May 25, 2025

🎉 SUBPOENA VICTORY: Taylor can "shake off" court drama as Baldoni WITHDRAWS legal demands!

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🎉 SUBPOENA VICTORY: Taylor can "shake off" court drama as Baldoni WITHDRAWS legal demands!
💰 BILLION DOLLAR BOMBSHELL: Shamrock Capital wants to sell Taylor's masters BACK to her for up to $1 BILLION!
🤯 SCOOTER'S SURPRISE: Braun now ENCOURAGING deal to return masters after "Bad Blood" feud!
🗡️ HANDMAID'S DEBUT: First taste of "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" drops on Hulu series!
🔮 TAROT PREDICTION: Gigi's sister claims SHE predicted Taylor-Travis romance with mystical card reading!
😂 WHITE HOUSE LAUGHS: Press Secretary downplays Trump's "no longer HOT" dig at Taylor!
🏀 VACATION MODE: Caitlin Clark reveals Taylor and Travis enjoying "nice little break" from spotlight!
✨ STAR STRUCK: Julia Stiles admits she "blacked out" meeting Taylor at game night party!
💸 MASTERS FORTUNE: Expert says owning both original AND re-recorded versions would "exponentially increase" Taylor's wealth!
🎭 PERFECT TIMING: Elisabeth Moss calls Taylor track "perfect song for perfect moment" in Handmaid's finale!
🃏 "SWIFTLY" PREDICTED: Tarot reader told Taylor that Travis would be "good" before they officially met!

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Calarugashawk Media.

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Hey Swifties, Welcome back to Taylor Swift Today. I'm your host, Ali,

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and we have massive breaking news.

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To start today's episode.

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Taylor can officially shake off that pesky subpoena in the

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Blake Lively case. Plus we've got bombshell news about her

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master's potentially being for sale, a secret Taro reading that

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predicted Travis, and even a White House response to Trump's

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latest comments.

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So much to cover, let's dive right in.

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First up, the breaking news that has us all breathing

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a sigh of relief. Justin Baldoni has officially withdrawn the

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subpoena against Taylor in the.

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Blake Lively lawsuit.

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After all the drama we've been covering about witness tampering

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allegations and threats to leak private text messages, Baldoni's team

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has backed down and dropped their demands for information from

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Taylor and her legal team at Venable l LP. According

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to sources, part of the reason the sum and was

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dropped was because details that Baldoni's team sought were actually

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provided through other means. Blake's spokesperson didn't hold back in

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their statement, saying they're pleased that Justin Baldoni and the

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Wayfarer parties have withdrawn their harassing subpoenas to Taylor Swift

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and her law firm. They also took a major shot

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at Baldoni's team, claiming exploiting Taylor Swift's celebrity was the

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original plan and that faced with having to justify themselves

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in federal court, they folded. This comes after Judge Lewis

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Lyman had already struck some of Baldoni's legal correspondents from

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the court docket last week, calling it improper and irrelevant.

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Remember how we discussed those explosive allegations about Blake allegedly

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asking Taylor to delete texts and pressuring her for public support. Well,

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the judge wasn't having any of that drama in his courtroom.

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While this is a huge win for Taylor, Blake's team

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warns that this probably won't be the last we hear

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of Taylor's name in this four hundred million dollar legal battle.

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Now for some absolutely huge news that could change everything.

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Taylor may finally have the chance to buy back the

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original master recordings of her first six albums. According to

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Page six sources, Shamrock Capital, the investment firm that bought

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Taylor's Masters from Scooter Braun in twenty twenty is now

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interested in selling them.

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Back to her. And here's the plot twist.

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The person encouraging this deal is reportedly Scooter Braun himself.

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Can you believe it?

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After all the bad blood between them when Braun bought

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her Masters for three hundred million dollars in twenty nineteen,

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calling him a bully and the definition of toxic male privilege,

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He's now apparently pushing for her to get them back.

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The price tag would be somewhere between six hundred million

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dollars to one billion dollars, but music consultant Clayton Durant

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explains that if she owns both the original and re

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recorded versions, she exponentially increases the amount of money she

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makes and gets full control over licensing for commercials, films,

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TV shows.

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And political rallies.

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This news comes just a day after we got our

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first taste of reputation Taylor's version when Look What You

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Made Me Do. Taylor's version was featured on the Handmaid's Tale.

