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| | Taylor Swift directed & stars in the music video for 'The Man?: interesting or disturbing' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Taylor Swift?s latest single from her album Lover is ?The Man.? She?s already performed ?The Man? a few times at big events, and it?s one of the better songs off of Lover that I?ve heard. I was curious about what she would do for the video, especially when she announced this week that she was stepping into the director role. Well, she released the music video this morning and? it?s okay. It?s some uncanny valley sh-t, if I?m being honest. Taylor directed herself wearing a man-suit and man-prosthetics and she/he goes around acting like an alpha dude. Here?s the
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| | Taylor Swift pulled out of performing at the Grammys amid shenanigans & sexism | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Very few of you paid attention to this and a couple of you were begging for the coverage, so WTF but the Grammys are a hotbed of controversy and shenanigans. It would be notable at any time, but this has all come together in basically the week preceding the Grammys, which are tonight. The ousted Recording Academy president and CEO Deborah Dugan made ?explosive? claims about the Recording Academy. Claims of sexual harassment and the deeply unfair Grammy nomination process, not to mention a claim of rape against the former president Neil Portnow. Dugan has aired her concerns and claims publicly in a TV interview, and it?s been the talk of the music industry for days.
So how will it affect the Grammys tonight? The show must go on, of course, but at least one major musical talent is taking her leave: Taylor Swift was loosely scheduled to make a ?surprise performance? but now she?s not going to do it:
Taylor Swift has bowed out of a possible performance on the Grammy Awards program Sunday night just as stealthily as it appeared she might have bowed into it, multiple sources tell Variety.
Her possible appearance on the show had been kept a secret ? albeit not an extremely well-kept secret ? so her exit won?t create the problems that would have occurred if one of the many performers that had been announced were to have taken their leave.
Sources say that she was never formally confirmed for the show, though hopes were high that the show could nail down an appearance that was well along in talks.
Rehearsal schedules for the taping at Staples Center had included one ?TBA? artist that was believed to have been reserved for Swift, possibly performing her most recent album?s feminist anthem, ?The Man? ? which could have taken on extra meaning, given the charges of sexism swirling around the Recording Academy.
[From Variety]
Taylor was also supposed to attend, in general, because she?s nominated in three Grammy categories, including Song of the Year. But Lover didn?t get nominated for Album of the Year or Record of the Year, the two big ones. (Neither did Reputation a few years ago.) One of Dugan?s complaints was that the committee overseeing those nominations decided to ignore artists like Swift in favor of ?more curious choices.?
Variety broke the story, but they noted that they didn?t have confirmation that Swift pulled out of the Grammys because of Dugan?s claims exactly. Page Six had more information from an unnamed source though the source said that Swift was planning on performing ?The Man,? and ?Obviously, that would [have been] extremely pointed.? The source also insinuated that Swift did pull out because of Dugan?s interview, and the source said: ?Here?s why I think the ceremony will be troubled ? a lot of the artists will feel cheapened if there are voting irregularities around Song of the Year.? I mean? there are always ?voting irregularities.? Not to be Debbie Downer, but the Grammys are fking awful and they never represent what?s really happening in music. They are ALWAYS shady. They always give big awards to ?surprise? (white) people. The Grammys suck. Anyway, I?m glad Taylor is taking a principled stance here, I think, if that?s what she?s doing.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Taylor Swift has been dealing with an eating disorder for years | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are photos of Taylor Swift at the Sundance Film Festival?s opening-night premiere of Taylor Swift: Miss Americana, her Netflix documentary. I friggin? love her outfit here. It?s a wide-leg, sleeveless jumpsuit with a matching coat and it looks stunning on her. My only little nit-pick is that she should have just worn black heels the matching boots were not necessary. But otherwise, one of the best outfits I?ve seen on Taylor in a while. I want that coat.
As we?ve seen, Taylor is promoting and previewing the documentary in earnest this week, and Variety had coverage on a subject Taylor discusses in the film: her struggles with an eating disorder.
In the documentary: In one of the most revealing and surprising segments of the Netflix film, Swift talks for several minutes about having struggled in the past with an eating disorder. After being pictured facing a phalanx of photographers after she emerges from her front door, Swift is heard in voiceover saying that ?it?s not good for me to see pictures of myself every day.? Although she says ?it?s only happened a few times, and I?m not in any way proud of it,? Swift admits there have been times in the past when she?s seen ?a picture of me where I feel like I looked like my tummy was too big, or? someone said that I looked pregnant ? and that?ll just trigger me to just starve a little bit ? just stop eating.?
