Katy Perry has had some pretty memorable moments during her time as a judge on American Idol, but a recent one allowed her to finally clear some things up regarding one of her biggest hits.MORE: Katy Perry taken aback by very surprising audition during American Idol premiereThe singer had a conversation with fellow judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan as they talked about artists often adding too many unnecessary flairs to their singing.WATCH: Katy Perry's Chocotopia adventureLuke then started singing to Katy's hit Firework by performing the lines in the chorus as "up, up, up," and then "ah, ah, ah," to her annoyance."It's not 'up, up, up' and it's not 'ah, ah, ah'," she said, to which Luke retorted: "Well what is it then, because I've been dying to know all these years?"MORE: Katy Perry looks unreal in all-leather outfit"It's 'awe, awe, awe' everybody, get it right!" she said. Luke even questioned: "Is that a word in the dictionary?" to which Katy responded: "It is!"She even added on to the career-long debate about her song, saying: "It's not Fireworks, it's Firework."A post shared by KATY PERRY (@katyperry)Katy cleared up what the lyrics for Firework really were for LukeKaty posted the clip on her Instagram with the caption: "FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORD • it is AWE not UP • it is FIREWORK not FIREWORKSSS.
P.J. O’Rourke Dies: Satirist, Author & NPR Panelist Was 74
16.02.2022 - 00:45 / deadline.com
P. J. O’Rourke, the political satirist, NPR panelist and bestselling author whose early work with National Lampoon included contributions to the influential Lemmings show, died today of lung cancer. He was 74.
His death was confirmed by his publisher Grove Atlantic, United Talent Agency and by Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me program. O’Rourke served as a regular panelist on the NPR program.
Additional details were not immediately available.
O’Rourke, who began his journalism career as a left-leaning political commentator before moving toward conservative libertarianism during the 1980s, wrote for such publications as Playboy, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, where he served as foreign-affairs desk chief. In 1996, he was the conservative commentator in the point-counterpoint segment of 60 Minutes.
In 2008, O’Rourke covered the presidential election as a “Real Time Real Reporter” for HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher.
In recent years, O’Rourke wrote for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, The Weekly Standard and The Daily Beast.
Early in his writing career, O’Rourke contributed to the 1973 stage revue National Lampoon’s Lemmings, which featured a pre-Saturday Night Live line-up of Chevy Chase and John Belushi, as well as Christopher Guest. Also that year, he served as co-editor (with Doug Kenney) of the humor book National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook Parody, which became a source of inspiration for National Lampoon’s Animal House in 1978.
O’Rourke was the author of more than 15 books, covering such subjects as politics, economics and automobiles, including the bestsellers Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance. He was a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me, an H. L.
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