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Taylor Swift earns Tennessee's Star of Compassion Award

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Taylor Swift is to receive Tennessee's Star of Compassion Award. The 'Story of Us' singer is being honoured by the Northwest Tennessee Disaster Service for her work in helping people recover from natural disasters. PA Images / John Shearer/AP Chris Pizzello/AP/Press Association Images Swift famously gave $500,000 (341,000) to victims of the 2010 Nashville floods and also took part in George Clooney's 'Help For Haiti' telethon. Northwest Tennessee Disaster Services director Rob Adcock praised Swift's activism, saying: "Taylor Swift has inspired the small community of Northwest Tennessee with her uplifting words and music of encouragement and has become a positive role model for the young and old alike here. "It is with great honour and appreciation that we present this one of a kind, jewelled award to such an outstanding individual on behalf of our organisation." Swift also recently donated $4m (2.5m) to the Country Music Hall of Fame and M...

OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift: The Kitchen Sessions

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Taylor Swift ( CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) It's been a while since Taylor Swift has posted any little bits of herself singing. Instagram pictures, yes. But singing, no. So at long last, you can hear her on 15 seconds of "Lego House," a big Brit hit for English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. "I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind, I'll do it all for you in time/And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now," Swift sings with Sheeran sitting on the floor of the kitchen while he strums a guitar. She also posted very early Tuesday morning (June 12) that Sheeran's album was her favorite album right now. And then he posted that he was up early doing a sound check for Today . (His debut album is being released in the U.S. and Canada today.) It's so good to see and hear what Swift has been up to because all she'd ...

Taylor Swift edges ahead of Kim Kardashian on Twitter

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Taylor Swift posted an Instagram photo of her Alterations on Twitter: http://instagr.am/p/LlmL_UDvLY/ Copyright Burbn, Inc. LOS ANGELES, June 12 Country music singer Taylor Swift has overtaken reality TV star Kim Kardashian on microblogging site Twitter. Both stars are closing in on the 15 million followers milestone with 14.99 million fans and 14.93 million fans to their names respectively. This week Kim Kardashian has been telling her fans to tune into her TV series Keeping Up with the Kardashians while Taylor Swift has been tweeting cute photos of her craft projects and dress-up parties. Twitters second most popular user, Justin Bieber, has hurdled past 23 million fans on Twitter and is keeping his followers entertained with tour updates and videos. Justin Bieber and his fans were also counting down the days until June 11, when his single As Long As You Love Me hit the iTunes Store. Twitters Katy Perry and Sina Weibos Yao Chen have hurtled past 21 million fans. Yao Chen is the mos...

Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift perform 'Lego House' - video

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Ed Sheeran has released home footage of himself duetting with Taylor Swift. The pair sang an acoustic rendition of 'Lego House', which was the third single to be lifted from Sheeran's debut album +. Tim Ireland/PA Wire/Press Association Images PA Images / John Shearer/AP The video sees Sheeran and Swift sat on the floor with friends performing the track. Sheeran was recently reported to be in the studio with Swift writing tracks for her forthcoming album . The British singer-songwriter flew out to the US on Saturday (June 9) following his set at this year's Capital Summertime Ball to promote the release of his album + in America. Sheeran's + was certified quadruple platinum in the UK last month after selling 1.2 million copies since its release in September. Watch Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift perform 'Lego House' below: > Nicki Minaj confirmed for Radio 1 Hackney Weekend > Flo Rida leads Aussie single chart > Gary Barlow claims biggest-selling nu...

Taylor Swift Receives 2012 Honorary Star of Compassion Award

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taylor-swift-138837853120611145328 Taylor Swift is set to be honored by a Tennessee non-profit group for her role model status. Yay! Read on for more details! Even when shes publicly feuding with ex-boyfriends, we cant help but love and admire Taylor Swift , and it looks like we arent the only ones! Today, the 21-year old songstress is being awarded with the 2012 Honorary Star of Compassion Award by Northwest Tennessee Disaster Services , a non-profit group dedicated to disaster relief and education. Taylor Swift has inspired the small community of Northwest Tennessee with her uplifting words and music of encouragement and has become a positive role model for the young and old alike, said Rob Adock, director of the organization. He concluded, It is with great honor and appreciation that we present thisaward to such an outstanding individual on behalf of our organization. We couldnt think of anyone who deserves it more! But what about you, HollywoodLifers ? Do you think Taylor is de...

Taylor Swift lands Tennessee honour

Officials at Northwest Tennessee Disaster Services have named the Love Story hitmaker the recipient of the 2012 Honorary Star of Compassion Award. The organisation's director Rob Adcock says, "Taylor Swift has inspired the small community of Northwest Tennessee with her uplifting words and music of encouragement and has become a positive role model for the young and old alike here. "It is with great honour and appreciation that we present this one of a kind, jewelled award to such an outstanding individual on behalf of our organisation." Swift, who moved to Tennessee as a teenager to pursue her career, often uses her fame to support the state's facilities - she donated 14,000 books to a library earlier this year (12), and last month (May12) it was revealed she had handed over 2.5 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Taylor Swift & John Mayer And More: The 8 Nastiest Feuding Exes

Listen People WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING? This is life, control your own, this article is STUPID. Tell Me How many country (crying in your beer) songs would be written if it wasn't for break up and everything else wrong in our lives. How did these gripes get started BY THE MEDIA? Don't you have enough to worry about in your own live NOW YOU WANT TO TELL STARS HOW TO LIVE THEIR LIVES? You are a expert now. You want to hate Stars for their break up and won't watch them or listen to them any more....HOW DUMB IS THAT? Do you want them to run a vote on what they should do next? Is that it. YOU want to pick their mates, their clothes, their cars, every thing in their lives, you honestly think you deserve that power.? So your mad at this guy for his breaku YOU TRASH HIM, REFUSE TO BUY IS MUSIC, SHE MADE A BUNDLE OFF THAT SONG, IS THAT WRONG? I DON'T BELIEVE SHE WANTED TO DESTORY THE GUY. She wrote a SAD SONG like country singers do and it was a hit. YOU PEOPLE HAVE ALLOWED YO...