2 h. ago Taylor Swift says TV drama Succession inspired her song Father Figure

Speaking on the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Taylor Swift talked about the relationship between the ruthless, fictitious patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and his children in Succession

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4 d. ago Taylor Swift’s Father Figure is an ‘interpolation’. Here’s what that means

Swift’s song credits George Michael as a songwriter but is different from a cover

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4 d. ago George Michael's estate responds to Taylor Swift's Father Figure

Taylor Swift has paid tribute to the late George Michael on her new album The Life of a Showgirl and the singer's representatives have expressed their delight

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4 d. ago Taylor Swift takes a swipe at Scooter Braun in new track about a mentor's betrayal

Braun bought the master recordings of Swift's first six albums in June 2019 in a controversial deal worth an estimated $300 million.

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5 d. ago George Michael Estate thanks Taylor Swift for incorporating classic song on new album

Swift has created her own song titled ‘Father Figure’ for her highly anticipated new album

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5 d. ago George Michael's estate responds after Taylor Swift featured his iconic track Father Figure on her new album The Life of a Showgirl

Ahead of the record's release on Friday, it was revealed the hitmaker has recorded a song called Father Figure, which shares the same name as George's 1987 track, as well as an interpolation.

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1 week ago Kamala Harris’s new book details her steep challenges without acknowledging her failures

In 107 Days, Harris leaves little room for nuance – nor is she afflicted with a surplus of self-awarenessKamala Harris’s book 107 Days confirms two truths: Joe Biden never should have sought re-election and she did not belong on a national ticket.Biden was snared by Father Time and hubris. The 46th president was not the transformational figure he saw in the mirror. More than half the US rated him a failure.107 Days is published in the US by Simon & Schuster Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Guy Pearce reveals way his mother made him the man of the house aged EIGHT after his dad died in plane crash

Guy Pearce has revealed he stepped up as his family's father figure after the shock death of his dad in a plane crash when the actor was only eight years old.

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2 w. ago They managed to get accepted to US universities. But they’re still stuck in Gaza

Gaza students hoped to resume US studies after war, but Trump’s visa ban crushed their plansWithin days of 7 October 2023, much of Maryam’s world had been wiped out: her home in Gaza City, her children’s schools, and the Islamic University of Gaza, where she was a graduate student in physics, were all destroyed by airstrikes. In early December, Maryam’s mentor – Sufian Tayeh, a prominent Palestinian scientist and president of the Islamic University of Gaza – was killed along with his family in an Israeli strike.The professor has been a “father figure” to her, Maryam told the Guardian. When she learned of his death, she remembers closing the physics notebooks she had grabbed as she fled her home and thinking her studies would be over. “My entire world had collapsed,” she said. Continue reading...

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