Taylor Swift is a saintly super woman. Besides her chart-topping music career, good looks and role model behavior, Taylor has is adding on new ideas to her greeting cards line.
Adoring fans can now get their dose of Taylor Swift at their local store. Swift has expanded her greeting cards line with American Greetings just in time for the summer. How Cute!
From hand-shaped hearts to cuddly kittens, new greeting cards are to adorable and further amplify Taylor's music queen status. Taylor is introducing fourteen new cards that will just rule the mailing circuit. The cards are super girly and perfectly cater to her young fan base.
One special birthday card lists 13 happy things. Sparkly glitter, fireflies, music and your birthday, of course, top the list.
Two thumbs way up for PG-rated Taylor Swift!
Would you buy a greeting card created by Taylor Swift?
Terra USA/Marilyn Dominguez
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7/16/10
7/9/10
Taylor Swift filming new video in Kennebunk - Seacoastonline.com
Email this Article Taylor Swift filming new video in KennebunkCountry star chooses Kennebunk church for wedding sceneKENNEBUNK, Maine — Taylor Swift was in Kennebunk today, July 8, shooting part of a new music video at Christ Church on Dane Street.
The Rev. Janet Leighninger, pastor of Christ Church said they had been contacted a while ago by a company that scouts film locations and happened to check the church out one Sunday.
“Then they called about a week ago and said could they possibly film here,” she said.
Leighninger said she was told it would be a country artist shooting a music video, but not who the artist was.
“We wanted to make sure it was appropriate,” she said.
On the morning of the shoot, Leighninger discovered the artist was Swift.
Built in 1827, the church features a soaring white steeple and a traditional double-door entry.
It was that entry that was the focus of the video shoot.
Decorated with white ribbons and flanked by flower-filled urns, it served as the backdrop for a wedding scene.
Guests in their “Sunday best,” including three local children chosen to serve as extras, lined the stairs, waiting for the bride and groom to emerge.
Swift finally did emerge — from her trailer across the street — before making her way into the church, where a stylist got her into her gown for the shoot.
A short while later the director gave the go-ahead and the “guests” began blowing bubbles as the bride and groom came arm in arm down the steps.
While the groom was in a traditional black tuxedo, Swift was in a cream strapless gown with a shirred bodice and full, filmy skirt.
Her hair was softly curled and pulled to the side, and she carried a bouquet of white flowers.
Sue Paul, a church member, said she had met Swift when she ducked into the church to change.
“She's breathtakingly beautiful,” she said.
As news of Swift's video spread around town, dozens of people lined up on the street to catch a glimpse of the country star.
Swift had already shot scenes at a private estate in Cape Elizabeth earlier in the week, and was due to continue shooting in Kennebunkport on Thursday.
Swift's mother, Andrea, said the video will be out in about six months.
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7/8/10
Swift among diverse honorees at Songwriters Hall - The Associated Press
Back to Google NewsSwift among diverse honorees at Songwriters HallBy NEKESA MUMBI MOODY(AP)–Jun 18, 2010
NEW YORK — The iconic ballad "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was so stirring that even a young Paul Simon knew he was onto something special when he composed it 40 years ago.
"I thought, 'Hmm. That's better than I usually write,'" Simon recalled. "I was completely surprised that I wrote it — it was completely unlike anything I had ever done before."
On Thursday, Simon's magical moment — one of several in his long career — was honored by the Songwriters Hall of Fame in a ceremony that featured Billy Joel, John Mayer, Judy Collins and more while honoring legends including Leonard Cohen as well as wunderkind Taylor Swift.
Swift was not among the inductees into the Songwriters Hall. But the 20-year-old Grammy winner was given the Hal David Starlight Award, which pays tribute to young songwriters with promise.
Mayer, a Swift friend and collaborator, presented her with her award, saying "she's no accident."
"You could put her in a time machine in any era and she would have a hit record," he said, adding this about her incredible success: "Don't confuse everybody loving one thing as hype. Sometimes that's everyone agreeing that it's fabulous."
