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2012's Top-Earning Musician Might Surprise You

'forbes' list

Nov 30, 2012 10:41 AM CST

2012's Top-Earning Musician Might Surprise You

'Forbes' releases annual list of highest-paid musicians

(Newser) - The top-earning musician of 2012 is ... Dr. Dre? Yes, the rapper tops Forbes ' annual list of the highest-paid musicians, thanks mostly to his wildly successful Beats headphone line, which also scored him a spot in Forbes' top five highest-paid celebrities this year . The top 10 musicians who raked in...

AMA's Big Winner: a Canadian

american music awards

Nov 19, 2012 5:49 AM CST

AMA's Big Winner: a Canadian

Justin Bieber dominates the night with 3 awards

(Newser) - The big winner at last night's American Music Awards was ... a Canadian. Justin Bieber won artist of the year, which he also grabbed in 2010, as well as favorite pop/rock male artist and favorite pop/rock album. "I want to say this is for all the haters who thought...

Taylor Swift's New Guy Is...

Nov 18, 2012 9:26 AM CST

Taylor Swift's New Guy Is...

One Direction member Harry Styles, supposedly

(Newser) - Those rumors of Taylor Swift cheating on Conor Kennedy with a member of UK boy band One Direction may not have been so far off base: Swift and One Direction member Harry Styles were spotted holding hands at a recent X Factor taping, the Huffington Post reports. Mario Lopez—an...

Taylor Swift's Red
Has Best Debut
in a Decade

Oct 31, 2012 8:44 AM CDT

Taylor Swift's Red Has Best Debut in a Decade

Sells 1.2M copies in first week

(Newser) - Yet another accolade for Taylor Swift: Her new album Red sold 1.2 million copies in its first week, giving it the highest single-week sales in a decade, MTV reports. (Eminem sold 1.3 million copies of The Eminem Show in its debut week in 2002.) Swift is also...

10 Stars Who've
Gotten Revenge
... via Song

Oct 27, 2012 11:30 AM CDT

10 Stars Who've Gotten Revenge ... via Song

Obviously, Taylor Swift is on this list

(Newser) - Taylor Swift's new album, of course, contains quite a few references to ex-boyfriends , including the breakup anthem, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." In her honor, Radar rounds up nine more celebrities who got revenge via music:

Nick Lachey wrote "What's Left of Me"

...

Taylor: 'I Don't Know How to Have a Normal Relationship'

Oct 26, 2012 10:56 AM CDT

Taylor: 'I Don't Know How to Have a Normal Relationship'

More on the Swift-Conor Kennedy breakup

(Newser) - Did Taylor Swift predict her split with Conor Kennedy before it happened? According to Us , in an interview recorded days ago but airing this afternoon on Katie Couric's talk show , Swift confessed: "I don't know how to have a normal relationship because I try to act normal,...

Taylor Breaks Up
With Yet Another Guy

Oct 25, 2012 1:19 PM CDT

Taylor Breaks Up With Yet Another Guy

Yep, it's over between Swift and Conor Kennedy

(Newser) - Prepare to spend your Thursday evening sobbing into a bowl of Rocky Road, because we are here to tell you that the epic Taylor Swift-Conor Kennedy romance has come to an end. Perhaps because she was cheating on him with his cousin ? Not so; a friend insists to Us...

Taylor Swift Freaks Out on Ellen

Oct 25, 2012 10:49 AM CDT

Taylor Swift Freaks Out on Ellen

DeGeneres won't stop hounding her about ex-boyfriends

(Newser) - Apparently, Ellen DeGeneres' favorite activity whenever Taylor Swift comes on her show is hounding the singer about her many public and failed relationships. In a clip airing today, spotted by Gawker , Ellen absolutely tortures Taylor, asking her to ring a bell when a picture flashes of the ex who inspired...

Taylor Swift: Songs Are Like 'Messages in
a Bottle'

new album

Oct 22, 2012 5:08 PM CDT

Taylor Swift: Songs Are Like 'Messages in a Bottle'

'Maybe the person ... will hear about it'

(Newser) - With songs like "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," Taylor Swift's new album expresses her "girl-power angst" and proves "she's ready to grow up," writes Ramin Setoodeh at the Daily Beast . An unabashed fan of the record—called Red—he talked to...

12 Strange
Celebrity
Hobbies

she collects what?

Oct 13, 2012 11:06 AM CDT

12 Strange Celebrity Hobbies

David Arquette likes to ... knit?

(Newser) - You'd think being rich and famous would be enough, but not necessarily: It turns out even stars have hobbies. Celebuzz reports on a dozen of them—some of them not what you'd expect:

David Arquette: Knitting
Quentin Tarantino: Collecting board games ... but apparently only those based on TV

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Is Taylor Swift
Cheating on
Conor Kennedy?

Oct 10, 2012 10:15 AM CDT

Is Taylor Swift Cheating on Conor Kennedy?

