Pilot killed in mysterious Nashville crash named Taylor Swift as next of kin

The mysterious last flight of 45-year-old Canadian Michael Callan still has investigators at a loss as there appears to have been a total breakdown of the systems in place to detect, and possibly prevent, this type of situation. Now it’s being revealed 3 weeks after the fatal crash of his small plane that Callan had listed Taylor Swift as his next of kin. Find out about Callan’s fatal flight that found him hundreds of miles off course and what Swift’s representative and Callan’s sisters had to say about his next of kin notification.

LISTEN: New Taylor Swift song “Sweeter Than Fiction” for One Chance film

Taylor Swift wrote an original song “Sweeter Than Fiction” for the film One Chance, a biopic about Paul Potts, a Britain’s Got Talent winner who had a hard life and stunned the audience with her opera singing. Listen or download Taylor Swift Sweeter Than Fiction for free on Pleer Here’s the trailer for One Chance

Are Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift still friends? Has Justin Bieber driven a wedge between the BFFs?
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Are Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift still friends? Has Justin Bieber driven a wedge between the BFFs?

A new report claims Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift’s friendship is on the rocks because of Selena’s romance with Justin Bieber. However, evidence shows the girls both subscribe to the philosophy of chicks before… you know.

VIDEO – Taylor Swift duets with Carly Simon on “You’re So Vain”

It shouldn’t be any surprise that Carly Simon is a huge inspiration for Taylor Swift, especially her “You’re So Vain” song. Practically every song Taylor Swift sing/writes is an homage to that iconic “F-You” tune, and Taylor is very open about her affection for it. A few weeks ago she tweeted “I feel like I definitely get along with people roughly 45% more if they know all the words to ‘You’re So Vain’ by Carly Simon.”

Taylor Swift threatened at Pittsburgh concert by man claiming she is “with Satan”

Taylor Swift got a scare during a recent concert in Pittsburgh. A man who had made threats against Taylor online earlier in the day showed up to the event bearing a sign which read, “Taylor Swift Is With Satan.” Luckily, the man was arrested during the show and Taylor was unharmed. Now, more details about the man are being revealed.

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Swifties convince Abercrombie & Fitch to pull t-shirt making fun of Taylor Swift’s dating history

TTaylor Swift fans so were outraged by an Abercrombie & Fitch t-shirt that pokes fun at the chanteuse’s dating history that they started a successful petition via change.org to get the shirt discontinued.

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VIDEO Ed Sheeran falls on his face during opening night of Taylor Swift’s tour

Ed Sheeran is one of the many men to have been linked to Taylor Swift — but there’s much more to this guy. Ed has a successful singing career of his own. He even collaborated with Taylor on “Everything Has Changed” for her new album, so it’s no surprise that he’s opening for Taylor during her RED tour. On Wednesday night, the tour kicked off in Omaha, Nebraska and Ed definitely made a lasting impression.

Taylor Swift “22” music video

Taylor Swift’s music is usually about her latest break-ups, but in her new song “22” she’s taking a different approach. Instead of a love song, this is more of an “I’m okay being single at least for now” sort of song. In the video, Taylor hangs with her friends in Malibu and dances the day away. It looks like someone needed a break from all that useless boy drama. Today, March 13 (her favorite number), Taylor debuted her new music video for “22” on Good Morning America.

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Jada Pinkett Smith defends stars Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Rihanna against media scrutiny

Jada Pinkett Smith wrote a Facebook post asking if the media is bullying young celebrities.

She posted a thoughtful and heartfelt post asking if the media had any right to pass judgment the behavior of young stars. Though she didn’t name who she was talking about (besides nine-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis, who was called a c**t in an ironic tweet satirist publication The Onion,) she did post up a collage that included of Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Taylor Swift.

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Taylor Swift worries she’ll end up alone, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler respond to Taylor saying they deserve a special place in hell

Taylor Swift is on the cover of Vanity Fair this month where she explained her breakup with Harry Styles. She also gave her thoughts about Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s joke about her at the Golden Globes: “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.”

