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Wow, I think that's ridiculous. Is that for first time offence and multiple offences? The four major sports in North America aren't even that strict.

2-4 years is so excessive. I've never heard of someone getting suspended that long for a first time drug offence.

Oh yeah, for sure, every athlete should be aware of the banned substance list for their sport, especially for someone like Maria, who I believe is the highest paid woman in sports. Also, if you've been taking something for 10 years, you don't automatically think it will be added to the banned list (and if you don't know it's also known as another name), but it's your responsibility to check. In this case, I think 6 months to a year would be a reasonable suspension. Imagine if she had won the Aussie Open - it would've been a bigger story than it already is.

It's not that big of an issue. She's been taking the substance since 2006, and it was only put on the banned substance list on January 1, 2016. She made the mistake of not checking her email that provided the new banned list. This might hurt her a tiny bit but enough to lose her endorsements, or her championships coming into question.

Already? "When We Were Young" was just released last month! I found it a bit weird she didn't perform/promote that song at the Grammys.

There's always something different, or a little bit different, between albums. Like with Red, you could see where she was going. I think album 6 will be something like Red - a mix of the old (1989) and a few songs to see where she is going. Unless of course she sticks with a "sonically cohesive" (a term she used a lot when mentioning 1989) sound. Whatever she does, I think she'll be smart and not upset the core fanbase by doing something off-the-wall, totally different.

I do know what Demi/Selena/Taylor used to be close, and they had this on-and-off friendship. Taylor and Demi both dated Joe Jonas, so that could've been an issue. There's this infamous clip, from I think 2010, where someone asks Demi, "How's Selena doing?" and Demi replies, "Ask Taylor." LOL The last time all three were together (that we know of) is when they posted about their facetime together, I think this was around 2013. Demi and Taylor were scene shopping together that year. The last time they were together publicly was when they took pictures together at the 2014 VMAs. So the last I heard of Demi/Taylor, I thought they were cool. But you asked about Demi/Selena....I don't fellow Demi or Selena, so I don't really know about their relationship. I don't remember reading any recent Demi/Selena stories from the mainstream press.

And there's nothing wrong with that. She doesn't have to be political. There's a lot of people who think celebrities don't need to insert themselves into politics. She has acknowledge that she is a powerful woman. She wrote two very well received letters: one in the Wall Street Journal, and the other is the letter to Apple. She also made a career move to pop when her team wanted her to still have a foot in country. Building your own successful career, steering your own ship, making decisions that make you happy - why can't this be a great example of feminism? And maybe she will. Why does she have to pick one now? Is there a timetable, a how-to book on how to be a feminist? Taylor is a very savvy person who is doing great things, and will continue to do great things in the future. No. The "I send text messages now" was about dealing with misunderstandings. And so far, she has learned from her mistake, as proven by these last two weeks with Kanye and Demi.

What "mean girl clique"? What have they done? First, things are taken out of context all the time in articles. When she gives that Madeleine Albright quote, she doesn't say Tina and Amy, nor does she allude to them. Secondly, this was years before Taylor's feminist stance. The "attack" was provoked, so she was merely responding. She's allowed to defend herself. And the song, as shown in the video, is about doing something after your friend betrays you. It's not like all of a sudden, she lashed out at something without cause. Granted, it was something small like stealing dancers, but Taylor used that anger to write a song. She didn't go to Twitter to rant, instead she wrote a #1 song and created an award winning video. Again, how? That was a misunderstanding where she thought someone was coming at her, so she was just defending herself. She was wrong and she apologized publicly and privately. That doesn't mean you have to speak up for every single female issue. I'm so sick of feminist police who tell other people what they should be doing.

Can you find me a quote? I honestly don't remember reading/hearing that from her. The Rolling Stone interview where she talked about Bad Blood? What other instances?

Who cares! There's not one definition on how one should be a feminist. Let Taylor do it her way. Let Demi do it her way. Let people do it their own way. Your way might not be the same as other people.

