Taylor Swift starts work on new music for the first time in two years with pals comparing her to Stevie Nicks

Nicki Minaj wore a playful ensemble while checking out of her New York City hotel room on Monday.The Good Form rapper, 39, wore her bright pink tresses in a high ponytail and highlighted her stellar physique in a pair of skintight green mesh pants.The outing comes after the Trinidadian-born musician delighted fans with a medley of her greatest hits at the MTV Video Music Awards over the weekend and took home five awards at the end of the night.  Bright star: Nicki Minaj wore a playful ensemble while checking out of her New York City hotel room on MondayMinaj paired the outfit with a chic bustier-style top that showed off her ample cleavage.

While her TNT series Snowpiercer comes to a close, Jennifer Connelly has found her next TV project in Apple TV Plus' Dark Matter.The 51-year-old actress has signed on to star alongside Joel Edgerton in the TV adaptation of Blake Crouch's 2016 novel of the same name, via Variety.The show will only be Connelly's third TV series in her lengthy career, behind Snowpiercer and 2000-2001's The $treet. New role: While her TNT series Snowpiercer comes to a close, Jennifer Connelly has found her next TV project in Apple TV Plus' Dark Matter Co-star: The 51-year-old actress has signed on to star alongside Joel Edgerton in the TV adaptation of Blake Crouch's 2016 novel of the same name, via Variety The series will follow Jason Dessen (Edgerton) a physicist, professor, and family man who - one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago - is abducted into an alternate version of his life. 'Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived,' reads the series description from Apple TV Plus.

Megan Barton Hanson has flaunted her killer curves on Instagram, while teasing that she "loves hot dads". In the snap, the former Love Island contestant, 28, appeared to be sunbathing on a beach towel, as she rested her chin on her hand while laid on her front, wearing a black bikini top that emphasised her ample cleavage.

Young Thug and Gunna as evidence during prosecution.Speaking to the press yesterday (August 29), Willis acknowledged that although she has faced criticism for her approach, it will remain unchanged going forward. “If you decide to admit your crimes over a beat, I’m gonna use it,” she said.

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Kevin Gallacher insists Dundee United should launch a Tannadice inquisition into whether any player threw in the towel during their nine-goal tanking from Celtic.

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Taylor Swift is declaring that she did not infringe upon another song’s copyright, following the 2017 lawsuit by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, insisting that the singer was copying their 2001 song Playas Gon‘ Play for her hit song ‘Shake It Off.’The 32-year-old musician, who was recently celebrating Selena Gomez’s 30th birthday, submitted a sworn declaration in which she states that she wrote her popular song “entirely” and had not heard the 2001 track before, in light of the accusations.“The lyrics to Shake It Off were written entirely by me,” Taylor said in her declaration. “Until learning about Plaintiffs‘ claim in 2017, I had never heard the song Playas Gon’ Play and had never heard of that song or the group 3LW.”Taylor also explained that it would have been impossible for her to know about the song, as her parents did not allow her to watch “(MTV’s countdown show) TRL until I was about 13 years old.”Her legal team detailed that some of the accusations can be easily seen as coincidence, as the similar phrases in both tracks, “players gonna play” and “haters gonna hate” were commonly used and Taylor might have heard them on the school playground without ever having to listen to the song.Taylor even said that she brought a “haters gonna hate” T-shirt from Urban Outfitters in 2013,” and these phrases were “akin to other commonly used sayings like ‘don’t hate the playa, hate the game,’ ‘take a chill pill,’ and ‘say it, don’t spray it’...

Matty Healy has shared Taylor Swift‘s reaction to hearing The 1975‘s forthcoming new album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, for the first time.The Healy-led band’s fifth studio album is set to be released on October 14 via Dirty Hit, and the frontman has now given a new interview about the record to Pitchfork.The profile describes ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ as “quite funny – there’s a mom joke, a QAnon joke, a joke about a 10-year-old who is ‘obsessed with fat ass'”.It then reveals that, after listening to the record, Swift summed it up to Healy by saying “it’s so funny”. Comedian Bo Burnham also had a similar reaction, with the profile noting how Healy “was pleased when Burnham laughed at all the right times” when he listened to the album.Healy also discussed in the interview how he and his bandmate George Daniel began working with Jack Antonoff on the album.“People may think that it’s ‘uncool’ to work with the biggest producer in the world — I don’t give a fuck,” Healy said about enlisting Antonoff’s services.

Taylor Swift is personally responding to a plagiarism lawsuit.

Taylor Swift has addressed a 2017 copyright lawsuit that claimed she stole the lyrics of her 2014 song ‘Shake It Off’.Writing in a federal court document filed yesterday (August 8), the popstar denied any copyright infringement, and claimed she’d “never heard” the song she is accused of plagiarising – 2001’s ‘Playas Gon’ Play’ by the American pop trio 3LW.In excerpts of the motion obtained by Billboard, Swift unequivocally rejected the accusation, writing that “the lyrics to ‘Shake It Off’ were written entirely by me”, before providing context around how they came to be included in the song.“In writing the lyrics, I drew partly on experiences in my life and, in particular, unrelenting public scrutiny of my personal life, ‘clickbait’ reporting, public manipulation, and other forms of negative personal criticism which I learned I just needed to shake off and focus on my music,” Swift wrote.Elsewhere in the motion, Swift spoke directly to the lyric in question, arguing that “players gonna play” and “haters gonna hate” were widespread aphorisms used throughout her childhood, “akin to … sayings like ‘don’t hate the playa, hate the game,’” and “‘take a chill pill’”.“I recall hearing phrases about players play and haters hate stated together by other children while attending school in Wyomissing Hills, and in high school in Hendersonville,” Swift said.Swift also cited the numerous uses of the phrase ​​in “many songs, films, and other works,” and referenced a 2013 performance in which she wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the term “haters gonna hate.”The lawsuit — filed by ‘Playas Gon’ Play’ songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler — was dropped in 2018, but was later resurrected by an appeals panel the following year.