Tina and Amy respond.

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Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran reportedly spent the night together at London hotel

We all knew it was only a matter of time. And now, just over a month after splitting from One Direction’s Harry Styles, Taylor Swift has reportedly found her next muse. So, who is the lucky guy? It’s British rocker Ed Sheeran whom she had previously dated briefly at the end of last year (as you can see from her relationship timeline).

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Taylor Swift says she doesn’t yell at or chase boys

Taylor Swift is known for two things: her amazing music and her relationships. Between releasing new hit singles, Taylor is often busy with her muses (a.k.a. boyfriends,) and lately, she seems to really be going through them pretty quickly. However, not all that we hear is true and in the most recent issue of Elle Magazine, Taylor is setting the record straight about her love life and its impact on her music.

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John Mayer admits he’s been a jerk in the past, but is happy with Katy Perry

Is 35-year-old playboy John Mayer changing his ways? For a while he was running through all the girls in Hollywood, and following up with less than respectful interviews about him. Now he’s admitting to CBS News that he’s been a jerk in the past.

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Selena talks “fun” post-Bieber, Taylor Swift friendship, and being raised on fairy tales

Selena Gomez wore a shredded jersey dress thing on the cover of Nylon’s February issue to promote her new movie Spring Breakers. She also opened up about love, and how Taylor Swift helps her deal with her issues.

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Who all has Taylor Swift dated? Her relationship history timeline

23-year-old six-time Grammy Award winning singer Taylor Swift appears to be living a real-life, superstar-studded version of The Bachelorette as she continues to generate a seemingly endless supply of song writing material through a similarly endless string of busted relationships. For those of you new to the world of Taylor’s dating history, we here at Starcasm have taken it upon ourselves to create a detailed timeline of her love life — starting with her freshman year in high school and going all the way up until this week’s split from One Direction’s Harry Styles! We’ve also tossed in a few important Taylor Swift dates that aren’t romance-related so you will have a context for what else was going on in her life at the time. (In case you’re wondering who she was dating when she got disrespected by Kanye West at the MTV Music Awards, for example.)

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REPORT Taylor Swift and Harry Styles split

Not again! Taylor Swift and her One Direction boyfriend Harry Styles have reportedly split after just a couple of months of dating. Things seemed to be gong great for the two — they even shared a very special New Year’s Eve kiss — but alas, it looks like the country crooner has yet another failed relationship to add to her resume (and songbook).

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VIDEO Taylor Swift and Harry Styles kiss on New Year’s Eve in Times Square

Taylor Swift and Harry Styles rang in the New Year together in New York City last night where they were spotted sharing their first kiss of 2013. Taylor was in town to perform during the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve show, but she didn’t let that stand in the way of her and her new beau smooching it up at midnight. Luckily, there were hundreds of thousands of other on the street with them with cell phones so we got a photo of the momentous event as well as a video clip!

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PHOTO Taylor Swift with Harry Styles getting a clipper ship tattooed on his arm

Taylor Swift and Harry Styles are reportedly dating ; the young globe-trotting supercouple have been spotted together in such places as London and New York City.. Recently, Haylor (Stift?) hit up the popular Shamrock Tattoo Parlor in West Hollywood where Harry added some ink to his upper left arm. The tattoo is of an old clipper ship and looks eerily similar to the one Taylor’s video guy rocks in the music video to her new single, “I Knew You Were Trouble.”

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MUG SHOT Wisconsin criminal arrested for trespassing at Taylor Swift’s Nashville home

Taylor Swift turned 23-years-old on Thursday but had her big day interrupted by an intruder early Friday morning at her Nashville residence. See a mug shot of the Wisconsin man who rode a bus to Nashville to party with Taylor on her birthday, find out about his criminal past and read Taylor’s recent comments in regards to stalkers.

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VIDEO Tim Urban performs inevitable Taylor Swift and Harry Styles break up song

American Idol Season 9 veteran Tim Urban has created an entirely new genre music: cover versions of songs that haven’t been written yet! The 23-year-old singer has channeled the lyrics to what he believes to be the inevitable song written by Taylor Swift after she breaks up with current rumored boyfriend, One Direction’s Harry Styles — and it’s downright believable!

