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Oh thank goodness…

Not that we don’t love us some Taylor Swift, but casting her as Eponine in the upcoming film adaptation of Les Miserables just didn’t seem natural.  Or like a good idea.  At all.

While the 22-year-old was understandably bummed by the announcement that she won’t be gracing the silver screen anytime soon (besides lending her voice to a character in The Lorax) we’re sure her three ACM nominations (and grabbing a quick grande something-or-other) more than made up for it.

Don’t worry TSweezy, they have to make a Valentine’s Day: Part II sometime don’t they?  Oh wait, they already did, but they called it something weird like New Year’s Eve…

Um, is anyone surprised?  Our girl Taylor Swift isn’t exactly known for taking breakups well.  Right Joe Jonas and John Mayer (Seriously John?  She was like half your age.  Poor form.)

According to insiders, Swift is still heartbroken over her failed relationship of three months to actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

She’s haunted by that relationship…  [the relationship] totally screwed with her mind.

Sources also confirm that the ACM nominated songstress vented her frustrations over the 31-year-old by penning some feisty tunes about him for her forthcoming album.

It may just be me, but if I was a single gal having dinner with Zac Efron every other week, I would’ve forgotten about ol’ Jake What’s-his-face a looooong time ago.

Check out an exclusive clip about T-Sweezy’s angry breakup below…

Well, maybe “stuns” is a strong word – but at least, for once, country phenom Taylor Swift doesn’t look like she just walked into a giant surprise party.

The 22-year-old looks trendy and polished on the February cover of VOGUE - her straightened, blonde locks certainly dull her down to look much more mainstream, which kind of bums me out.  I’m not a huge T.Swift fan (don’t get me wrong, I’m sure she’s a super nice girl, but I just can stomach anymore of the “Who me!?!?” act), but I have always liked that she has a different look about her – this picture has her looking like some kind of a Gweneth Paltrow wannabe.

Personally, I’m more looking forward to the rumored March cover girl – Adele!

Our girl Taylor Swift announced the release of her latest single “Safe & Sound”, the title track to the upcoming The Hunger Games soundtrack, via her Twitter account earlier this week, Tweeting, “And this is it, the big surprise… Go get it.”

So we did!!!

The track, which features breakout Nashville duo The Civil Wars (who are legit!), is a departure from what we’d typically expect from Tay Tay, but it’s certainly a refreshing glimpse at what is to come from the talented songstress.

Check out Taylor’s new single featuring The Civil Wars below…

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She may have won the American Music Award for favorite female country artist, but that doesn’t mean Taylor Swift can’t get down with some rock ‘n’ roll!

Swift teamed up with pop/rock legend, Johnny Rzeznik of The Goo Goo Dolls Monday night, during her first of two shows at Madison Square Garden to perform Rzeznik’s hit Iris, which Swift calls, “one of the greatest songs of all time.”

The duo sounded pretty good together, and it probably didn’t hurt things that they had every parent in the place singing along with them.

Check out the video of Taylor and Johnny’s performance below…

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And yes, that is news.

Country singer Taylor Swift debuted her precious bundle of joy Meredith, on her Facebook page earlier today and the little gal definitely warrants an “awwwww”.

Because nothing says “I’m single and in my 20′s” like getting yourself a feline friend.

Swift is up for several CMA’s this week, including the coveted “Entertainer of the Year” award.  Maybe she’ll pull a Paris Hilton and show up with Meredith peeking out of her purse!

Now that would be newsworthy.

For her parents!

Talk about the ultimate Daddy’s girl; country super star, Taylor Swift threw down 2.5 million smackers for a 5,601 square-foot Antebellum house for her parents, in her now-hometown of Nashville, TN.

Andrea and Scott Swift’s new casa features four spacious bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, a gorgeous formal dining room, multiple sitting areas, and a cement pond (that’s a swimming pool for those of you not versed in “southern speak”).

Happy housewarming!

Check Out Pictures of the House Below…

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Billboard Magazine officially announced this week that country recording artist Taylor Swift will be receiving the “Woman of the Year” award at the 2011 Billboard Women in Music event on Dec. 2 in New York City.

Raise your hand if you’re surprised.

Swift, who’s sold more records than, well, anyone in the past year, is the youngest artist to ever receive this honor – and it makes sense:  At 21, she’s already won four Grammy Awards, gone quintuple platinum and been bum-rushed onstage by an angry hip-hop artist.  So yeah, she’s pretty advanced.

According to Bill Werde, Billboard’s Editorial Director,

Taylor has shown the power of good songwriting with music that has transcended genres, and we’re thrilled to recognize all of her successes over the past year by honoring her with the Billboard Woman of the Year Award… At the young age of 21, Taylor has already made a major impact on music and has been an incredible role model for aspiring singers/songwriters and young women everywhere.  I look forward to watching her career continue to flourish in the years to come.

Kind of makes you want to get up off the couch and do something, don’t it?

Congrats Taylor!

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ACM Entertainer of the Year, Taylor Swift, has released a video for “Sparks Fly” her latest single off her multi-platinum selling album Speak Now.

The 21 year-old’s video features the singer and her fans at concerts where she pulls out all the stops to entertain.

Ballet dancers, elaborate balconies filled with violinists, fireworks, floating castles, acrobats and flying aerialists – not to mention costumes and glittery wardrobe changes. The video captures it all.

It’s classic Taylor, don’t you think?

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Taylor Swift is going to release a music video for “The Story Of Us”, the most intimate song out of her album “Speak Now”, right before a special interview (“MTV First: Taylor Swift”) with Sway for MTV at 7:53 pm ET on Tuesday (May 24).

Taylor Swift Releases “Mean” Music Video

The 21 year-old singer explained exactly how she was inspired to write this song after an awkward encounter with a former lover (Joe Jonas or TAYLOR LAUTNER!!) at an awards show and offered us a “The Story Of Us” sneak peek (watch video below).

Taylor revealed, “I was at an awards show, and there was a guy there, obviously — it all starts there, doesn’t it? It was a guy I had been in a relationship with, falling out, then we end up at the same awards show. Both trying to act like we don’t care … both like, you know, chatting up the people next to us.”

After the incident, she knew there was enough emotion there to write a song. “Afterward, I just felt so empty, like we were both fighting this silent war of pretending we didn’t care that the other was there,” she said. “And I went home, and I wrote this song about it. And at that point, I had this gut feeling, and I knew the album was finished.”

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