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Elizabeth Moss, who's both the star and executive producer of

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the show, told Billboard that she's been wanting to use

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a tailor song for many years and called it the

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perfect song for a more perfect moment. The song soundtracked

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an uprising scene with the Handmaid's walking information absolutely iconic.

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The albums that would be included in this potential deal

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are her self titled debut, Fearless, Speak Now Red nineteen

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eighty nine, and Reputation basically Everything Before Lover.

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As Clayton Durant pointed.

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Out, she's so rich, she's already a billionaire. How much

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further does she want to go? Maybe it's a principal

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thing for her, and honestly, after everything she's been through

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to reclaim her work, it probably is about the principle.

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Speaking of Travis, got some adorable updates from Caitlin Clark.

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The WNBA star told USA Today that Taylor and Travis

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are currently in vacation mode and enjoying a nice little

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breakout of the spotlight. When asked if they'd be attending

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any Indiana Fever games this season, Caitlin said, I hope so,

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but she wants them to enjoy a nice little break.

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She reiterated that she's a bona fide Swifties and called

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Taylor one of the sweetest people I've ever been around

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after their Chief's playoff game hangout in January. Since the

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Chief's devastating Super Bowl lost to the Eagles and Taylor

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wrapping the Eiras tour, the couple has definitely been keeping

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things low key.

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As we've discussed in previous episodes.

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They've been spotted for things like that Mother's Day celebration

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in Philadelphia with both families, but they're clearly prioritizing their

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private time together. Now here's a wild story that's going

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to blow your mind. Mary El Hadid, Gigi's sister, is

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claiming partial credit for Taylor and Travis's role romance. On

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the Nice Girls Don't Win podcast, Maryelle revealed that she

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did a tarot reading for Taylor backstage before an arist

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tour show in Santa Clara in spring twenty twenty three.

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This was right around the time when Travis had publicly

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said he wanted to date Taylor.

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On his podcast.

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Mariyelle told Gigi that Taylor and Travis should date and said,

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come on, even if it's just for fun. This is

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before they had actually or officially met. During the tarot reading,

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she pulled a card for Taylor and remembered that the

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word swiftly was in the reading.

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How perfect is that?

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Maryelle even joked that she told Taylor that Travis would

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be a good lay, saying she deserves it.

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I cannot with this story.

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Remember how Taylor told Time magazine that she and Travis

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had a significant amount of time that no one knew

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before going public. Well, it sounds like this tarot reading

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happened right around when they started secretly getting to know

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each other. The timeline totally adds up. In White House

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News Press sec Terry Caroline leave It was asked to

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explain Trump's latest dig at Taylor during Monday's briefing. Remember

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how we discussed last episode that Trump posted on truth

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Social claiming that since he said I hate Taylor Swift,

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she's no longer hot. Well, leave It laughed off the

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question and tried to downplay it, saying Trump was speaking

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about Taylor Swift's political views and how perhaps it has

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impacted the support of the American public for her work.

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This all stems from Taylor's endorsement of Kamala Harris after

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Trump posted AI generated images of her supposedly endorsing him.

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Taylor's response was perfect.

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She said, those fake images really conjured up my fears

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around AI and the dangers of spreading misinformation, and that

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the simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.

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As we discussed, sources say.

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Travis is livid about these attacks, but is channeling his

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anger into training camp motivation rather than responding publicly more

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in a moment. Finally, here's a sweet celebrity encounter story.

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Julia Stiles recently shared on the How to Fail podcast

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about meeting Taylor at a game night party. Julia said

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she could just feel Taylor entering the room because she

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just has that presence. Even though Julia wasn't planning to

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bother her, someone let her know Taylor wanted to say

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hi because she really likes your work. Julia admitted she

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blacked out during their handshake and dissociated for a second

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while they chatted, but eventually told Taylor, You're amazing.

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This is crazy.

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Julia noted that even someone as famous as Taylor seems

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humble enough to genuinely appreciate when people say nice things

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about her work. And that's all for today's episode of

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Taylor Swift Today. What do you think about Taylor potentially

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buying back her Masters from Shamrock Capital.

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Are you excited?

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We got our first taste of reputation Taylor's version and

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how wild is that tarot reading story from Mariel Hadib.

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Don't forget to like, subscribe and turn on notifications so

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you never miss an update about our queen. This is

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Ali's signing off. Until next time, Stay fearless, Swifties