Swift Celebrates 34th Birthday with Miles Teller and Keleigh Sperry in NYC, Skips Time Magazine Gala.

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Welcome to Taylor Swift Today. A short

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roundup of all the headlines around Taylor's
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Taylor Swift celebrated her thirty fourth birthday
in high spirits with her friends Miles Teller

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and his wife Keilely. The pop
star chose to spend a lively evening with

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the couple in New York City,
opting out of the Time magazine gala where

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she was honored as Person of the
Year. Swift marked the beginning of her

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birthday with friends, leaving Parcel Restaurant
in New York after midnight. Earlier,

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Selena Gomez had joined them, but
wasn't seen departing with the group. Taylor

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looked fashionable in a beige leather trench
coat paired with a black outfit and chunky

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heeled boots, Carrying a small black
handbag and wearing a gold necklace. She

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was all smiles for the cameras.
Joining her was actor Miles Teller, who

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appeared relaxed in gray jeans, a
white T shirt, a plaid jacket,

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and a navy baseball cap. His
wife Keely, who appeared in Taylor's I

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Bet You Think About Me music video
looked chic in a black mini dress complimented

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by black heeled boots and a navy
jacket as she exited the restaurant with Swift.

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The friends had a joyful night celebrating
Taylor's birthday, including a visit to

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the exclusive members only club Zero Bond, where they were joined by Selena Gomez.

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Taylor, foregoing the Time magazine Gala, seemed to prefer celebrating with her

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close friends. She had arrived in
New York earlier that day from Kansas City,

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Missouri, where she had been spending
time with her boyfriend Travis. In

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a recent episode of the New Heights
podcast, Chiefs tight End Travis Kelcey thanked

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his girlfriend Taylor Swift for boosting merchandise
sales in the United Kingdom. Discussing the

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surge and sales, his brother Jason
Kelsey inquired a lot of Swifties over there

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in the UK. Travis responded,
there's got to be only reasonable solution to

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all of this. Since Taylor and
Travis started dating, many of her fans

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have shown an increased interest in the
NFL, and particularly in the Kansas City

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Chief Star, likely contributing to the
rise in merchandise sales. Jason Kelsey,

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who plays for the Eagles, humorously
suggested on the podcast that people might be

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buying his jersey thinking he's dating Taylor
instead of his brother. No, they're

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all Kylie Kelsey fans, Travis joked, acknowledging both Kylie and Taylor. Shout

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out to Kylie, shout out to
Taylor. Thank you, guys. The

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Karma singer seems equally smitten in the
relationship, as she shared with Time Magazine

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in her Person of the Year profile. We're just proud of each other.

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When you say a relationship is public, that means I'm going to see him

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do what he loves. We're showing
up for each other. Other people are

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there, and we don't care more
Taylor in Just a Moment title Wave Comics

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has unveiled a new variant cover for
its upcoming Taylor Swift biocomic female Force Taylor

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Swift. The comic launched coinciding with
Swift's thirty fourth birthday and following a year

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of record breaking achievements for the Golden
Globe nominee. The comic book publisher had

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earlier teased a paperback cover featuring Salus's
original art in November and announced a hardcover

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edition with an alternative cover by DC
and Marvel Comics artist Yonami. The latest

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variant, an eBay exclusive by Pablo
Martinine, is an homage to Marvel Comics

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Dazzler Number one, reflecting rumors of
Swift's potential appearance in Deadpool three. Of

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course, Taylor Swift deserves her own
comic book. Escavell commented, she wears

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colorful tights and fights corporate villains who
try to use their money to control her.

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The only other person who fits that
description is Clark Kent, and even

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he couldn't have written nineteen eighty nine. The comic will explore Swift's rise to

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fame, her philanthropic efforts, and
her connection with fans, highlighting her empowering

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presence and entertainment. It will also
feature her successful airestour and the concert film,

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which grossed two hundred and fifty million
dollars globally on a fifteen million dollar

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budget. Swift joins the ranks of
influential women featured in Title Wave's Female Fource

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series, including Dolly Parton, Tina
Turner, Gloria steinem Cher, Oprah Winfrey,

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Billie Eilish and others. In late
October, Chris Harrington, owner of

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the boutique West Side Story in Kansas
City, Missouri, noticed an unusual online

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order for over twelve hundred dollars in
vintage clothes. The order, flagged as

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medium risk for fraud by Shopify,
included five vintage Kansas City that he Chief's

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sweatshirts, each over one hundred dollars. It was a larger dollar amount than

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we typically get, and there was
a medium alert on it, so our

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online manager did some digging, Harrington
explained to Business Insider. After investigating,

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they believed the order was connected to
Swift. However, when Swift attended a

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game in Green Bay wearing designer clothes
instead of the vintage Chiefs gear, doubts

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emerged. But Swift later appeared at
Arrowhead Stadium for the Chiefs Versus Bill's game

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wearing the merchandise. I started getting
text messages and then my girlfriend came running

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downstairs thirty seconds later, and I
was like, it's happening. She's wearing

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it. This is amazing, Harrington
recalled. He's unsure how Swift or her

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team discovered his store, though Chief
star Travis Kelce Swift's boyfriend follows the store

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on Instagram and has shopped there before. Despite the source, Harrington is thrilled,

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noting We've had hundreds of orders over
the last forty eight hours. It

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was the tailor effect. Patriots quarterback
Bailey Zappy took a moment in a recent

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press conference to clarify his opinion on
Taylor Swift's music, previously indicating he wasn't

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a big fan, Zappy clarified,
if you listen to the whole quote I

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said, I'm not not a fan. So I used to be a fan

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because I'm a country guy. I
listened to country music. She used to

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be country, so of course there
were times when a Taylor Swift country song

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would come on and I would listen
to it. Now she's moved over to

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pop. I'm not a pop guy, he added, So I'm a fan.

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I just don't listen to that type
of music. So just clear that

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up in the air. Asked if
he'd be nervous if Swift attended Gillette Stadium

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on Sunday to watch her boyfriend Travis
Kelce, Zappy replied, no, I

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won't be nervous. It would be
pretty exciting to have her here. I

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know she loves being here at Gillette. I'm sure that's excited to come back

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here. Zappe emphasized he's a fan, saying you've got to clear it up

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because you never know on social media. I'm just making sure everybody understands I'm

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a fan. And there you have
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