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What is it with these former Cowboys quarterbacks? Last year it was Tony Romo erroneously referring to Taylor Swift as Travis Kelce‘s “wife” while calling Kansas City Chiefs games — she is not married to the tight end she’s been dating for a year. Then, on Monday night (Oct. 7) another former Cowboys QB, Troy Aikman, referred to Swift as “the Mrs.” when the camera cut to the 34-year-old star after a second-quarter play by Kelce.
“The Mrs. likes it,” Aikman said as the camera flashed on Swift’s celebration in an Arrowhead Stadium VIP suite, where she was joined by her dad, Scott Swift (as well as Travi’s dad, Ed Kelce). His broadcast mate, Joe Buck, quickly corrected the error, saying, “You know they’re not married?”
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“Oh, I know,” Aikman replied. “I’m sure I’m in trouble for saying that.”
After skipping two games, Swift was back in the suite on Monday night in a plaid dress paired with knee-high boots and glitter freckles. Whether is was celebrating his 35th birthday over the weekend, or having Swift back in the house, Kelce seemed energized during the 26-13 win over the New Orleans Saints, putting up his second best stats of a so-far lackluster season with nine catches for 70 yards to help the Chiefs go to 5-0.
Travis wasn’t the only one glad to have Taylor back on Monday. His older brother, retired NFL legend Jason Kelce, took a moment out of his commentary during the pre-game to acknowledge Swift’s fashionable arrival at Arrowhead. “Hey, look at that now… that looks good,” Jason Kelce said as the camera cut to the singer making her entrance.
Swift celebrated the Chiefs’ fifth straight win to start the season — they are one of two undefeated teams so far this season — by taking a picture in the VIP suite with Chariah Gordon, fiancée of Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman Jr. According to People, Gordon asked Swift “How do you feel after this win?” while the pair were standing in front of a framed poster from Taylor’s Eras Tour.
Noticing her picture on the wall behind them, Swift joked, “Sorry for photobombing myself.” Swift is gearing up to go back on the road on Oct. 18 with the first of three gigs at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
Kelly Clarkson asked fans to meet her in “The Middle” on Monday (Oct. 7) as she took on Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey’s 2018 hit. Dressed in an aqua blue skirt suit set, the star belted the high-pitched hook flawlessly, adding her own theatrical flair. “Baby, why don’t you just meet me in the middle?/ […]
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Sabrina Carpenter just climbed back to the top of the Billboard 200, and her reaction to the milestone was aptly short and sweet. After debuting atop the chart in September and spending its first three weeks at the summit, the 25-year-old pop star’s sixth studio LP, Short n’ Sweet, is once again No. 1 on […]
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Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande have nothing but endless love for each other.
Not only did the pair team up on the 31-year-old pop star’s February remix of Billboard Hot 100-topping single “Yes, And?,” but Grande also recently gushed about her love for the Songbird Supreme in an on-camera Vanity Fair lie-detector test — a few days after which Carey responded via Instagram Stories.
“Love you @arianagrande,” MiMi wrote Sunday (Oct. 6), sharing a clip of the video in which Grande calls her the “queen of my life” amid a line of questioning from Wicked costar Cynthia Erivo.
“Can’t wait for the movie!” Carey added, referencing the first of the two upcoming Wicked films, the first of which arrives Nov. 22.
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In the full clip from the lie-detector test, Erivo tells the “We Can’t Be Friends” singer to name her favorite past collaborator before sliding a photo of Carey across the table. “Was it this person?” the Harriet star asks.
“Mariah is the queen of my life,” Grande responds in the video. “I think I have to say you. [Wicked] is a very unique thing that we got to do. Singing face to face together, and hearing your voice in my ears … it’s like the best thing that’s ever happened to me in my life. Obviously, Mariah, but obviously, you! Can’t we have a tie?”
Carey was one of a few people with whom the Victorious alum has collaborated amid her Eternal Sunshine era. Brandy and Monica fittingly joined her for a June remix of “The Boy Is Mine,” while Troye Sivan jumped on a revamped version of “Supernatural” in March.
Grande recently repackaged all of the Eternal Sunshine remixes into a deluxe edition of the album, which arrived Oct. 1 and also features brand new live performances of seven tracks on the LP: “Intro (End of the World),” “Don’t Wanna Break Up Again,” “Eternal Sunshine,” “Supernatural,” “Imperfect for You,” “Yes, And?” and “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love).” Videos of the live performances rolled out on the vocalist’s YouTube channel one by one this past week.
Meanwhile, Carey has been gearing up for her yearly Christmas festivities, which in 2024 will include another holiday tour. The “Obsessed” artist teased as much while speaking to Entertainment Tonight on the American Music Awards red carpet Sunday, shortly before performing at the ceremony in celebration of the award show’s 50th anniversary.
“It is going very well,” she told ET. “We just finished up working on my setlist, getting the whole stage together, the ensembles, the fits — all of it.”
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Celine Dion has long been the exquisite image of pop opulence. The singer known for her peerless vocals and warehouse full of bespoke, bedazzled gowns is the definition of musical elegance. Which is why it makes perfect sense that she helped introduce Sunday Night Football’s classic NFL grudge match between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers for the teams’ first primetime showdown since 1982; and their first game against each other since Super Bowl XXX in 1996.
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To the strains of her 1996 Billboard Hot 100 No. 2 hit “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now,” Dion waxed poetic about her love for the game as the camera panned past a bouquet of roses atop a grand piano. “I think my favorite thing about this game is its power to connect who we are, to who we were,” she said. “To prove that our most powerful memories, our most enduring loves, can stay with us forever.”
Strolling into the recording studio in an uncharacteristically dressed-down look accented by Chuck Taylor high tops and a grey sweatshirt commemorating the 1996 Super Bowl, Dion smiled at the camera and said with a mischievous grin, “You know what I’m talking about, right? Sometimes, some nights, it all just comes back.”
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Cue throwback footage of past classic Steelers/Cowboys match-ups featuring such stars of yore as Cowboys QB Roger Staubach and Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw, while Dion waxed rhapsodic over “their love affair — well, maybe not love the way I usually sing about it, but still, you know, work with me here.” Dion then quoted a few lyrics from her power ballad — ‘When you touch me like this. When you hold me like that’ — over NFL Films footage of huge hits and testy exchanges,” adding comically, “It kind of fits, no?”
Flashing forward to more recent times, Dion added, “But really what beautiful passion it produced, what painful heartbreak it revealed so, so long ago. Like so many old flames it always feels right when they’re back together. Don’t you think? Like tonight evoking the kind of magic they once produced. the Cowboys and the Steelers, a timeless classic on Sunday night.”
Her arms resolutely crossed, Dion got viewers ready for the game by invoking the majesty of Sunday Night Football amid a slow-motion montage of the teams’ coaches getting celebratory Gatorade baths as the strains of her ballad rose to a crescendo. Oh, and she got totally doused with a double Gatorade shower at the end that left her pumping her fists in joy.
Dion has recently begun to come out of the shadows after a few years off the radar during her battle with Stiff-Person Syndrome — chronicled in this year’s I Am: Celine Dion documentary — which resulted in her cancelling all of her 2023 and 2024 tour dates. She eased back into the spotlight this summer when she performed at the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Watch Dion’s SNF kickoff video below.
After reportedly becoming a billionaire last year thanks to her juggernaut Eras Tour, Taylor Swift is now putting some distance between herself and other musical moguls. According to Forbes magazine Swift, 34, has surpassed Rihanna to become the world’s richest female musician with a net worth estimated at $1.6 billion. The financial magazine said after […]