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Inside Taylor Swift and Tim Tebow’s DateCould it be possible? Country western sweetheart Taylor Swift is dating Evangelical good boy quarterback Tim Tebow? Taylor Swift and Tim Tebow were spotted getting dinner yesterday in Century City, and fans and internet creepers were sent into a fit.

The two did indeed dine together on Monday night as confirmed by a rep for Toscanova Italian Restaurant in Century City, Calif. But another onlooker said they did not seem to be too cuddly. The source said that they came in more as friends noting that Taylor came in with another young male and seemed to be with him more than Tebow. However, the source added that it was very hard to determine because they all seemed to be good friends. There were five people total in the group. The country singer, 22, wore jeans, a jacket and flats. She drank only a latter, while the others, including Denver Broncos quarterback, 25, ate chicken pillared and fettuccine Bolognese. One of the men – not Tebow – picked up the bill, according to the source.

Another source revealed that they were with William Morris agents who are trying to get them to work together in various avenues of entertainment and charity since they are both represented by WME. They source added that they seemed very friendly and cordial with each other and were in constant conversation, but there was in no way any PDA. But Tim, being the gentleman that he is, still walked Taylor to her car. According to the source, he actually took the conversation outside and walked her to her awaiting car and gave her a hug goodbye. However, it was all deemed friendly and no flirting was taking place.

Swift and Tebow were reportedly spotted chatting it up at WME talent agency’s pre-Oscars bash just last week as well. A partygoer said that they were together for almost an hour and she approached Tim and he looked more than happy to talking with her. Swift, 22, has had her fair share of high-profile boyfriends and heartbreaks in the past, including John Mayer, Joe Jonas and Jake Gyllenhaal and was recently linked with her co-star in “The Lorax,” Zac Efron. Swift wrote records about her exes.  She’s reportedly written songs about rumored flings John Mayer, Taylor Lautner and Joe Jonas.

The eligible 24-year-old bachelor Tebow, meanwhile, has been very vocal about his religious beliefs and is planning on saving himself for marriage, though it has never been confirmed or denied whether he has a girlfriend. The two have Christian values in common, as Tebow is known for praying on the field and the 22-year-old Swift had a Christian rock band open for her on her last tour. Tebow was rumored to be interested in Katy Perry recently but the two are not an item. However, Tebow appears to be making a slew of Hollywood friends. On Sunday night, he mingled with stars including Tom Cruise at the annual Vanity Fair Oscars party.

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Taylor Swift Lands Lead Role in Les Miserables MovieCountry music star Taylor Swift is reported to have been offered a role in the Hollywood version of the hit musical of Les Miserables.  The 21-year-old star singer is said to have beaten a host of top stars, including Glee’s Lea Michele and Scarlett Johansson for the part of Eponine.  Eponine is a spoiled child-turned-street urchin who assists her father in schemes to steal money.  She is desperately in love with Marius — the leading man — who is married to Cosette.

So far Swift has had roles in CSI and Valentine’s Day, but never a role with an Oscar-winning director.  British director Tom Hooper, who won an Oscar for ‘The King’s Speech’, has assembled a stellar cast for the blockbuster version of the long running stage musical.  Amanda Seyfried who is classically trained as an opera singer and has starred in the film musical, Mamma Mia is also reported to have won the role of Cosette.  She will be playing the daughter of Anne Hathaway’s Fantine.  Hathaway is only three years older than Seyfried in real life.  Her background in opera and as a trained singer is said to have been a deciding factor in winning the role.

The choice of Swift, one of country music’s biggest selling stars, is the surprise choice according to film website Twitchfilm.com.  Hooper is said to have sent Swift a formal offer to appear in his film.  It will be only her second acting role, following her appearance in Garry Marshall’s Valentine’s Day opposite Taylor Lautner.  Swift’s musical talents have helped her stand out among other leading ladies vying for the part of Eponine.  As well as Glee’s Lea Michelle other young actresses went through an audition process for Hooper in Los Angeles last November with Evan Rachel Wood was also considered for the part of Eponine.  Other stars include Helena Bonham Carter as Madame Thenardier with Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen as her husband villainous Monsieur Thenardier.  Hugh Jackman has been cast as leading man Jean Valjean while action hero Russell Crowe will sing in a film for the first time when he plays police inspector Javert.  Eddie Redmayne, who was seen this fall opposite Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn,” has been cast as Marius, which given the casting of Swift and Seyfried, continues his streak of epic good luck.