Talking about body image: ?I didn?t know if I was going to feel comfortable with talking about body image and talking about the stuff I?ve gone through in terms of how unhealthy that?s been for me ? my relationship with food and all that over the years? I?m not as articulate as I should be about this topic because there are so many people who could talk about it in a better way. But all I know is my own experience. And my relationship with food was exactly the same psychology that I applied to everything else in my life: If I was given a pat on the head, I registered that as good. If I was given a punishment, I registered that as bad.?
It started early for her: ?I remember how, when I was 18, that was the first time I was on the cover of a magazine. And the headline was like ?Pregnant at 18?? And it was because I had worn something that made my lower stomach look not flat. So I just registered that as a punishment. And then I?d walk into a photo shoot and be in the dressing room and somebody who worked at a magazine would say, ?Oh, wow, this is so amazing that you can fit into the sample sizes. Usually we have to make alterations to the dresses, but we can take them right off the runway and put them on you!? And I looked at that as a pat on the head. You register that enough times, and you just start to accommodate everything towards praise and punishment, including your own body.?
She was undereating a lot in 2017/2018: ?I thought that I was supposed to feel like I was going to pass out at the end of a show, or in the middle of it. Now I realize, no, if you eat food, have energy, get stronger, you can do all these shows and not feel (enervated).? Swift says she doesn?t care so much now if someone comments on a weight gain, and she?s reconciled ?the fact that I?m a size 6 instead of a size double-zero.? Swift says she was completely unaware that anything was wrong in her double-zero era, and had a defense at the ready should it come up. If anyone expressed concern, she?d say, ??What are you talking about? Of course I eat. ?. I exercise a lot.? And I did exercise a lot. But I wasn?t eating.?
[From Variety]
That sucks and good on Taylor for talking about it it?s something so many girls and women go through as normal un-famous people, now imagine how magnified it is when you?re as famous as Taylor and getting pap?d all over New York and hanging out with models all the time. That era of ?Taylor the Model? was earlier than the period she?s discussing though that really started in 2014-15, and I wonder if that?s when her chronic undereating started.
Here?s the trailer for Netflix?s Taylor Swift: Miss Americana.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Taylor Swift in Etro at the Golden Globes: not the best but not the worst? | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Taylor Swift was nominated for a Golden Globe for her original song for CATS: The Movie. She did not win. I don?t even think it was some kind of anti-snake thing or anything personal against Taylor. I just think Cats was awful and no one wants to give it any awards. It?s not Taylor?s fault. Still, she came out and tried a look and here we are. This gown is Etro and I?m honestly still working out my feelings about it. Something nice: I kind of like the fabric and the colors and the pattern. Something not nice: the cutout sucks and it ruins the fit of the bodice of the dress. All in all, not the best on Tay but far from the worst. Also: no bangs? She?s a whole new Snake!
Jodie Comer wore Mary Katrantzou, a rather epic affair with giant shoulders, which was one of the design trends of the night. Personally, I?m starting to feel like Comer is the New Blanchett. Does anyone else get that vibe? Shape-shifter who looks radically different every time we see her, and someone who can pull off weird and exciting looks. Anyway, I like that she went BIG and I appreciate that she didn?t play it safe.
Rose Leslie is so pretty and talented, why is she A) wearing this boring-ass Elie Saab gown and B) still with Kit Harington? Oh well.
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| | Taylor Swift's 'Cats' song did not make the Oscar Best Song shortlist | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Taylor Swift at last night?s New York premiere of CATS. She wore an interesting Oscar de la Renta gown for the premiere and I?m still sort of working out how I feel about the gown. I appreciate that she did a real ballgown, because the occasion called for it. I appreciate that the gown felt wintery and Christmas-y without bashing us over the head with a cutesy Christmas theme. But? I feel like the two fabrics are not great together? The gown would have been much better if de la Renta had just stuck with the red fabric OR the darker fabric and not both? Still, it?s a look. While Taylor did the red carpet solo, Joe Alwyn was around, and she was seen holding hands with him as they left the premiere party.
Meanwhile, the whole reason why Taylor is doing this whole CATS thing is because she wanted to be nominated across the board for Best Song. She and Andrew Lloyd Webber cowrote a new song, ?Beautiful Ghosts,? for the film, and the song has already been nominated for a Golden Globe. But? the Academy just released their ?shortlists? for nine Oscar categories, including Best Song. And? ?Beautiful Ghosts? is not on the shortlist. Here are the contenders for Best Song Oscar nominatons:
Speechless from Aladdin
Letter to My Godfather? from The Black Godfather
Im Standing With You from Breakthrough
Da Bronx from The Bronx USA
Into the Unknown from Frozen 2
Stand Up from Harriet
Catchy Song from The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Never Too Late from The Lion King
Spirit from The Lion King
Daily Battles from Motherless Brooklyn
A Glass of Soju from Parasite
(Im Gonna) Love Me Again from Rocketman
High Above the Water from Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
I Cant Let You Throw Yourself Away from Toy Story 4
Glasgow from Wild Rose
[Via THR]
I mean? that?s rough. I actually wanted Taylor to get nominated for an Oscar, just so she would show up to the ceremony and we could have some Snake Drama. But no Oscar Snake Drama in 2020. SAD! Also: the Snake Fam thinks Taylor is being blackballed in the music industry because of her beef with Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta. That? might be the case? I told you, months and months ago, that her snake-games with powerful white men was going to play out MUCH differently than her beefs with Katy Perry and Kim Kardashian. That being said, I think this particular ?snub? is less about Taylor?s two-year beef cycles and more about CATS being bonkers and maybe it was released too late for most Academy voters to consider it.
