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Thursday (Sept. 11, 2014) marks the thirteenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks -- a series of events which forever changed not only America, but the world.

With the impending release of Taylor Swift's new record '1989,' there has been much talk about the hitmaker's official transition from country to pop. Swift admits that she's happy with the direction she's taken ... even if it means a full dive into a new genre, much to her label head's dismay.

When a megastar announces a change in their music, there are bound to be some haters. While Taylor Swift is busy shaking those folks off, Brad Paisley is making it known that he supports the singer in her transition to pop.

Taylor Swift doesn't keep her love for cats a secret -- especially her cats! The starlet uses social media, live TV shows and interviews to profess her love for her furry feline friends, Meredith and Olivia Benson, as is evident in this fun compilation video.

Maddie and Tae's 'Girl in a Country Song' pulled out one final win last week, entering into The Boot's Video Shootout Hall of Fame, which means we have three new videos in this week's Shootout.

Taylor Swift released 'Shake It Off,' the first single from her upcoming album, this week, and at the same time, a fun video for the song. And despite an intentional departure from country music, Swift has received positive reviews ... well, mostly.

Country's biggest stars have taken the challenge -- the Ice Bucket Challenge! It turns out, dumping a bucket (or many buckets) of freezing cold water on your noggin brings in lots of money for ALS, as millions of dollars have been raised since Blake Shelton and company started taking the plunge.

Taylor Swift's announcement to release a pop album marks a big change for the singer in the country music world. But with the video for her new '80s pop-inspired single reminds us all of one thing that will never change -- Swift will always give us insanely fun and original music videos!

When Taylor Swift accepts a challenge, she makes a splash. Swift took the icy ALS Ice Bucket Challenge plunge on Saturday (Aug. 16), supporting the cause on Instagram with not one, but three different videos -- and with maybe the largest crowd to all take the challenge at one time!

Of course you know Taylor Swift's hit songs. And you probably know her movie roles and songs inspired by famous boyfriends ... But do you know what her first job was? Or which family member gave her the gift of song? And did you know she once recorded a song about a country singer not named Tim McGraw?

Taylor Swift was still a teenager when she began scoring hit after hit in the country charts, leading some of her detractors to say that her more experienced Music Row co-writer was doing the heavy lifting. But in a new interview, songwriter Liz Rose says that simply wasn't the case.

Jimmy Fallon has never been a teenage girl. Taylor Swift, however, has. Still, the veracity that Fallon brings to his performance as a teen in his fake-talk-show-within-a-talk-show, 'Ew!,' is pretty striking -- he somehow seems like more of a teenage girl than his guest, who was a teenage girl mere years ago. It's madness!