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Taylor Swift Debuts Dreamy Paris Video for 'Begin Again' (watch!)

Keith Girard
Taylor Swift jetted to Paris, France, to find just the right romantic backdrop for a new video featuring her song “Begin Again,” which was almost certainly inspired by her breakup with actor Jake Gyllenhaal. The song was the second released off her new album Red. The haunting ballad is about someone who just doesn't seem to measure up in so many ways to her boyfriend’s expectations....
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Taylor Swift Rocks Out Times Square to Support New Album 'Red' (watch!)

Keith Girard
Taylor Swift played New York’s Times Square this morning as part of her “Good Morning America” promotional appearances for her new album “Red.” After talking about how she wrote the songs, she sang two of her new hits to a throng of fans. Swift has been previewing songs for the album for the past several weeks in a run up to the album’s release yesterday (Oct. 23). She performed new singles “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and “Red,” both of which are controversial because they were reportedly inspired by her breakup with movie actor Jake Gyllenhaal. The two dated last year for about three months....
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Taylor Swift Wonders Why Her Music Causes Such a Fuss (video, photos)

Keith Girard
Taylor Swift is fast becoming the queen of breakup songs, but her music resonates with her largely female fan base like few artists. Swift is out promoting her next album Red and opening up like never before about her music and her life. She says even she’s often surprised by the fuss caused by her music. Often it’s the message she sends. “I’m excited about telling the beginnings of stories, like the story of this song called “Ours,” where I wrote it about this guy nobody thought I should be with,” she tells MTV....
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Taylor Swift Looks at Love's Upside in New Song 'State of Grace' (listen!)

Keith Girard
Taylor Swift is best known as the scourge of ex-boyfriends because of all her spiteful breakup songs, but she also sees an upside to love in her latest song “State of Grace.” The song went viral today to coincide with its release on iTunes. Despite the title, the latest tune off her upcoming album Red is up-tempo to the point of being almost a rock anthem. It opens with a driving beat and a guitar riff. Swift, 22, who is happily dating Kennedy clan offspring Conor Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., says the song is about the moment two people fall in love...
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Taylor Swift Covers Rolling Stone's Hot List Issue (photo)

Keith Girard
Taylor Swift, has landed on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine’s yearly “hot issue.” Already the queen of country music, she’s fast becoming the queen of heartbreak. Swift spins her own special brand of teen angst over makeups, breakups and finding true love. Her music has catapulted her to the top of the charts and made her today’s biggest cross over artists. Despite the histrionics, fashion flamboyance and cooked up melodrama of other singers like Rihanna and Lady Gaga, Swift’s down-home sexuality and girly girl persona is proving to be just as captivating....
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Taylor Swift Full Version of 'I Knew You Were Trouble' Out (Listen!)

Keith Girard
Taylor Swift’s full-version of her new single “I Knew You Were Trouble,” has gone viral on the Internet after it was released on iTunes at midnight. It looks like ex-boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal takes another shot in the kisser for doing her wrong. She might as well dedicate her entire upcoming album “Red” to him, or at least give him a co-writing credit. Swift previewed the third single from the album yesterday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” It’s another broken heart song like her two previous releases from the album. ...
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Taylor Swift Sees Red in New Song from Upcoming Album (listen)

Keith Girard
Taylor Swift is beating up on her ex-boyfriends again in the latest song from her upcoming album “Red.” Released today, the song, aptly titled “Red,” is about getting over a guy who treats you badly. Is this another jab at Jake Gyllenhaal? Taylor sings about the thrill of falling in love and likens it to driving a Maserati down a dead-end street. Ouch! You guessed it; the relationship ends abruptly in a major crack up....
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Taylor Swift's 'Begin Again' Laments Another Love Lost (listen!)

Keith Girard
Taylor Swift has released the second single “Begin Again,” from her upcoming album. It’s another haunting ballad about love gone bad that has been spawned by one of her soured relationships. The question is, which one? Swift, whose music is often inspired by her real-life relationships, is known for her songs that sting her ex-boyfriends for doing her wrong. Her first single off the album, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” touched off speculation, once again, over the target of her venomous putdown, with ex-flame Jake Gyllenhaal emerging as the odds on favorite....
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Miley Glams Up Punk Look at IHeartRadio Festival (photos, video)

Keith Girard
Miley Cyrus was a standout at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas last night (Sept. 22). She added a touch of glamour to her punk-pop look and showed off her trim body. Cyrus, for once, balanced just the right amount of skin with a daring ensemble. The two-day music festival has pulled together 20 acts from across the music spectrum. Performers include Taylor Swift, Aerosmith, Rihanna, Green Day, Usher, Lil Wayne and No Doubt among other groups and artists....
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Kelly Clarkson Finds Can't Go Home Again; Selling Texas Manse

Keith Girard
"American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson is pulling up roots in her Texas hometown and selling her sprawling 56-acre estate in nearby Mansfield, Texas, although there is some question over the price and listing details. Clarkson, 30, has priced the 6,880-square-foot, traditional style home either at $1.495 million or $3.545 million, depending on the listing site. Web site zillow.com estimates the price at a more modest $1.27 million....
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Country's Luke Bryan Sorry About National Anthem (watch)

Keith Girard
Country singer Luke Bryan didn’t flub the National Anthem last night (July 10) at the All-Star Baseball Game, but he’s apologizing nonetheless for repeatedly referring to crib notes during the song. That’s far better than Christina Aguilera, Scotty McCreery and Steven Tyler, who all sang the challenging song at major sports events and flubbed the lyrics....
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Carrie Underwood Faces Dixie Chicks Style Backlash

Keith Girard
Country queen Carrie Underwood has touched off a backlash among conservative fans over her support for gay marriage not seen since The Dixie Chicks dissed President Bush's pans to attack Iraq back in 2003. In hindsight, the chicks, were spot on. The war in Iraq was a disastrous misadventure that cost 4,000 U.S. lives and hundreds of billions of dollars....
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Carrie Underwood Makes Pickups Sexy in Glamour (photos)

Keith Girard
You can take Carrie Underwood out of the country but you can’t get the country out of Carrie, even when she’s posing for high-fashion Glamour magazine. The frills are one thing, but a pickup truck? Underwood has undeniable model good looks and even flashes a little cleavage in a football jersey for the magazine’s May issue. And, yes, she poses with a rusty old pickup truck....
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Lisa Marie Presley Gutsy, Blues-Edged Single Out (Listen!)

Keith Girard
Lisa Marie Presley is ushering in her first album in seven years, with the release of a new single “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet,” produced by 12-time Grammy winner T Bone Burnett. Needless to say, the daughter of King of Rock Elvis Presley spared no expense producing the album, recorded at The Village in Los Angeles. She sings in a breathy voice that sounds a lot like Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac. It’s been described as “gutsy and blues-edged.”...
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