Taylor Swift performs at the Academy Museum Gala

What BBN said about it

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTaylor Swift performed at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles, in a room full of celebrities, film professionals and academy voters, the New York Times reports.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe closed the night with a four-song set after Conan O'Brien introduced her.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFour songs. In one room. With voters in it. I'd like to know who sat nearest the exit, because that's where the trouble starts.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe songs were Blank Space, The Fate of Ophelia, I Knew It, I Knew You, and Love Story.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHold on. I Knew It, I Knew You is up for an Oscar, and she played it for the people who vote on Oscars.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGold Derby called the appearance campaign-friendly. It's a gala. They had a Rolex sponsor.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCampaign-friendly. That's a phrase you use right before somebody gets investigated.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVariety says the gala brought in more than fourteen million dollars.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd the museum announced she was coming nine days ahead. Nine days of warning. For four songs.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's the longest anyone has planned anything at this network.