Taylor Swift defends joint birthday party with 'Licorice Pizza' star Alana Haim: 'We tested everyone'

“Licorice Pizza” with special menu items, 70mm screenings, a programming series and an interactive photo op at the Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan. The film, which stars Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper and Benny Safdie, will expand to theaters nationwide on Christmas Day, Dec.

On this episode of the Deep Focus podcast, my guest is none other than Alana Haim from the rock group Haim, but more appropriate for this conversation, she is the star of Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, “Licorice Pizza.” Anderson’s latest film is a nostalgic, shaggy return to his San Fernando Valley roots, but it’s really nothing like “Boogie Nights” or “Magnolia” and actually is more in line with George Lucas’ “American Graffiti”—a hangout movie— as if it were made by Lucas, Hal Ashby, and

Eve Barlow Guest ColumnistFor Variety‘s Writers on Writers, Eve Barlow pens a tribute to “Licorice Pizza” (screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson).You can smell the acne on Cooper Hoffman’s chin. You can feel the heat on the pavement as Alana Haim sprints toward a feeling.

Taylor Swift was adamant her birthday party was COVID-safe. But when it came to her other party, well, as it turns out her fans aren’t getting the same kind of care.

the re-release of her 2012 album. But the virus apparently spread quickly to the 600 people who joined.

Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesWatching “Licorice Pizza,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s cinematic love letter to 1970s San Fernando Valley, one thought continually played in my head: Alana Haim reminds me of me. I don’t mean that in any solipsistic sense — I possess zero singing talent and my ability to play a musical instrument is confined to a year of violin and flute lessons in fourth grade wherein both instructors urged me (strongly, repeatedly) to focus on the literary arts.

Gallery: An engagement and just about everything else! It's the TOP CELEB INSTAGRAM POSTS of the week! (BANG Showbiz)Singer Gracie, 22, shared a picture from the night, and sent birthday wishes to her friend on social media. She wrote: "Happy birthday king of my heart body and soul ooo oh @taylorswift".

Taylor Swift and Alana Haim had a big birthday bash.

I don’t know about you, but Taylor Swift is feelin’ 32! The iconic pop star posted a few sweet photos from her birthday celebrations this weekend as she turned 32 years old. “*don’t say it, don’t say it OKAY I’m saying it:* I’M FEELIN 32,” the “All Too Well” singer wrote on Twitter Monday, celebrating with Haim band member Alana Haim, whose birthday is Dec. 15. “And Alana is feeling 30. Don’t worry we tested everyone! Thank you so much for the birthday wishes, I love you all so much.”

Taylor Swift will face a jury trial over accusations that she lifted the lyrics for ‘Shake It Off’ from another track.Back in 2017, songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler claimed that Swift copied lines from the pair’s 2001 song ‘Playas Gon’ Play’, which they wrote for the girl band 3LW.The case concerns the chorus of Swift’s 2014 single, in which she sings, “‘Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play” and “haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate“.

A US judge has again declined to dismiss the long-running ‘Shake It Off’ song theft lawsuit, meaning that the songwriters who allege that Taylor Swift’s 2014 hit rips off a song they wrote in 2001 should now be able to have their case presented to a jury.This particular song-theft dispute has already been on quite the journey. Sean Hall and Nathan Butler first went legal in 2017, claiming that ‘Shake It Off’ rips off their 2001 song ‘Playas Gon Play’.

’Tis the season for gift-giving! As the holiday season is in full swing, Gwyneth Paltrow has unveiled her annual Goop gift guide — including the presents she picked out for a few of her most famous friends.

Another first for Squid Game. Twitter, which swung into year-end spirit today with 2021 rankings, showed the Netflix viral hit was, unsurprisingly, the most tweeted-about show on streaming in the U.S. this year. WandaVision and Loki (Disney+) were nos. two and three, followed by iCarly on Paramount+ and Ted Lasso on Apple TV+.

Taylor Swift! During a talk for the new  series on Apple Fitness+, Prince William recalls an iconic 2013 moment he shared with the «All Too Well» singer and Jon Bon Jovi. The 39-year-old Duke of Cambridge is featured in a  episode, which promotes people taking the time to walk for their mental health over the holiday season.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHaim have announced the dates for their pandemic-delayed tour in support of their Grammy-nominated 2020 album “Women in Music Pt. III” (and, indirectly, Alana Haim’s star turn in Wes Anderson’s “Liquorice Pizza”).

Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff and Annie Clark – aka St. Vincent – as part of the list of nominees on Olivia Rodrigo‘s 2022 Album Of The Year Grammy nomination for her debut ‘Sour’.Swift, Antonoff and Clark were originally listed as part of the credited writers for the nomination, given Swift’s 2019 single ‘Cruel Summer’ was interpolated on Rodrigo’s top-five 2021 single ‘deja vu’.