Rumors of trouble in paradise

(Newser) - Just when you thought Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy were going to skip off into the sunset together come not one but two rumors that Swift has been stepping out on her young man. Star magazine reports that Swift had the nerve to cheat on Kennedy with his cousin, Patrick...

School for Deaf Wins Taylor Swift Concert, Disqualified

Oct 2, 2012 9:58 AM CDT

School for Deaf Wins Taylor Swift Concert, Disqualified

But it gets a bunch of other prizes instead

(Newser) - Thanks to an Internet prank dreamed up by 4chan and Reddit , Massachusetts' Horace Mann School for the Deaf actually did win the contest for a Taylor Swift concert on campus. The bad news: The school was disqualified because of the way it received all the votes. The good news: Since...

4chan Sending Taylor Swift
to Sing ... at School for Deaf

Aug 30, 2012 10:27 AM CDT

4chan Sending Taylor Swift to Sing ... at School for Deaf

Apparently Internet mischief-makers are not huge fans

(Newser) - The Internet pranksters at 4chan and Reddit really want to see Taylor Swift perform on a particular school campus—but no, this is not a ringing endorsement of the pop star. Users are attempting to sabotage an online vote, the " Taylor Swift On Campus " contest, in order to...

Taylor Crashed Kennedy Wedding, Wouldn't Leave

says mom-of-bride

Aug 22, 2012 2:02 PM CDT

Taylor Crashed Kennedy Wedding, Wouldn't Leave

Irate mom-of-bride says she asked Swift to go—twice

(Newser) - If Taylor Swift hopes to become a Kennedy someday , she may want to start acquitting herself better with her future in-laws. An irate mother of the bride says the pop star crashed a Kennedy wedding this weekend with boyfriend Conor, and wouldn't leave when asked repeatedly. A source actually...

Taylor Swift
Buys Mansion
Near Kennedys

Aug 13, 2012 11:49 AM CDT

Taylor Swift Buys Mansion Near Kennedys

Apparently she's serious about Conor Kennedy

(Newser) - It's a rite of passage surely familiar to anyone who remembers young love: You're swept off your feet by a young man so you … buy a mansion across the street from one owned by his family in Cape Cod. Yep, Taylor Swift, 22, is apparently planning to...

Taylor Swift
Canoodling
With a New
Kennedy

Jul 31, 2012 10:49 AM CDT

Taylor Swift Canoodling With a New Kennedy

Spends the weekend with RFK's grandson Conor Kennedy

(Newser) - We knew Taylor Swift had gotten herself involved with the Kennedy clan , but it turns out it's not Patrick Schwarzenegger she's dating—it's Conor Kennedy. The pair spent a weekend together at the Kennedys' Hyannis Port compound, and witnesses spotted them cuddling, kissing, and jumping together on...

Taylor Swift
Sucked Into
Kennedy Feud?

Jul 25, 2012 10:02 AM CDT

Taylor Swift Sucked Into Kennedy Feud?

Singer banned from spending the night in historic mansion

(Newser) - Unlikely headline of the day: "Taylor Swift Caught in Kennedy Feud." Yep, America’s Sweetheart has managed to get herself involved in some drama surrounding the storied family, reports the Huffington Post , which rounds up reports from various local papers. Swift was rumored to be dating Patrick Schwarzenegger,...

Taylor Swift
Highest-Paid
Young Celeb

Jul 12, 2012 4:04 PM CDT

Taylor Swift Highest-Paid Young Celeb

Women dominate under-30 list at Forbes

(Newser) - Music-business woes haven't been much of an obstacle for this year's highest-paid celebrities under 30—a list dominated by women, Forbes notes. The magazine tallied up celebs' takings between May 2011 and May 2012 to find Taylor Swift ruling the roost.

Taylor Swift, 22, $57 million
Justin Bieber,

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Celebs Who've
Been Bashed
in Songs

Jul 8, 2012 8:22 AM CDT

Celebs Who've Been Bashed in Songs

Chris Brown, Drake not the first to feud via music

(Newser) - Chris Brown burned Drake via rap after the recent nightclub brawl between their entourages (sample lyric: "They throwin' bottles, I'm throwin' models"), and if that's the sort of spiteful gossip you can't help but love, you're in luck: The Huffington Post rounds up 14...

John Mayer:
Taylor Swift
'Humiliated Me'

Jun 6, 2012 10:47 AM CDT

John Mayer: Taylor Swift 'Humiliated Me'

Her song 'Dear John' was undeserved ... oh, and it's bad, too

(Newser) - We can think of so, so many reasons why John Mayer could feel humiliated. (Like his unfortunate love affair with cowboy hats; check photo gallery for evidence.) But what's truly humiliating, apparently, is a 2010 song onetime love interest Taylor Swift supposedly wrote abut him. In the latest...