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I'm very disappointed that Glen died, and the way he died. Glen was an original and a hero who deserved a better death. He should've died doing something heroic, something that helps/saves the group. His death should've been bigger. Instead he dies because of some idiot shoots himself? Also, there's way too many weak characters who don't know how to do anything. It's so frustrating to watch them.

Early estimates are in for the albums first week: 1.3-1.8 million. She's coming for Britney's record (1.32 million). Early estimates are usually low, so I can see her getting 2 million, and possibly going after Nsync's record (2.4 million). Crazy. No, I haven't.

Beautiful. I hope they release more songs that she performed that night. I really want her "Greatest Hits" album to be an acoustic album. Instead of just cutting/pasting songs to create a Best Of, do what Ryan Adams did for 1989 and make an entire new/acoustic sound for each song.

I like it! Whenever she sings "Hello" in the song, I can't help but think of Lionel Richie's "Hello." lol I'm glad to see her working with Ryan Tedder (again), Greg Kurstin and Max Martin - I love them as producers/writers. I'm especially intrigue about the Max Martin song. While Adele's songs are more "deeper", Max is mostly known for pure pop, and artists usually go to him for hits - so Adele really didn't need to go to Max. I'm curious to find out why she wanted to work with him. Looking forward to the album.

Taylor Swift's '1989' Only Fifth Album to Spend First Year in Billboard 200's Top 10 Nice! Congrats, Taylor! Wanted to wait a year before I did my rankings for '1989' because sometimes songs take time to grow on you, or something happens that make you really like a song. I like every song but I separated them into four tiers. 1. Blank Space 1. Style 1. Out Of The Woods 1. I Wish You Would 1. All You Had To Do Was Stay 6. Shake It Off 7. This Love 8. You Are In Love 8. Clean 10. Welcome To New York 11. Wonderland 12. Wildest Dreams 12. I Know Places 14. Bad Blood 14. New Romantics 16. How You Get The Girl

I love it when Taylor talks about writing/producing her songs. She played a couple more of her voice notes and showed snippets of some recording sessions. I really like the instrument that Imogeon Heap uses for the beginning of "Clean" - it makes such cool sounds. Part 3: https://www.grammypro.com/professional-development/video/listening-session-taylor-swift-1989-part-3 Part 2: https://www.grammypro.com/professional-development/video/listening-session-taylor-swift-1989-part-2 Part 1: https://www.grammypro.com/professional-development/video/listening-session-taylor-swift-1989-part-1 I wish they would release the entire thing, even if it's hours long.

I don't think so. There are rumours that Scott is trying to sell Big Machine but he's not getting any bids because people are waiting to see if Taylor signs a new contract first - she has one album and a greatest hits album left on her contract. It wouldn't make sense for someone to buy Big Machine if Taylor isn't with it. She/her parents own a small percentage of Big Machine but I don't think Taylor has enough money to buy Scott's shares.

I can't name you one Ryan Adams song but I really liked his 1989 cover album. His style isn't really my style but some songs are fantastic! AYHTWS is favourite. It has an 80's rock vibe to it. I can't stop listening to this. LOL Then my next two favourites are IWYW (the instrumentals during the chorus make the song) and This Love the original is already slow but Ryan slows it down even more by playing it on piano and by doing that makes the song even more sadder).

For women's side, I don't know and I don't care. LOL I never heard of those players left. Before the tourny started I bet on Serena+Roger and Serena+Joker to win. Now that Serena lost and I can't win, I'm going to root for Roger.

This is such a bad lost, one of Serena's worst in her career due to the magnitude of the possible Grand Slam and because of the easy draw she had. There were no top seeds left, no previous champions, and she blew it.

WTF! How did Serena lose? She basically had no competition left (all the big names were gone), the tournament was hers, the Grand Slam was right there, and she loses after winning the first set? What a huge disappointment. I had money on her too. Damn. LOL

Yeah, sometimes it's random because she'll find out during the concert who's there. It's a great way to network and to surprise your audience. Like, I said, it doesn't hurt anyone, so why not do it at some of the shows? I like to stay away from Jezebel and other sites like that. I call them "hate sites." LOL I think she will transition from straight up pop to pop/rock (U2, Coldplay, One Republic) in her 30's. Then in her 40's, she'll settle in that pop/rock/country sound. And I think that's when she's going to start writing and producing for other artists and become the next Max Martin - writing and producing #1 songs for younger artists for the next 20 years. I also see her starting her own record label. I went to my first one in July - my second one will be in October. I had floor seats and was right in of the rail and was about halfway between the catwalk, so I saw her walk pass by me multiple times. And sometimes she would stop right in from of me. That's the closest I'll probably ever get to her. I doubt I'll ever get the chance to meet her. LOL Happy birthday!!!

I'm not sure that's what he said. Tweets are hard to interpret the context. I went to his timeline and read that tweet and it's hard to know what he's replying too or the what the context is. You can't believe everything you like on sites like Jezebel because they take things and twist it. It's just a fun thing (re: the guests during Style). Not everyone one of them are her friends. If she finds out they're coming to the concert, she'll ask them if they'll like to be part of the show. There's no harm in what she's doing and it's a nice surprise for the fans. As for the musical guests, I think that's an awesome way to show your appreciation for other artists, whether it's artists of the past or up and coming artists who are getting a boost by going on stage with Taylor. It's such great exposure for them. And Taylor's been doing this since her Speak Now Tour. I don't think she will. I think she'll release her next album in October 2016 - continuing the every 2 years cycle. She told a reporter that she's already starting to write notes about the next album. I think the less commercial thing will happen in her 30's. Right now it's her time to shine, she's going to continue with the big singles. I also see her starting a family in her 30's and that's when she'll take longer breaks between albums.

