Is Universal and Working Title's adaptation of the Broadway hit "Les Miserables" finally about to get its Eponine? Taylor Swift, Lea Michele, Scarlett Johansson and Evan Rachel Wood are being considered for the role in Tom Hooper's film, the New York Post reported Wednesday morning. All four actresses have reportedly auditioned for the role. A representative for Universal declined comment on the casting to TheWrap, saying only that no decisions have been made. In the Victor Hugo novel of the same name, Eponine is a child spoiled by her parents, the Thenardiers, until they become poor. She falls in love with Marius and dies trying to save his life. Marius will be played by Eddie Redmayne in the Hooper film, which also stars Hugh Jackman , Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Geoffrey Rush. "Les Miserables" is due in theaters on December 7, 2012. Follow us on LinkedIn LinkedIn News From Entertainment Also read: Kristin Cavallari, Jay Cutler Are Engaged (Again).

What is teen rock music for? To shut out parents. Or so it always seemed. The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence. Boom boxes performed the same function in the old days. Even back then, the content of the songs was anti-parent, or at least parent-free. Adults were generally depicted as not understanding: Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you, as James Taylor put it decades ago, describing what adults did to a troubled girl. The angry anti-them bias has been the rule since the days of the screaming girls at New York s Kennedy Airport, waiting for the Beatles. Help, I need someone! Just not my mother. Most parents have assumed there was nothing you could change about this dynamic. It was a childs developmental right to break away, girls as well as boys. Music had to end childhood, and early. After a child reaches 13, or 11, or 9, parents must be dissed. Good manners showed you were your

Taylor Swift may be Billboard's Woman of the Year , but we remember Swift when she was just a girl of 16. Back in July 2006, when Taylor's debut single "Tim McGraw" was creeping up our Country Songs chart , the songstress stopped by Billboard's New York offices to mingle and entertain our staff. Women in Music 2011 Taylor Swift Named Billboard Woman of the Year An articulate and self-aware Swift, with just a bit more Nashville twang present in her voice, explained her inspiration: "This is a song called 'Tim McGraw.' For those of you who haven't heard it and think I'm weird right now, I'm going to go ahead and explain myself. It's not really about Tim McGraw , and I'm not a stalker. It's really about two people who fall in love and their song is a Tim McGraw song. I think it really deals with the power of country music, and how it has the power to haunt you and take you back to the places where you first heard that song."

Four-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift has awed critics and fans around the globe with the Broadway-inspired extravaganza that is her Speak Now World Tour performance, the very show that is coming to New Zealand for three dates in March. Now Taylor has released a DVD/CD of the show which is available in stores and at online retailers now. Speak Now World Tour - Live is our first release of live music from Taylor. The DVD gives fans the complete Taylor Swift Speak Now concert experience, showcasing performances of all 17 songs from Taylor's Speak Now show, plus additional bonus content. The CD contains over 75 minutes of music, including live versions of favorites from the Speak Now album. It's everything a T-Swizzle fan could dream of, and T-Swizzle fans are notorious for dreaming big.

Taylor Swift's snowglobes Courtesy Taylor Swift; Inset: Jason Merritt/Getty How does Taylor Swift get in the holiday spirit? With some serious craftiness, apparently! Coming off her big wins at the CMAs and AMAs , Swift has been crafting handmade snow globes with friends. PHOTOS: Stars' Ho-Ho-Holiday Pics The singer, 21, posted a photo of eight festive jars on her Instagram feed with the caption, "Home made snow globes with friends. The whole fleet!" Swift also included a close up of Christmas tree and angel-filled globes, calling them "Christmas in a jar, with glitter."

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Posted 31 minutes ago by Byron Flitsch in Celebrity , Music , Photos , Style Credit: Pacific Coast News While you spent your holiday weekend dodging the "when are you getting married?" attacks excitedly catching up with your folks, Taylor Swift also took a well-deserved breather from being a supreme talent to snag some QT time with her mom. Stars' holiday family reunions -- they're just like ours! The " Story Of Us " singer and Billboard's Woman Of The Year (!!!) took a break from making snow globes and was snapped taking a casu! al strol l through a park in Nashville with her mom over Thanksgiving weekend (after enjoying a few helpings at our ultimate pop star Thanksgiving! ) looking adorbz in a very-fall sweater. We can only imagine their mother/daughter gossip: Maybe Taylor was spilling the beans on her latest boy crushes or even better -- dishing on who she plans on performing with next! We want in on that family secret, ladies! On the other

