Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner broke up
Their relationship is over before it even began. Country singer Taylor Swift and “Twilight” actor Taylor Lautner have broken after three months of dating, according to US Weekly magazine.
They met while filming their upcoming movie titled “Valentine’s Day.” Swift is 20 years old, and Lautner is only age 17.
A definite reason for the split is unknown. Maybe their schedules conflicted too much, or Maybe Swift was concerned about statutory rape laws.
Faith Hill, Tim McGraw defend Taylor Swift win
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw present Taylor Swift with the entertainer of the year award at the CMA's. (AP photo by Mark Humphrey)
Country singer Wynonna Judd issued an apology to Taylor Swift. Earlier this week (Nov. 12), Judd told USA Today that Swift’s success is “too much of a good thing.” Click here to read her full comment.
Swift made history by becoming the youngest person to win the entertainer of the year award at the CMA’s.
Judd posted this comment on her Web site. “I understand that my comment about Taylor Swift’s Entertainer of the Year nomination came across as a negative statement. My intent was not to take anything away from her talent and contributions to the country music industry…all of which are truly unprecedented for an artist of ANY age. Taylor is a beautiful, hard working young woman that deserves the success she has had and I support her as an artist and as a woman in the business.”
Now, country couple Faith Hill and Tim McGraw are defending Swift’s win.
Hill told People magazine, “I think she worked her tail off the last couple of years, and she deserves to win.”
McGraw told the magazine “I’ve been doing this a long time and she’s got a better head on her shoulders than I do, so I don’t know how anybody could complain about that.”
Country singer Randy Travis also weighed in on the topic. Travis told the magazine, “as a writer, she is a phenomenal talent. When you look at the body of work that she has written at the age when she came into this business, it’s remarkable. It really is. But do I think that entertainer of the year might have been a little early? In my opinion, yes, for whatever that’s worth.”
Personally, I don’t understand why some people are against Swift winning the top awards at a young age. If you don’t think she should win because you don’t like her music, that’s fine.
But I don’t think her age should be an issue. Outside of the country music industry, teenage singers frequently win top awards.
When Britney Spears was a teenager, she dominated the award shows. Someone’s age shouldn’t be a factor.
Wynonna Judd says Taylor Swift’s success happening too soon
(AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Kanye West isn’t the only entertainer who feels Taylor Swift shouldn’t win the top awards. Country singer Wynonna Judd feels Swift has too much success too soon.
On the red carpet before the Country Music Awards began, when Judd was asked what advice she would give Swift, she replied “You want my honest comment? It’s too much too soon. Time is God’s way of keeping everything from happening at once. It’s just too much of a good thing too soon. My thing is, being a home-school mom, I want kids to earn it, and I think some time cause mom and I rode in a car for the first year of our career to visit radio stations. There was a making of the star, there was a rising up, and the fans went with us. Now it’s over coffee breaks, the success, almost. You have to play catch up. It’s like the girl who wins an Oscar and she’s under 20. What do you do from here?” (according to USA Today).
To be fair, Judd’s comments were made BEFORE 19-year-old Swift won the top award for entetainer of the year. But based on her comments, I think it’s safe to say Judd doesn’t think Swift should have won that award this soon.
Judd never snatched a microphone from Swift, (Like Kanye did) but I’m curious to see if there will be any backlash against Judd for that comment.
Taylor Swift on Saturday Night Live
Country singer Taylor Swift hosted “Saturday Night Live” during the weekend. S
he appeared in a variety of skits and parodies including a skit about Kanye West, the television show “The View,” the movie “Twilight,” Kate Gosselin and her ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas.
The clips are posted below.
Taylor Swift new music video: Fifteen
Taylor Swift announces new tour dates
Taylor Swift performing on "The View" on ABC (AP Photo by Donna Svennevik)
Country singer Taylor Swift announced new dates for her Fearless concert tour.
The next leg of the tour will begin Feb. 4 in Australia and conclude June 2 in Washington D.C. She also will stop in Oklahoma City on March 31.
Taylor has gained a new fan base since she was disrespected at the MTV Video Music Awards by Kanye West.
I predict this leg of the tour will be even bigger than the first leg because she’s earned sympathy support. The new tour dates are posted below.
