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  • Sandra Bullock and New Man Enjoy Double Date With Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux

    Sandra Bullock and her new man, photographer Bryan Randall, enjoyed a double date this past weekend with newlyweds Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux. The foursome was spotted at Sandra Bullock’s restaurant, Bess Bistro in Austin, Texas.

    Some fellow diners observed the double daters and shared their observations with Us Weekly.

    “At first, I just saw Jennifer Aniston and then we looked again and saw all of them,” an L.A. real estate agent said. “They were in the corner by themselves. It seemed like she must have set that up that way because it was a nice, private table. It was very low-key, just two couples having a nice dinner.”

    A gentleman seated at a table next to Sandra Bullock and her friends said, “Justin and Jen were really close with each other, and Sandra and Bryan were really close. It was a really happy vibe. They seemed to be having a lot of fun together.”

    Another man at the table next to the celebrities said, “Jen and Justin were very handsy; he had his arm around her a lot. Sandra and Bryan were very handsy as well. They were holding hands throughout dinner, above the table, and he kept caressing her back. She seemed really happy with him.”

    Sandra Bullock, Bryan Randall, Jennifer Aniston, and Justin Theroux enjoyed some authentic southern cuisine. The group dined on shrimp and grits, along with short ribs.

    Before leaving, Bullock went into the restaurant to thank the staff for all they have done throughout the past few years. Bess Bistro will close its doors for good on September 20.

    Despite the restaurant preparing to close its doors, it appears as though Sandra Bullock has opened hers. Bryan Randall is the first man she has dated seriously since her split from husband Jesse James after learning he cheated on her. Up until very recently, the only man in Sandra Bullock’s life has been her little boy, Louis.

    Do you agree it’s finally time to see her move ahead with her love life?

  • Taylor Swift and Spotify Still Have Some Bad Blood

    Vanity Fair has a new interview with Taylor Swift, and the publication previewed it today.

    Let’s just say Taylor Swift is still a little pissed at Spotify, or as she calls it, a “start-up with no cash flow.”

    Here’s what Swift had to say when discussing her now-famous letter to Apple:

    “Apple treated me like I was a voice of a creative community that they actually cared about. And I found it really ironic that the multi-billion-dollar company reacted to criticism with humility, and the start-up with no cash flow reacted to criticism like a corporate machine.”

    Ouch.

    Back in June, Taylor Swift admonished Apple for its plan to not pay artists, producers, or writers during the three-month free trial period that all new subscribers got when the service launched.

    “I say to Apple with all due respect, it’s not too late to change this policy and change the minds of those in the music industry who will be deeply and gravely affected by this. We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation,” she wrote.

    And days later, Apple capitulated.

    Last year, Taylor Swift yanked all her music from Spotify, saying it fails to fairly compensate.

    “[M]usic is changing so quickly, and the landscape of the music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment. And I’m not willing to contribute my life’s work to an experiment that I don’t feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music. And I just don’t agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free,” she said.

    Apparently, Swift is pleased with the way Apple handled things and thinks “no cash flow” Spotify needs to work on its public relations.

    In the interview, which you can find here, Swift explained the impetus behind her letter to Apple.

    “I wrote the letter at around four A.M.,” Swift says. “The contracts had just gone out to my friends, and one of them sent me a screenshot of one of them. I read the term ‘zero percent compensation to rights holders.’ Sometimes I’ll wake up in the middle of the night and I’ll write a song and I can’t sleep until I finish it, and it was like that with the letter.”

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