Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney and members of U2 have joined hundreds of other music industry heavyweights in signing an open petition to Congress calling for reform of the Digital Music Copyright Act (DMCA).
Pop superstar Katy Perry became the latest celebrity hacking victim on Monday, as her Twitter account was compromised and abused to send vulgar messages to her 89 million followers.
Liberal superstar Sen. Elizabeth Warren channeled pop mega star Taylor Swift during her commencement speech — and even tried to sing some of her famous lyrics.
The far-right’s love affair with Taylor Swift is predominantly sincere but with a heady whiff of satire and troublemaking.
During her set at the Coachella music festival Saturday night, Canadian songstress Grimes used a huge graphic of erstwhile Democratic presidential nominee Bernie Sanders as a backdrop.
Taylor Swift has had a change of heart about Apple Music. In a new ad for the company released Friday, the 26-year-old pop superstar takes a nasty spill on a treadmill while working out with the aid of the tech
Pop star Demi Lovato ripped fellow artist Taylor Swift on Sunday after Swift donated $250,000 to help cover legal fees for rapper Kesha, who lost a bid last week to be released from her Sony contract under her producer and alleged rapist Dr. Luke.
Kendrick Lamar led all artists with 5 wins while Taylor Swift picked up Album of the Year and Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” snagged Record of the Year at the 58th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday night.
The uneasy truce between Kanye West and Taylor Swift has seemingly been broken again after the pop star accused the rapper of attacking her with “misogynistic” lyrics in his new song, while West fired back, claiming Swift came up with
In a “Funny or Die” PSA promoting more gun laws, actor Dennis Quaid claims gun control is an American as football and Taylor Swift.
Feminist cultural critic Camille Paglia has some advice for Taylor Swift’s #GirlSquad and the young Hollywood feminists: drop the male-bashing “gender factionalism that thrives on grievance” and instead focus on “mentoring, exchanging advice” and the “results-oriented teamwork” that men have used to help each other advance.
Oscar-winning actor and musician Jared Leto has filed a lawsuit in California federal court against TMZ for publishing an alleged “stolen” video in which he insults pop singer Taylor Swift.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar is the leading nominee for the 2016 Grammy Awards with 11 nominations, followed by Taylor Swift and the Weeknd, who each earned seven nominations.
A production company hired to shoot a music video by Taylor Swift has been accused of endangering a species of rare birds in New Zealand.
Katy Perry has topped Forbes’ 2015 list of highest-paid women in the music industry. According to Forbes, the “Roar” singer earned $135 million this year, largely in part from her Prismatic World Tour, putting her at the #1 spot. During the
Taylor Swift is reportedly being sued by a songwriter who claims he created a famous phrase she used in her 2014 hit “Shake It Off.”
Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” in response to pop singer Katy Perry performing at a rally for rival Hillary Clinton in Des Moines Iowa this weekend, Democratic presidential candidate and former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, performed a Taylor Swift cover of
Two days ago, Taylor Swift released a new video for her song Wildest Dreams. It’s been viewed upwards of 15 million times.
Smelly cat, smelly cat, what are they feeding you? Smelly cat, smelly cat, it’s not your fault…
Miley Cyrus is angry at the reception accorded Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” music video, claiming in a recent interview that the star-studded video inappropriately glorifies guns and violence.
It doesn’t take a big-shot music executive or a statistician to see that the music industry is in a major period of upheaval.
First Nicki Minaj, now the Chinese government?
Nicki Minaj earned three MTV Video Music Award nominations this week – but the rapper was apparently unsatisfied, because she took to Twitter to complain that her music video for “Anaconda” wasn’t nominated for the network’s top “Video of the Year” honor.
By all accounts, the Pope is a man who cares deeply for the world’s poor. But he is less sound when it comes to matters of history and economics.
Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, there is apparently no better place to raise money than a sold-out Taylor Swift concert.
Apple premiered its paid streaming music service at 8:am this morning featuring an industry standard $10 per month on-demand content, curated playlists, and global radio station “Beats One.” The only disruptive shocker in the launch is the $15 per month “family
John Mellencamp blasted the state of the music business at a UJA Federation of New York luncheon on Thursday—but reserved some kind words for Taylor Swift, who he said is the only one doing anything to save the music industry.
Days after Taylor Swift threatened to pull her album from Apple’s new music streaming service, when the company stated it would not compensate artists during a three-month trial period, a UK-based photographer has called the pop star a hypocrite for
Apple just announced that iPhone and iPad users of its upcoming iOS 9 operating system will get a disruptive new app by the name: “News.” With the Apple Watch slumping fast, Taylor Swift torpedoing Apple Music, and the “News” looking like a “wanna-be” New York Times, the first three post-Steve Jobs era products seem to indicate in the words of the immortal BB King that for Apple, “The Thrill is Gone.”
Taylor Swift has decided to use her platform as Maxim magazine’s June cover girl to address feminism, and says her music is unfairly categorized as whiny because of society’s systematic misogyny.
Taylor Swift is taking her 1989 World Tour to Washington, D.C. this summer, and if you have the cash to avoid the nosebleed section, now you have the option to enjoy the show with a member of congress–for $2,500.
Last month, Jay-Z and a handful of some of the biggest names in music teamed up to launch Tidal, a new artist-owned streaming music service that would compete with household names like Pandora and Spotify. The concept seemed promising; a new
Is Taylor Swift the world’s greatest female leader? According to Fortune Magazine, T-Swift is more than just a pretty voice and face. The pop star is a powerful leader with the ability to change the world.
Taylor Swift beat Internet trolls to the punch this week by purchasing the “TaylorSwift.porn” and “TaylorSwift.adult” domain names before anyone else could snatch them up.
English Pop singer Lily Allen was targeted by a person claiming to be associated with ISIS on Friday, who, through a series of text messages, threatened to both rape and behead her.
Kanye West was interviewed by Ryan Seacrest Wednesday morning, wherein, in addition to announcing he would be collaborating with Taylor Swift in the near future, he halfway apologized to alternative rock artist Beck for stealing his Grammy moment.
Alternative rock artist Beck took home the Album of the Year award at the 2015 Grammys, and as he accepted the accolade, a special guest joined him on stage: Kanye West, and he isn’t happy about it. Beck seemed as
A convicted sex offender who is currently doing hard time is suing Taylor Swift for $100 million, alleging that the country-turned-pop star used him for song lyrics.
Taylor Swift’s social media accounts were hacked by The Lizard Squad, who are threatening to release nude photos of the singer, according to TMZ.
In an era in which police departments across the United Sates are struggling with an image problem, officers in Dover, Delaware have decided to shake it off by releasing a new video to prove law enforcement officials are human, too.
