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Taylor Swift sings her heart out in a BBC Radio One performance. (Photo: ScreenCap/YouTube)

Taylor Swift Pours Her Heart Out Singing Phil Collins’ Classic ‘Can’t Stop Loving You’ (Watch!)

Keith GirardSeptember 4, 2019

Taylor Swift sings her heart out in a BBC Radio One performance. (Photo: ScreenCap/YouTube) Taylor Swift is all about love songs, even when they’re not he...

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Taylor Swift Vows to Get Political for TS7; How Pop Stars Are Failing Their Generation

Keith GirardMay 28, 2019

Taylor Swift is throwing her hat in the political ring--through her music. (Photo: Bang ShowBiz) Taylor Swift doesn't need a weatherman to tell which way th...

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Taylor Swift Delicious Pomp, Circumstance for Billboard ‘Me’ Debut (see!)

Keith GirardMay 3, 2019

Taylor Swift took the big bang approach to her Billboard Music Awards live debut of her new song “Me.” It started with an introduction by a marching band, a...

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Taylor Swift Gets Political: Reveals for First Time Who’s She’s Voting For and Why

Keith GirardOctober 8, 2018

Taylor Swift, never known to be the political type, is getting all political now, but she’s had her own #MeToo moment and cites it as one of the reasons she’s deciding to speak out now ahead of the all-important mid-term elections....

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Taylor Swift Pays Respect to Aretha Franklin in Concert Tribute (Watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 29, 2018

Taylor Swift made a classy move at her Detroit “Reputation Tour” show. She honored the late Aretha Franklin mid-concert with a tribute and a moment of silence. ...

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Taylor Swift’s New York City Stalker Jailed; Update on California Stalker Arrest

Keith GirardMay 17, 2018

Taylor Swift has one less problem to worry about, at least for the next six months. Mohammed Jaffar who broke into her New York City apartment was sentenced yesterday to six months in prison after pleading guilty to a single count of second degree burglary. He had also been charged with burglary, stalking and trespassing, which could have resulted in a lengthy prison sentence....

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Taylor Swift Goes Back Where It All Began, Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe (Video!)

Keith GirardApril 2, 2018

Taylor Swift took a seat on a bar stool on stage at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, where she played early in her career and was ultimately discovered. The rest, of course, is history. It was a surprise, unannounced performance, so only a crowd of around 40 was seated when she popped onto the stage....

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Taylor Swift Sets Line Up for Reputation Stadium Tour Opening Acts (See!)

Keith GirardMarch 3, 2018

Taylor Swift is about to hit the road in support of her new album and she’s finally released the line up of opening acts for her Reputation Stadium Tour. It will have a decidedly international flavor. Swift released a video today (Mar. 3) over Twitter naming Camila Cabello and Charlie XCX as her lead ins. They’ll perform every show....

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Taylor Swift Bling, Blings Around the World in End Game Video (See!)

Keith GirardJanuary 12, 2018

Taylor Swift morphed from country music singer to pop star. Now she’s all about the bling in the video for her urban-inflected song “End Game.” Ed Sheeran and the Future join her. It’s not like Swift can’t afford the bling. She’s worth millions and millions of dollars....

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Camille Rowe, a French-American actress and model, is reportedly dating One Direction’s Harry Styles. (Photo: IMDB)

Harry Styles Serious Over Robert Pattinson Model Camille Rowe (videos)

Keith GirardJanuary 3, 2018

Harry Styles is reportedly head over heels for girlfriend Camille Rowe, the French-American actress who is best known as Robert Pattinson’s muse in a Dior perfume campaign a few years ago. How serious is it? ...

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Taylor Swift Refresh: Dark, Stunning Sexuality in Vogue UK (Photos!)

Keith GirardDecember 5, 2017

Taylor Swift has a new album out and another new look to go with it. She’s exudes a darker sexuality in a new photo spread in the UK edition of Vogue magazine. It’s a more mature look that ramps up her sensuality to a new level. Swift debuted the magazine cover and two photos from the shoot today on her Instagram account....

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Taylor Swift Revolted by Alt-Right Embrace; Calls Out Her Lawyers

Keith GirardNovember 6, 2017

Taylor Swift is being embraced by the Alt-Right, but the singer is revolted by the neo-Nazi frat boys, who apparently see her as as some kind of Aryan ideal. She’s calling out her lawyers to send a strong message–back off. Oddly, the issue boiled over after PopFront, a small California pop-culture Web site, made the connection in a strongly worded article....

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Taylor Swift New High-Concept Video Filled with Intimations of Nudity (See!)

Keith GirardOctober 27, 2017

Taylor Swift’s “Ready For It” video is a high-concept romp through a far-in-the-future dystopian world where she meets her alter-ego, a cyborg in a nude body suit that conveys intimations of nudity and homo-eroticism. Swift confronts herself in her vision of an Orwellian world where technology has run amok and plunged the world in to shadows....

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Taylor Swift Flirts With Nudity in New Sci-Fi ‘Ready for It?’ Video (See!)