Here are some photos of Rebel Wilson, Idris Elba (and his wife) and Jennifer Hudson at the CATS premiere.
Photos courtesy of WENN and Backgrid.
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| | Taylor Swift threw herself a big 'thir-tay' birthday party with a Christmas theme | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I still mourn the death of the Taymerica parties. We didn?t know how good we had it! Taylor Swift used to throw an annual Fourth of July party at her Rhode Island mansion, and she would invite all of her friends to celebrate with swan floats and massive inflatable slides and ?I Heart T.S.? t-shirts. Those were the glory days of her performative friendships and ?the girl squad.? But those parties were canceled, or she just outgrew that era.
Maybe the new thing will be a big Christmas-birthday party? That?s what happened this year! Taylor Swift turned 30 (or ?Thir-Tay?) on the 13th. She celebrated by throwing herself a really big party and inviting all of her A-list friends, including Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, Gigi Hadid, Jonathan Van Ness and Antoni Porowski, Halsey, Camila Cabello and more. She got one multi-tiered cake at the Jingle Ball (where she performed) and then her friends got her a big cake with icing kitties those are the (crazy) faces of her cats Benjamin, Meredith and Olivia. Taylor referred to the party on her social media as ?the most aggressive holiday party known to womankind.? Mostly I?m just focused on the cake would I eat a cat-face? but the party looked so old-school Taymerica. Congrats on THIRTAY.
WHO?S GONNA TELL HER SHE?S THIRTAY NOW ? pic.twitter.com/PChgBjOxwB
Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 13, 2019
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| | Taylor Swift slams the 'toxic male privilege' of people liking Scooter Braun | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Taylor Swift at the Billboard Women in Music event last night in LA. I?ll say something nice at the beginning, Snake Fam: Taylor?s Oscar de la Renta jumpsuit is very cute. It looks like something J.Lo would wear! Something not so nice: lord, I dislike her bangs. Taylor was there because she was named Billboard?s Artist of the Decade, which probably would have been justified if not for Billboard?s continued whitewashing of music check out their ?women of the year? for the 2010s:
Every ?Woman of the Year? for @Billboard this decade:
2010: Fergie2011: Taylor Swift2012: Katy Perry2013: P!nk2014: Taylor Swift2015: Lady Gaga2016: Madonna2017: Selena Gomez2018: Ariana Grande 2019: Billie Eilish pic.twitter.com/TMaQbjtLDS
Pop Crave (@PopCrave) November 25, 2019
More Photos Here
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| | Taylor Swift no longer stresses about her body, being on trend or her coolness | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Taylor Swift turns 30 years old in a matter of days. It?s amazing what she?s accomplished before turning 30. It seems like just yesterday we were watching her coordinated girl squad strut down the New York City sidewalks. It feels like just yesterday that the Worldwide Tiddlebanging Tour was happening. It feels like just yesterday that Taylor would pop into the gym in full makeup and come out a short time later, clearly not having worked out a bit. Time flies. So what does Taylor hope her 30s bring her? Less negativity, especially about her body and her style, I guess.
As she approaches her 30th birthday on Dec. 13, Taylor Swift is bidding adieu to negativity.
?There are certain parts of my brain that I don?t visit as often, like stressing out about my body, stressing out about being on trend, stressing out about people thinking I?m cool, stressing out about people thinking really anything about me,? the superstar tells PEOPLE in this week?s cover story, in which she?s honored as one of four People of the Year. ?You have to toss out things that don?t serve you. That?s what I think we all try to do when we?re getting older, and you just hope that you?re getting wiser too!?
Going into a new decade of life, the 10-time Grammy winner is feeling ?really happy,? she says. ?I?ve been told by a lot of people [your 30s] are really fun, and I?m having a really good time approaching them.?
She?s also found inspiration in actress Jameela Jamil, an outspoken advocate of body neutrality.
?I really love that there are advocates out there in the world being very vocal about the fact that aging is not a slow march to irrelevancy, death and decay,? says Swift. ?Whenever I feel stress-y about things, I?ll just read some of Jameela Jamil?s quotes about body image and health and normal body weight.?
