Sept. 14, 2025

⚖️ TAYLOR FREE FROM BLAKE DRAMA: Judge denies Baldoni's deposition request - "no material role" in lawsuit!

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⚖️ TAYLOR FREE FROM BLAKE DRAMA: Judge denies Baldoni's deposition request - "no material role" in lawsuit!

🚫 WEDDING GUEST LIST TEA: Comedian friend Santino admits "she's controlling that list - I'm not on it"!

🍹 "THE ALCHEMY" COCKTAIL: Taylor's signature vodka cran at Travis's new steakhouse 1587!

😬 KAYLA NICOLE'S REACTION: Travis's ex says "Oh, no, no, no" when asked about engagement at NYFW!

⏰ MYSTERIOUS COUNTDOWN: Taylor's website has sparkly orange progress bar - what's she unlocking?!

📱 ITUNES RESURRECTION: First post since 2019 - 5 YEARS of silence broken for Showgirl album!

🎸 BRYAN ADAMS APPROVAL: Rock legend says Taylor's ONLY person who did "justice" to "Summer of '69"!

💔 BLAKE FRIENDSHIP UPDATE: Sources say Taylor wants removed from drama "at all costs"!

🎉 BACHELOR PARTY > WEDDING?: Santino prefers Travis's bachelor party over actual wedding invite!

🎵 "SHOW BUSINESS FOR YOU": 12-second silent video on Apple Music - what's Taylor planning?!

📈 5.7 MILLION VIEWS: iTunes comeback post breaks internet - "iTunes (Taylor's Version)"!

🚨 SUNDAY DEEP DIVE: Legal freedom, wedding drama, and album mysteries as October 3rd approaches!

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Calarugashowk Media. Hey Swifties, Welcome back to Taylor Swift. Today.

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It's Sunday, which means it's time for our regular weekly episode.

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While we don't have earth shattering news like engagement announcements,

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this week, we've got some juicy updates including Taylor finally

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being free from the Blake Lively drama, a mysterious countdown

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on her website that has us all theorizing, and iTunes

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literally rising from the dead for our queen, plus some

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awkward X encounters and wedding guestless drama. Let's dive in

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first up, and this is huge. Taylor Swift will not

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be deposed in the Justin Baldoni Versus Blake Lively case.

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Judge Lewis Lyman denied Baldoni's request to extend the deadline

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to depose Taylor, saying they failed to show good cause

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for why they couldn't depose her earlier. The judge basically

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called them out for waiting six months and then claim

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Taylor's schedule was the problem. Taylor's lawyer, Doug Baldridge, submitted

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a letter stating Taylor did not agree to give a

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deposition and would only participate if forced. The letter emphasized

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she has no material role in this lawsuit. A source

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told Daily Mail, Taylor wants to be removed from all

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the Baldoni and Blake drama at all costs, as this

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is going to go on for years. What really gets

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me is Lively's team called Baldoni's attempts to depose Taylor

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an outrageous media driven tactic. They pointed out he already

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subpoenaed Taylor in May with much fanfare, then withdrew it,

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and now he's trying again without even serving a new subpoena.

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The judge saw.

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Write through it. This whole situation has reportedly caused a

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rift between Taylor and Blake, with Taylor feeling unfairly dragged

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into the drama. Remember those Dragons texts where Blake referred

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to Taylor and Ryan Reynolds as her protectors.

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Yeah, that didn't go over well.

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But at least now Taylor can focus on her engagement

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and album without this legal cloud hanging over her.

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Speaking of the wedding, we have some guestless tea.

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Comedian Andrew Santino, who's been friends with Travis for years,

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admitted on the part in My Take podcast that he

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probably won't make the cut. When asked if he'd attend,

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Santino said.

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I doubt it.

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I don't think I got that invite. You know, she's

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controlling that guest list. I'm not on that list. But

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here's the funny part. He said he'd prefer just the

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bachelor party. Maybe I'll catch a bachelor party invite. You

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could do bachelor and not wedding. In fact, i'd prefer it.

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I'd rather do bachelor and no wedding. I don't want

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to do weddings in general anymore. The fact that even

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Travis's actual friends are assuming they won't make the list

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tells you how exclusive this wedding is going to be.

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Santino and Travis go way back. He was on Whiskey

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Ginger in twenty nineteen, and they've golfed together with Justin Timberlake.

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There's even that hilarious story about Travis's wardrobe malfunction on

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Santino's podcast, where his boys were sliding out and they

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had to put a chief's logo over it. This confirms

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what we've been hearing about the guest list negotiations. Travis

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wants the big blowout with everyone, but Taylor's keeping it tight.

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Even genuine friends like Santino are preparing to be cut

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now for something lighter. Taylor has her own signature cocktail

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at Travis and Patrick Mahomes's new steakhouse fifteen eighty seven.

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It's called the Alchemy, Yes, named after her song about Travis.

