Critics Divided: Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' Sparks Debate - Masterpiece or More of the Same?"

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Calorogus, Shark Media Pie, and
Welcome to Entertainment, plus a short roundup

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of the top entertainment stories in today's
news. Taylor Swift's highly anticipated new album,

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The Tortured Poet's Department was released on
Friday, and Swifty's around the globe

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are celebrating. We've compiled a selection
of critics reviews to give you a sense

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of the overall reception. Critics have
praised Swift's vulnerability and at times viciousness throughout

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the album. While many have applauded
the lyrics and themes, some have questioned

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whether Swift is relying too heavily on
the familiar synth pop sound created by her

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longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff. Rolling Stone
described the album as having the intimate sound

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of Folklaw and Evermore, but with
a coating of Midnight's synth pop gloss,

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and noted that the stories possess the
scene story craft as Folklaw, but with

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deeply per personal exorcisms that are often
equal parts devastating and hilarious. Variety acknowledge

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that critics might claim the album lacks
enough bangers or is too personal, but

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emphasized that The Tortured poet's Department showcases
Swift's edge in this album most bracing songs.

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It's like she brought a knife to
a fistfight, they wrote, there's

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blood on the tracks, Good Blood. USA Today placed the album in lyrical,

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if not musical, masterpiece territory,
dubbing it a bona fide Headphones album.

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They singled out So Long London and
the melancholy piano ballad loml which will

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make your heart feel raked over with
nails. Slate argue that the album doesn't

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show much growth lyrically beyond the folklore
stage, and musically it mostly carries on

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in the manner of her past few
albums. While praising Antonov's work on tracks

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like Florida, they expressed a longing
for nineteen eighty nine producer Max Martin and

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the definitive shape and hooks of a
song like blank Space and The Telegraph's headline

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declared the album a sharp, savage
attack on her British exes and noted Swift

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knows her way around metaphors and semiles
and delights in conjuring delicately cascading tranches of

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clever puns and dazzling wordplay rooted in
real feelings regarding the anthology. The fifteen

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tracks released at two am. The
Telegraph stated that despite being less commercially focused

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than the initial sixteen songs, there
is no discernible drop of quality. Kelly

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McZee Zeefchen, a close friend of
Megan Markell and co founder of Alliance of

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Mums, which supports pregnant and parenting
teens in the foster care system, has

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shared a video on Instagram of herself
enjoying the duchess new American Riviera Orchard strawberry.

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Jam Zevchin, who tragically lost her
nine year old son George to COVID

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and meningitis in twenty twenty two,
is one of the fortunate fifty to receive

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a limited edition jar of the preserve. In the clip captioned Mornings with American

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Riviera Orchard, Kelly is seen spreading
the jam generously on a slice of toasted

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sour dough bread, using the gold
spe shaped like a flower. This is

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not the first time Kelly has promoted
the product, which is the inaugural launch

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from the Duchess of Sussex's new lifestyle
brand, American riv Era Orchard. She

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previously shared a photograph of the jam
on social media, expressing how proud she

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was of her friend for the upcoming
launch. The Duchess of Sussex sent the

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limited edition jars to friends ahead of
the official launch of her brand later this

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spring, which will feature a range
of items. Earlier this week, Ignatio

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Nacho figeris known as the David Beckham
of Polo, posted snaps on Instagram of

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himself spreading the jam on a piece
of buttered toast and biting into it.

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Alongside the photos, Nacho wrote,
did I tell you I Love your Jam?

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Fashion designer Tracy Robbins also shared on
Instagram that she had received one of

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the jars, which pr expert Nick
Eid described as looking very homemade with a

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stylish crest and almost handwritten brand name. Victoria Beckham's fiftieth birthday celebrations was destined

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to be a pot Gosh affair,
and it certainly lived up to its expectations.

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The Swinkie Mayfair Private Members Club Oswald's
served as the venue for an undeniably

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elegant black Tay event, with one
hundred guests enjoying dinner, champagne, cocktails

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and dancing into the early hours.
However, what made the night truly special

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for the birthday girl, according to
friends, was having all of the spice

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calls together in one room, along
with the touch of Hollywood glamour courtesy of

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Tom Cruise and actress Eva Longoria.
Even Jerry Horner arrived with a smile,

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one of the last to show up, seemingly having moved past the sexting scandal

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involving her husband Red Bulls racing boss
Christian Horner, who was absent due to

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work commitments. Emma Bunton arrived with
her husband Jay Jones, closely followed by

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Melanie Chisholm and Melanie Brown. It
meant the world to Victoria that they were

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all there, said a friend.
They were a huge part of her life

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and they shared so much together.
They were special days and so of course

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to have them here to mark her
fiftieth was just wonderful for her. It

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made everything so perfect. The party
was just one of several celebrations marking her

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half cent milestone, which fell on
Wednesday. Husband David Beckham charted a jet

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to fly close family to the south
of France for dinnerator two hundred pounds a

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head La Colombe Deor in Saint Paul
de vance, later returning to Luton Airport.

