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Taylor Swift Wrote a Song About Elizabeth Taylor. Now the Actor's Longtime Confidante Shares What She'd Say About Her Wedding
Elizabeth Taylor, is it forever? A co-trustee of Taylor’s estate tells Vanity Fair about the star’s views on marriage, style, and celebrity.
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The Hollywood Reporter
· Jul 4, 2026
Lena Dunham Reportedly Made Gasp-Worthy Football Joke at Swift-Kelce Wedding Celebration: “Straight Guys Reenacting Gay Porn”
The 'Daily Mail' reports that the ‘Too Much’ writer, one of Swift’s longtime close friends, uttered the quip during a pre-wedding gathering on Thursday night.
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· Jul 6, 2026
Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce's "Blank Space" Wedding Handkerchiefs Divide Fans
Naturally, Taylor Swift incorporated some of her romantic lyrics into her dream wedding to Travis Kelce. But one choice caused a stir for her fans.
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· Jul 4, 2026
Taylor Swift's aunt shares intimate details from her lavish Travis Kelce MSG wedding: 'They cried'
Taylor Swift's aunt shares intimate details from her lavish Travis Kelce MSG wedding: 'They cried'
E! Online
· Jul 7, 2026
Taylor Swift Wins Lawsuit Days After Travis Kelce Wedding
Taylor Swift has spent her whole life putting her feelings into words. And despite poet Kimberly Marasco’s lawsuit alleging some of Swift’s lyrics were a copyright infringement of her poems, a...
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· Jul 1, 2026
‘Doomed from the start’: Rumoured Swift-Kelce wedding is a ‘perfect recipe’ for heartbreak
Writer and Comedian Michael Loftus breaks down the rumours surrounding Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's multi-million-dollar Madison Square Garden wedding. “I think this is the perfect recipe to doom your relationship. Like Taylor Swift, I feel bad for Kelce over here; he’s going to have his heart broken,” Mr Loftus told Sky News host James Morrow. “She has to break his heart; that’s how she writes records. She finds guys, she breaks their heart, and then she acts like she’s the one who got dumped. “This is a horrible affair, like, she’s going to make the entire city of New York not happy with her … this thing is doomed.”
Metro
· Jul 1, 2026
Everything Travis Kelce’s family have said about Taylor Swift ahead of wedding
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