Taylor Swift poses during the Tommy Hilfiger spring 2010 collection at New York Fashion Week. (AP Photo by Diane Bondareff)
February 4 – Brisbane, Australia
February 6 – Sydney, Australia
February 8 – Newcastle, Australia
February 10 – Melbourne, Australia
February 12 – Adelaide, Australia
March 4 – Tampa, FL
March 5 – Orlando, FL
March 7 – Sunrise, FL
March 10 – Austin, TX
March 11 – Dallas, TX
March 12 – Corpus Christi, TX
March 18 – Philadelphia, PA
March 19 – Philadelphia, PA
March 20 – Charlottesville, VA
March 26 – Detroit, MI
March 27 – Detroit, MI
March 28 – Cincinnati, OH
March 31 – Oklahoma City, OK
April 1 – Wichita, KS
April 2 – Kansas City, MO
April 6 – Denver, CO
April 7 – Denver, CO
April 10 – Fresno. CA
April 11 – San Jose, CA
April 15 – Los Angeles, CA
April 16 – Los Angeles, CA
April 29 – Lexington, KY
April 30 – Columbia, SC
May 1 – Raleigh, NC
May 6 – Des Moines, IA
May 7 – St. Paul, MN
May 8 – Moline, IL
May 12 – Newark, NJ
May 13 – Newark, NJ
May 14 – Uniondale, NY
May 15 – Uniondale, NY
May 20 – Ottawa, ON
May 21 – Toronto, ON
May 22 – Toronto, ON
May 25 – Houston, TX
May 26 – Houston, TX
June 2 – Washington, DC
Jay-Z, Alicia Keys discuss Lil Mama crashing their performance
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys perform their new song titled "Empire State of Mind" during the MTV Video Music Awards (AP photo by Jason DeCrow)
Everyone was so focused on Kanye West crashing Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech during the MTV Video Music Awards, that everyone seems to overlook that Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ performance was crashed too.
While Jay-Z and Alicia were performing their duet to the song “Empire State of Mind” during the awards finale, rapper Lil Mama appeared out of nowhere, walked on the stage and stood next to them.
Rapper Lil Mama apologizes for crashing Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. Lil Mama is also a judge on "America's Best Dance Crew." (AP photo by Mark J. Terrill)
Radio personality Angie Martinez interviewed Jay-Z this week about the incident. Jay-Z said “Me, personally, I would never do that. I would never have the nerve to do that. It’s just like, someone’s up there performing, we went through rehearsals, we did run throughs and we worked really hard at the performance to put on a show for people and to interrupt that moment for us, you know, I don’t think that was the right thing to do. I actually thought it was the equivalent of what Kanye did to Taylor Swift. And I’m cool with her being excited and all that but you have to understand, people put in work to make that performance happen, that took weeks. I was a little angry to be honest, but what I’ma do, fight Lil Mama?”
Alicia Keys appeared on NBC’s Today Show and discussed the incident. She said “I would rather not speak about it because the performance was so phenomenal it doesn’t even matter about anything else. Jay-Z and I are native New Yorkers. It’s kind of a classic New York song like new Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli. I can appreciate her being overwhelmed and inspired but we would have preferred she did it from her seat.”
Lil Mama later released a statement apologizing to the performers. She said
“I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys. I admire them and look up to them as role models. ‘Empire State of Mind’ had my emotions running high. In that moment I came up onstage to celebrate my two icons singing about NY.”
It seems to me like Lil Mama just wanted some attention. She didn’t want to let Kanye West have all the attention for crashing the stage.
To watch the clip of Lil Mama crashing the stage during Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ performance, the video clip is posted below. Fast forward the video to the five-minute mark.
Beyonce sings to cancer patient
Say what you want about Beyonce. But she really does have a genuine heart.
She let Taylor Swift finish her acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Now, she pulled a child who has cancer on stage with her and serenaded her with the hit song “Halo” during a concert in Sidney, Australia.
The video clip is posted below.
Top 10 Most Beautiful Women
People magazine released its annual list of the Top 10 Most Beautiful Women. Take a below below to see who made the list.
Michelle Obama
Kim Kardashian
Beyonce
Nicole Richie
Taylor Swift
Freida Pinto
Cameron Diaz
Reese Witherspoon
Vanessa Hudgens
Kate Winslet
Jay-Z discusses Kanye West, Taylor Swift incident
Jay-Z is breaking his silence regarding his friend Kanye West’s outburst during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech during the MTV Video Music Awards.
