Looking Gorgeous at the Grammys!

Taylor's New Site

TaylorSwift.com has had a nice little update! Quite a surprise I got when I visited it yesterday...

Nice photos on the right!

TAYLOR FILMING NEW VIDEO!

Taylor told the world on Thursday that she’s busy working on a new music video. She tweeted, “About to wrap day 2 of a new music video that I can’t WAIT for you to see!!” While she didn’t give away which song the video is for, people are suggesting it could be for Ours

I'm so excited! Although I'd love it if she'd make a video for Enchanted!

Taylor Lends Her Speaking Voice...

to the new Dr Seuss animated flick, The Lorax!

View the trailer below:

One to watch, if not just to hear Taylor! :D

More info on next album!

Taylor is currently working on her fourth record - the follow up to her huge 2010 breakthrough 'Speak Now' - and although she doesn't expect to have it ready before late next year, Taylor already has a large selection of tunes to choose from. 

She told The Hollywood Reporter: "I've written 25 songs so far, so it's coming along really well. I've been writing a lot, and I like to take two years to make a record. We're at the end of year one and I still have a year left to go to write. It's looking really great." 

Taylor has previously told how she makes herself sit down and purposefully write about her most painful experiences as a way of coming to terms with them. 

She said: "I write about everything that intensely affects me. The more intense, the more painful, the more of a shudder it is to think about, the more I know I need to write a song about it to get past it. 

She added this is the same way she has approached writing songs since she was a schoolgirl, explaining: "It's been like this since I was a little kid, and I would go to school, and I would think to myself, 'Man, I'm really lonely, and I don't know who to talk to today, but it's OK because I can write a song about it later.' It's the same process; I'm just 20 now."

Wonderstruck Launch!

October 14, 2011, (Sawf News) - Taylor Swift had everyone singing her tune wearing a frock by Tracy Reese. The occasion? The 21-year-old songbird was in New York to launch her namesake fragrance Wonderstruck Taylor Swift.
Swift showed up at the flagship store in midtown Manhattan wearing a knee-length dress with corset top and horizontal stripes which drew attention to her figure.
Her face was done in winged black eye pencil, barely-there blusher and her signature red pout. Her blond tresses were pulled back in an updo, letting her immaculate skin take the limelight.
Black open toe heels finished off her look.
The short hem of the dress allowed Swift to flaunt her ideal set of gams while keeping the tone of her outfit light and flirty. Its corset-style design kept it trendy and scored her more than a few points in the Fashion Capital.
The shoes made her legs look longer while also matching the color of the dress.
If her taste in clothing is anything to go by, Wonderstruck is sure to leave us breathless!
Swift named her perfume Wonderstruck because the word features in the lyric of her song Enchanted

As to what leaves her Wonderstruck, the Country Crossover told MTV News at the event, "You know, for me, the feeling of being wonderstruck, it's an excitement of something new."
"And lately, for me, that's been being on tour and having all special guests come out and doing performances and surprising the audience. That's been one of my favorite things of the entire year, " she added.

She was alluding to recent surprise appearances on stage during her gigs by Nicki Minaj, Hayley Williams and Justin Bieber, and her duets with them

Taylor named Billboard Woman Of The Year!

Taylor has been named Billboard Woman of the Year, becoming the youngest woman to ever to receive the honor!
The four-time Grammy winner has been the biggest selling albums artists in any genre for the past 12 months.
The 21-year old singer songwriter will receive the honor on Dec. 2 in New York.
Taylor recently earned several other 2011 Billboard Music Awards, including Top Country Album for the five-time platinum-selling "Speak Now."
She also holds several chart records including a Hot 100 record for the most top 10 chart debuts, with seven. Taylor's self-titled 2006 debut album holds the honor of the longest-running album, having been on the Billboard 200 since 2000.
Swift is currently nominated for six 2011 CMA Awards including Entertainer of the Year. She is also preparing for the November release of the CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray sets of her Speak Now World Tour.
Read more: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90062438?Taylor%20Swift%20named%20Billboard%20Woman%20of%20the%20Year#ixzz1adfbXiQJ

Well done Taylor, whoop!

Taylor Performs Rare ‘Superman’ in Concert!

Taylor performed ‘Superman,’ a rare track from the deluxe edition of her current album ‘Speak Now,’ for the very first time in concert last night (Sept. 24) in Kansas City, Mo., during a special solo acoustic segment.

