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Post by Admin on Oct 12, 2020 20:23:18 GMT
Unlike a lot of her peers in the music industry, Diane Warren was a Joe Biden supporter from day one of the 2020 primaries. “He was always my guy,” said the songwriting legend, who first connected with the former vice president after he introduced the song she wrote with Lady Gaga, “Til It Happens to You,” at the 2016 Academy Awards, where was nominated for original song in the campus-rape documentary “The Hunting Ground.” “There was something about Joe that was so empathetic, and the total opposite of the other thing that’s in the White House right now,” she said. “He looked in my eyes when I met him and said ‘You don’t know what that song means to me,’ and he had tears in his eyes. I did too.” It’s no surprise that Warren, like the majority of the music business (save for erratic spoiler-candidate Kanye West and MAGA stalwarts Ted Nugent and Kid Rock) was going to support Biden in 2020. But compared with this time in 2016, when superstars like Beyoncé, Jay Z, Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen threw mega-concerts for Hillary Clinton, activism in the music world was lower-key. COVID-19 wiped out any hopes of playing inspiring live events; the daily assault of the Trump news cycle made it harder to break through with a different message. But in the home stretch of the campaign, A-list artists like Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Madonna, Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift have come around to full-throated endorsements of Biden. In an editorial for V magazine, Swift wrote: “I will proudly vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in this year’s presidential election. Under their leadership, I believe America has a chance to start the healing process it so desperately needs.” “The change we need most is to elect a president who recognizes that people of color deserve to feel safe and represented, that women deserve the right to choose what happens to their bodies, and that the LGBTQIA+ community deserves to be acknowledged and included,” she continued.
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Post by Admin on Oct 15, 2020 7:18:45 GMT
Demi Lovato is not backing down from talking politics — and she's applauding Taylor Swift for doing the same. Lovato, who released a new political anthem, "Commander in Chief," on Wednesday, spoke about Swift's political activism in a new interview with CNN, one week after the "Lover" singer endorsed Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 presidential election. "You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't. You can list Taylor Swift as a perfect example of that exact saying," Lovato, 28, said. "For years she got trashed because she wasn't taking a stance and wasn't standing up for these rights and she kind of took a back seat. Now she's become very political and there are people that are unhappy with that too." "It's just, like, you have to live what feels authentic to you," the "Anyone" songstress added. "To me, that's using my platform to speak out about the things that I see that are wrong." Last week, Swift, 30 announced she would be supporting Biden, 77, and his running mate Kamala Harris in the upcoming election, marking her first public endorsement of a presidential candidate. Swift had stayed relatively quiet about politics until the 2018 Tennessee midterm elections, during which she endorsed two Democratic candidates. In recent months, she's been outspoken on social media about her disapproval of sitting President Donald Trump. "Donald Trump's ineffective leadership gravely worsened the crisis that we are in and he is now taking advantage of it to subvert and destroy our right to vote and vote safely," she wrote on Twitter in August, before urging fans and followers to vote. “Request a ballot early. Vote early.” Like Swift, Lovato has been critical of Trump's administration, taking aim at the incumbent president in "Commander in Chief." After releasing the political ballad on Wednesday, the "Sorry Not Sorry" singer responded to some comments from critics who expressed that those who don't share her political views "feel like they can't listen" to her music anymore.