Taylor was the maid of honor at a wedding this weekend. So what if she didn't tweet when everyone else did. I bet a lot of those people don't even know what's really going on. I honestly wish Taylor wouldn't just stayed quiet on this situation because it's an on going legal case. Instead she was dragged into something that had nothing to do with her. This was so unnecessary by Demi.

Demi needs to take a seat. Like who is to tell people what they should or not do. Is she the feminist police? And why should people do things to impress her? You're not the judge of everyone. If you want to show support, just do it your way. If all you can do is tweet, that's fine. Nobody's pressuring you to do more. If you want to do more, go ahead, *do something*.

"influence on her" - by going to the EDM/dance route? Working with the likes of Calvin, Diplo, Skillex, Zedd, David Guetta, etc? I don't think Taylor needs to do that when so many pop artists are already doing that. I think the next move, after releasing another pop album, is going the pop-rock route and be more instrument based, since she can play the acoustic and electric guitar. Not a lot of pop stars are playing their own instruments right now. So in terms of people she's hanging around who might have some influence on her, I'm hoping she'll lean towards Haim than Calvin.

In general, I think about 80% of it is all negativity. Twitter is good for situations where you need to get information out and stuff like that. Nowadays, people *must* speak up on twitter on subjects they might not want to talk about - I think that's just ridiculous. As if not tweeting something means you're not showing support. Also, social media has a way of getting the wrong information out there. It also has a way of executing people who before the whole story gets out. As if going on twitter and ranting about something is helpful. So you're able to type something out. Big deal. Good for you.

I hate twitter, I really do.

I like New Romantics but it's in the bottom half of the album for me. And no way a single released this late into the album goes #1. It rarely happens. Especially if the album does very well. So Taylor was the Maid of Honour at her friend's wedding yesterday. Taylor has so many "BFFs" but only one can say she is the original BFF, and that's Brit Maack, who Taylor says they met when she was 10 days old (and she's known the groom since kindergarten. Pictures in spoiler tags:

I think this pretty much means no new album in 2016 - next album will be October 2017. If this is what she's planning, she's got to release Clean as the final single. I've said this before and I'll say it again, Clean will be her best chance to win Song of the Year. Since she likes to be off radio for about a year, release Clean around May and let the song play throughout the summer. August 2016 - July 2017 will be radio silence, and then drop the new single off the new album in August 2017. That's my projection.

AHH!!!!! SHE DID IT!!!! WOOHOOO!!!! She just made history as the first woman to ever win two AOTY. What huge and greatly deserved accomplishment. And the thing is, her best is yet to come. She's not even in her prime yet!! Holy crap my heart my pounding. LOL!!! I'm so proud of her. And what a great speech, great message. Bravo, Taylor. "I want to thank the fans for the last 10 years and the recording academy for giving us this unbelievable honor. I want to thank all of my collaborators who you see on this stage. Mostly I want to thank my co-executive producer Max Martin who has deserved to be up here for 25 years. And as the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice I want to say to all the young women out there: there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame. But if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people side track you, someday when you get to where you’re going, you’ll look around and you’ll know that it was you and the people who love you that put you there and that will be the greatest feeeling in the world. Thank you for this moment."

I knew Gaga would nail the Bowie tribute! She's such a great performer. This was another plus for her. Next up, the Oscars.

The reports saying she would perform a song that she never did on TV didn't know what they were talking about. She already performed OOTW on the Jimmy Kimmel show. The performance was nothing new for her fans that saw her in concert, which was a lot better.

Number two for Taylor!

Just checked my DVR and you're right, it's 3.5 hours. When I set my DVR a week ago, it only said 3 hours. Well that sucks then that the top Pop category was banished to airing online. What's up with that!

The "lesser" categories are given out before the telecast. But I thought Pop Vocal Album was a televised category - I guess they're cutting out more televised categories this year because it's only 3 hour show instead of the usual 3.5 hours.

Jack Antonoff accepting for Best Pop Vocal Album.