Associated Press entertainment staff Taylor Swift performs at Madison Square Garden, in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Taylor Swift wrapped her 2011 Speak Now World Tour with two sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden. The tour visited 17 countries in 2011, and continues in 2012 with shows in Australia and New Zealand. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes) Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden gallery (11 photos) NEW YORK (AP) Taylor Swift closed her "Speak Now World Tour" with her best friend and the man her parents named her after. The 21-year-old brought out James Taylor and Selena Gomez at her concert Tuesday night at New York's Madison Square Garden. Swift said her parents named her after Taylor, and the two performed his hit "Fire and Rain." Taylor also played the guitar while Swift performed her song "Fifteen." Gomez joined the country singer earlier in the night, where the two sang a duet version of Gomez's hit tune "Who Says." Swift

More News About Thompson Square, Brad Paisley, Justin More and Other Country Stars Hot Dish ( CMT Hot Dish is a weekly feature written by veteran columnist Hazel Smith. Author of the cookbook, Hazel's Hot Dish: Cookin' With Country Stars , she also hosts CMT's Southern Fried Flicks With Hazel Smith and shares her recipes at CMT .com.) Here's hoping all of you had a Happy Thanksgiving. If you are like Taylor Swift , you've had a whole year of happiness and giving thanks. Following her CMA entertainer of the year win, Taylor trekked over to the American Music Awards and picked up the favorite female country artist honor and the favorite country album trophy for Speak Now . And if that wasn't enough, our winningest darling took home the top prize -- the all-genre artist of the year award. She's won it twice! With her mouth saying "amazed" for about the 350th time this year, do not think for a minute she doesn't know what she's doing. She kno

We were flipping through gorgeous photos of Taylor Swift from her recent Madison Square Garden concert in NYC when we spotted a GIANT word tattoo down her arm! Take a close look at the photo below: We hear it's temporary -- and, apparently, she writes song lyrics down her arm for every show . Who knew? This particular lyric ("Bring on all the pretenders. One day we will be remembered.") is from the song "Long Live" off of "Speak Now," her most recent album. What do you guys think of this TSwift tradition? What one-sentence song lyric do you think is most inspiring (off any album)? Speak now in the comments below. Also on HuffPost High School, check out this slideshow of Taylor Swift's top 8 red carpet sparkly dresses! CURRENT TOP 5 PICK YOUR OWN TOP 5 NEW! CREATE YOUR OWN SLIDESHOW USERS WHO VOTED ON THIS SLIDE FOLLOW HUFFPOST HIGH SCHOOL ';var coords = [-5, -72];// display fb-bubbleFloatingPrompt.e

LOS ANGELES -- Taylor Swift was crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards for a second time. "This is so crazy!" the country superstar said after beat such contenders as Adele, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry to capture all three awards that she was nominated for at Sunday's ceremony, including artist of the year, the show's highest accolade, which she previously claimed in 2009. "I ended up writing the record by myself, so the fact that you would honor it this way, you have no idea what this means to me," said Swift after winning the trophy for favorite country album for "Speak Now." She also was awarded the prize for favorite country female artist. Nicki Minaj, the pink-loving hip-hop diva, won two awards Sunday. She kicked off the 39th annual fan-favorite ceremony by sporting a pair of speakers on her much-talked about posterior and was later honored as favorite rap/hip-hop artist, besting a group that included mentor Lil Wayne, and won f

Taylor Swift: Country music's Entertainer of the Year. Because Taylor Swift dresses in purple pastels and perpetually wears a astonished smile, her punch takes listeners by surprise. Swift is, as she told a Madison Square Garden audience she drove to the verge of pandemonium Monday night, a hopeless romantic. Shes also awfully combative. Her love stories have bad guys and girls, and triumph over these adversaries is a large part of what shes selling so successfully. This is a young woman whos taken Shakespeares "Romeo and Juliet" firmly in her tongs and banged the ending into a shape that better fits her all-American optimism (and her desire for victory). She rides off with the prince, the diamond ring and the moral high ground that comes from sticking to your guns when those around you demand compromise. She wants it all the emotional turmoil and the rebel cred, the glory and the thrown garter and shes willing to fight to get it. "Ours," her six and latest h