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The festivities began at six pm with
pre drinks at the Beckham's twenty five

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million pound mansion in Holland Park,
West London. Victoria chose a light green

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floor length gown from her own collection, while daughter Harper opted for a cream

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Camisol style dress, also from her
mother's range. Brooklyn Romeo and Cruz or

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Ward Dior and David was dressed in
the luxury Italian brand Lauo Piano Nicola Peltz.

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Brooklyn's wife was unable to attend the
event after her grandmother suddenly fell ill,

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prompting her to rush to be by
her side. Alongside photo shared on

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Instagram, Victoria wrote, can't wait
to celebrate with my friends and family.

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I love you all so much.
On Saturday, Eminem took to social media

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to celebrate an impressive milestone sixteen years
of sobriety. A fifty one year old

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rapper who has been candid about his
battle with substance abuse disorder, shared a

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photo of his hand holding a sobriety
chip, a symbol of his ongoing dedication

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to recovery. The coin featured an
image of a tree in the inscription Unity

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Service Recovery. The Detroit native,
whose real name is Marshall Mathers, chose

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not to capture the Instagram post,
which quickly became inundated with comments from fans

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congratulating him on the achievement. One
follower posted, We're all proud of you,

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while another shared so so happy for
you. Keep inspiring us. In

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two thousand and eight, Eminem sought
help for his addiction to substances such as

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vicoin, ambient and valium, a
decision that came after a methadone overdose incident

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the previous year. During a May
two thousand and nine interview with Vibe the

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Grammy, Whenning Rapper detailed his addiction, estimating that he consumed anywhere between ten

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and twenty vicom and daily, along
with massive doses of valium, ambient and

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other substances. The numbers got so
high he admitted, I didn't even know

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what I was taking. Regarding the
overdose incident, he revealed that an acquaintance

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provided him with medication, which he
later discovered was methadone, a substance commonly

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used to help heroin addicts withdraw from
the drug. His doctor informed him that

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the amount of methadone, he ingested, was equivalent to injecting four bags of

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heroin. Had I known it was
methadone, I probably wouldn't have taken it,

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he told the magazine. But as
bad as I was back then,

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I can't even say one hundred percent
for sure. Even when they told me

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I almost died, it didn't click. In twenty ten, he released the

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album Recovery, which won the Grammy
Award for Best Rap Album the following year.

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Eminem spoke more extensively about his substance
abuse disorder in twenty fifteen, telling

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Men's Journal. In two thousand and
seven, I overdosed on pills and I

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went into hospital. I was close
to two hundred and thirty pounds. I'm

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not sure how I got so big, but I have ideas more entertainment in

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just a moment. Morgan Wallen has
finally addressed his arrest earlier this month,

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but the question remains to fans forgive
him. As previously reported by The Blast,

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The Last Night, singer threw a
chair from the sixth floor of Eric

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Church's new six story bar and restaurant
on Sunday, April seventh. The chair

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landed just feet away from police officers, who subsequently arrested Wallen on three counts

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of reckless In weeks after the arrest, Wallace has broken his silence. On

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Sunday, April seventh, around ten
to fifty three pm, Morgan Wallan was

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arrested and booked after nearly hitting police
officers with a bar chaer, according to

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a local news station. His attorney, Warwick Robinson said in a statement,

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Morgan Wollen was arrested in downtown Nashville
for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. He

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is cooperating fully with authorities. The
reason behind Wallen's decision to throw the bar

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chair remains unclear, but he has
since released a statement. On April nineteenth,

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Wallin took to X to address the
incident. I didn't feel right publicly

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checking in until I made amends with
some folks, he stated. I've touched

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base with Nashville law enforcement, my
family, good people at Chiefs. I'm

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not proud of my behavior, and
I accept responsibility. He continued, I

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have the utmost respect for the officers
working every day to keep us all safe.

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Regarding my tour, there would be
no change. The postcard of nearly

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two hundred and fifteen thousand views,
one hundred and fifty seven comments in five

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thousand likes after reading Wallin's apology when
he replied to the Country Music Singing to

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show this while others claim they would
only forgive him if he released his new

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single with post Malone, or could
be forgiven only if you drop that song

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you made with post Malone when user
wrote adding a winky face emoji. Others

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responded to this post with comments like
for real and yes. Last month,

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Post teased a new single with Walon, in which Wallen is heard singing it

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takes two to break a Heart and
two before Post joins in with his part,

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baby you Blame me and baby I'll
blame you. Then the two sing

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together. I had some help.
It ain't like I can't make this kind

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of messle by myself. Donat like
you ain't help me pull that bottle off

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the shelf if you couldn't tell.
They say teamwork makes the dream work.

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Hell, I had some help.
While the two have yet to announce or

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release Dight four, the new song, the teaser has received nothing but positive

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refuse and there you have it.
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