As I posted about earlier in the month, Glee confirmed that Taylor’s ‘Mean’ was being performed on the hit show. Coach Beiste and Puck performed the song in last night’s episode ‘Props’. I’ve only found one clip, and I’ve linked it below.

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Live performances from the Speak Now World Tour will air TONIGHT on MTV World Stage! Find out when it’s on near you and watch a preview HERE. If you’ve got facebook, you can see a promo for the event HERE at Taylor’s facebook page. Also, Taylor’s ‘The Story of Us’ has already been uploaded. You can watch it HERE as you wait for more uploads.

Taylor Swift is known for her confessional songs regarding her romantic relationships, but she is also able to celebrate other interpersonal connections through a different artform. The singer has released a new line of Mother’s Day cards via American Greetings, which feature her imagery of her tunes, like ‘Stay Beautiful’ and ‘The Best Day,’ the latter of which she penned for her own mom, Andrea.

With such descriptive lyrics, Swift’s catalog of songs certainly allows itself to be transposed to greeting cards. The 22-year-old superstar released Valentine’s Day cards last year, and that was a perfect match, given the romantic nature of so many of her songs.

But Swift’s lyrics lend themselves to greeting card sentiments no matter what the holiday.

According to Country Music Is Love, Lindsay Kalback, who works on the Swift brand team at the card maker, said, “We’ve worked very hard to ensure that this year’s Mother’s Day collection from Taylor had the right variety to help consumers celebrate all of the moms in their life.”

She continued, “The cards really do a great job of reflecting the details that make every relationship unique while still offering the casual tone, bold designs, and fun enhancements that have made the collection so popular. We can’t wait for shoppers to check out the collection and we are even more excited for moms to receive the cards.”

The new-for-2012 Mother’s Day cards definitely portray Swift’s cute country charm with their pastel color, girlish details and feminine imagery. Nab a sweet, heartfelt greeting for your mom. We bet she’ll love it.

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Finally! One of Taylor’s songs will be on Glee.

Glee‘ creator Ryan Murphy has revealed that a cast recording of Taylor Swift‘s ‘Mean’ will appear on the May 15 episode called ‘Props.’ He made the announcement on Tuesday during the ‘Glee’ cast’s screening and panel at the TV Academy.

Murphy said Dot-Marie Jones and Mark Salling — Coach Beiste and Puck — will sing the tune, which Swift wrote about an unnecessarily harsh critic. Though Swift has hung out with ‘Glee’ cast members and even attended Dianna Agron’s birthday party last week, this will be the first time the country-pop superstar’s music has been featured on the show.

Swift performed ‘Mean’ at the Grammy Awards this year. The song from her ‘Speak Now’ album hit No. 11 on the pop chart.

The ‘Props’ episode of ‘Glee’ is the one where characters swap roles and play the parts of other cast members. Chris Colfer and Corey Monteith are trading places in the episode. Colfer explained, “It’s kind of like a switch in your mind. You see yourself in a different mirror, and then you go for it!”

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I’ve added candids to the gallery of Taylor at a friend’s house yesterday.

X17HQ//May 1st – Leaving a friends house

Taylor has been photographed out and about these past couple of days, and I’ve added HQ images to the gallery. Enjoy!

X11HQ//April 27th – Bouchon Cafe
X06HQ//April 29th – Out and about in Beverly Hills

She is usually seen wearing an array of pretty vintage and delicate dresses. But Taylor Swift struck a very different figure last night. The 22-year-old Country music star took a walk on the wild side and slipped into a tiger print catsuit to dress up for Dianna Agron’s 26th birthday party

She completed the feline look with some matching cat ears and a racy studded collar with leash. On her face, Taylor painted a pink nose and some black whiskers. The star posted the image of herself and her friends, including the birthday girl, on Instagram.

Close friend Dianna wore a flapper-style outfit complete with feathered headdress

In the snap Taylor is also seen striking a provocative cat pose. She captioned the picture: ‘The most magical night at @DiannaAgron’s circus themed birthday party!’ Today the star also celebrated another male friend’s birthday and posted a collage of pictures of them posing together.

‘Happy birthday, @grantmickelson!! I love you even more than you love Abe Lincoln. ’ she wrote

Last night was the second time in the last week that Taylor has played dress-ups with her girlfriends. Last week she and her friends got into the spirit of actress Shirley MacLaine’s birthday. While the veteran stage and screen actress was not present for the occasion, Taylor and her friends, who are obviously are big fans of the star, put on quite the sophisticated soiree.

Taylor herself looked a dream in a cream Fifties-style slip dress, a coronet of pink flowers in her hair and long white gloves. The girls visited the very traditional and posh Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard for the occasion and dined at the hotel’s famed Polo Lounge. They even ordered a special dessert in honour of MacLaine, who had turned 78-years-old.
‘We dressed up full-time fancy and went out in celebration of Shirley MacLaine’s birthday,’ Taylor wrote in accompanying Tweet. Taylor is currently hard at work in the studio recording her fourth album.

She posted a picture of herself on Twitter recently, strumming her guitar and singing into a microphone, writing that she is ‘so happy.’ While fans are eagerly anticipating her new music, Taylor is also being tipped to take on the role of Joni Mitchell in a film biopic. Film industry paper Variety recently reported that an adaptation of Sheila Wller’s book Girls Like Us, about the lives of Mitchell, Carly Simon and Carole King is in the works, with Taylor set to play the former.

It will be Swift’s first starring role on screen, following a part in the ensemble comedy Valentine’s Day and lending her voice to this year’s animated film Lorax. Taylor is yet to be confirmed to play the iconic singer-songwriter.

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I know it was almost a month ago, but I’ve added HQ’s of Taylor at the Kids’ Choice Awards on March 31st. Enjoy! Congratulations to Taylor for her win.

X69HQ//March 31st – Nickolodeon Kids’ Choice Awards