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Post by Admin on Oct 15, 2020 19:22:25 GMT
President Trump’s influential supporter Rupert Murdoch is telling close associates he believes Joe Biden will win the election in a landslide. The Australian-born billionaire is disgusted by Trump’s handling of COVID-19, remarking that the president is his own worst enemy, that he is not listening to advice about how best to handle the pandemic, and that he’s creating a never-ending crisis for his administration, according to three people who have spoken with Murdoch. In response to an email inquiry for this report asking him if he believes Biden will win in a landslide and his thoughts on Trump’s handling of coronavirus, Murdoch responded, “No comment except I’ve never called Trump an idiot,” referring to a 2018 report that the media mogul called the president a “fucking idiot” following a chat about immigration. While Murdoch believes the outcome of the election is a fait accompli, his New York tabloid has been doing everything in its power to help Trump’s re-election chances, publishing a screaming page 1 story on Wednesday under the headline, “Biden Secret E-Mails.” The supposed “smoking gun” emails purported to show that Hunter Biden had introduced his father to a Ukrainian businessman when he was vice president, though the Post relied on unverified documents given to them by Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani. (Biden’s team denies that such a meeting took place.) “After all that has gone on, people are ready for Sleepy Joe.” Murdoch had long prized having unfettered access to the White House, much like the direct line he has enjoyed to leaders in Australia and the U.K. But people familiar with the matter say the two men have not spoken in several weeks after Murdoch grew tired of Trump’s endless complaints about what the president viewed as negative coverage on Fox News. The 89-year-old has spent much of 2020 in Oxfordshire with fourth wife, Jerry Hall, and is described by people both within Fox and News Corp as “semi-retired” from day-to-day operations of his media empire, having delegated responsibilities to his eldest son, Lachlan, following the sale of vast parts of 21st Century Fox to Disney for $52.4 billion last year. At one point in the winter, as Murdoch grew increasingly frustrated with Trump, he even considered getting behind another Democratic candidate, having discussions about supporting Mike Bloomberg in his ill-fated presidential run, a Murdoch executive told The Daily Beast.
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Post by Admin on Nov 3, 2020 21:33:26 GMT
Taylor Swift is spreading awareness about the importance of casting your ballot this Election Day.
The 30-year-old singer posted a selfie-style video to her Instagram Story and Twitter feed on Monday, encouraging fans to get to the polls and use their voices for the change they want to see.
"Hey. So we are all very stressed out about this election, rightfully so. I feel you," Swift said. "But allow me to be the 1 millionth person to remind you that tomorrow is your last chance to make your voice heard and to make your vote count, so if you haven't voted yet, please do."
"Stay safe, wear a mask, take care of yourselves. I love you very much. Happy voting," she went on, sharing a link to a polling place locator tool in her post.
The "Style" singer ended her video with a graphic of Democratic presidential and vice presidential hopefuls Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, with the word "UNITED" in the bottom-right-hand corner.
Swift announced her support for Biden, 77, and his running mate, Harris, in a message posted to her social media pages last month.
Alongside the shot from her V Magazine cover — which saw the word "Vote" emblazoned across her face — and a photo of her holding "Biden Harris 2020" cookies, the Grammy winner wrote, "I spoke to @vmagazine about why I'll be voting for Joe Biden for president."
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Post by Admin on Nov 4, 2020 5:55:14 GMT
While Taylor Swift caught some flak after endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden, Howard Stern is all about her relatively new political activism.
“Celebrities who won’t say who they’re voting for because they don’t want to piss off their public — f*** you too!” Stern said Monday on his SiriusXM show. “Like Taylor Swift, good for her. She has like 83 million followers and she came out and said who she’s voting for and I’m like good, that’s standing up for your country.”
As of Monday afternoon, Swift actually has 87.4 million followers on Twitter, making hers one of the most popular accounts on the social media platform. The “Exile” singer, who had consciously stayed silent on politics until October 2018, has advocated for Biden this election cycle.
“I’m sure her handlers were telling her ‘Don’t say anything, you’ll make people angry. You don’t want to be like the Dixie Chicks and be political," said Stern, who also supports President Donald Trump’s opponent. “F*** that! Be like the Dixie Chicks.”
The newly renamed the Chicks, of course, were ostracized from country music, the genre in which Swift began her career, after their lead singer, Natalie Maines, spoke out against President George W. Bush in 2003. Swift has specifically cited seeing that band’s experience as a reason she stayed away from politics. She eventually changed her mind, she said, because her moral compass was telling her to do so. And she hasn’t looked back, when it comes to issues, such as LGBTQ rights or her preferred candidates.
Swift officially endorsed Biden on Oct. 7. On Monday, she reminded followers to vote and included artwork of Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris in the short video message.
Stern also praised singer Marc Anthony for urging Puerto Ricans in the mainland United States to join him in backing Biden.
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