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My bets for the US Open: I need Azerenka+Murray or Azerenka+Nadal to win.

From CMA Festival: Q&A Red Highway Don't Care (Keith Urban's guitar solos are amazing on this song!)

Rolling Stone.com Interview

Nice tip, Taylor! Even though that $500 tip is very generous, I liked that she gave tickets to the chef's autistic son even more. http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2013/07/taylor-swift-leaves-500-tip-gives-concert-tickets-to-chefs-autistic-son.html http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/our-country/taylor-swift-leaves-whopper-tip-italian-restaurant-171307951.html http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/our-country/meeting-taylor-swift-dream-come-true-sick-11-174010183.html This is another sweet story. I love that she often does this with sick children who are fans of hers.

To me, world rankings don't mean anything. I never look at them. I just pay attention to the Grand Slams. You don't see him winning this year? What makes you think that? It's one thing to root against him but Andy has a very good chance again to repeat. Is he struggling? Nope. Is he injured? Nope. Has he never won a Grand Slam or US Open? Nope. Does he suck on hard courts? Nope.

77 YEARS! Not only did Andy accomplish something this huge, he did it beating in true fashsion - beating the best player in the world (in straight sets too!) To have a nation, a kingdom, all that pressure on you can be very daunting but he was able to pull through. Damn Lisicki! I could've won $77 if she had won. LOL

A montage of her concert. Can't wait for the convert DVD to come out.

Wow, the women's side is a total bust. The men's final better be Murray/Djokovic or else this entire tournament will be a disappointment. I put a parlay bet on Lisicki to the women's + either Murray or Djokovic to win the men's.

Wow, what happened today!? Crazy! I'm not able to watch Wimbledon this year, so my interest isn't that high. So it looks like it'll be Murray vs The Joker in the finals. Of course considering what's already happened, that too is not a forthought conclusion. And on the women's side, it's now Serena's championship to lose.

Wow, very surprised about Nadal, especially in straight sets. I thought last year was just a fluke.

You are?! Nice! So do you listen to her singles or do listen to other songs on her album too? 22 is my summer jam. LOL Her performance at the Billboards is my all time favorite of hers. I love it. Max Martin is genius with pop songs and as a fan of his, I was really happy to hear Taylor was working with him (and Shellback). I hope Taylor will continue to collaborate with Max for her next album. Taylor puts on a great show. Her dedication to her music and to her fans is another reason why I love her. She's been writing since she was around 9, writing songs since she was around 12 and creating music is all she ever wanted since a young age. She's living her dream and working very hard to make it successful. I think it also helps that she has good people surrounding her. She doesn't have an entourage or carry-ons that badly influence her. Thanks, man.

Yay! Another fan. LOL And you're a newer fan too so that's cool. Have you checked out her first and second albums yet? I just recently (around March) started to really listen to her first album, and since I now love it, I have no idea why I didn't listen to it way earlier when I started listening to her Fearless album. I would be heart-broken if she ended up like that. But I don't think she will. I don't even think she likes to go out much. I know she loves to stay inside and watch crime shows on TV. She also has a really great work ethic and has good support group in her family and close friends. "Back To December" is one of my favorites off Speak Now too. I really like the entire album except for two songs: "Dear John" and "Innocence". I just can't get into them. They're the only two songs off any of her 4 albums that I don't listen too. I think her writing is only going to get better too as she learns more. I don't think she's even in her prime yet either. I've only started to love "Everything Has Changed" since May. I guess it just took me a longer time to appreciate the song - the more I listened to it, the more I started to like it. The video for it is very cute with the mini-Ed and mini-Taylor. "Begin Again" is so good and I just love the video for it. Taylor looks so pretty in the video and the Paris location shoot was beautiful. "Red" is great too. I really love the beginning with that electric guitar intro.