Rumors have been flying about how each of the four young stars would bring a different light to the role and that the casting decision will be hard.  Taylor Swift would bring the ability to cross market the film from Hollywood to the pop music circle.  Les Misérables contains many plots, but the main thread is the story of ex-convict, Jean Valjean (known by his prison number, 24601), who becomes a force for good in the world, but cannot escape his dark past.   The novel is divided into five volumes, each volume divided into books, and subdivided into chapters (for a total of three hundred sixty-five chapters).  Production is gearing up to shoot in spring, with a release scheduled for December 2012.

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“The 45th Annual CMA Awards” aired November 9 on ABC at 8 p.m., and featured country music’s biggest stars performing and accepting awards.  Taylor Swift won big time last night at the Awards show held in Nashville and hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley.  Swift had the biggest night of any performer, taking home the biggest award, and performing her hit song “Ours.”

The New Artist of the Year award was up for grabs with rookies like Luke Bryan, Eric Church, and Chris Young vying for position.  All three are powerhouses in their own right and could have canceled each other out leaving a victory for the Band Perry with their huge hit “If I Die Young,” which is exactly how it happened. The award went to the sibling group.

Female Vocalist of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year were won by husband and wife duo, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton.  With the success of Lambert’s Revolution album and her Pistol Annies side project, coupled with her marriage to Shelton, the singer had good odds to win.  Shelton had a great year in his own right. He was one of the mentors on “The Voice” and his last album sold extremely well.

Album of the Year went to Jason Aldean for My Kinda Party despite TheBoot predicting a win for Brad Paisley and his producer Frank Rogers because critics felt they created a masterpiece with This Is Country Music.  Lady Antebellum received Vocal Group of the Year. AOL said their only real competition was the Zac Brown Band.

Single of the Year was projected to be a fight between the Band Perry and Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson and Michael Knox. The Band Perry wound up on top for their song “If I Die Young.” The group had one of the biggest hits of the year.  Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton were the top two candidates for the Entertainer of the Year award, but they were blindsided from a surprise win by Taylor Swift.  Brad Paisley won the award last year, and he was expected to win again because of the success of his “H2o II Wetter and Wilder” world tour.  Other awards won were Song of the Year for The Band Perry and Vocal Duo of the Year for Sugarland.

45th CMA Awards Winners:

Entertainer of the Year: Taylor Swift
Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert
Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton
Vocal Group of the Year: Lady Antebellum
Vocal Duo of the Year: Sugarland
New Artist of the Year: The Band Perry
Album of the Year: My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean
Single of the Year: “If I Die Young”, The Band Perry
Song of the Year: “If I Die Young”, The Band Perry
Video of the Year: “The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert
Musical Event of the Year: “Don’t You Wanna Stay,” Jason Aldean featuring Kelly Clarkson
Musician of the Year: Mac McAnally, guitar
Music Video of the Year: “You and Tequila,” Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter

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The biggest stars in the Country Music scene from Taylor Swift to Glen Campbell are set to shine this Wednesday at the Country Music Association awards where they will become contenders for the program’s top prizes.  Nominated for entertainer of the year are Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and Taylor Swift.  Fans will see performances from Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Eric Church, Luke Bryan and “American Idol” TV singing contest winner Scotty McCreery.

The 45th annual CMA Awards from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena will be co-hosted for the fourth consecutive year by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, a nominee for top female vocalist. The pair will perform their hit single, “Remind Me.”  Paisley told Reuters that he would lose a lot of sleep before next Wednesday.  He said that he really do get involved and so does Carrie in getting this right.  He added that the day after the awards, he wanted people to go and he cannot believe they did that noting that it was the fun part of the awards show.

According to Paisley, it is amazing how strong their format is this year and how amazing the music is adding that he thinks that there are a lot of great things happening in country music.  performances by three of country music’s finest guitarists, Vince Gill, Paisley and Urban will honor Campbell who is on the final tour of his career after announcing in June he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

Other collaborations will feature Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter performing their hit “You and Tequila;” Rascal Flatts and Natasha Bedingfield will be doing their single “Easy;” Lionel Richie singing duets with Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts and Darius Rucker; and Shelton performing a duet on “Footloose” with the song’s original singer, Kenny Loggins.  Miranda Lambert, one of last year’s big winners, is nominated in two categories, female vocalist and musical event, the latter with two of her idols, Loretta Lynn and Sheryl Crow.  The three collaborated on Lynn’s hit “Coal Miner’s Daughter” for “Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn” and on a video.