The first batch of performers is set for 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. Coming to the stage later this month will be Anitta, J Balvin, Marshmello x Khalid and Panic! at the Disco.

2022 MTV Video Music Awards are right around the corner and the first batch of performers has been announced. Anitta, J Balvin, Marshmello x Khalid and Panic! At the Disco are all on tap to hit the stage at New Jerseys' Prudential Center on Sunday, Aug. 28.

The 1975‘s Matty Healy has praised Jack Antonoff for his work on the band’s forthcoming album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’.The singer said in a new interview that Antonoff’s reputation is often that of being a “busy”, in-demand producer but that he wanted to stress just how “good” and incisive a producer he is. Antonoff, who also fronts Bleachers and Fun, is known for working with high-profile stars including Taylor Swift, Lorde and Florence + The Machine.Explaining to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 how the collaboration came about, Healy said: “We spent the whole of 2021 trying to figure out what [the new album] was. It wasn’t as obvious as it seemed by the time we got to the beginning of this year and made the record.

according to Deadline. The film marks the controversial fighter’s first motion picture credit. According to the outlet, McGregor’s role was not disclosed but he will portray an original character in the film instead of playing himself.

Ryan Phillippe is a proud dad! ET's Matt Cohen spoke with the 47-year-old actor on Wednesday, and he praised his 18-year-old son, Deacon, for his burgeoning acting and music careers. Ryan shares the teen, as well as a 22-year-old daughter, Ava, with his ex-wife, Reese Witherspoon. He's also dad to Kai, 11, from a previous relationship.Deacon, who's set to make his on-screen debut on season 3 of , recently graduated high school and is heading to college in the fall.«I am so proud.

Over usage. Khloé Kardashian shaded Taylor Swift subtly for using her private jet more than her family. The Good American founder liked a post that joked about how the shocking information got leaked.

Jake Gyllenhaal, 41, surfaced in New York this week during a rare public sighting with his French girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu, 26.The duo matched each other in white T-shirts, with Jake's top falling flatteringly on his sculpted torso and showing off his musclebound arms.They coordinated their outfits by both wearing baseball caps and sunglasses during their latest outing, where they stopped off at Walgreens for a bit of shopping. Off they go:Jake Gyllenhaal, 41, surfaced in New York City this week during a rare public sighting with his French girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu, 26Jake teamed his T-shirt with a pair of charcoal sweats and kept his mask on as he emerged onto the sunlit sidewalk.Meanwhile Jeanne, a model who initially hails from Paris, slipped into a pair of fashionable acid wash jeans and swept her hair into a ponytail.

Taylor Swift is reportedly hard at work creating a new studio album which is expected to be her 'most experimental' release to date.The country singer–turned–pop star is has been writing and recording her latest album in Nashville in recent weeks, a source claimed to The Sun in a report from Tuesday.The hitmaker hasn't released a studio album since 2020, when she debuted her acclaimed album Folklore in July and then Evermore in December of that year. New album: Taylor Swift, 32, has been hard at work in Nashville to create a new studio album; pictured performing on stage in 2021According to the source, the music on the upcoming album will be a completely different dive compared to her other previous releases.'Taylor is enjoying the process of tinkering with new sounds and is set to showcase a range of genres on her next album, which will surprise her fans,' the music insider revealed.

Calvin Harris has released his new album Funk Wav Bounces Volume 2 recently, and to commemorate his new musical milestone, here at Daily Star we've decided to take a look inside his life.From his humble beginnings and real name away from his career, to his feud with Taylor Swift, and multiple toxic splits from high-profiled celebrities - Calvin has lived a jam-packed life and he's only 38.READ NEXT: Calvin Harris fans gobsmacked as brazen couple spotted 'dry humping' in crowdHe was born in 1984 in Dumfries, Scotland to English parents - a biochemist father, and housewife mother. He has two siblings.Before getting into music, he stocked shelves in supermarkets and worked in a local fish factory in order to buy DJ gear - that would later kickstart his career.Away from his profession as a hit-making DJ and all round global star, Calvin's name actually isn't Calvin - and isn't keen on people referring to him as his alter ego name in his personal life.Calvin Harris is how he's widely known, but he was actually born as Adam Richard Wiles - which seems far less glamorous than his stage name.Revealing his decision to alter his moniker when he was 22 years old, he told Shortlist: "My first single was more of a soul track, and I thought Calvin Harris sounded a bit more racially ambiguous."I thought people might not know if I was black or not.

Changing with the times. Beyoncé has joined the ranks of Taylor Swift, Lizzo and other artists who have changed their lyrics after realizing they offended listeners.