When Cohen was young, he needed a little convincing of that. So the Canadian poet-turned-songwriter presented one of his works to Collins, the singer recalled, and asked her if it was a song. Her response? "It's a song, and I'm recording it tomorrow."
At the induction ceremony, she performed a pitch-perfect "Suzanne" and was then followed by k.d. lang's moving version of Cohen's "Hallelujah."
A soft-spoken Cohen quoted from his enduring song when he accepted his honor, saying, in part, "I'll stand before the lord of song with nothing on my tongue but hallelujah." He received a standing ovation.
It was one of several on the night, which featured powerful performances and touching tributes.
The other inductees were Jackie DeShannon, whose hits include Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes"; reggae great Bob Marley; the late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro; Johnny Mandel, creator of the theme for "M.A.S.H."; David Foster, the Grammy-winning producer and songwriter who's worked with top artists ranging from Michael Jackson to Barbra Streisand; the principal members of the legendary band Earth, Wind & Fire; the late jazz songwriter Jesse Stone; the late Sunny Skylar, whose hits included "Besame Mucho"; and the team of Tom Adair & Matt Dennis, now deceased, who wrote songs such as "Everything Happens to Me."
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" was given the Towering Song Award, while Phil Collins, a previous inductee, was honored with the Johnny Mercer Award.
Producer Phil Ramone received the Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award, and music publisher Keith Mardak received the Abe Olman Publisher Award.
On the Net:http://www.songwritershalloffame.comCopyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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NEW YORK — The iconic ballad "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was so stirring that even a young Paul Simon knew he was onto something special when he composed it 40 years ago.
"I thought, 'Hmm. That's better than I usually write,'" Simon recalled. "I was completely surprised that I wrote it — it was completely unlike anything I had ever done before."
On Thursday, Simon's magical moment — one of several in his long career — was honored by the Songwriters Hall of Fame in a ceremony that featured Billy Joel, John Mayer, Judy Collins and more while honoring legends including Leonard Cohen as well as wunderkind Taylor Swift.
Swift was not among the inductees into the Songwriters Hall. But the 20-year-old Grammy winner was given the Hal David Starlight Award, which pays tribute to young songwriters with promise.
Mayer, a Swift friend and collaborator, presented her with her award, saying "she's no accident."
"You could put her in a time machine in any era and she would have a hit record," he said, adding this about her incredible success: "Don't confuse everybody loving one thing as hype. Sometimes that's everyone agreeing that it's fabulous."
When Cohen was young, he needed a little convincing of that. So the Canadian poet-turned-songwriter presented one of his works to Collins, the singer recalled, and asked her if it was a song. Her response? "It's a song, and I'm recording it tomorrow."
At the induction ceremony, she performed a pitch-perfect "Suzanne" and was then followed by k.d. lang's moving version of Cohen's "Hallelujah."
A soft-spoken Cohen quoted from his enduring song when he accepted his honor, saying, in part, "I'll stand before the lord of song with nothing on my tongue but hallelujah." He received a standing ovation.
It was one of several on the night, which featured powerful performances and touching tributes.
The other inductees were Jackie DeShannon, whose hits include Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes"; reggae great Bob Marley; the late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro; Johnny Mandel, creator of the theme for "M.A.S.H."; David Foster, the Grammy-winning producer and songwriter who's worked with top artists ranging from Michael Jackson to Barbra Streisand; the principal members of the legendary band Earth, Wind & Fire; the late jazz songwriter Jesse Stone; the late Sunny Skylar, whose hits included "Besame Mucho"; and the team of Tom Adair & Matt Dennis, now deceased, who wrote songs such as "Everything Happens to Me."
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" was given the Towering Song Award, while Phil Collins, a previous inductee, was honored with the Johnny Mercer Award.
Producer Phil Ramone received the Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award, and music publisher Keith Mardak received the Abe Olman Publisher Award.
On the Net:http://www.songwritershalloffame.comCopyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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