Taylor is racist because she twerked in the Shake It Off Video. Taylor is sexist in the Blank Space video. Taylor is anti-feminist in the Bad Blood video. And now this. Like give me a break. Here's Joseph Kahn's statement to NPR: http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/09/02/436967742/the-director-of-the-taylor-swift-video-defends-his-work

I really liked this video too, though I don't think it passes Blank Space for me. Love beautiful African scenery. And it's awesome that all proceeds from this video will go to wild animal conservation efforts.

On the instagram/twitter post, you click on the three dots (instagram: bottom right; twitter: bottomcenter left beside the star). Copy the embedded link. Then when you're posting on SON, click "source" that's in the top left which should switch to html mode, then just paste the embedded link. That's how I do it. If there's an easier way, please let me know. It sucks that the pictures are so big though. That's why I like to spoiler tag big pictures.

No! Yeah, it was expected because it's one of the better selling songs (it already went gold). But this wasn't the slow song I wanted. Unless she releases another single, which is doubtful, she will once again not release her best written song (Clean).

I think Joe and Taylor have been on good terms for a while now (at least of a couple of years). It's just now we're seeing pictures of them (because of Gigi Hadid). The photo on the Thames River is really nice. So anyone who takes a picture with Taylor is her frirend....like the way every picture she takes with a guy means they're dating???? LOL Emma is beautiful and smart, I can see them becoming friends. I hope they will! Taylor's been bringing out guest appearences to walk the catwalk during "Style" at some of her concerts but the one in Hyde Park was best yet - Karlie Kloss, Cara Delevingne, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Martha Hunt and Serena Williams (another possible new friend?).

Woah! Apple changed their mind! #PowerOfTaylorSwift Apple Changes Course: Will Pay Labels During Free Trial Loved that letter she wrote. She's such a great writer. I'm glad Apple changed their mind because not paying artists for those 3 months wasn't fair. And there needs to be a change in the streaming model. Artists need a better deal. I saw this tweet on tumblr, I don't know who is, but the amount he got paid is ridiculous.

I'm disappointed Jon Snow died too. He was one of the few genuinely good people on the show. Cersei's walk of shame was hard to watch. It took a lot of air time! I just kept saying, "How long is this going to go?" Lena has always been of my favourites. She did an amazing job. I wish she would get some awards love too. I read they used a body double for Cersei's nude scenes. Major props to the woman who had to the walk in front of so many people, with nasty things being thrown and shouted at her. That's a tough scene to do for sure! I wanted to see Stannis die after what he did to his daughter. I didn't like how he died off screen.

5 million! Taylor Swift's juggernaut album "1989" earns a 5x platinum certification in the United States. My dream last night: I was at dinner with Taylor, Calvin Harris and three other people that I don't know/don't remember. We were suppose to go out for dinner but decided to stay in. At the table I asked someone sitting beside me why we stayed in. The person said to look at Taylor's left hand. I saw something on her finger, and asked, "Is that an engagement ring?!" "Yup, we're engaged!!" Then I started to give some congratulatory speech, but I was really thinking, "You guys have been only dating for a couple of months! WTF!!" I wasn't happy. LOL That's all I remember.

That could be it but we will never know for sure. Her official reason for not singing it at the Grammys was because of "tour preperations" which is not a very good excuse. Not singing Style at the Grammys was a mistep by her and her team, IMO. Then she did an interview on Jimmy Fallon, but didn't sing. And then she chose to sing Blank Space at the Brit Awards, though it would have little impace on the American charts, but it was still an odd choice to sing that song instead of the song you just released as a single. And she didn't perform at the iHeart Radio awards. Lots of missed opportunities to promote it. So there was no live performance of Style, except for at the Victoria Secret Fashion Show but that was in early December. I think that's why she chose that date too, but you release a video early in the week to take advantage of a full week of numbers. I'm seeing a lot of fans wanting Wildest Dreams and New Romantics. I personlly wouldn't choose that. I'm hoping for Clean too. Release a slow song for once, Taylor!! LOL

Yay! All that promotion worked. I wish she had put much effort in Style because I think that should've gone to number 1. I wonder why she made the decision to not promote Style at all, or premiering the video (a non-buzzworthy video) on a Friday (SIO, BS, and BB all premiered early in the week). She should be 4 for 4, but nope.

So older artists are suppose to stop releasing new music, or want to be in movies, or perform? Getting a "hit song" is for the younger generation, so she knows her singles aren't going to well on the charts. Yes, Mariah's had bad some bad outings lately but she can still sing. It's not like she's doing anything tabloid-y to stay in the limelight. Thanks. I loved Mariah in the 90's. Music Box is one of my all time favourite albums.

Are those #1s for Hot 100 or just #1s for like the pop charts? Because there's a difference. Just wondering, how is Mariah "trying hard to stay relevant?"