“This is the part of the show where I have an acoustic guitar, and I can kinda do whatever I want with it,” Swift announced while strumming, before setting the crowd off into a high-pitched frenzy by asking, “I kind of want to play a song for you that I’ve never played before, if that’s OK?”
She set the stage a bit more by explaining, “This is about, well a guy, as usual. This was a guy that I was sort of enamored with.  This song got its title but something that I just said randomly in conversation, (when) he walked out of the room, I turned to one of my friends and said, ‘it’s like watching Superman fly away’”

She then launched into the gentle, slightly melancholy tune (featuring, of course, a big arena-ready sing-along chorus), and despite the fact that this track is only available on the deluxe, Target-exclusive edition of ‘Speak Now,’ a good deal of the crowd was quickly singing along with Swift.

I love that song, wish I coulda been there! :D

Fave pic of the day #12!

Taylor Answers Your Beauty Questions!

Taylor answered readers beauty questions in Allure magazine this month! Read the interesting answers below...

Taylor, like you, I have naturally curly hair. What technique do you use to curl your hair into perfect ringlets? What are your favorite products and tools?—Amy Felts"My hair is naturally curly, so some days I just let it be. But when I wake up and my hair looks like a mess, I curl my hair by wrapping the hair around the curling iron to create a spiral look. I don't use any hair products because I have this fear of putting too much mousse in it or something and my hair ending up feeling crunchy."How do you get your red lipstick to stay on all day?—Olga Navarro Davis "There are tricks I've learned from makeup artists on shoots. They put on the red lipstick, then blot it with a tissue, then they put powder over the tissue and sort of press it onto your lips. Then re-apply. It turns it into a stain that lasts much longer."What kind of skin products do you use? Your skin always looks so healthy.—Steffany Mae-Rose Hutchings"Thank you! I use whatever is around, really. I'll go to the drugstore and just get makeup removal pads, facial scrubs (that I always forget to use).The one thing I do daily is a put on night cream every morning before I put on my make up, and at night before I go to bed."How do you keep your skin looking healthy and beautiful without resorting to tanning beds?—Mandy Viar "I don't mind being pale. In high school, it seemed like everybody cared about being tan all year round, but I haven't really thought about it since then. I don't go to a tanning bed, and I get bored when I lay out. I put sunscreen on when I'm in the sun and sometimes I get tan, but I don't really think about it very much."What is your nighttime beauty routine?—Sammi Jo "I take my contacts out, wash my face, put on night cream, and put on my glasses so I can watch Friends. Sometimes I forget to wash off my makeup. Okay—almost all the time."

Wonderstruck perfume advert!

She looks amazing in the ad! I want some Wonderstruck perfume!

Taylor to Perform at 2011 CMA Awards!

Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton to Perform at 2011 CMA Awards on November 9th. 

(We can all look forward to that!)

In another news, Taylor Swift recently received the Jim Reeves International Award from the Academy of Country Music in Nashville on Monday night, September 19. "Thank you for giving me the opportunity to study something I wanted to learn about, which is country music," so the 21-year-old songstress said at the end of her acceptance speech. 

Taylor wins Jim Reeves Country Award!

She has won Grammy's, MTV Awards, Country Music Awards and even a Country Music Association Award,

and last night Taylor added another gold statue to her growing collection.... 

Taylor picked up the Jim Reeves International Award at the Academy Of Country Music Awards!

Well done Taylor!!

And she looked absolutely stunning aswell!

Taylor loves cooking!

Taylor is currently obsessed with cooking at the moment!

“Right now I’m obsessed with cooking, so I’ve been getting all kinds of cookbooks,” she said. “Everybody knows, all of my friends know, that I love to cook, and so I have this entire bookshelf full of cookbooks in my place.
“I really love reading Barefoot Contessa cookbooks.
“And you know when you go into the stores and there’s [books like] ‘How To Make Great Sandwiches’ and you’re [thinking], ‘who buys those?’ I buy those! I see a book of ‘100 Ways to Make Cupcakes.’ I buy that.
“Basically anything that I can get from a cookbook and then improvise with, I’ll get the basic recipe from a cookbook and get the idea for it and then I’ll just [think], ‘oh, I wonder what would happen if I add this to it?’”

I'm totally the same, I love baking and cooking!

Taylor Leads Country Nominations!

Taylor is in the lead with five nominations along with Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, and Brad Paisley. All four country artists are also up for Entertainer of the Year Award. Swift will also go up against Shelton’s wife Miranda Lambert, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, and Carrie Underwood for Female Vocalist of the Year.
Taylor Swift shared a message full of gratitude for her fans on Twitter:

“Thanks to you guys and the CMA voters, we got 5 CMA NOMINATIONS THIS MORNING!!! I am flipping out!!!

Good luck Taylor!