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☆ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's Taylor Swift joke shows he's aware of his reputation among AI fanboys
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Clementine Fletcher | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gave a much-awaited two-hour-long keynote speech in California. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Good, good boy. And while we did spot one of Huang's signature leather jackets, we weren't eagle-eyed enough to see if he was sporting a Taylor Swift friendship bracelet — or Nvidia tattoo.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, Taylor Swift's, —, Swift, Swifties —, didn't, Blackwell, Hopper, Taylor, Katherine Tangalakis, Lippert Organizations: Nvidia, Service, Technology Conference, Woodstock, SAP Center Locations: California

Bret Stephens: Hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving, Gail. Peggy Noonan had a terrific column last week in The Wall Street Journal, making the case for why Taylor Swift should be Time’s Person of the Year. Gail Collins: Had a great Thanksgiving, Bret. And she’s currently giving a lift to everyone slogging through the football-watching season with their loved ones: Will Taylor be there to cheer Travis Kelce on at the Super Bowl? Bret: You’re assuming the Chiefs make the Super Bowl.

Persons: Bret Stephens, Hope, Gail, Peggy Noonan, Taylor Swift, Gail Collins, Bret, Can’t, Swift, she’s, Will Taylor, Travis Kelce, You’re, I’ll, … Gail Organizations: Street, Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs, Miami, Eagles

☆ How the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce connection started with a friendship bracelet
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Taylor Swift fans have famously worn and traded personalized friendship bracelets, typically featuring the names of her songs and albums, throughout the US-leg of her “Eras” tour. As a result, some Etsy shop owners who focus on making friendship bracelets have brought in thousands of dollars. Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP/Getty ImagesFor Aimee Papson, however, selling Taylor Swift friendship bracelets is part necessity. Similar to the other Etsy shop owners, she put her leftover friendship bracelets online and earned about $1,800 so far. “I put a headlamp on at night, listen to Taylor Swift music and can make bracelets for almost eight hours straight.

Persons: CNN — Taylor Swift, Swift, Travis Kelce, ”, Jason, Kelce, Donna, Swift’s, ” Swift, You’ve, ” Taylor Swift, Donna Kelce, Denny Medley, Jennifer Garner, Gigi Hadid, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban, Jamie Tompkins, Taylor Swift, ” Tompkins, Tompkins, “, Rodrigo Oropeza, Aimee Papson, Taylor, Papson Organizations: CNN, Arrowhead, Kansas City Chiefs, Swift, Chiefs, Chicago Bears, NFL, ESPN, Sports, Reuters, Foro, Getty Locations: Kansas City , Missouri, Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, Arlington , Texas, Foro Sol, Mexico City, AFP, Nashville

☆ Avid Taylor Swift fans are flashing their dollars to attend the Eras Tour, with some spending up to $20,000 to see her as many times as possible
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour has taken the US by storm as Swifties do all that they can to see it. He's been to the Eras Tour eight times and sat in the front row for five of those shows. "I remember sending a text in 2019 to someone saying if there was ever a Taylor Swift best-of tour, money becomes no object," he said. QuestionPro, a research company, found that the Eras Tour could result in $4.6 billion in consumer spending in the US. That means she's putting upwards of $10,000 towards the Eras Tour, and might spend even more at future dates.

Persons: Taylor, Swifties, Jake, he's, Swift, He's, Taylor Swift, I've, Bridget Doyle, Doyle, —, Christy G, Lindsey Lisalda, Louis, Lisalda, Lindsey Lisalda Megan Crowley, jetting, Swift's, Megan Crowley, Clara Cummings, Megan Crowley Swifties, Kat, She's, Moira Rodriguez, Crowley Organizations: Service, Nashville, Roll Hall of Fame, National Underground Railroad Freedom, Swift's Los, Gillette Locations: Wall, Silicon, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Nashville , Tennessee, Nashville, Denver, St, Swiftcation, Glendale , Arizona, Chicago, Kansas City , Missouri, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Swift's Los Angeles, Arizona, Foxborough , Massachusetts, Glendale, Nebraska, Minneapolis —, HAM

☆ Welcome to Swift City: When Taylor Swift comes to town, businesses build new bars, prepare thousands of cookies, and welcome over 150,000 Swifties
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Glendale, Arizona, which hosts the first two dates, has renamed itself Swift City in her honor. Usually, it's known as Glendale, Arizona, but the city hosting the kick-off show for Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" has fully embraced Swiftsanity, renaming itself Swift City for Friday and Saturday. The Swift City logo. The Swift City proclamation. "Now, Glendale is Swift City, so we welcome them with open arms," he added.

☆ Some of Taylor Swift's biggest fans are also lawyers. After Ticketmaster's botched handling of her Eras Tour, they're mobilizing to take the ticketing giant down.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Nicole Tabak | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Ticketmaster badly botched its sale of Taylor Swift tour tickets last week. Facing endless questions and concerns over the chaos that ensued during presales for Swift's upcoming Eras Tour, fans gathered on social media not just to commiserate, but to take action. How Ticketmaster's chaotic handling of the Eras Tour presale may lead to its undoingSwift fans shared screenshots of the long queues for tickets. "And I know that sounds stupid to people who don't love Taylor Swift the way that a lot of us do. The momentum may be thanks to her Eras Tour, but this is about holding a monopoly accountable.

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