[From People]
I?ll let Taylor in on a little secret about aging: every year that passes, you honestly do give less and less of a sh-t about what people think about you. I was neurotic about ?what other people think of me? in my teens and early 20s. Years later, I leave the house in no bra and slippers and IDGAF. In Taylor?s case, though, she still cares. Maybe she?s not as neurotic about keeping up appearances and all of that but she still cares. You can tell by her increasingly bizarre insistence that everyone is lying except her, everyone is a bully except her and no one is a victim except her.
Oh, and heres Taylors Christmas single, Christmas Tree Farm. The song is awful. The video is cute, I guess.
Thank you @people, @chiumelo, @danwakeford, and ? Miller Mobley ? https://t.co/Byai8sFql1 pic.twitter.com/jObmAHcuuS
Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 4, 2019
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| | Taylor Swift flew to London to see Joe Alwyn on Thanksgiving Day | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I didn?t travel over Thanksgiving. Holiday travel is hell on earth and I would never choose that for myself. If I was rich as hell like Taylor Swift, I would spend the money and get everyone to come to me, wherever I was. Taylor was apparently in New York for Thanksgiving Eve, where she likely hosted a Friendsgiving celebration for the last remnants of the Girl Squad (Martha Hunt is still ride-or-die but Karlie Kloss remains in the wind). Then Taylor? flew to London? ON Thanksgiving? What in the world?
Looks like Taylor Swiftis shaking off the last couple of weeks and spending time with her loved ones. For the Thanksgiving holiday, it looks as though Swift is taking a step back to spend some much needed time with her friends and her beau, Joe Alwyn. As you may recall, Swift and Alwyn have been dating for about three years now but have continued to keep their relationship private and under wraps. An E! News source shared that this Thanksgiving, Swift traveled to London to spend the holiday with the 28-year-old actor.
She arrived on Thursday from New York and is spending the weekend there, the source added.
Prior to leaving the country to be with Alwyn, Swift hosted her annual Friendsgiving party with model Gigi Hadid, 30-year-old Martha Hunt and Queer Eyes Antoni Porowski.
Its an annual tradition for Taylor to get together with close friends and do this, an E! News source shared. Many have been at her gathering in years past. This year was intimate and casual, but they all had a great time.
Her friend Hunt shared a sweet picture of the two friends hugging it out for the gram on Thanksgiving, captioning the photo, thankful for friends. Hadid also shared a group picture of the lovely Friendsgiving celebration on her Instagram Story where Swift could be seen taking a sip of wine. Friendsgiving this week , wrote the model on her picture. Love you all sm.
[From E! News]
Maybe Taylor?s Friendsgiving is the new Taymerica Fourth of July party? I hope so, because I think Taymerica parties might be a thing of the past. No more Independence Day parties, and no big Thanksgiving celebration with her family? I mean, Taylor could have spent Thanksgiving with her parents and her brother. But she chose to have her pilot fly her private jet to England ON Thanksgiving Day. Which is a lot. Did? Joe not want to celebrate an American holiday? Did Taylor?s pilot at least get paid extra to fly her overseas on a holiday?
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thankful for friends ??
A post shared by Martha Hunt (@marthahunt) on Nov 28, 2019 at 4:54pm PST
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| | Taylor Swift kept it 'classy,' didn't call out Scooter Braun by name at the AMAs | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Taylor Swift walked into the American Music Awards last night knowing that she was the center of attention, knowing that people were tuning in just to see what she would say or do about Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta, and whether she would perform her old songs. After all of the orchestrated drama and after inciting her fans to doxx, harass and threaten people, Taylor ?played it safe.? I guess? My snake meter seems to be off, because I didn?t really think she did or said anything notably shady in her performance or in any of the many speeches she made when she picked up trophies for Artist of the Decade, Artist of the Year and Favorite Pop Rock Album. Her red carpet outfit was by Julien Macdonald I felt like she was actually trying to look ?snakey? is that just me?
As for the performance of a medley of her hits? there were a lot of songs from 1989, and the bulk of the medley was devoted to Big Machine-era music, which is the bulk of her catalogue, so that makes sense. It?s still not clear if she was really being ?blocked? at any time from performing those songs live, but whatever. The last song she performed was ?Lover? from her latest album. It was a pretty typical Taylor Swift performance through and through. I guess the ?classy shade? part was the beginning, when she and some dancers wore smocks with all of her old album titles written on the smocks, all as Taylor sang ?The Man,? and then she quickly ?shed? the past.
Here are her speeches throughout the night? I know Carole King has always praised Taylor as a songwriter and all that, but? whew, it was A LOT.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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