Eminem’s daughter wishes Taylor Swift would stop ‘whoring around’

The real Slim Shady’s daughter stood up on Twitter and shared her feelings about Taylor Swift’s latest hook up with One Direction’s Harry Styles. Yes, Eminem’s daughter Hailie Mathers loves the boy band and she showed some of her old man’s tongue lashing capabilities with a Twitter blast. See her tweet and then catch her owning up to probably going a little too far.
UPDATE: Looks like this may all have been a hoax!

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VIDEO Taylor Swift spotted with One Direction’s Harry Styles

Taylor Swift and One Direction’s Harry Styles are officially an item. Well, at least according to new photos and video of the pair. Over the weekend, the two singer were spotted at Central Park where they hung with friends and took in the sights at the Central Park Zoo. This wasn’t the first time these two have been linked and judging by the way Harry speaks of Taylor, it won’t be the last.

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Taylor Swift “officially hanging out” with Harry Styles according to Mario Lopez

Is One Directions’ Harry Styles Taylor Swift’s latest boyfriend? Mario Lopez revealed on his radio show on 104.3 MY FM yesterday that he caught Harry Styles and Taylor holding hands and acting romantic-like on the X Factor set Wednesday. “Taylor Swift was the special guest performer, and [here’s] a little inside scoop for you. During…

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Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy split

Prepare for the next break-up song by Taylor Swift. The country crooner and her younger beau, 18-year-old Conor Kennedy have called it quits. Taylor and Conor had first been spotted together in July at the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport, MA, and after Taylor hit it off with his family, things seemed to be heading in the right direction. Unfortunately, Taylor’s career proved to be too time consuming for these two.

VIDEO Kennedy matriarch gushes over “game” Taylor Swift

When MeMaw is happy everyone in the fam knows you better just go ahead and accept the reality of the situation. For the Kennedys, this means that they should fully embrace Taylor Swift’s budding romance with 18-year-old Conor Kennedy. See family matriarch Ethel Kennedy laud over Swift giving her one of the best endorsements I can recall.

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Decoding Taylor Swift clues: List of songs and the exes and other people they’re about

Taylor Swift has made it her thing to write about the men she’s dated, and the people in her life, in her confessional songs; even going as far as to leave clues to who they are about in the liner notes of her CDs (There’s a good ploy to keep getting people to buy traditional CDs Taylor!)

Her upcoming album Red (dropping October 22) is no exception. Below is a guide to all of Taylor Swift’s songs that are obviously about someone in particular.

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New Music Friday! Christina Aguilera “Your Body,” Nicki Minaj “The Boys,” Taylor Swift, One Direction

It’s Friday, and that usually means it’s time to kick back and party, so every Friday we’re gonna round up some of the hottest new music to help everyone get their party on. This week we’ve got Christina Aguilera, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, and One Direction (well, we’ve got some artwork.)

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Taylor Swift bought a $4.9 million house close to the Hyannis Port Kennedy Compound

Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy are still going strong. Taylor’s been snapped swimming with Conor and his dad Robert Kennedy, Jr., but that’s not all. She’s also reportedly bought a house in Hyannis Port, Cape Cod, next to the Kennedy Compound ( a six acre stretch of beachfront property the Kennedys own.) Do you think Taylor’s moving too fast?

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Taylor Swift’s got a new look, is receiving a Kennedy Award

Taylor Swift has converted her signature blonde locks into a new color for her new CoverGirl campaign “See You, Be You.”

She’s also sporting some interesting eye makeup, very smokey browns on the outer edges turning to silver on the inside edges. It looks like grown-up Taylor is experimenting a bit her style, going a bit outside her normal golden-curled, red-lipped, romantic sweetheart look.

