Is Religion Tearing Katy, Russell Apart?

Jennifer Lopez buys Casper Smart a truck, and more

(NEWSER) - While your friends are all giving you $20 gift cards on your birthday, celebrities are giving each other $250,000 cars and entire vineyards. Celebuzz rounds up 18 of the most insane celebrity gifts ever given:

• Jennifer Lopez: J.Lo is the latest, this weekend giving her 25-year-old new boyfriend, backup dancer Casper Smart, a customized white Dodge Ram truck.
• Justin Bieber: He's snagged an electric car that costs more than $100,000 from his manager, a $200,000 Lamborghini Spyder from Diddy, and a Range Rover from Usher. And he can't really drive that well .
• Katy Perry: Bought then-hubby Russell Brand a trip to space for $200,000.

"Part of Me" includes suspicious "diamond ring" lyric

(NEWSER) - Katy Perry debuted a new song at the Grammys tonight, and she may have also debuted a little message for her ex, Russell Brand. The song, "Part of Me," includes the lyrics, "Now look at me, I'm sparking/A firework, a dancing flame/You won't ever put me out again" and "So you can keep the diamond ring." People , and at least one of the magazine's readers, think the lyric just might be a shot at Brand. Click for more Grammys coverage . More»

Dedicates song to him at pre-Super Bowl performance

(NEWSER) - Apparently Katy Perry is on board with her parents' plan to hook her up with Tim Tebow . The singer played up to the rumors at a pre-Super Bowl performance Saturday night, dedicating her song "Peacock" to the famously Christian quarterback, E! reports. The song includes such subtle lyrics as, "I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock, your peacock, cock." She then ended the show by Tebowing . More»

Tweets rebuke to folks after controversial sermon

(NEWSER) - Katy Perry spoke out for the first time since her divorce from Russell Brand was announced , tweeting an apparent reprimand to her parents on Saturday. "Concerning the gossip, I want to be clear that NO ONE speaks for me. Not a blog, magazine, 'close sources' or my family," she wrote. (Her parents had said that her divorce was God's way of getting more people into church.) Perry also tweeted that the "love and support" from fans has made her "heart happy again." More»

Because it got people to come to their church, mom says

(NEWSER) - Katy Perry's divorce happened for a reason: to bring more people to church, her parents—both pastors—said Wednesday at their first service since the split was announced. "I'm sure Katy is trending on the Internet just to get you to church tonight," mom Mary told 300 worshippers at Ohio's Church on the Rise. "I mean, all over the world, who knows how God is bringing them in? The most important thing is you are here and God wants to put the fire in you in 2012." More»