NFL is defending its decision to spotlight Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Couple go viral for predicting the love connection in 2020.

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Hi, am Welcome to Taylor Swift
Today. A short roundup of all the

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headlines around Taylor's music, tours,
movies, and life. The NFL is

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defending its decision to spotlight Taylor Swift
and Travis Kelsey, who have sparked romance

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rumors amid recent backlash from some football
fans. For the past two Sundays,

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the pop star has shown up at
the Kansas City Chiefs games, leading to

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quite a frenzy on social media.
Following her appearances, the NFL has played

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along with the extra attention the singer
has brought the league, including changing its

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bio and official NFL social accounts,
as well as posting additional photos of Swift,

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most recently, after the Chiefs beat
the New York Jets in a controversial

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victory. The NFL's Instagram bio reads
Chiefs are two to zero as swifties acknowledging

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how many times Swift has attended the
Titans games. The NFL also wrote NFL

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Taylor's version in its bio and X. Although the tailor references were removed the

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following day after each game, some
football fans were still upset, saying the

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NFL appeared to be focused on celebrating
one team's victory. In response, the

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league said in a statement shared with
The Hollywood Reporter, we frequently change our

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bios and profile imagery based on what's
happening in and around the games, as

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well as culturally. The Tailor and
Travis news has been a pop cultural moment

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we've leaned into in real time and
were seen an incredible amount of positivity around

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the sport. The vast majority of
our content has remained focused on the game,

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our players, and variety of other
initiatives, including a toy story,

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fun Day, Football, all cast, the International Games, and more.

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The league concluded. An Oklahoma City
couple went viral for predicting the love connection

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between Taylor and Travis. The couple
dressed up as a pair for Halloween in

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twenty twenty. Three years later,
their costumes became a reality, accompanied by

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a photo of their costume. The
couple wrote on social media in twenty twenty,

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I don't know any world in which
Taylor Swift plus Travis Kelcey would be

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in the same room together, but
apparently in this one they're married. The

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couple went to the Chiefs versus Jets
game on Sunday, leaving the day before

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to get ready for the game.
Taylor Swift's concert film hasn't even been released

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yet, and it's already toppling box
office records. This from CNN. Cinemak,

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the theater chain with about five hundred
locations, said that ticket sales for

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Taylor Swift the Eras Tour are setting
domestic pre sale records, with demand ten

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times higher than any other event film
the company has exhibited. The reaction has

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blown everyone away, Cinemac announced in
a press release. Excitement has been building

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for the three hour long film,
which is opening next Friday, and add

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for the movie even air during NBC's
Sunday Night Football last weekend, where Swift

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made an appearance to cheer on her
possible boyfriend, Kansas City Chief star Travis.

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Cinemak is not the first theater chain
to experience an increase in sales via

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Taylor. AMC Theaters previously announced that
the singer's Heroes to a Concert movie shattered

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records for single day advanced ticket sales, with twenty six million dollars sold on

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the first day. Swift's movie crushed
the single day record less than three hours

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after tickets became available, prompting AMC
to add extra showtimes where possible. The

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concert film, which is being screened
in some theaters in both Imax and standard

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versions, is expected to rake in
between one hundred and one hundred and twenty

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five million dollars in its opening weekend, according to industry estimates. Superstar Beyonce

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is also releasing a film version of
her Renaissance World Tour for a theatrical release.

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Ticket pre sales began Monday for the
December first premiere More Taylor Swift Today.

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At the moment, Taylor Swift has
a chance to make it three consecutive

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trips to see Travis Kelsey's games,
and the Mayor of Minneapolis is leading the

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cheers for her to do so this
coming weekend. This from TMZ Mayor Jacob

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Fry says he and the rest of
the city are ready to welcome Taytay with

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open arms Sunday, which is when
Kansas City Chiefs play the Vikings for an

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afternoon matchup. He even has an
on the nose message to encourage her.

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Frey says, we know all too
well the positive impact Taylor Swift has on

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the cities she visits. Minneapolis is
no exception. The mayor has fond Memories

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to a stop in Minneapolis earlier this
year. Adding her two sold out concerts

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at us Bank Stadium in June led
to a record setting tourism weekend, including

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booked up hotels and packed downtown restaurants, boosting our local economy beyond our wildest

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dreams. For what it's worth,
the Swifty Applis thing is real. They

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literally changed the city's name, if
only for a short time. So yes,

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his clear knowledge of Taylor's catalog,
it's fair to say his honors a

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full on swifty And there you have
it. Please follow us on Spotify,

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out. I'm Mark Francis my thanks
to John McDermott. This is Taylor Swift Today.