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Taylor Swift closed her "Speak Now World Tour" with her best friend and the man her parents named her after. The 21-year-old brought James Taylor and Selena Gomez to her concert Tuesday night at New York's Madison Square Garden. Swift said her parents named her after Taylor, and the two performed his hit "Fire and Rain." Taylor also played the guitar while Swift performed her song "Fifteen." Gomez joined the country singer earlier in the night, where the two sang a duet version of Gomez's hit tune "Who Says." Swift's tour has featured guest appearances from Nicki Minaj to Usher to T.I. to Jason Mraz. She also performed at MSG on Monday. Billboard honoring Nicki Minaj as rising star Nicki Minaj will have another moment to savor from her super year: Billboard is honoring her as its rising star of 2011. She is slated to get the honor at Billboard's "Women of the Year" event on Dec. 1 in New York City. Minaj said Wednesday s

Image Credit: Charles Sykes/AP After 80 sold-out shows, Taylor Swift wrapped the North American leg of her Speak Now World Tour last night in front of a screaming crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York City. And what a show it was. After a terrific set by South Carolina rockers NEEDTOBREATHE, whose strong sense of melody make it clear why Ms. I love a good hook Swift hand-picked them to open for her, the star of the evening emerged from the stage to lead her massive production. Ive said it before, but allow me to reiterate: Anyone that doesnt think Taylor Swift shouldve won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards has never seen her live. That girl is the definition of an entertainer. Sparks literally flew (courtesy of harnessed, floating dancers) during Sparks Fly, twinkling trees shone through a foggy, gazebod set during Enchanted, fearless dancers dropped out of enormous bells on Haunted, and, of course, Taylor donned a ball gown and soared over the audience in a Juliet balcon

Taylor Swift closed her "Speak Now World Tour" with her best friend and the man her parents named her after. The 21-year-old brought out James Taylor and Selena Gomez at her concert Tuesday night at New York's Madison Square Garden. Swift said her parents named her after Taylor, and the two performed his hit "Fire and Rain." Taylor also played the guitar while Swift performed her song "Fifteen." Gomez joined the country singer earlier in the night, where the two sang a duet version of Gomez's hit tune "Who Says." Swift's tour has featured guest appearances from Nicki Minaj to Usher to T.I. to Jason Mraz . She also performed at MSG on Monday. Swift recently won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards as well as Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards. Meanwhile, her single "If This Was A Movie," from the deluxe edition of "Speak Now," debuted at No. 10 on the Hot 100 last week. (Additional reporting

LOS ANGELES Taylor Swift was crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards for a second time. This is so crazy! the country superstar said after beat such contenders as Adele, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry to capture all three awards that she was nominated for at Sundays ceremony, including artist of the year, the shows highest accolade that she previously claimed in 2009. I ended up writing the record by myself, so the fact that you would honor it this way, you have no idea what this means to me, said Swift after winning the trophy for favorite country album for Speak Now. She was also awarded the prize for favorite country female artist. Nicki Minaj, the pink-loving hip-hop diva, won two awards Sunday. She kicked off the 39th annual fan-favorite ceremony by sporting a pair of speakers on her much-talked about posterior and was later honored as favorite rap/hip-hop artist, besting a group that included mentor Lil Wayne, and won favorite rap/hip-hop album for Pink Friday. Theres

Recently crowned Artist of the Year at the AMAs , Entertainer of the Year at the CMAs and Billboard's Woman of the Year , Taylor Swift proved just how deserving she is of these accolades last night (Nov. 21). With two sold-out performances at NYC's Madison Square Garden -- the last two dates of her "Speak Now" Tour -- Swift is a fitting example of how dreams come true with a little luck and a lot of hard work. Taylor Swift Named Billboard Woman of the Year Swift showcased her catalogue of hits, and even brought out Goo Goo Dolls frontman Johnny Rzeznik for a duet on the band's "Iris," a track Swift explained as "one of the greatest songs ever written." Before she took the stage for "Sparks Fly," complete with fireworks, Adam Brand and NEEDTOBREATHE opened the night. Video: "Iris," Taylor Swift & Johnny Rzeznik, 11/21/2011, NYC For more than two hours, Swift took the audience on a journey. Each song performed had an

