'Jeopardy!' contestants criticized for missing Taylor Swift clue: 'Shut the whole show down'

Taylor Swift is declaring that she did not infringe upon another song’s copyright, following the 2017 lawsuit by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, insisting that the singer was copying their 2001 song Playas Gon‘ Play for her hit song ‘Shake It Off.’The 32-year-old musician, who was recently celebrating Selena Gomez’s 30th birthday, submitted a sworn declaration in which she states that she wrote her popular song “entirely” and had not heard the 2001 track before, in light of the accusations.“The lyrics to Shake It Off were written entirely by me,” Taylor said in her declaration. “Until learning about Plaintiffs‘ claim in 2017, I had never heard the song Playas Gon’ Play and had never heard of that song or the group 3LW.”Taylor also explained that it would have been impossible for her to know about the song, as her parents did not allow her to watch “(MTV’s countdown show) TRL until I was about 13 years old.”Her legal team detailed that some of the accusations can be easily seen as coincidence, as the similar phrases in both tracks, “players gonna play” and “haters gonna hate” were commonly used and Taylor might have heard them on the school playground without ever having to listen to the song.Taylor even said that she brought a “haters gonna hate” T-shirt from Urban Outfitters in 2013,” and these phrases were “akin to other commonly used sayings like ‘don’t hate the playa, hate the game,’ ‘take a chill pill,’ and ‘say it, don’t spray it’...

Taylor Swift is personally responding to a plagiarism lawsuit.

Taylor Swift's representatives are speaking out on the singer's behalf after she received backlash following a study conducted by the digital marketing firm, Yard, which claimed that flights taken by her private jet have emitted 8,293.54 metric tons of carbon in the last seven months, which is as the study found, «1,184.8 times more than the average person's total annual emissions.»Swift's reps were quick to respond, telling ET that Swift isn't on all those rides, in fact, they say, she isn't even on most of them.«Taylor’s jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals. To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect,» a spokesperson for the «Bad Blood» singer said.The study, which cited its information from the Twitter account, Celebrity Jets, went on to claim that Swift's plane took more than 170 trips, racking up 22,923 minutes in the air since the beginning of the year. The study also alleged that her aircraft had an average flight time of around 80 minutes and traveled around 139.36 miles, with the plane's shortest flight — a trip from Missouri to Nashville — clocking in at just 36 minutes.While it's unclear who has been taking these flights, Swift has been most recently spotted in London and Los Angeles, so she has been doing some traveling.Taylor Swift's Falcon 7X 825 mile (717 NM) flight from ALB to BNA ~ 752 gallons (2,847 liters).

Drake are reportedly among the top offenders when it comes to taking disproportionately-polluting short flights on private jets, according to new analysis. Kim Kardashian’s private plane made four flights of under 20 minutes in the past two months, according to data from celebrity flight-tracker @CelebJets. The private plane belonging to her half-sister, Kylie Jenner, did twice as many, the tracker found.

Musician Taylor Swift has been accused of racking up a serious number of airline miles on her private jet, which soon caught heat from various environmental advocates.

Taylor Swift has topped a list of private jet polluters, with the singer’s personal plane having made 170 trips this year.The chart was put together by UK-based sustainability marketing firm Yard, which compiled a list of the “top 10 celebrity CO2e offenders” based on their private plane usage.Drawing on data from the Twitter account @CelebJets (which in turn gets its data from ADS-B Exchange), Yard’s report found that Swift’s plane has made 170 trips since January, spending the equivalent of 15.9 days in the air.Her flight emissions totalled 8,293.54 tonnes, which, per the report, is “1,184.8 times more than the average person’s yearly emissions”. Her average flight time was 80 minutes, with the shortest flight, a stint from Missouri to Nashville, clocking in at just 36 minutes.Taylor’s team came to defend the singer in a statement, with a representative telling Rolling Stone: “Taylor’s jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals.

Taylor Swift is getting backlash from critics about her private jet's carbon footprint. The "Shake it Off" singer was accused of polluting the earth by flying in her private jet 170 times between Jan.

Drake are reportedly among the top offenders when it comes to taking disproportionately-polluting short flights on private jets, according to new analysis. Kim Kardashian’s private plane made four flights of under 20 minutes in the past two months, according to data from celebrity flight-tracker @CelebJets. The private plane belonging to her half-sister, Kylie Jenner, did twice as many, the tracker found.

with the pop star’s music. In the clip, Johnson plays Swift’s re-recorded rendition of her 2014 song “Bad Blood” — a k a “Taylor’s Version” — while Hart listens to “Message in a Bottle,” from her 2021 album remake “Red (Taylor’s Version),” on his AirPods.“What are you listening to?” the funnyman asks the action star several times in an attempt to talk over the loud speakers in his ears.

Taylor Swift made sure Dylan O'Brien and Sadie Sink were among the first people she contacted after nabbed five VMA nominations. ET's Will Marfuggi spoke to O'Brien on Thursday, and the 30-year-old actor revealed how he learned that the short film, the music video for the 10-minute version of Swift's iconic song, was up for multiple awards.«We were just texting the other day. We have a little group chat, me, Taylor and Sadie,» O'Brien told ET of Swift, who directed the film, and Sink, who starred in it alongside the actor.«She's just so genuine,» the actor added of Swift.

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Taylor Swift fans will most certainly NOT calm down, after all three contestants on  whiffed on what seemed like a clear and easy clue about the singer.The comical scene went down earlier this week during the $400 clue testing the contestant's music knowledge. Under the category «Title That Completes the Rhyme,» Ken Jennings read, «And I'm just like oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh, you need to just stop.

Gallery: 'I was obsessed with Johnny Depp, I thought he was so hot. . . ' The stars who have spilled on their celebrity crushes! (BANG Showbiz)The former Disney Channel star and the 'All Too Well' hitmaker were said to be marking the occasion with a trip to an "elegant restaurant" in the Santa Monica area of California.

weighed in, because they were stunned that no one knew the answer.

Selena Gomez celebrated her milestone 30th birthday with none other than her bestie, Taylor Swift.The star took to Instagram on Friday and posted a couple of photos of her and the «Look What You Made Me Do» singer posing in silly fashion. In the first photo, Gomez is all smiles as she has her arm around Swift, who is holding three fingers to signify her 30th birthday.In the second photo, Gomez can't help but laugh while Swift appears to take a selfie and give the camera a thumbs up.

Taylena forever! Selena Gomez rang in her milestone 30th birthday with a special assist from bestie Taylor Swift.

Selena Gomez marked her 30th birthday with one of her longtime besties.

Fans of Taylor Swift aren’t such big fans of a few Jeopardy! contestants this week.