In an interview with BBC Radio, Jay-Z said Kanye has always been passionate, but he was still rude to Taylor.
Excerpts from the interview are posted below.
“He’s just a super-passionate person, and of course it was rude because it was Swift’s moment, but that’s the way he really felt. But he’s been that passionate from his first record.”
“He used to jump on tables. I was trying to make the first Blueprint, he’s jumping on tables, rapping, and I’m like, ‘Yo, not now.’ That was just him. He’s always been that passionate.”
“I told him I think it was rude, and that he has to watch his passion. At the end of the day, we’re going to celebrate him for his passion more than vilify him for it because his passion, which caused him to make Graduation and all these great records, is the same thing that causes him to step out of line sometimes. So as he grows, he has to learn how to balance that. And he’ll learn that in years to come. That passion right there, that wasn’t fake or staged. It was how he really felt, and it was just inappropriate. It wasn’t fair to Taylor.”
“I mean, it’s an awards show, really, and I think it’s a bit blown out. He’s on the cover of every paper, he didn’t kill anybody. Nobody got harmed. I don’t think he should lay low, I think he should go on tour and have a brilliant career. It’s an awards show.”
I agree with Jay-Z in paragraph above. Yes, it was rude and disrespecful, but no one was killed or physically harmed. He didn’t beat up anyone like Chris Brown did.
But, hopefully Kanye will listen to Jay-Z and learn to control his “passion.”
Meanwhile, Kanye is preparing to go on tour this fall and winter with pop singer Lady Gaga. The tour kicks off Nov. 10 in Phoenix. Click here for a list of the tour dates.
Kanye West taught Tim McGraw’s kids a lesson
A country singer is now weighing in on the Kanye West and Taylor Swift controversy at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Tim McGraw said his daughters learned a lesson from Kanye West.
In an interview with CMT, Tim McGraw said Kanye “shows himself to be an idiot every time he does stuff like that. My girls were upset. But what he did do is provide a great example of how not to be, and my girls learned a big lesson.”
McGraw also said “when they weren’t looking I said,”He needs an a** whoopin.”
I agree Kanye does need a whoopin of some sort, and he was extremely rude and disrespectful toward Taylor Swift.
But I think it’s time to move on. He apologized to Taylor, and Taylor said he was gracious, she accepted his apology, and it’s in the past.
If Taylor has moved on, maybe we all should move on and let it go. Myself included.
President Obama says Kanye West is a jackass
The controversy involving Kanye West’s and Taylor Swift’s incident at the MTV Video Music Awards has penetrated the walls of the White House.
During an interview with CNBC, President Barack Obama called Kanye a “jackass” when asked about his thoughts on the ingredient.
He said “I thought that was really inappropriate. He’s a jackass.”
Although I agree Kanye was a “jackass” for rudely interrupting Taylor Swift’s speech, I was surprised the president of the United States weighed in on this issue.
Since he’s juggling health care, fixing our terrible economy and managing a war overseas, who knew he had time to fit the Taylor Swift and Kanye West discussion into his busy schedule.
In Obama’s defense, he made the comment BEFORE the interview actually began, and he was unaware that it was going to be recorded. He assumed it was off-the-record.
TMZ obtained a leaked version of the audiotape, and the off-the-record transcript is posted below.
Interviewer: Were your girls as hacked off as mine were that Kanye gave Taylor Swift the Joe Wilson treatment?
Obama: “I thought that was really inappropriate. You know it was like she’s getting an award. Why are you butting in? I hear you. I agree with you.”
Interviewer: So does that count as the first question?
Obama: “The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. She’s getting her award. What’s he doing up there? He’s a jackass. No, now this… all this stuff, I’m assuming all this stuff. Where’s the pool? Come on guys. Cut the president some slack. I got a lot of other stuff on my plate. Yeah. Cause I remember last time it was the fly thing.”
Interviewer: No that worked out well for you. You were a ninja.
Obama: Except PETA.
Jay Leno interviews Kanye West
Hip hop star Kanye West appeared as guest Monday night on the debut of Jay Leno’s new prime time show.
Leno asked Kanye about the MTV Video Music Awards incident where he snatched the microphone and interrupted country singer Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech.
