2 h. ago Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl review – lazy big screen cash

The megastar’s underwhelming new album gets a suitably sub-par cinematic accompaniment offering very little for even the most devoted of fansJust as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, fans of Taylor Swift will heed the call for new content. Long before the economy-lifting, paradigm-shifting global domination of her Eras Tour, Swift had cultivated a uniquely intense and personal relationship with her fans, even within the reverential world of pop music. That relationship, sustained through Easter eggs, years long parasocial narratives and arguably her own metaverse, can be real and special and nutritive, a steady raft through life’s storms – I’ve been there. But years into her imperial era, Swift’s cyclical feeding of the fan base has started to seem less like an act of mutual devotion and more nakedly exploitative, the many one-off re-releases and special vinyls and limited-edition Target drops like a billionaire’s tax on her most loyal.The latest of these is the Life o...

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2 h. ago Why Swifties are going crazy for the 'Easter Eggs' in her new album Life of a Showgirl

As the planet shifts on its axis under the gargantuan force of the Taylor Swift album released, some have taken issue with the quality of her songs. But for many 'Swifties', they're entirely missing the point.

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15 h. ago Taylor Swift’s 'dark and sexual' The Life of a Showgirl: The Easter eggs, hidden meanings track by track

Orange doors, Shakespearean heroines, Travis Kelce innuendos... Swift’s twelfth album is full of secrets. Here’s the definitive breakdown

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17 h. ago Rare 'Easter egg' estimated to sell for more than £20 million at auction

It has been described as one of the most lavish of Faberge's imperial creations

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17 h. ago Taylor Swift's secret Life of a Showgirl Easter eggs revealed

Taylor Swift officially dropped her long-awaited 12th album The Life Of A Showgirl - and fans have already spotted the hidden Easter Eggs throughout the songs.

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18 h. ago Taylor Swift sings about Travis Kelce romance and his 'wood' on The Life Of A Showgirl

The star has dropped her latest record, The Life Of A Showgirl, and it is full of Easter Eggs

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20 h. ago Taylor Swift champions future husband Travis Kelce and dethrones enemies on four star new album

Our 4 star track-by-track review of Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl album digs deep into all the lyrics and Easter eggs. A celebration of her love for future husband Travis Kelce, along the way she still dabbles in a dose of poetic revenge, with a few new grunge flavours thrown in too. Peak Taylor triumphs again.

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21 h. ago Decoding Taylor Swift’s 'The Life a Showgirl': A guide to her references

Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl," is packed with Easter eggs for fans to decode

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30 h. ago Taylor Swift fans convinced major hint links new album to this unlikely UK city

Taylor Swift's 12th studio album is finally days away, and fans have already put together some of the missed Easter egg hunts ahead of its release - Cardiff, anyone?

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41 h. ago Faberge egg estimated to sell for more than £20million at London auction

The Winter Egg was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 as an Easter gift to his mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna

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41 h. ago Faberge egg estimated to sell for more than £20 million at auction

The Winter Egg was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 as an Easter gift to his mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.

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6 d. ago At any normal club Ruben Amorim would lose his job – but not Manchester United | Barney Ronay

Obdurate manager’s Ruben-ball could arguably take the blame for Fernandes’s penalty fluff in another utterly bloodless performanceYou’ve got to hand it to the reliably prolific pain-content generator that is Manchester United. Even at the end of a performance that was, if nothing else, a perfect example of empty and bloodless systems football, 90 minutes that felt like watching a robot with a cold go for a walk, this thing can still offer you stories, mini-arcs, narrative Easter eggs.The only shame is we will have to wait another six months, April at Stamford Bridge, to see if Bruno Fernandes can complete the perfect hat-trick of weirdly missed west London penalties. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago At any normal club Ruben Amorim would lose his job – but not United | Barney Ronay

Obdurate manager’s Ruben-ball could arguably take the blame for Fernandes’s penalty fluff in another utterly bloodless performanceYou’ve got to hand it to the reliably prolific pain-content generator that is Manchester United. Even at the end of a performance that was, if nothing else, a perfect example of empty and bloodless systems football, 90 minutes that felt like watching a robot with a cold go for a walk, this thing can still offer you stories, mini-arcs, narrative Easter eggs.The only shame is we will have to wait another six months, April at Stamford Bridge, to see if Bruno Fernandes can complete the perfect hat-trick of weirdly missed west London penalties. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Jade Thirlwall reveals sweet secrets behind huge track as fans praise Easter eggs

Jade Thirlwall's new album, That's Showbiz Baby, has been going down a treat with fans and the former Little Mix star has now let them into a secret about one of her hit tunes

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8 d. ago Did you spot these Oasis Easter eggs on Google? Here's how you can find them

Oasis makes a return to the capital, and even Google is ‘madferit’

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8 d. ago Welcome to Derry trailer includes Easter eggs from Stephen King films like Carrie and The Shining

Welcome to Derry, the prequel to Stephen King horror It, has released its full trailer and it's terrifying.

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8 d. ago Welcome to Derry trailer riddled with hidden Stephen King Easter eggs

Welcome to Derry's full trailer has been released and it's packed full of nods to some of Stephen King's other work.

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8 d. ago Every Stephen King Easter egg in first Welcome to Derry trailer

It spin-off Welcome to Derry has released its official trailer and its crawling with Stephen King Easter eggs.

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1 week ago Diesel ditches the runway to present latest collection on models inside transparent Easter eggs

Diesel has brought its latest collection to the streets of Milan for Fashion Week

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2 w. ago ‘Let me out’: Britt Lower leaves Severance Easter Egg on Emmys acceptance speech

‘Severance’ star’s innie tried to get across a message to the audience

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