11 h. ago The love that dare not speak its name: why I’m coming out as a gay man who loves Taylor Swift | Joe Stone

She is tragically mainstream, allergic to ‘serving’ on the red carpet and certainly hasn’t thrived against the odds. It’s the antithesis of gay culture – so why do I love her?As a self-evidently gay man, I’ve generally been spared the awkwardness of coming out. That was, until I became a Swiftie. In recent years I have become adept at gauging the temperature of a room before revealing my predilection. Is this a safe space? Will I be sidelined or treated as a pervert because of who I choose to love? Should I lie, or just be evasive? I want to live authentically, but at what cost?Taylor Swift is at once the closest thing we have to a monoculture and the most divisive pop star of modern times. As a self-identified Swiftie, I believe her gift lies in the ability to take hyper-specific experiences and render them universal. I’ve never performed a 149-date world tour while reeling from the heartbreak of having been ghosted by Matty Healy of the 1975, but listening to I Can Do It With a Br...

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26 h. ago All the clues Taylor Swift will take on Whitney Houston's iconic role in The Bodyguard remake

Taylor Swift's fans are convinced the pop superstar will be taking on Whitney Houston's iconic role in a remake of the beloved 1992 film, The Bodyguard.

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40 h. ago Taylor Swift slays with unexpected appearance in hit game Monster Hunter Wilds

One Monster Hunter Wilds fan opted to 'Shake It Off', creating an impressively detailed Taylor Swift character in-game for their hunting adventures – check it out

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40 h. ago I thought I had bought Taylor Swift tickets for £400 for my daughter's birthday

Amanda Beasley tried to buy her daughter Lilly, 21, tickets for the sold out show through a seller on Facebook , but after transferring the money she was mocked by the individual.

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4 d. ago Taylor Swift's pal Jaime King reveals why it has been 'terrifying' having her kids taken away

'My duty as a mother is to protect my children. And that's all that matters to me. This is scary,' the star admitted to the podcast host. She is in a divorce battle.

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4 d. ago Taylor Swift fan who forgot lyrics told symptoms were 'normal for women'

Hannah-Ireland, 24, had been an outgoing music and film fan - but her behaviour changed

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4 d. ago Taylor Swift fan knew something was wrong when she forgot lyrics

Hannah-Ireland went to the doctor but was told her symptoms were 'normal for women'

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4 d. ago ‘Have the courage to walk away’: Bon Iver on romance, retirement and his rapturous new record

Riven with anxiety from years of touring, Justin Vernon found he couldn’t leave the house. Then a new relationship changed his concept of love. His radiant new album shares the revelationsJustin Vernon would rather not be doing any of this. Releasing a new Bon Iver album, promoting it. He absolutely isn’t going to tour it. “I don’t need to do this any more,” he says. “I want to be done with this whole thing. But I am dead serious about these songs. That’s how much I care about them, that I’m going to do something I haven’t been comfortable with to put them out.”As soon as Vernon hit the public eye in 2008, he started pulling away from its obsessive glare – and from the caricature of him as the lonely woodsman who made his era-defining debut, For Emma Forever Ago, in a hunting cabin in his native Wisconsin. His sound grew cryptic and mutated, though he was no less popular for it. Kanye West and Taylor Swift wanted to collaborate. But anxious from the demands to flay himself for ...

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5 d. ago Taylor Swift's bombshell legal action against Kanye after shocking sex smear about star and two A

Taylor Swift has filed a cease and desist against Kanye West after he posted a series of sexually explicit messages about the pop star and two of the entertainment industry's most famous men.

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5 d. ago Kanye West brags about rape allegation against him, sexualises Taylor Swift and says he wants to film sex tape with ex

The rapper, 47, took to X - formerly known as Twitter - late on Wednesday night to share an hours-long tirade, which included misogynistic and sexualised remarks.

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5 d. ago Kanye West sexualises Taylor Swift and says he wants to film sex tape with ex

The rapper, 47, took to X - formerly known as Twitter - late on Wednesday night to share an hours-long tirade, which included misogynistic and sexualised remarks.

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6 d. ago Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's sweet gifts for baby niece as couple 'talks about kids'

Travis Kelce's brother Jason welcomed baby number four with wife Kylie, and honorary auntie Taylor Swift got involved in congratulating the family as she and Travis make their own future plans

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8 d. ago Sir Elton John set to earn 10th UK number one album with Who Believes In Angels?

He has already had 10 number ones in the UK singles chart.

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8 d. ago Major inquiry into Southport murders launched as Yvette Cooper vows to unearth failings

Yvette Cooper said the public inquiry into the Southport murders at a Taylor-Swift themed dance class will probe failings that allowed Axel Rudakubana to commit 'horrendous attack'

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8 d. ago The accidental Shrimper: American student becomes Southend fan after boarding wrong boat

‘I had a blast on the boat and at the Southend game’ Club invite Evan Johnston to Solihull home fixtureAccidentally boarding a boat packed with beer-swilling football fans would be some people’s idea of hell.But Evan Johnston, a 21-year-old student from Arizona, said he “had a blast” after inadvertently joining a boat trip chartered by 150 Southend United supporters before their National League game at Sutton United on Saturday. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Taylor Swift and Blake Lively talking again after 'fury' over Justin Baldoni

Justin Baldoni named Taylor Swift in his lawsuit against Blake Lively, and popstar is said to have made up with Blake months later after being 'annoyed' to feature in the scandal

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1 week ago Taylor Swift 'is talking to Blake Lively again as actress apologises' amid singer being dragged into the Justin Baldoni scandal

Taylor Swift is reportedly talking to Blake Lively again after the pals fell out amid the Justin Baldoni scandal.

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1 week ago Taylor Swift fan, 16, gets to see idol in concert thanks to once

Keisha Martin spent her 16th birthday in hospital but was still able to see Taylor Swift live in concert thanks to an anonymous German

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1 week ago 10 of the wildest music conspiracy theories ranked, from Paul is Dead to Taylor Swift as a government psyop

Armchair sleuths will have you convinced that Justin Bieber is really a lizard and Stevie Wonder isn’t actually blind. Ellie Muir and Roisin O’Connor unpack some of the weirdest rumours around our biggest pop stars

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1 week ago One of the decade’s most loved mystery films is airing on TV tonight

The 2022 film features an original song by Taylor Swift

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