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It's a vodka Cranberry with Pierre Farran, dry currosow, aronia berry,

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strawberry lime, and oolong, but at its core it's still

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her classic vodka cran TMZ reports she was at the

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friends and family opening this past weekend. Travis, Patrick, and

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Brittany all have their own drinks too, but Taylor's sticking

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to her signature vodka basse is so on brand. The

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fact that the restaurant already has a Taylor Swift cocktail

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before even officially opens, that's influence. What kills me is

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that Taylor's known as the best cook in pop music,

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but Travis is the one opening restaurants. He's got garage

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beer with Jason, Travis, Kelcey's Kitchen, Frozen Foods, and now

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this steakhouse.

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Meanwhile, we're all begging.

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Taylor for a cookbook or even just her sour dough recipe.

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Come on, Taylor, give us the cooking content we deserve. Okay,

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this next story is awkward with a capital A. Kayla,

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Nicole Travis's X, who dated him for five years, was

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asked about the engagement at New York Fashion Week. When

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asked if she had any comment, she literally said oh, no, no, no,

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and changed the subject immediately. She did share what she's

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looking for in a man though, very honest, great character, spontaneous,

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great relationship with their family, and has really good girlfriends.

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The list is long, she said. Girl is clearly trying

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to move on. But here's the interesting part. Hours after

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the engagement announcement, Kayla reshared a clip about experiencing joy

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versus he happiness. She wrote about a book called Choose

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Joy because happiness isn't enough. The video talks about how

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happiness is something you can get at seven eleven and

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joy is something you earn and work for. Earlier this year,

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on Special Forces, Kayla opened up about how hard the

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public breakup has been, saying I could post about the

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sky being blue and people will have a response about

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an X and their new situation. She talked about the

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constant comparison to Taylor being on loop.

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Honestly, I feel for her. That can't be easy.

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But also she recently said on her podcast that the

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most player thing a man can do isn't give a

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woman his last name, but put a million dollars in

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her bank account, because generational wealth is the greatest thing

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you could give a woman. Make of that what you

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will now major album news. Taylor's website has a mysterious

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countdown that's driving Swifties insane. There's a new section that

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says unlock the newest countdown page clip from the Life

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of a Showgirl. There's a sparkly orange progress bar that's

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just over halfway filled. Fans who pre save on Spotify

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or Apple Music can see the track list, and Apple

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has a twelve second video titled and Baby That's show

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Business for you, but it's currently without sound.

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What is she planning?

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Taylor teas that the album was inspired by everything that

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was going on behind the curtain during the Aras tour.

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She wanted melodies that were so infectious that you're almost

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angry at it, and lyrics that are just as vivid,

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but crisp and focused and completely intentional. But here's the

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wildest part. iTunes literally came back from the dead for Taylor.

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They hadn't posted since July twenty nineteen, over five years

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of silence, and they broke it for the life of

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a showgirl. They're post announcing the digital only version with

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exclusive content got five point seven million views. Fans are

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losing it. One wrote the way iTunes rose from the

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dead for this. Another said iTunes Taylor's version. Someone else

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noted coming out of retirement as a showgirl is icon status.

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The power this woman has to resurrect defunct social media

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accounts back with more in a moment. Finally, we have

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to talk about Brian Adams absolutely gushing over Taylor. In

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a New Guitar World interview. He said Taylor's the only

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person who's done justice to Summer of sixty nine. He

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recalled their twenty eighteen Reputation Stadium Tour duet in Toronto,

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saying Taylor knows that song really well after just one rehearsal.

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What really impressed him was that Taylor understood the importance

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of the harmony in the song, something he says most

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people miss. He said, she sang the lead vocal, I

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sang the harmony, and that was really fun for me.

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He called their performance fantastic and said she nailed it.

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This is huge.

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Coming from a rock legend, Brian Adams doesn't just hand

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out compliments. And for him to say Taylor's verse no

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pun intended, he joked, was the only one that did

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justice to his classic. That's respect from the old guard

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of music recognizing Taylor's talent. Looking at everything this week,

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what strikes me is how Taylor's moving forward on all fronts.

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She's legally free from the Blake drama.

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She's got her album rollout in full swing with mysterious

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countdowns and iTunes resurrections. She's being celebrated at her fiance's restaurant,

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and even rock legends are singing her praises. The wedding

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guestless drama shows how exclusive and intimate this celebration is

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going to be. When Travis's own friends are preparing not

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to make the cut, you know they're keeping it tight

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and honestly after everything with Blake and people trying to

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use Taylor's name for their own purposes, I don't blame

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her for being selective. Kayln Nicole's situation reminds us that

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there are real people affected by these high profile relationships.

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While we celebrate Taylor and Travis. It's worth remembering to

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be kind about past relationships. Everyone's moving forward in their

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own way. And that iTunes resurrection that's iconic. A platform

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that's been dormant for five years suddenly springs to life

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for Taylor Swift. That's the kind of cultural impact we're

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talking about. Combined with the mysterious countdown and exclusive content.

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October third can't come fast enough.

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That's all for today's Sunday episode of Taylor Swift Today.

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What do you think is behind that mysterious countdown? Will

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Santino make the Bachelor party? And how amazing is it

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that iTunes literally came back from the dead for Taylor.

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