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Taylor Swift becomes youngest-ever Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee

Taylor Swift, 36, became the youngest person ever inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame on Monday night at Nashville's Music City Center. Brad Paisley inducted her, and Lainey Wilson performed a bluegrass cover of "Love Story." Lyle Lovett,…

✔ Sources: Consequence, Stereogum

Polymarket pauses, then restores trading after third-party security breach

Prediction market Polymarket paused trading on its international platform on Thursday after a security incident at a third-party provider. Reuters reports a source named the provider as DebugBear, and the Washington Examiner reports about $2.65 million was…

✔ Sources: Reuters (via AOL), Washington Examiner

Jay-Z to headline the Super Bowl LXI halftime show

The NFL announced Monday that Jay-Z will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. His company, Roc Nation, has produced the halftime show with the NFL since 2019; this will be…

✔ Sources: NFL.com, Sports Illustrated

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