Taylor Swift will headline New Year's Eve in Times Square
Taylor Swift's grand scheme to conquer all of popular culture has just achieved a major victory. The pop star will headline the long-running special Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, which is held every year in Times Square.
In a statement, Seacrest announced that Swift's performance will be the culmination of the almost six-hour broadcast, which will feature "an unprecedented number of musical acts" — none of whom merited specific mention, because they're not Taylor Swift.
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Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.