Newsmakers

Newsmakers

Katy Perry talks about relationships

NEW YORK

Katy Perry “goes there” with Vogue about two of her high-profile relationships in the magazine’s July cover story.

The singer says of ex-husband Russell Brand that she “was in love with him when I married him” in 2010. She adds that she hasn’t heard from the comedian since Brand sent her a text on New Year’s Eve 2011 saying he wanted a divorce, about 14 months later.

Perry says she blamed herself for their breakup until she “found out the real truth,” which she “can’t necessarily disclose.”

She also opens up about her on-again-off-again relationship with John Mayer, saying she “was madly in love with him” and still is. She also says he has a “beautiful mind” and a “tortured soul.”

The July issue of Vogue goes on sale Tuesday.

‘World War Z’ draws massive crowd in NYC

NEW YORK

Thousands of screaming fans brought Times Square to a standstill as they waited to catch a glimpse of Brad Pitt at the premiere of his new thriller, “World War Z.”

The 49-year old actor took his time to talk to reporters on the appropriately designed “Z-shaped” red carpet, often breaking away to sign autographs and pose for photographs with fans.

“We’re not doing this small. ... We’re going big this summer,” Pitt said of the premiere that resembled a music festival.

Pitt stars in and produced the apocalyptic thriller based on the book by Max Brooks. He’s the son of the legendary Mel Brooks.

Pitt plays a former United Nations investigator who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is threatening to decimate humanity.

“We liked this idea of taking a genre and using that as, I guess, a metaphor for pandemics, and what if one of these pandemics jumped the tracks. Would we be ready? What countries would be in better shape? What countries would take the biggest hit?” Pitt said of the zombie thriller.

Though Pitt sees the film as more of a summer thriller than a cautionary tale, he’s nonetheless intrigued by the political subtext.

“A movie is only good if it speaks about our time, if it’s personal in some way, and it plugs into the zeitgeist to irritate a little bit. I think we got that here,” he said.

As for letting his children see it, Pitt feels the movie is not appropriate for the younger ones.

Associated Press