Sources confirm Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce wedding date, venue
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce plan to say “I do” in her beloved Rhode Island this June, at least according to sources shedding light on the star-studded nuptials.
The Grammy-winning superstar and three-time Super Bowl champ, both 36, are “both involved” in the planning and are slated to celebrate tying the knot at Ocean House on Saturday, June 13 — halfway until Swift’s birthday and a nod to Swift’s lucky number, but also in line with “Travis’ offseason rhythm,” sources told Us Weekly.
The wedding will likely take place between the five-star Westerly resort and Swift’s storied Rhode Island mansion, with the “entire area … very private and guarded.” The $18 million digs are known to fans both as the site of Swift’s starry Fourth of July parties as well as the inspiration for the song, “The Last Great American Dynasty.”
Ocean House in December denied reports that the billionaire pop sensation had paid off another couple to secure their coveted June 13 slot at the venue, telling TMZ it “would not and is not allowing another party or entity to buy a wedding group out of a contracted wedding date.”
A representative for Ocean House on Wednesday pointed the Daily News to its prior statement.
Sources contradicted themselves and their insight provided to Us Weekly, perhaps because Swift is said to “always [have] a plan B and C for every scenario.”
For instance, one insider told the outlet “the guest list grew” — hence the dual venues — but that Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end’s nuptials will “no longer … be a massive blowout” as “they’ve scaled … down” the guest list. Another insider said roughly 150 people, including “many celebrities,” will be invited.
Swift “has already asked her close girlfriends, like Selena [Gomez] and Gigi [Hadid], to sleep over at her Rhode Island home the night before the wedding,” though she won’t have a formal bridal party.
Also expected to attend are the Haim sisters, Zoë Kravitz and Emma Stone, as well as Kelce’s big brother and podcast co-host Jason, along with teammate and friend Patrick Mahomes and actor Miles Teller. It’s unclear whether Kravitz will bring along current beau Harry Styles, who famously dated Swift in the early 2010s and is believed to have inspired much of her hit “1989” album.
No one has gotten a hard copy invite as of yet, if they will at all, though “their closest friends and family will know the venue and the date.”
It’s unclear how both date and venue seem to be known to the sources and now, the public, if everything else is so hush-hush.
A representative for Swift did not immediately respond to The News’ request for comment.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Further proof that it must be really, really good to work for Apple Computers came on Tuesday night when none other than Paul McCartney performed a private concert for employees at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino.
Yeah, all that and a stock purchase plan, too? Must be nice.
The Sir Paul show, held at Apple Park (aka, “The Spaceship”), was part of the celebration for Apple’s 50th anniversary.
Employees had to enter a lottery in order to gain admission to the concert, according to the New York Post.
What those fortunate lottery winners would then see wasn’t one of those abbreviated corporate-event-style performances, but rather what appears to have been McCartney’s generous full-length regular show.
The Beatles legend would lead his band through a 25-song set, which included a three-song encore, according to information posted on setlist.fm.
As per usual, McCartney leaned heavily into his Fab Four catalog, opening the show with “Help!” — a song originally sung by John Lennon that McCartney has been performing on this tour for the first time in his solo career — and then going on to play more than a dozen other Beatles classics.
Fab Four favorites performed on this night reportedly included “Love Me Do,” “Blackbird,” “Lady Madonna,” “Something,” “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” and, of course, “Hey Jude,” the classic crowd-singalong that closed the 22-song main set.
The encore was all Beatles, as McCartney delivered the famed three-shot blast of “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight” and “The End” that also brings the wondrous Side 2 of 1969’s “Abbey Road” to a close. (Yes, Fab Four fanatics, we realize that Side 2 actually closes with that short, once-upon-a time hidden, track of “Her Majesty” — but our previous point still stands.)
McCartney also loaded up on Wings and solo numbers, offering up such numbers as “Coming Up,” “Let Me Roll,” “Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Live and Let Die” and, of course, “Band on the Run” for these fortunate Apple employees.
Sounds like a fantastic evening for employees — and a great way to mark the company’s 50th anniversary.
And, no, it’s not to late to turn in your application in hopes of being at “The Spaceship” when Apple hosts an employee-only concert in celebration of its 100th anniversary.
And we’re going on record right now with our prediction that Taylor Swift will play that show.
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LONDON — The outcome of Prince Harry’s final lawsuit against the British tabloids could rest on the credibility of a private eye who previously admitted snooping on the royal.
A lawyer for the publisher of the Daily Mail said Tuesday that the case brought by the Duke of Sussex and celebrities including Elton John and actors Sadie Frost and Elizabeth Hurley collapsed when investigator Gavin Burrows testified that he never spied for the newspaper or its sister publication, the Mail on Sunday.
Defense lawyer Antony White said in his closing argument that a statement Burrows allegedly signed — and later disavowed — saying he “must have done hundreds of jobs” for the Mail between 2000 and 2005 had inspired the lawsuits.
But Burrows, who once apologized to Harry in a BBC documentary for ruthlessly targeting him for tabloids in his teen years, testified that he never carried out the skullduggery for the Mail. He said the statement was fabricated by the claimants’ legal team and his signature was forged.
Judge Matthew Nicklin, who oversaw the 11-week trial in the High Court and will issue a written ruling later, repeatedly asked the claimants’ lawyer what would happen to the case if he rejected Burrows’ original statement.
Attorney David Sherborne said there was a wealth of other evidence implicating the newspapers of unlawful information gathering, including the use by the papers of other investigators, journalists and freelance reporters to tap phones, intercept voicemails and obtain information through deception.
Harry and the six other claimants are seeking a “substantial award of damages, including aggravated damages,” Sherborne said. The legal costs alone have been estimated as reaching nearly $52 million.
The trial is the final chapter in Harry’s long‑running battle with the British tabloid press. He wants to hold newspapers accountable for past wrongdoing and reform what he has called a toxic media environment.
Harry and the claimants are suing Associated Newspapers Ltd. for invading their privacy. Other claimants are anti‑racism activist Doreen Lawrence, former politician Simon Hughes and John’s husband, David Furnish.
They claim the newspapers relied on “clear, systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering” over two decades to spy on them.
Associated Newspapers denied the allegations as “preposterous,” insisting the roughly 50 articles at issue were based on lawful sources, including friends, royal aides and publicists who offered information to reporters. The company also said claims dating back to the 1990s were filed too late.
While Sherborne said payment records to private eyes lined up with the dates of articles in question, White called that conjecture and said the case relied too heavily on inferences.
Harry testified at the start of the trial in January that press intrusions left him “paranoid beyond belief,” strained his relationships and took a toll on his mental health.
He took a defensive tone on cross-examination and choked up, saying the tabloids had made the life of his wife, Meghan, “an absolute misery.”
Harry has linked his media venom to the death of his mother, Princess Diana, who was killed in a 1997 car crash while being pursued by paparazzi, and to what he has described as relentless press attacks on his wife that contributed to their decision to step back from royal duties and move to the United States in 2020.
Harry previously won a judgment in a phone hacking trial against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and got a settlement and apology from Rupert Murdoch’s Sun and the now-defunct News of the World.
The Mail trial has played out differently than the Mirror case, with far more current and former reporters and editors taking the witness stand to deny using any illegal means to write stories on Harry’s many romances — many about ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy — his role as a godfather and about his late mother.
Some reporters named sources and they disputed Harry’s assertion that his “social circles were not leaky.”
“They were not all tight lipped,” Katie Nicholl, a former Mail on Sunday editor, said about Harry’s associates. “I had very good sources in the inner circle.”
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From combined wire services
