Another track has leaked from John Mayer’s forthcoming album Battle Studies, prior to its Nov. 17 release date: “Half of My Heart,” a duet with country starlet Taylor Swift.

The “Love Story” singer is a big fan of the rocker but never dreamed she’d get to sing one of his songs.

“I was so excited when he Twitter-messaged me. He was like, ‘Hey, I just wrote this song this morning and I can only hear you singing on it with me. I was like, ‘Yes!’”

Taylor Swift is the host and musical guest on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live — and she hasn’t forgotten the infamous mic-snitching that left her publicly humiliated at the MTV Video Music Awards last summer.

In a promo that began airing Tuesday, the global music sensation and SNL cast member Bill Hader poke fun at the notorious incident and controversial rap star Kanye West. Taylor announces she will be on the sketch show this weekend while Hader stands by her side on the phone. He gets off his cell and says, “Whoops, Kanye West just called. He thinks Beyoncé should host instead.”

Taylor Swift host Saturday Night Live Nov. 7.

Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones isn’t fond of how pop-influenced the genre he loves has become in recent years.

The 78-year-old “Choices” crooner has some harsh words for some of country’s modern day big acts, like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift, who Jones accuses of “stealing our identity.”

“They’re definitely not traditional country music. It’s good to know that we still do traditional country music. Alan Jackson still does it, so does George Strait. We still have it, and there’s quite a few of us that are going to hope that it comes back one of these days,” Jones remarked in an interview with The Associated Press Tuesday.

Music sensation Taylor Swift takes the virtual stage in an all-new edition of Band Hero premiering this month!

Swift fans will be able to live their musical fantasy by performing hits like “Love Story,” “You Belong With Me,” and “Picture To Burn” as Taylor Swift — or alongside the star — on the Band Hero stage.

“Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I’m fully behind. And, I’m really excited about Band Hero, because not only are fans getting to play my songs, but I’m actually in the game,” Taylor, a singer/songwriter/guitarist said of the game back in August. “There are so many awesome things that go into being in Band Hero, like getting to customize my band to look like my touring band, and it’s so cool for people to feel like they are experiencing one of my concerts. This is one of the closest things out there to going to see me perform!”

Ellen DeGeneres had Taylor Swift rolling around the floor laughing on Friday — after the chatshow hostess spooked the country crooner during a prank for her annual Halloween special.

Squeaky-clean country singer was celebrating Katy Perry’s 25th birthday during a star-studded Willy Wonka-themed party in Hollywood over the weekend when she was photographed with a man with a swastika painted on his shirt.

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A Tale of Two Taylors: Taylor Swift is talking about her Saturday Night Live hosting debut — about her rumored relationship with New Moon star Taylor Lautner.

On Thursday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, a blushing Taylor couldn’t help but giggle when asked about her alleged romance with Taylor.

Swift, 19, and Lautner, 17, have sparked whispers that they are an item after the teens were spotted at an L.A. Kings game over the weekend. In July, the Taylors locked lips for a scene in the upcoming romantic comedy Valentine’s Day.

This could get ugly: Sparks could fly if Taylor Swift is reunited with nemesis Kanye West on Saturday Night Live.

We hear producers of the long-running sketch-comedy series are frantically trying to book a “surprise” cameo from Kanye when Taylor hosts the show next month.

Yeah, that’s a great plan — give ole Motormouth yet another opportunity to upstage this poor chile.

Taylor Swift will host SNL for the first time on Nov. 7.

Taylor Swift’s hitting the road again, and tickets for the first fifteen dates of the singer’s upcoming Fearless 2010 tour sold out within minutes on Friday.

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Live from New York….it’s Taylor Swift! Kanye better beware! Country cutie Taylor Swift will host Saturday Night Live on Nov. 7, NBC announced Thursday.

The 19-year-old, who performed on the sketch comedy series in January, will be hosting for the first time, and she’s already got a few idea.

“I’ve been thinking about skit ideas for a long time,” Taylor told The Associated Press. “There are definitely some hilarious things that have happened to me over the past couple of months that I think will be pretty substantial skits.” Read the rest of this entry »