Keith GirardOctober 23, 2017

Taylor Swift is growing more daring than ever. In a new video for her song “…Ready for It?” she appears nude. Of course, it’s not really her. It’s a cyborg in her image. But it sure looks like her! Swift is determined to push the envelope with ever new album, and her latest is no exception. Speculation about boyfriends named immediately focused on Joe Alwyn, Calvin Harris and Tom Hiddleston, with One Direction boybander Harry Styles getting some mentions....

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Taylor Swift New Song, Look What You Made Me Do, Settles Scores (listen!)

Keith GirardAugust 25, 2017

Taylor Swift is back after a long hiatus and she’s ready to settle a few scores. She released a new single “Look What You Made Me Do,” from her upcoming album and it cuts deep. Look out Kanye and Katy! MTV today announced that it will exclusively premiere the new music video for song at the 2017 Video Music Awards. The event will be hosted by Katy Perry. Awkward!...

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Rita Ora Still Looking for U.S. Audience; Hits GMA With New Song (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 7, 2017

Rita Ora has never found success in the United States equal to her popularity in native Great Britain. But her second album may be the charm that puts her over the top. She her latest song from the album this morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” ...

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Justin Bieber World Tour Collapses After Singer Complains of ‘Exhaustion’

Keith GirardJuly 24, 2017

Justin Bieber has called it quits on the heart of his “Purpose World Tour,” leaving fans in the lurch for 14 performances, most of which are in North America. The stars reps cited “unforseen circumstances,” and later clarified that as “exhaustion.” Bieber, 23, had what his reps called an “aggressive” tour schedule covering 150 “successful” shows across six continents. ...

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Katy Perry Boards Plane With Common Peeps! Told to Take Off Shoes (See!)

Keith GirardJune 23, 2017

Katy Perry can never be accused of invoking celebrity entitlement, at least not after she was spotted boarding a plane just like one of the common folk. She waited in line to board and even had to take off her shoes. Okay, she wasn’t exactly mixing with hordes of unwashed passengers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). ...

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Supermodel Karlie Kloss Shocker: I’ve Been Body Shamed by Casting Agents

Keith GirardJune 20, 2017

Karlie Kloss, whose stunning beauty has shot her to the top ranks of supermodels, revealed that even she has been body-shamed on casting interviews. She was either “too fat” or two thin.” One casting agent called her both in the same day, she says. Kloss, 24, revealed her experience during a speech at the 64th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which draws mainly advertising industry executives....

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More Katy Perry, Taylor Swift Frisson! Now Feuding Over Music Releases

Keith GirardJune 13, 2017

Katy Perry and Taylor Swift appear to be butting heads again, this time, over the coincidental release of Katy’s new album, Witness, and Taylor’s decision to release her entire music catalog on streaming services… on the same day! Holy frisson! Swift fired the first round in 2015, with her “Bad Blood” video at the Billboard Music Awards. A supporting cast of music and fashion pals, including Selena Gomez, Cara Delevingne, Zendaya, Hayley Williams, Lily Aldridge, Gigi Hadid, Jessica Alba and nearly a dozen others, appeared with Swift....

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Tom Hiddleston Talks Kong on Today, But Taylor Swift Gorilla in Room (see)

Keith GirardMarch 7, 2017

Tom Hiddleston appeared on the Today show this morning (Mar. 7) to talk about his new movie, “Kong: Scull Island.” But Taylor Swift was the 800-pound gorilla in the room. The British actor’s relationship with the pop star ended abruptly and mysteriously. Talk show host Savannah Guthrie did her best to stick to the subject, but couldn’t help popping the Swift question near the end of the interview....

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Kanye West Still Trying to Cash In on Taylor Swift Over Famous Lyric (video)

Keith GirardSeptember 28, 2016

Kanye West apparently can only get his name in the newspapers when he trashes Taylor Swift. The rapper, who appears to be as fame hungry as wife Kim Kardashian, called out Swift again at a weekend Nashville concert over his song “Famous.” He stopped rapping three times and urged the crowd to chant "F**k Taylor Swift."...

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Taylor Lautner Finally Decodes Taylor Swift Song ‘Back to December’ (See!)

Keith GirardAugust 9, 2016

Taylor Lautner, best known for being Talyor Swift’s boyfriend, and, oh, that “Twilight” thing, has finally confirmed what many Swifties have always known. Her song, “Back to December” is about him and their short-lived romance. Lautner opened up about the song during a Facebook chat with Scream Queens co-stars Lea Michele and John Stamos....

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Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian Feud Explodes Over Kayne West Rap Lyrics

Keith GirardJuly 18, 2016

Taylor Swift’s spat with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West over the rapper’s lyrics in his song, “Famous, has exploded in ugly recriminations and now lawyers are involved. The fireworks began when Kim called Taylor a “liar” on “Keeping up with the Kardashians.” ...

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Is Calvin Harris a Taylor Swift Cry Baby? Or Is He a New Sensitive Male?

Keith GirardJuly 13, 2016

Calvin Harris needs to get a life. He’s playing the victim on social media over his breakup with Taylor Swift, whining about the way he’s being treated by her and her reps over the song “This Is What You Came For.” Or is he just the epitome of a sensitive male? ...

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