Jack Antonoff Hangs Up on Interviewer Over Taylor Swift's Secret Album!

0:03 Cala Rugashawk Media, Hi, and welcome to Taylor Swift Today. A short roundup of all the headlines around Taylor's music, tours, movies and life. Jack Antonoff abruptly ended a recent interview with the Dutch news outlet NRC when questioned about his involvement in Taylor Swift's upcoming eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department. You know, I don't talk about that, the thirty nine year old musician told the outlet. If you're looking for clickbait, you've come to the wrong place. Thank you for this conversation. According to the post, Antonof hung up the call after sharing his response. While Antonov has not explicitly stated whether or not he worked with the thirty four year old Swift on her latest project, The Los Angeles Times seemingly confirmed his involvement in an interview published last month. The outlet wrote that he had completed work on TTPD, but stayed mum when asked about the album. Antonov has been a longtime collaborator of Swift's since they first joined forces for her twenty fourteen album nineteen eighty nine, in addition to collaborating on her subsequent five albums, Reputation, Lover, Folklore, Evermore and Midnights. The producer also worked on the first four of her re recorded albums, Fearless, Taylor's Version, Red Taylor's Version, Speak Now Taylor's Version, and nineteen eighty nine Taylor's Version. Swift announced TTPD on stage at

1:34 the twenty twenty four Grammys last month, at which she took home two awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Midnights. In addition to the Album of the Year, win Antonoff also received the award for Producer of the Year Non Classical. Fox News Digital can confirm that Taylor Swift's father, Scott Swift, was not charged after an investigation into claims he attacked a photographer whilehile in Australia for the pop star's Heiress tour. Officers at the North Shore Police Area Command conducted an investigation into the incident that occurred at Neutral Bay Wharf around two thirty am on February twenty seventh, and concluded the alleged assault warranted no further police action, a representative for the New South Wales Police Force told Fox News Digital. A representative for Swift didn't respond to Fox News Digital's immediate request for comment. Taylor and her father were seen on video walking down a jetty while holding hands. The Midnight singer held a black umbrella covering her face while being led by Scott to a waiting car. As the two, along with their security, approached the car and the waiting photographers, a verbal altercation began to break out, and one of the photographers alleged Scott punched him.

2:51 Two individuals were aggressively pushing their way towards Taylor, grabbing at her security personnel, and threatening to throw a female staff member into the water, a spokesperson for Taylor told Fox News Digital at the time. However, the photographer Ben McDonald claimed there was no aggression. There was no situation where we were aggressive, he told Fox News Digital of the alleged altercation. You know, I was not aggressive. They just didn't call for it, you know what I mean? He added, I think that the security detail were annoyed by the fact that we discovered where they were getting her off their yacht. McDonald explained that Swift's team was using umbrellas to shield the pop star from photographers.

3:31 Here's what they do this time around, is they shoved it at us, you know, like they're shoving the umbrella at us, he said. I couldn't see in front of me. I didn't know what was going on behind the umbrella. At one point I tried to move the umbrella away from my face. It was right up in my face. I couldn't see. And then the next thing, you know, they shoved harder. And then the next her father has taken charged at me and punched me in the face, he alleged. After the allege ledged assault, there was an exchange of words. He said, So then they got in the car and took off, and then I went into the cop shop and reported it. It was claimed that Taylor and Travis shut down Dog Pound Jim in West Hollywood, California for a private workout session, allegedly leaving other gym members waiting outside for two hours.

4:19 However, the gym has refuted these claims. Swift had prepared for her Heiress tour with rigorous workouts at Dog Pound. The couple, now enjoying downtime, plans to play house in Swift's mansion after a romantic Bahamas getaway. Photos obtained by a news outlet showed some members outside the gym holding water bottles while seemingly waiting to be let in. However, a representative for Dog Pound who spoke to Page six refuted the claim, stating, at dog Pound, we value our members experience and have never had anyone wait outside for two hours. The Daily Mail article does not accurately reflect the circumstances that day. We respect privacy of our clients and have no other comments to share. The spokesperson added.

5:04 More in a moment, festival organizer Oscon Airtas recently revealed that Taylor Swift and Jay Z are set to grace Istanbul with monumental stadium concerts. As agreements have been finalized to bring these iconic performers to Turkish shores. Fans can mark their calendars for February twenty twenty five, when these epic concerts are scheduled to take place. Pre sale tickets for these highly anticipated events will be available starting November twentieth, giving fans ample opportunity to secure their spots for what promises to be an unforgettable musical experience. Airtas had this to say about the concerts.

5:50 We aim to strengthen Turkey's music scene on the international stage. And provide unforgettable experiences to art lovers. By hosting world stars such as Taylor Swift and Jay Z in Turkey, we aim to offer music enthusiasts a unique experience. We will have two hundred trucks of equipment coming from abroad for the stage. These concerts will bring together Turkey's cultural richness and musical diversity with the world, he added. On Tuesday, Missouri lawmakers discussed how to protect people against potential threats from technology. The Special Committee on Innovation and Technology will vote on the Taylor Swift Act, which criminalizes the publishing or the threat of publishing an AI generated sexual image of someone. The bill's nickname stems from an incident involving the pop star, where fake intimate images of her were widely circulated online. The bill's sponsor, Saint Charles Area Republican State reper Adam Schuadron, said he wants to preemptively protect the average citizen who doesn't have Swift's wealth of legal resources. They were able to take it down for her. However, common Missourians would not have the same protections afforded to her, said State Repper Adam Schwadron, and not everyone is Taylor Swift, and by calling it that it is, I think using her name to highlight the problem that exists with AI generated sexual images.

7:15 Notably, the proposal empowers the victim of a fake image attack to sue the creator in civil court and collect damages. Elon Musk has some new company on the list of the world's Richest people, Taylor Swift, who's now reached her billionaire era. Buoyed by the rise in Tesla stock and the surge in SpaceX's valuation, Musk has reclaimed the title of the world's richest person in an annual ranking of billionaires. Musk's two hundred thirty one billion US dollar's fortune catapulted him above Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos one hundred eighty five billion US dollars and LVMHCEO Bernard Arnaut one hundred seventy five billion US dollars, who ranked second and third, respectively on the thirteenth Hurun Global Rich Report. This year marked Musk's third time in four years at the top of the roster. Swift made her debut on the list, her wealth estimated at one point two billion US dollars, propelled by her arestour and royalties from re recording her albums. Mark Zuckerberg one hundred fifty eight billion US dollars, CEO of Meta Platforms, Inc.

8:24 Trailed at number four, but added more wealth than anyone on the list as Meta shares more than doubled. The report said. Miami based entrepreneur Ryan Breslow one point three billion US dollars. The thirty year old chairman of fintech platform Bolt, entered the list this year as its youngest self made billionaire. While sixty six is the average age of billionaires on the list, ninety three billionaires ranked are forty or younger. The list ranked three thousand, two hundred and seventy nine billionaires, up from three thousand, one hundred and twelve the previous year. The number of billionaire increased by five percent and their total wealth was up nine percent. Harun said in a news release. The Wealthiest hail from twenty four hundred and thirty five companies and seventy three countries. And there you have it. Please follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your app of choice and leave us a rating or review. If you love the show.

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