5 h. ago Blake Lively's life IN HIDING: Allies tell why she 'doesn't want to be seen out'... and who she's leaning on as famous friends desert her

After months of endless exposure - largely thanks to her protracted legal battle with Justin Baldoni - Blake Lively has been noticeably absent from the public eye in recent weeks.

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34 h. ago Scooter Braun sparks ridicule as he claims feud with Taylor Swift boosted her career

Music mogul Scooter Braun has provoked a bitter backlash from Taylor Swift's fans by suggesting his highly publicised feud with her helped to boost her astronomical career

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2 d. ago Billie Marten: ‘Mostly, artists are in financial ruin no matter how successful they appear to be’

As the contemporary folk singer releases her fifth studio album, ‘Dog Eared’, she sits down with Helen Coffey to discuss her bold new sound, the mourning for lost childhood, and why our broken music industry means we all wind up paying Taylor Swift in the end

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3 d. ago *PING* The notification that popped up on Travis Kelce's phone... and more bedside revelations from Taylor Swift's father's heart surgery scare

Taylor Swift's father is on the road to recovery after doctors reportedly performed a quintuple bypass on his heart this week.

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3 d. ago Taylor Swift's dad has major heart surgery at 73 as singer supports him at bedside

Taylor Swift's dad, Scott Swift, has undergone major heart surgery after something "was seen" by his doctor, with the singer and her family by his side as he recovers

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4 d. ago Taylor Swift's dad undergoes sudden major heart surgery with singer by his side

Taylor Swift's father, Scott Swift, has undergone quintuple bypass surgery after a GP "saw something" concerning during a routine check up.

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4 d. ago Taylor Swift's father, 73, undergoes major surgery in terrifying health scare

Taylor Swift's father has undergone a major heart surgery. Scott, 73, underwent a complicated quintuple bypass surgery on his heart after a doctor noticed something during a routine checkup.

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5 d. ago Syrian child goes on trial over 'ISIS' plot to bomb Taylor Swift concert which prompted the star to cancel gigs in Vienna

Prosecutors believe that the teenager was helping a man who planned to kill himself and others at a show attracting potentially hundreds of thousands of people in Austria

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6 d. ago Syrian boy goes on trial over alleged role in Taylor Swift concert bomb plot

Defendant, 15, in court in Berlin accused of involvement in foiled Islamic State-inspired plot to attack Vienna concert A Syrian teenager has gone on trial in Berlin accused of involvement in an Islamic State-inspired plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last summer.The case brought by federal prosecutors against the 15-year-old defendant, identified only as Mohammad A in keeping with German privacy rules, includes charges of preparing a “severe subversive act of violence” and supporting a terrorist organisation abroad. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Southport cops who stopped Taylor Swift dance class killer awarded for bravery

Sergeant Gregory Gillespie, Constable Luke Holden and police community support officer Timothy Parry were the first to arrive at the scene of “unimaginable horror” last summer

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1 week ago Trump’s ‘Hooters loving’ Malaysian ambassador pick causing concern among allies in Asia

‘Alpha male’ MAGA pundit who declares love of rare steaks and once called Taylor Swift a ‘woke jezebel’ may not be the right fit for conservative Kuala Lumpur, diplomat says

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1 week ago Celebrity Rich List 2025: Here are the 19 wealthiest famous people in the world

These famous faces won’t be too concerned about the cost of living crisis.

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1 week ago Southport survivor, 7, 'fought like hell' to save herself and others, inquiry hears

Known as C1 to protect her anonymity, the little girl was stabbed 33 times by crazed Southport killer Axel Rudakubana in the horror attack at a Taylor Swift-themed event

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1 week ago Girl, seven, ‘fought like hell’ and shielded others, parents tell Southport inquiry

Daughter escaped but was dragged back and stabbed another 20-plus times in 11 seconds, before fleeing againThe parents of a seven-year-old girl who was stabbed 33 times in the Southport atrocity have described how their daughter “fought like hell” to escape after shielding other children from the attacker.The girl suffered “catastrophic” injuries when she was set upon by Axel Rudakubana as she tried to protect another child at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class last year. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Southport killer’s brother will not be able to see parts of inquiry – chairman

Dion Rudakubana has been recognised as a ‘core participant’ for the Southport Public Inquiry.

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1 week ago Mother of injured girl tells Southport inquiry ‘our girls deserve an apology’

The public inquiry heard impact evidence from four families on Wednesday.

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1 week ago Father of girl injured in Southport attack says she was stabbed by ‘coward’

The second day of the public inquiry into the attack heard evidence from families of those injured.

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1 week ago 'Wholesale failure' to stop Southport killer carrying out one of UK's 'most egregious crimes'

Chairman Sir Adrian Fulford said the Southport inquiry will identify changes to protect the most vulnerable from other "horrors" following the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class

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1 week ago Southport child killings were one of 'most egregious crimes' in UK history

The public inquiry into last July's horrific murders at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event began in Liverpool today. A minute's silence was held for the three schoolgirl victims

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1 week ago Southport stabbing murders were 'mercilessly calculated' and among the 'most egregious' in UK history, chairman tells opening of public inquiry

Sir Adrian Fulford said Axel Rudakubana perpetrated 'an almost unimaginable but nonetheless mercilessly calculated' killing spree when he went on the rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance club.

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