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Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Greatest Albums by Women

Rolling Stone recently released their list of the Top 50 Greatest Albums by Women (who rock) and some of the entries (and non-entries) are quite shocking – more so than usual with these kinds of lists, especially from as reputable a source as Rolling Stone! I literally cannot believe some of the albums that made the list and some of the ones that didn’t. Now, I’m not talking about the usual kind of debates like whether or not Joni Mitchell’s Blue is better than Patti Smith’s Horses, but whether Taylor Swift’s Speak Now is better than Aretha Franklin’s Lady Soul! Keep reading for the complete list and see if you agree with the selections.

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PHOTOS Taylor Swift CoverGirl ad banned for too much Photoshopping

Consumer agencies around the globe are beginning to crack down on the use of Photoshopping in advertising and the latest victim in Procter and Gamble’s campaign for CoverGirl NatureLuxe Mousse Mascara, which features country music star Taylor Swift. Keep reading to find out which part of Taylor Swift the company thought wasn’t quite perfect enough and read an explanation of why the ad was pulled from the NAD president.

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Springsteen chills with Taylor Swift, to tour in 2012 behind new album

Last night Taylor Swift dominated the AMA Awards taking home the big cheese of Artist of the Year among many other trophies but that pales to getting to hang with none other that Bruce Springsteen backstage! Yes, Taylor lived out my fantasy as the Boss serenaded her with “Dancing in the Dark” and then signed the guitar he played and gave it to her. And in even bigger Boss news Springsteen reveals that he and the mighty E Street Band will be touring while backing up a new album.

What does Taylor Swift write on her arms during concerts?

Taylor Swift may not have the strongest singing voice in the biz, but she nails emotion and presentation like nobody’s business. Only amplifying her endearing sincerity are the song lyrics (not her own) Taylor sharpies on her arm before each concert performance. They’re a testament to her music knowledge and ear for a good lyric.

Below is an list of the quotes and phrases (along with places and dates) that inspired Taylor so much in 2011 that she wrote them on her body. (

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Justin Bieber to release a Christmas album, co-writes song with Taylor Swift

Justin Bieber has confirmed that he is close to finishing work on a Christmas album comprised of all new songs and set to be released sometime this year. My sympathies to all the parents out there who have lost the one time of year they were able to convince their daughters to listen to something – anything – else. Keep reading for the Yuletide tidings including the most amazing Justin Bieber Christmas photo ever! Oh, and did I mention Bieber and Taylor Swift have co-written a song together? (The pretty people are taking over!)

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VIDEOS Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift perform ‘Baby’ at Staples Center

On the same day that the east coast was rattled by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake the ground was also shaking on the west coast as pop music superstars Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift collided on stage for a performance of “Baby” during her concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Tuesday! Keep reading for two nice video clips of the performance captured by the only two audience members not screaming and convulsing uncontrollably!

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VIDEO Taylor Swift suffers on-stage wardrobe malfunction, is charming as usual

In a moment reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe’s famous updraft dress scene from The Seven-Year Itch singer Taylor Swift ran afoul of a hurricane-force wind machine while performing on stage during a recent concert performance. Keep reading for the SFW video showcasing Taylor’s professionalism, charm, and ample backside.

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Taylor Swift ‘dress rehearsal’ raises nearly a million for tornado relief

Taylor Swift has grown up quite a bit since her last full fledged tour and so has her stage act and fan base apparently. The popular singer held her final dress rehearsal in Nashville for the North American leg of her Speak Now World Tour and invited fans in to raise money for victims of the recent devastating tornadoes. The venue was packed as those in attendance saw multiple stage sets including a gazebo, spiral staircases, choreographed dancers that flew around with sparklers and several wardrobe changes by the singer. See images from the benefit as well as amateur video footage of the songs “Mean” and “Our Song.”

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PHOTOS Taylor Swift 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards red carpet

Country music award show red carpets just aren’t fair any more thanks to the living art deco goddess that is Taylor Swift. The 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards last night was no exception as the Grammy-Award winning singer drew ooohs and ahhhs from fans and photographers alike in a stunning full-length-and-then-some yellow gown. Keep reading for more gorgeous Taylor and find out if she was able to take home top the top honor of Entertainer of the Year!