The National on new music: “It’s the whole history of the band, but with a new exploration”

Two years ago, Chrissy Teigen revealed she had a miscarriage. Now, the entrepreneur and TV personality is opening up, confessing it was, in fact, an abortion.

Pat Sajak‘s time on “Wheel of Fortune” may be winding down. ET’s Kevin Frazier recently spoke with the longtime game show host, and he admitted that his run on the popular game show won’t last forever.

Taylor Swift continues to inspire University students across the United States. This time the University of Texas at Austin will be adding an exciting English course to their curriculum, titled ‘The Taylor Swift Songbook.’Just in time for Fall 2022 semester, students will enjoy Taylor’s work, while they learn about famous poets, including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Wyatt, Coleridge, Keats, Dickinson and Plath.Professor Elizabeth Scala will be using the singer-songwriter’s songbook and the cultural context, to start class participation and debates.

Taylor Swift and her rumored fiance Joe Alwyn were spotted enjoying a glamorous dinner in New York City this week.The longtime couple, who have declined to confirm a swirl of rumors that they are engaged, were seen swinging by the Manhattan private members club Casa Cipriani.They emerged from the building accompanied by their friend Lena Dunham, 36, who recently thanked them for their 'notes' on her new movie Sharp Stick.Taylor was still noticeably ring-free as her left hand was visible without any jewelry on it.   What a night: Taylor Swift (left) and her suspected fiance Joe Alwyn (center) were spotted enjoying a glamorous dinner with Lena Dunham (right) in New York City this weekTaylor cut a stylish figure during her latest sighting, emphasizing her petite frame in a perfectly fitted floral outfit that cinched in over her trim midriff.Meanwhile Joe, who has been involved with Taylor for six years but is notoriously tight-lipped about his personal life, was dashing as ever in a white button-down. Lena, who shot to national prominence for creating and starring on the show Girls, threw on a loose-fitted grey outfit for her latest sighting.She recently expressed her gratitude to Taylor and Joe for offering their feedback on her new movie Sharp Stick, which has polarized the critics.

Taylor Swift is set to begin at the University of Texas (UTA) in Austin.The new course, which begins this autumn and is titled The Taylor Swift Songbook, will see her read alongside the likes of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Keats and Sylvia Plath.Preliminary texts for the course include her 2020 lockdown albums ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’, 2019’s ‘Lover’ and the new ‘Taylor’s Version’ reissue of ‘Red’.According to a description on the UTA website, the course will use “the songwriting of pop music icon Taylor Swift to introduce literary critical reading and research methods-basic skills for work in English literature and other humanities disciplines.It adds: “Focusing on Swift’s music and the cultural contexts in which it and her career are situated, we’ll consider frameworks for understanding her work, such as poetic form, style, and history among various matters and theoretical issues important to contextualisation as we practice close and in-depth reading, evaluating secondary sources, and building strong arguments.”Earlier this year, New York University’s Clive Davis Institute launched a new course on Swift. The course began at the Davis Institute, which is part of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, on January 26 ran through to March 9.In May, Swift then delivered a commencement address for New York University’s class of 2022.

2022 MTV Video Music Awards. A source close to the production of the show confirmed to The Post that the 59-year-old star will dress up as a real-life Moon Person, the silver astronaut statue that VMA winners are awarded.

The University of Texas at Austin is offering a new class this fall and it's all about musical icon Taylor Swift. Elizabeth Scala, an English professor will be teaching the class that is new to the university this fall.

The National‘s Aaron Dessner says he has “picked up a focus” in his songwriting and production since working with Taylor Swift.Dessner co-produced and wrote on Swift’s 2020 albums ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’, and also worked on numerous “From the Vault” tracks that appear on Swift’s re-recorded versions of ‘Fearless’ and ‘Red’ that arrived last year.Last March, after ‘Folklore’ won a Grammy for Album of the Year, Dessner credited Swift with “restoring [his] faith in music,” and has opened up again on the influence she has had on him in a new interview.Speaking to The i, Dessner said: “Even just working with Taylor, she’s a brilliant musician and so experienced in terms of making records, so I was learning from her – I picked up a focus, and also just the joy that she has.”Of working in the pandemic, he added: “It was almost like I was in some crazy boot camp for making a tonne of music really fast and fully producing it and then it would be released quickly.”Though he has said in the past that “this story, this era, has concluded” with ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’, Dessner has confirmed that he anticipates that he and Swift “will continue to be in each other’s artistic and personal lives. I don’t know exactly what the next form that will take, but certainly, it will continue.”After his work with Swift and a host of other artists including King Princess, Dessner is now working on a new album with The National.Ahead of their headline show at London’s All Points East next week (August 26), Aaron’s twin brother Bryce Dessner has spoken to NME about the new material, and whether Aaron’s work with Swift will have attracted new fans to the band.

