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VMA 2026 nominations are out and Taylor's been nominated in 9 categories.

Key nominations include:

Video of the Year: The Fate of Ophelia

Best Pop: The Fate of Ophelia

Artist of the Year

Best Direction: Opalite

Thoughts on the nominations? What are the chances of her winning this year?

Since the awards are fan-voted, I'd say swifties would swarm the voting but idk about this year, the nominees are pretty stacked.

Idk if this is informational enough to share here but thought I'd give it a try.

Travis' key comments about the wedding for those who don't want to click on the link:

"It was kind of cool to live out my childhood dream of being in that venue, the mecca of all sports venues, being able to get married there," Kelce told reporters at the Kansas City Chiefs' training camp in Missouri.

Kelce called the wedding "the best night of my life", thanking guests who attended and calling it "a crazy night".

"I can't thank the owners of MSG enough for allowing us to get the opportunity to do that, knowing that we wanted a private event and everything, and it was perfect," he added.

Later, he joked that the "AC was cooking" inside the venue, an apparent reference to the heatwave that swept over the country over the Independence Day weekend.

Thank God the AC was cooking that day... who thought it was a good idea to get married during a heatwave?

I usually post memes for Shitpost Sundays but this is really important and needs to be talked about. Swift, who labelled herself as a LGBTQ+ ally during her Lover era, chose to get married at a venue that is keeping surveillance data on queer and POC celebrities.

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Why is Madison Square Garden keeping a list of gay celebrities?

Taylor Swift just got married at Madison Square Garden. She received backlash for using up NYC's resources during a heatwave and inviting an ICE detention operator to her MSG wedding. But even the mere choice to support Madison Square Garden as a business is already unconscionable. Madison Square Garden is mostly known for surveilling people. James Dolan is running a terrible surveillance operation!! They built this massive surveillance infrastructure where they surveil everyone that walks in the door. If you have reported critically on Madison Square Garden, they will use facial recognition to block you from attending.

A Madison Square Garden database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebrities’ and fans’ race, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Including some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests.

Marking them low to high “risk.”

Phoebe Bridgers and Ricky Martin were labelled “LGBTQIA”; Ice Spice, Selena Gomez, Mariska Hargitay, and Benson Boone were labelled “low risk”; and Julia Fox was labeled “DO NOT HOST”.

And remember, it's not just celebrities. There's ~40,000 people on this list!!

Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities:

https://www.wired.com/...​

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine:

https://www.wired.com/...​