Jay Leno also asked about what Kanye’s deceased mother would have thought about the incident. The clip is posted below.
Kelly Clarkson slams Kanye West
Pop singer Kelly Clarkson is the latest celebrity to have harsh words toward Kanye West after the incident with Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Clarkson wrote a lengthy blog on her Web site criticizing Kanye, and she used profanities too. The full blog is posted below.
Dear Kanye,
“What happened to you as a child?? Did you not get hugged enough?? Something must have happened to make you this way and I think we’re all just curious as to what would make a grown man go on national television and make a talented artist, let alone teenager, feel like sh*t. I mean, I’ve seen you do some pretty shi**y things, but you just keep amazing me with your tactless, a**hole ways.”
“It’s absolutely fascinating how much I don’t like you. I like everyone. I even like my a**hole ex that cheated on me over you…which is pretty odd since I don’t even personally know you.”
“The best part of this evening is that you weren’t even up for THIS award and yet you still have a problem with the outcome. Is winning a moon man that much of a life goal?? You can have mine if it will shut you up. Is it that important, really??”
“I was actually nominated in the same category that Taylor won and I was excited for her…so why can’t you be?? I’m not even mad at you for being an a**hole…I just pity you because you’re a sad human being.”
“On a side note, Beyonce has always been a class act and proved again tonight that she still is. Go TEXAS!!
Taylor Swift, you outsell him ….that’s why he’s bitter. You know I love your work! Keep it up girl!”
From Kelly Clarkson
Kanye West apologizes to Taylor Swift
After being disrespectful to Taylor Swift by interrupting her accepting speech at the MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West apologized for his behavior.
In a statement posted on his blog, Kanye said “I’m sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom,” he wrote. “I spoke to her mother right after and she said the same thing my mother would’ve said. She is very talented! I like the lyrics about being a cheerleader and she’s in the bleachers! I’m in the wrong for going on stage and taking away from her moment!”
“”Beyoncé’s video was the best of this decade!!!! I’m sorry to my fans if I let you guys down!!!! I’m sorry to my friends at MTV. I will apologize to Taylor 2mrw. Welcome to the real world!!!! Everybody wanna booooo me but I’m a fan of real pop culture!!! No disrespect but we watchin’ the show at the crib right now cause … well you know!!!! I’m still happy for Taylor!!!! Boooyaaawwww!!!! You are very very talented!!! I gave my awards to Outkast when they deserved it over me … That’s what it is!!!!!!! I’m not crazy y’all, i’m just real. Sorry for that!!! I really feel bad for Taylor and I’m sincerely sorry!!! Much respect!!!!!”
The video clip of Kanye interruping Taylor is posted below.
Beyonce lets Taylor Swift finish acceptance speech
Beyonce performed an act of kindness during the MTV Video Music Awards. As you remember, Kanye West rudely interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech because he felt like Taylor didn’t deserve to win. (click here to watch the video clip).
However, toward the end of the show when Beyonce won an award, Beyonce let Taylor come on stage to speak and finish giving her acceptance speech.
The video clip is posted below.
Kanye West disrespects Taylor Swift at MTV awards
This was probably the most disrespectful moment in the history of award shows. Country singer Taylor walked on stage to accept her MTV award for best female video.
While Taylor was giving an acceptance speech, Kanye West walked on stage, grabbed her microphone, and said Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. Kanye was disappointed because Taylor won.
It was highly disrespectful of Kanye to interrupt Taylor’s acceptance speech. It was Taylor’s moment to shine, and Kanye ruined it.
Beyonce has plenty of MTV awards sitting at home in her trophy case. It’s okay if Taylor wins one trophy. The video clip of the incident is posted below.
Taylor Swift re-releasing CD
Taylor Swift fans can purchase a new version of her “Fearless” CD beginning next month.
The country singer is re-releasing the popular CD, but she will add six new songs.
“Fearless: Platinum Edition” will be in stores Oct. 27. The package also will include a DVD with photos, tour footage and music videos.
The original “Fearless” CD sold nearly four million copies, and it’s currently number nine on the Billboard charts.
Taylor Swift tour dates announced
Taylor Swift is headlining her tour this year, and she’s bringing former American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler with her as the opening act.
The tour kicks off April 23 in Evansville, Indiana and concludes Oct. 10 in Minneapolis-St. Paul. She will also swing through Tulsa Sept. 27.