Lambert said in a recent interview that getting to spend that day at Loretta’s house with her and Sheryl visiting with two of her heroes was a life changing day for her.  Lambert’s husband Blake Shelton is up for seven awards.  The list of nominees for the 2011 CMA Awards were announced in September on the Good Morning America program on ABC including nods for Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist, and Entertainer of the Year.

Aldean, who is nominated in five categories, told Reuters he was hopeful of having a big night and would be pleased to get the album of the year prize as a reflection of his collaboration with his band mates and producer.  Awards will be handed out in a dozen categories including male and female vocalist, group, duo, album, video and new artist. Among the award presenters will be Dierks Bentley, Billy Currington, Jake Owen, Kellie Pickler, Reba McEntire and LeAnn Rimes.  The show airs live Wednesday night, November 9, 2011 starting at 8 p.m. EST on the ABC television network.

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Country singer, Taylor Swift stopped by Good Morning America today wearing a cute lace dress to promote her new perfume, “Wonderstruck” and to greet her admiring fans.  “It’s a line from my song ‘Enchanted’ and the line says, ‘I’m wonderstruck blushing all the way.’ I’ve always loved that line and that phrase, ‘wonderstruck.’ You don’t hear it very often.”  “So, I just felt like if I ever got the chance to make a fragrance — which I’ve dreamed of doing since I was about 14 years old — Ever since I wrote that song I thought that would be the title. And I’d want to [create a] great fragrance that smelled the way that word feels.”

On the show, Taylor Swift answers some questions from fans while sitting outside in spite of the weather.  One fan asked about the song quotes she always has on her arm for every show and how does she choose them.  “I choose them just based on how I’m feeling that day. It’s sort of a mood ring,” Taylor explained. “It’s random. It’s always other artists’ lyrics. But it’s like if I think a line is clever or a line applies to how I’m feeling that day — it can be anything like that. It’s always something that for some reason applies to me that day.”

The 21-year-old singer previously explained of her signature fragrance.  “I wrote the lyric, ‘I’m wonderstruck, blushing all the way home,’ for the song ‘Enchanted’ about the first time you meet someone. A fragrance can help shape someone’s first impression and memory of you. It’s exciting to think that “Wonderstruck” will play a role in creating some of those memories.”  Working with Elizabeth Arden on the scent, Taylor says, it is “the beginning of something magical.”

The signature perfume is described as an eclectic and traditional aesthetic that draw inspiration from inspiration from Taylor’s personal life experiences, making every element of the brand authentic.  It is a charming and sparkling surprise of vibrant fruits, kissed by a bouquet of soft petals and a touch of sweet indulgence.  Taylor swift spent about a year on creating her fragrance and put a lot of thought on the charms that embellish the bottle.  The advertising line direct from the singer herself reads as follows, “Wearing perfume is such a unique way to create memories. Like songs, a scent can take you back and allow you to relive a moment in time.” Taylor Swift

T.Swift tells ‘Women’s Wear Daily’ just before her signature scent’s debut, “Falling in love is a moment every girl daydreams about and “Wonderstruck” represents that magical feeling of promise and hope and intrigue.”  Developed by perfumer Olivier Gillotin, fragrance features notes of freesia, green tea, apple blossom, raspberry, dewberry, Hawaiian blanket, hibiscus, honeysuckle, vanilla, musk, peach and sandalwood.  Wonderstruck is bottled in a purple and gold round bottle accented with charms.  The commercial of the perfume was as enchanting and as the singer when she appears like a princess wearing a strapless blush pink gown with sparkling waist band and layers of ruffles in a beautiful garden surrounded by chandeliers.

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With her album selling the biggest in the music industry for the past 12 months and winning the Grammy’s four times, Taylor Swift was named as Billboards woman of the year becoming the youngest artist to ever receive the honor.  The announcement happened last Tuesday.  This December 2, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter is to be awarded with the recognition in the 2011 Billboard Women music event to be held in New York City.  Last year’s award went to Black Eyed Peas singer, Fergie.  Beyonce and Reba McEntire have also been awarded with the same honor.  Aside from the “Woman of the Year” award, she will bag ample of it in the 2011 Billboard Music Awards including the top country album for her five-time platinum selling “Speak Now.”