Once upon a time, Summit Entertainment had a huge hit on their hands with the “Twilight” movies, focusing on a romance between a vampire and a teenage girl. That success helped push leads Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson into the world of fame alongside the tabloid media’s fevered obsession with their dating lives.

Twilight: New Moon director Chris Weitz has admitted he somewhat regrets his decision not to cast Taylor Swift in the series’ second film.In a new interview on The Twilight Effect, the podcast of Ashley Greene (who starred as Alice Cullen in the film franchise), Weitz revealed that while Swift had wanted to be an extra in 2009’s New Moon, he turned the opportunity down.“Taylor Swift and I had the same agent at the time, and he said, ‘Taylor would like to be in this movie – not because of you, but she’s a Twi-hard,” Weitz said during the episode, as The Independent points out. Though it was made clear Swift only wanted to appear as “someone at the cafeteria, or the diner, or whatever,” Weitz nevertheless thought her presence in the film would be too distracting.“The hardest thing for me was to be like, the moment that Taylor Swift walks onto the screen, for about five minutes, nobody is going to be able to process anything,” he said on the podcast.

Taylor Swift almost made an appearance in the beloved Twilight saga. The songstress, 32, was a Twilight fan and had her agent petition for a cameo in the second film - New Moon - but was turned down by director Chris Weitz, who didn't want her to be a distraction for viewers.However, years after the decision he says he regrets it: 'I kick myself for it too... I could have been hanging out with Taylor Swift, and maybe we could've been friends,' he said on Ashley Greene's The Twilight Effect podcast.

Taylor Swift sought an appearance in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”, but her cameo was kiboshed by the film’s director, Chris Weitz.

The Beatles, Taylor Swift, and Bob Dylan, as well as smaller, less established acts.HitPiece relaunched last week with new artist partnerships and industry ties, moving out of its test beta stage. According to founder Rory Felton, the brand has signed deals with young artists and producers, including producer ATL Jacob and rappers and singers Lil Gnar and Lil Gotit.In an interview with Input, Felton said HitPiece’s initial launch earlier this year had occurred before he had secured “the proper guardrails in place around the product, which led to miscommunications and challenges that happened”.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBlackpink, Jack Harlow, Lizzo and Måneskin are the latest round of performers announced for MTV’s VMAs, airing live from Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Sunday, August 28th at 8 p.m. ET/PT.They join previously announced performers Anitta, J Balvin, Marshmello x Khalid and Panic! at the DiscoBlackpink will deliver the first U.S.

Stephen Colbert where he has been the bandleader for seven seasons. Batiste was brought to the attention of an international audience back in April after the singer-songwriter won five Grammys.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Taylor Swift’s statement to a US court as part of the long-running song-theft legal battle over her 2014 hit ‘Shake It Off’ in which she explains how she came up with the lyrics for her track, while also insisting there was no way she could have been exposed to the song she is accused of ripping off before creating ‘Shake It Off’, plus some interesting new stats comparing consumer spending in the UK on recorded music and live music – and the impact of COVID-19 on all that.SUBSCRIBE TO SETLISTListen to Setlist and sign up to receive new episodes for free automatically each week through any of these services…Acast | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | audioBoom | CastBox | Deezer | Google Podcasts | iHeart | Mixcloud | RSS | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneInSTORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK• Taylor Swift submits statement to court in ongoing Shake It Off song-theft legal battle• From Suffering to Recovering: The stats that explain why the UK music industry is set for a dramatic post-lockdown comeback (Music Business Worldwide)ALSO MENTIONED• UK label spend on A&R and marketing reach almost £500 million last yearMORE FROM CMU• Upcoming CMU webinars• Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon• Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin• Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar will be eligible for a trophy at the 2023 Academy Awards, it has been reported.Both artists will qualify for nominations in the Best Live Action Short category, thanks to the fact that extended music videos for both of their songs – the 10-minute version of ‘All Too Well’ from ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ and Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale And The Big Steppers’ cut ‘We Cry Together’ – were screened theatrically.Swift released the accompanying short film for ‘All Too Well’ – her directorial debut, starring Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) and Dylan O’Brien (The Maze Runner) – last November.

Sophie Turner revealed her favorite album by her husband Joe Jonas' ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift, who he dated from July to October of 2008, during a TikTok livestream.Despite the former couple's short-lived relationship being the inspiration behind a handful of the 32-year-old pop star's songs, the Game of Thrones actress made it clear she is a Swiftie, 'My favorite Taylor Swift album [is] 1989, hands down. … [It's] literally one of my favorite albums of all time,' the mom-of-two revealed during a TikTok live with her spouse, 32, on Wednesday.

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.