Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Oscar Contenders ‘Burrow’ and ‘Out’ Emerged From In-House Program at Pixar
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIt’s no surprise Pixar Animation Studios has landed two animated shorts on the Oscar shortlist.With such films as “Inside Out” and “Up,” Pixar can tell stories like no other.
Each tale delivers a warm emotional punch. And that comes from the notion that many of the studio’s stories start from a personal perspective.It’s no different with its contenders from its SparkShorts program, “Burrow” and “Out.” SparkShorts allows animators six months to develop and produce a short.Madeline Sharafian has always loved bunnies, her childhood nickname was “Rabbit,” and while going through sketchbooks from her college days, she had found a sketch of a burrow.
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