The Pennsylvania native has spent the last year on the Speak Now World Tour in support of her third album, which debuted at the Billboards 200 and selling more than a million copies on its first week.  Swift herself composed all the 14 tracts in the said album making Hot 100 history as 11 of her singles penetrated the chart in a single week.  The country pop singer holds a lot of title for breaking a number of Hot 100 records like most top 10 debuts as seven of her singles entering the most coveted list.  Notably, her album “Fearless” being 6-time platinum is the most awarded album in country music history and is the longest-running number 1 album by a female country artist in the Billboard 200 history.

Billboard’s Editorial Director, Bill Werde, is convinced of the young artist’s talents.  “Taylor has shown the power of good songwriting with music that has transcended genres, and we’re thrilled to recognize all of her successes over the past year by honoring her with the Billboard Woman of the Year Award,” says Bill Werde.   “At the young age of 21, Taylor has already made a major impact on music and has been an incredible role model for aspiring singers/songwriters and young women everywhere.  I look forward to watching her career continue to flourish in the years to come.”

While Taylor Swift is nominated for six CMA (Country Music Assn.) awards happening this November including Entertainer of the Year, she is preparing the CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray copies of her Speak Now World Tour to be released this November 21.  On October 13, she will be launching her new fragrance “Wonderstruck” at Macy’s Herald Square.  Blessed with a good heart, Swift has participated into charity efforts personally donating $1 million in the past year alone.  Her overall worldwide sales now exceed 20 million albums and 40 million song downloads, Billboard said.  As of the moment, Taylor Swift is on a national tour for her Speak now album lasting until November 22.  Surely, the talent and hard work of this one of a kind country singer has never been left unnoticed considering the Pennsylvanian beauty is only 21 years old.

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By on July 26, 2011

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Superb photo collections of dazzling singer Taylor Swift.

 

Taylor Swift

By on June 20, 2011

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Taylor Alison Swift who is most known as Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Wyonimossing, Pennsylvania to a homemaker, Andrea Gardner and a stockbroker Scott Kingsley Swift. She was has a young brother name, Austin.

When Taylor Swift was on the young age of 11, she made her first trip to Nashville where she expected to receive a record deal by issuing a demonstration tape of her singing with various karaoke songs and gave a copy to each of the label in town but unfortunately it was discarded. After her come back in her birth place, Taylor Swift was asked to sing at the U.S Open Tennis tournament and her own version of the national anthem has gained lots of attention.

When Taylor Swift was on the age of 15, she was rejected from the RCA Records because of the reason that the company wanted to keep her on an artist development deal. After her performance on the Nashville’s songwriters’ venue, The Bluebird Café, she caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, the one who signed her to his newest made record label called, Big Machine Records. At the age of 14, Swift was said to be the youngest staff songwriter that ever employed by the Sony/ATV Tree publishing house.

Amid of 2003, Taylor Swift unveiled her debut single entitled, Tim McGraw which landed on the number six spot of the Billboard magazine’s Hot Country Songs chart. On October 24, 2006, her first album which is said to be a self-titled album has been released. Her self-titled album has sold 39,000 numbers of copies on its first week and it reached the number one spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums. In addition, the said album has also reached the number five spot of the Billboard 200.

On November 11, 2008 Swift’s second studio album called Fearless has been unleashed across the United States. The said album landed on the top spot of the Billboard 200 Album Chart. The said album raised 592,304 sales which is said to be the highest debut of any country recording artist in year 2008. In January 2009, it was announced that Taylor Swift will have her North American Fearless Tour that has been organized for 52 places within 38 states as well as provinces across the US and Canada.

On September 2009, Swift was appeared on the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards and it was said to be her first performance for VMA wherein she won the award for the MTV Video Music Award. And she was said to be the very first country music recording artist who received the said award. Unfortunately, when Swift was on stage accepting her award, Kanye West came up to her and took the microphone from Swift and stated that the video fro Single Ladies of Beyonce should be the one to win and this caused for west to earn boos from the crowd.

 

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