The tour dates are listed below.
April 23: Evansville, Ind.
April 24: Jonesboro, Ark.
April 25: St. Louis
April 30: Charleston, S.C.
May 1: Jacksonville, Fla.
May 2: Biloxi, Miss.
May 14: Spokane, Wash.
May 15: Seattle
May 16: Portland, Ore.
May 17: Yakima, Wash.
May 21: Phoenix
May 22: Los Angeles
May 23: Las Vegas
May 24: San Diego
May 26: Salt Lake City
June 4: Enterprise, Ala.
June 11: Baltimore
June 12: Greensboro, N.C.
June 24: Oshkosh, Wis.
June 25: Caddott, Wis.
July 8: Calgary, Alberta
July 10: Craven, Saskatchewan
July 11: Winnipeg, Manitoba
July 16: Twin Lakes, Wis.
July 17: Columbus, Ohio
July 18: Charleston, W.Va.
July 23: Cheyenne, Wyo.
July 24: Rapid City, S.D.
July 25: Minot, N.D.
Aug. 7: Detroit Lakes, Minn.
Aug. 9: Omaha, Neb.
Aug. 27: New York City
Aug. 28: Uncasville, Conn.
Aug. 29: University Park, Pa.
Aug. 30: Louisville, Ky.
Sept. 4: Greenville, S.C.
Sept. 5: Charlotte, N.C.
Sept. 10: Lafayette, La.
Sept. 11: Bossier City, La.
Sept. 12: Birmingham, Ala.
Sept. 25: Dallas
Sept. 26: Little Rock, Ark.
Sept. 27: Tulsa, Okla.
Oct. 1: Cleveland
Oct. 2: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Oct. 3: Pittsburgh
Oct. 8: Indianapolis
Oct. 9: Chicago
Oct. 10: Minneapolis-St. Paul
Taylor Swift will guest star on CSI
We know Taylor Swift can sing (kind of). We know she’s attractive (sort of). But can she act?
We will find out soon when she guest stars on the television show “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” The episode will air in late February or early March.
According to a CBS network press release, Swift will play Haley Jones, “a teenage girl whose family runs a seedy Las Vegas hotel. Over the course of a year, Haley goes through a series of changes that have tragic consequences.”
hmmm. Sounds intriguing.
Tim Henley
Neil Patrick Harris and Taylor Swift on Saturday Night Live
Neil Patrick Harris will host Saturday Night Live this week (Jan. 10) on NBC. Harris stars on the sitcom “How I Met Your Mother.”
He became famous when he played the child doctor on “Doogie Howser MD” from 1989 to 1993.
The musical guest will be country singer Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift raps during concerts
This might come as surprise to most people, but country singer Taylor Swift is sometimes a rapper and an R&B singer. Well, she turns into one during her concerts anyway.
When she’s on tour, she performs covers of “Lose Yourself” by Eminem, “Irreplaceable” by Beyonce and “Umbrella” by Rihanna. I guess you can view this as bridging the gap between country and hip hop.
Taylor’s rap version of “Lose Yourself” isn’t half bad. In fact, it’s rather humorous. Take a look for yourself. The clips of her performing “Lose Yourself,” “Irreplaceable” and “Umbrella” are posted below.
The odd couple: Taylor Swift and Def Leppard performing together
The show that comes on the CMT channel titled “CMT Crossroads” often pairs unlikely musicians together for a concert including Babyface and Tricia Yearwood; Maroon 5 and Sara Evans; John Mayer and Brad Paisley.
However, when I found out that they were teaming up country singer Taylor Swift with rock legends Def Leppard, I was stunned to say the least.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with “CMT Crossroads,” the show brings two musical acts together and have them perform duets to each other’s songs.
So basically, Taylor Swift will be performing Def Leppard songs along with the group and vice versa.
I’m not passing judgement, but it’s hard for me to believe that Taylor Swift can pull off Def Leppard songs. Her voice is soft and soothing, but it’s not loud and rock-like.
Several years back, Mariah Carey did a Def Leppard remake of “Bringin on the Heartbreak.” She put her own spin on it, and she pulled it off well.
However, Taylor Swift is no Mariah Carey.
Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe CMT knows what they’re doing. We’ll just have to watch the show and see. The show airs Nov. 7.
Tim Henley
