet Show, but veered into adult humor that would make the Muppet-inspired pottymouths of Avenue Q blush. Following a musical number with Sesame Street exile. Katy Perry, creep’s creep Moe Szyslak goes in to kiss Perry’s belly button…and well, watch the clip.

Sesame Street is awesome — not only because they teach, edify and entertain kids but because they savvily make it possible to do so with parental engagement, because the show is loaded with references for Mom and Dad. Exhibit would-you-like-to-buy-an-A: Grover does the Old Spice Dude, towel, beach and all: “Look at yourself. Now back to Grover. Now back at yourself. Now back to Grover.” Priceless. And sexy.

In the biggest preschool television scandal since Teletubbies was forced to implement a “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy, a video of singer Katy Perry cavorting with Elmo in a low cut top has been banned from Sesame Street. The musical segment was supposed to air in an upcoming episode but will now be shelved after it was posted on YouTube and a number of parents complained. The parents felt that Perry was showing off way too much cleavage and were worried that their children would all grow up to be incredibly jealous of Russell Brand.

It’s always been my understanding that the Grammys are Hollywood’s Halloween of sorts. For one night, all bets are off. You can stray from safe, bring the hem line up, and add an inch (or 5) on your heel. Alas, this year’s Grammy’s seemed to pull a page from the always safe Oscars: a bunch of yawns, and too many huge misses. Here’s a look at the best (and worst!) of what the red carpet had to offer tonight.

This has been making the rounds, and for good reason — it’s a catchy, boppy new yet familiar song that sums up the last year not only in mashing up some of the biggest hits of 2009 but in doing so in auto-tune, which was one of the distinctive, hallmark sounds of the year. (It [...]

Now that’s more like it! Last night Jon Hamm was a guest on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, and it was almost like they read my mind (or my post): Plenty of Mad Men talk, plus actual news in the form of a very cool video showing Hamm’s prep for the Season 3 ad where he’s sitting in an office filled with water, plus Hamm reading a “letter home” joking about fathering a child with Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Linkbait, anyone?

Last week I published an interview with Jill Sobule on the website I edit, The Rumpus. Jill’s biggest song was the 1995 hit “I Kissed A Girl.” Katy Perry’s biggest song is also titled “I Kissed A Girl” and was written with the help of her manager, the same guy who originally signed Jill to her label. In the interview Jill Sobule called Katy Perry a “title thieving little slut”. What happened next taught me something new about the Internet: theft spreads.