When red carpet duty comes a'calling, country cutie Taylor Swift tends to play it safe with plenty of sparkle and shine. Here's a look back at some of the popular songstress' most bejeweled and princess-glam inspired gowns. (Quick tip: Click the links for pics!) 2011 American Music Awards The November 20 AMAs were huge for Taylor, and she rocked a suitably fabulous gown as she trotted onstage to accept the coveted Artist of the Year award. Her golden strapless Reem Acra sparkled with thousands of glittering sequins, and she finished the look with a smart (and surprisingly straight) side-swept ponytail, simple green earrings for a pop of color, and minimal make-up. 2009 Country Music Association Awards Another strapless gold Reem Acra served as Taylor's red carpet frock at the 2009 CMAs. The long, princessy creation featured a glitte! ring bod ice that gave way to light-as-air folds of fabric. The two-years younger version of the "Love Story" singer wore her n

LOS ANGELES Taylor Swift was crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards for a second time. This is so crazy! the country superstar said after beat such contenders as Adele, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry to capture all three awards that she was nominated for at Sundays ceremony, including artist of the year, the shows highest accolade that she previously claimed in 2009. I ended up writing the record by myself, so the fact that you would honor it this way, you have no idea what this means to me, said Swift after winning the trophy for favorite country album for Speak Now. She was also awarded the prize for favorite country female artist. Nicki Minaj, the pink-loving hip-hop diva, won two awards Sunday. She kicked off the 39th annual fan-favorite ceremony by sporting a pair of speakers on her much-talked about posterior and was later honored as favorite rap/hip-hop artist, besting a group that included mentor Lil Wayne, and won favorite rap/hip-hop album for Pink Friday. Theres

Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images At Sunday's American Music Awards show, awards darling Taylor Swift went three for three in her nominated categories, taking home Favorite Female Country Artist, Favorite Country Album and Artist of the Year. American Music Awards And each time, as has become her trademark, Swift seemed genuinely shocked and surprised by her win. But, there were those that were less surprised, and less than impressed by her bewilderment at the podium. PHOTOS: The Best and Worst Moments at the AMAs "'This is like one of the craziest things that has ever happened to me,' Swift said as she accepted for artist of the year. It was her second time winning the biggest honor," CNN subtly pointed out. "Taylor Swiftis no stranger to winning awards. Since 2007, the 21-year-old country singer has racked up over 140 nominations and has won 90 awards!," noted Celebuzz ."So after winning so many coveted statues, one would think that T-Swizzle wouldn

At the 2011 American Music Awards, chart-topping artists Katy Perry and Taylor Swift stuck to their respective signature red carpet styles -- the "Firework" singer donned a bold, Japanese-inspired ensemble by Vivienne Westwood while the country star sparkled in a gold Reem Acra gown -- but tried out new makeup looks. PHOTOS: See what all the stars wore at the 2011 American Music Awards Read through to get the full how-tos on Perry's bold makeup and Swift's flawless face -- straight from their makeup pros at Sunday's award show in Los Angeles. PHOTOS: Katy Perry's wildest red carpet looks "I wanted to do a sophisticated twist on the "classic Katy" look to complement the Vivienne Westwood couture dress," celeb makeup artist for CoverGirl Jake Bailey told Us Weekly . Face : Bailey perfected Perry's skin by buffing a liquid foundation onto her skin using a large kabuki brush and setting it with a dusting of loose powder. "I warmed he

On Sunday night (November 20), the music industry's A-listers gathered inside Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre to celebrate some of 2011's most memorable musical moments. It was a night dominated by chart-toppers like Taylor Swift , Nicki Minaj and Jennifer Lopez . Minaj and David Guetta were the first to electrify the stage. The two stars joined forces to get the room jumping with their track "Turn Me On," which transitioned into Nicki's breakthrough hit "Super Bass." Maroon 5 were the first big winners, taking home Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group. "This is our first one. This is crazy. I think in order to get one of these, you have to have loyal fans," lead singer Adam Levine said. Next up, Swift nabbed a trophy for Favorite Country Female Artist. After hugging pal Selena Gomez, Taylor excitedly accepted her award wearing a glittering gown. "I want to thank my band and my crew and the fans for filling up stadiums," she said. &qu