So I decided to finally create this thread after attending her concert this past weekend. I had such a great time and Taylor was fantastic. She puts so much thought and effort to her shows. I've been waiting since 2010 to see her again - I saw her during the Fearless Tour but missed her Speak Now Tour (something I really regret). I was sitting at the back so it was hard to see her for most of the concert but in every tour she also performs at the back and that's where I got very lucky. The stage was directly right in front of me. I could actually see her face without looking at the screens. It was the closest I've been to Taylor. LOL I got to see 2/3 of my favorite songs from the album up close - she perform the 2nd half of "22" there (she started the song at the front stage, then makes her way to the back, on the shoulders of 4 of her men, going through the crowd high-fiving them while still singing) and "Begin Again" (it was just her with playing the guitar which I loved). The stage at the back also spins around and goes up which I thought was pretty cool and it was definitely for the people in the higher levels. She also perform "Everything Has Changed" with Ed Sheeran which is another song I love, so I appreciated seeing that song up close. Unfortunately, the "surprise song" for the evening was "Highway Don't Care," which is a song I don't know too well (I've only listened to it a few times) so I couldn't really sing along. My other favorite song from the album is "All Too Well" which I think is her best song she's ever written. It's so vivid and personal and tells a story from beginning to end. She sang this while playing the piano. So after she sings the line, "Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone," she does this dramatic/sad pause as she stops singing......and while people are cheering/screaming, I yell out, "Jake Gyllenhaal sucks!!" which got a few laughs. I actually don't mind Jake, I just yelled that as a joke because the song is about him. Another cool aspect was during the long song, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." She goes on this crane that lifts her up and goes from left to right and goes out to the middle of the stadium, and as the song ends there's fireworks and confetti. The loudest thing I've ever heard was 45,000 people singing the chorus because EVERYONE knows the chorus to this song. LOL Also her other two big hits, "Love Story" and "You Belong With Me" was pretty loud too. I also really liked the "I Knew You Were Trouble" was performance - it's what she did at the AMA's and Brit Awards. I just thought Taylor looked so great in every costume/outfit and I just love her with bangs - it's my favorite hairstyle of hers because I think it makes her look incredibly hot and sexy and beautiful. A few of outfits showcased her fantastic long and toned legs - whether it be those black tight shorts, or the red gown or knee high boots. The red pants and striped sweater that was simple and cute. She also wore nice long skirt that was girly and cute. The wedding dress coming off to reveal her in black and leather was hot. Her beauty was just flawless throughout the entire night. Taylor has these meet-and-greets at the end of her concert. She has people going around looking for fans who just show mad enthusiasm, who are dancing and singing to her songs....people who are huge fans who are having a lot of fun......anyway......I didn't get chosen. Some people sit down during her non-single-songs but not me. I was standing from the very first song to the very last - I didn't sit down once! I knew all the lyrics to her songs (except for Highway Don't Care, which she is only featured in) so I was singing/shouting; I was dancing, and jumping up-and-down, and I had two glow sticks which I waved around and banged together. And from what I can see in front me, I was most hardcore person in my section. I even out-did some teenage girls! LMAO! I tried my best but no luck at all. It looks like I will have to do more, more hardcore, at her next tour in a couple of years. I really want to meet Taylor - I've been dreaming about that for a long time. So anyway, yeah, it was best concert I've been to and had such a blast. My love for her is now at an all time high. Yes, I am proud to be a "Swiftie" and I just absolutely adore her. I believe JP is a fan and I hope there's a few more - 1 or two would be fine. LOL I would love to about her with your guys.

Finally caught up!! OMG! The Red Wedding!! <------ my reactions in order. LOL Robb's wife getting stabbed multiple times in the stomach was one of the most shocking scenes I've ever seen on TV. And then that was followed up by two throat slashes. I liked Robb and was rooting for him. First Ned, now Robb, I hope Jon's or Arya aren't next. Those poor Starks. Not enough Dany this season. I was disappointed with that since she's one of my favs. I too thought that this season was kinda slow. I'm guessing this was just the first half on book 3? And next season will be the second half? Oh well, GoT is still one of my favorite shows. Can't wait for next season.

I agree that it was a pretty good finale. Hopefully next season is more focused and better plotted.

I was quite surprised by that scene. That and the last scene where she leads her army out was definitely my favorites so far this season. She's so badass!! Love her.

I'm not surprised by that. I hope this won't hurt the show next season in the ratings. I doubt it will but you never know.

LMAO!!!!!

I agree! I was pretty disappointed with the season finale too. I thought for sure The Governor was going to die in a final showdown with Rick - I assume that's what TPTB were building up to this past season, but I guess not. I didn't like how Rick's crew brought back the refugees with them back to the prison. How are they going to feed everyone? Now Rick's going to lead more people? A definite thumbs down for the season finale. After watching this, there was no feeling of "I can't wait to watch next season to see what happens next!!!" I still like the show but it's no longer in my top tier of TV shows.

Susan Banks And man, that scene just magnifies how gross Brady/Kristen are right now.

Again, no surprise here, FOJ Dominic Messinger is now composing for Y&R.

I guess JFP stole him away. He and RC Cates have got to stop using this song for practically EVERY Avery/Dylan scene. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/v8W68a9QC6Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> There's also too many songs being played. It's like they're scoring for a primetime show. I think today's episode had about 4 songs.

Amanda. I hated the way she died though - going back for a necklace? Come on. Amanda and Emily on the raft was sad, especially when Emily had to let her go.

RC Cates and Paul F. Antonelli were listed as the new music supervisors. RC worked with JFP at GH and Paul worked with JFP at HH and SB.