Taylor Swift Spends 10th Week at No. 1 With 'The Tortured Poets Department'

Taylor Swift has dedicated the live debut of ‘Clara Bow’ to Stevie Nicks while performing in Dublin, Ireland.Last night (June 30), during the last of her three shows at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Swift performed ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ cut ‘Clara Bow’ live for the first time. While that would be a special moment on its own, Swift made the performance additionally more exciting by revealing that Fleetwood Mac‘s Stevie Nicks was present at the arena.Swift would go on to dedicate the song to Nicks, describing the Fleetwood Mac singer as her “hero”.

“When Doves Cry” to, of course, the epic title track, “Purple Rain.”And that was all a month before the release of the hit movie, which will be back in select theaters on July 3.It’s not only my favorite soundtrack of all time, but one of my top-five albums of all time. Period.And in honor of Purple Rain’s 40th anniversary, let’s throw it back to some of my other all-time favorite soundtracks:Let’s kick it off with the smash “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack, which had everybody twirling under that disco ball back in 1977.John Travolta may have been the star of the movie, but the Bees Gees were the stars of the soundtrack.Whenever “Stayin’ Alive” comes on — trust — disco is no longer dead.And it still makes you wanna bust into your best Tony Manero strut.Just like the Bee Gees were the masterminds behind the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack, Babyface was the man behind all the female feels on the 1995 “Waiting to Exhale” soundtrack …Face wrote and produced for a stellar cast of soul sisters … from Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige to Chaka Khan and Patti LaBelle to Toni Braxton and Brandy.I mean, it was a who’s who!And of course, there was Whitney Houston, who also starred in the film.

The Pretenders‘ frontwoman Chrissie Hynde has praised Taylor Swift after attending one of her ‘Eras’ tour shows.Taking to her official Instagram, Hynde took a moment to reflect on being on the road with her band and her experience seeing the ‘Bejeweled’ singer take over the stage. “Hi All! It was great to get back on tour.

Selena Kuznikov Bill Cobbs, a prolific character actor who had a 50-year career with almost 200 film and TV credits, died Tuesday at his home in Riverside, Calif. He was 90. Among his most notable roles were on Season 3 of “The West Wing,” where his character Alan Tatum visits the White House with his son.

Actor Bill Cobbs, who was known for his roles in movies including The Bodyguard and Night at the Museum, and TV series The Sopranos, has died aged 90 it has been announced.The actor won a Daytime Emmy at the age of 86 for his role in the series Dino Dana and appeared in more than 150 films and TV series during his career. According to his brother Thomas, who broke the news on Wednesday via Facebook, Bill died on Tuesday 25 June.

Travis Kelce has described Princess Charlotte and Prince George as "an absolute delight", after meeting the young royals at his girlfriend Taylor Swift's London concerts.Travis talked to the Prince of Wales, Prince William and his children, at the first of three Eras Tour performances at Wembley Stadium on Friday, 21 June. A picture of him, Taylor, Charlotte, George and Prince William, on his 42nd birthday, was posted to her Instagram page, before the US singer, 34, went on to perform two more concerts on Saturday and Sunday.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship is reportedly underway.The singer and Kansas City Chiefs player appear to have been together since last year, with their relationship drawing massive media attention. Swift attended multiple NFL games last season, and Kelce has been supporting her on her record-breaking ‘Eras’ tour.Now, the NFL has teamed up with Hallmark to create a Christmas romance film inspired by the Kansas City Chiefs, called Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.According to Entertainment Weekly, production is to begin next month in Kansas City, Missouri, with some filming set to take place at the Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Chiefs and venue for Swift’s Missouri slot on July 7 – 8 2023.The official synopsis for the movie reads: “Alana (King) is sure that her family’s lifelong history as Kansas City Chiefs superfans makes them a frontrunner to win the team’s Fan of the Year contest.“Derrick (Hynes), director of fan engagement, is tasked with evaluating how Alana and her family stack up against the other two finalists.

Meghan Markle reportedly wrote Taylor Swift a 'personal letter' inviting her on her Archetypes podcast, but the pop senstaion declined.The singer instead recently invited Prince William and his two eldest children, George and Charlotte, backstage for a photo during her Eras Tour gig at Wembley Stadium.Travis Kelce, Taylor's NFL star partner, was also included in the snap.This friendly interaction is a contrast to the snub Meghan received when she tried to bring in Taylor for her Archetypes podcast via a "personal letter". Meghan reached out to Taylor last year with an invitation to participate in her podcast, but sadly, Taylor declined her offer through a representative.The Telegraph states that Meghan penned a personal letter asking Taylor to join the line-up for Archetypes, which Taylor respectfully declined.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It is a plight common to most professional songwriters: Everyone knows their songs, but few people know who they are. And it’s hard to think of a more vivid example of that syndrome than Gerry Goffin, Carole King’s late ex-husband and longtime writing partner, who was responsible for the lyrics of such timeless songs as “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?,” “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman,” “Up on the Roof,” “The Loco-Motion,” “One Fine Day” and dozens more — he wrote the lyrics for a total of 114 Billboard Hot 100 hits for artists including Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Natalie Cole, James Taylor, Ray Charles, Whitney Houston, Kylie Minogue and of course, King (with whom he is pictured above, in the early 1960s).

Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl has called out Taylor Swift during a recent show – see footage below.While performing at London Stadium on Saturday (June 22), Grohl pointed out that Swift was having her own concert down the road at Wembley. After a chorus of boos from fans, Grohl told the audience: “I tell you, man, you don’t want to suffer the wrath of Taylor Swift.

Julia MacCary editor Who’s afraid of buying 30-plus “Tortured Poets Department” album variants? Whether it be the Ticketmaster debacle, her No. 1 spot on Billboard’s album chart — which she’s held for eight consecutive weeks — or the box office success of her Eras Tour movie, no one should deny the might of Taylor Swift and the Swiftie fandom.

Even the British royals got into the Taylor Swift spirit on Friday at the traditional Changing of the Guard ceremony, where soldiers performed a brass band version of Swift’s hit Shake It Off outside Buckingham Palace.

Taylor Swift is like winning the lottery in music right about now.We all saw what happened to Sabrina Carpenter’s career after she opened for Swift on her epic Eras Tour last year. I mean, she blew all the way up — and now she’s got the song of the summer with “Espresso.”Now it’s Gracie Abrams’ turn to have a hot girl summer after also opening for Swift last year.

Taylor Swift is set to bring her huge ‘Eras Tour’ to Wembley Stadium in London tomorrow (June 21). Check out the full stage times for this week’s concerts below.The ‘Tortured Poets’ pop star will take to the stage in the capital for the first time in six years, having last performed at the same venue on her ‘Reputation’ tour in 2018.In addition to tomorrow’s show, Swift is due to play at Wembley on Saturday (June 22) and Sunday (23) before returning to the stadium for a further five sold-out gigs in August.Paramore are opening for the singer on the current UK and Ireland leg.

“The Howard Stern Show” on Tuesday, the Oscar winner, 69, confirmed that a sequel to his hit 1992 film “The Bodyguard” with Whitney Houston was in the works with Princess Diana as his planned co-star.However, Diana’s death in summer 1997 caused the project to be canceled — and Costner subsequently faced the wrath of the royals, who didn’t believe that the princess was willing to do a Hollywood movie.“When Diana passed, about a year later it had leaked out that I was prepping ‘Bodyguard 2’ with her. And what happened was, the royal family kind of turned on me a little bit,” he recalled.

Princess Diana had a big ol’ crush on Kevin Costner!? That’s what he heard…

Austin Butler has opened up about the craziest party he’s every attended – which was hosted by Paul McCartney and saw Taylor Swift on DJ duty.On the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Butler and Kimmel reflected on the last time they had seen each other, which turned out to be a house party hosted by Macca. Kimmel reminisced, “Last time I saw you was at maybe the craziest party I’ve ever been to in my whole life”, before Butler added: “It was insane.”Going down the list of names who were present at the party, Butler said: “To see Paul and Ringo [Starr] in the same room was kind of amazing.” Other names included the surviving members of the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and Meryl Streep among others.After recalling that Taylor Swift was also present, Butler added that she “was DJing at one point.” He joked: “She DJs at parties now.”Later in the chat, Kimmel recalled Bruce Springsteen telling Butler a story about hopping the fence at Graceland in an attempt to meet Elvis Presley.

Katharine McPhee just had a superstar moment while performing in the Philippines!

Sabrina Carpenter has said that there is no tension between her and Taylor Swift, following her recent campaign with SKIMS.The speculation about the friendship between Carpenter and Swift came into question when the former partnered up with SKIMS – the clothing brand founded by Kim Kardashian – earlier this year.Previously, Carpenter had joined Swift as a support act for many of her huge ‘Eras’ tour dates, and openly shared her appreciation for the pop star on a number of occasions. However, some fans weren’t happy about the collaboration with Kardashian, given the reality star’s ongoing feud with the ‘Midnights’ singer.Swift and Kardashian’s relationship has been a topic of public scrutiny since 2016, when Kardashian defended her then-husband Kanye West’s mention of Swift in his track ‘Famous’, in which he claimed he “made that bitch famous”.She then insisted that Swift had given him permission to include her in the song and released footage of a phone call between Swift and West about the inclusion of similar lyrics to those that were released, which Swift has since said was recorded “illegally” and “edited”.Swift addressed the situation again in her December 2023 Time Person of the Year interview.

Taylor Swift held Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ off the top of the UK Albums Chart this week thanks to the new UK-only editions of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.Charli released her sixth studio album on June 7, and just a few days later shared the deluxe edition, which included three extra tracks in the form of ‘Hello Goodbye’, ‘Guess’ and ‘Spring Breakers’.And it might have been on course to be the singer’s second Number One album in her home country, after 2022’s ‘Crash’, but it was kept off the top spot by the new version of Swift’s all-conquering record.‘The Tortured Poets Department’ claimed its sixth non-consecutive week at Number One on Friday (June 14), thanks in part to a new UK-exclusive digital format that included previously unreleased live recordings. It makes it her longest-running Number One album in the UK to date.With the Eras Tour arriving in the UK last week, several of Taylor’s albums are rising in the charts, with ‘Lover’ and ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ both also returning to the Top 10 this week.‘Brat’ does, however, boast the biggest opening week of any Charli XCX album so far, eclipsing the first week sales of ‘Crash’, despite charting a place lower.