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Kim Kardashian fires off a new shot in feud with Taylor Swift

War of attrition: Swift, West Political analysts continue to express alarm at the deepening rift between Taylor Swift and Kanye West that threatens to upset the balance of world power. At issue is Swift's disapproval of a verse in West's song "Famous": "For all my Southside [bleep] that know me best / I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex."

War of attrition: Swift, West

Political analysts continue to express alarm at the deepening rift between Taylor Swift and Kanye West that threatens to upset the balance of world power. At issue is Swift's disapproval of a verse in West's song "Famous": "For all my Southside [bleep] that know me best / I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex."

Did Swift give West permission to use her name?

West's wife, Kim Kardashian, on Sunday released a recording of a phone call between West and Swift that suggests Swift did say yes. On Monday, Swift's rep said the singer wasn't told about the offensive phrase that ends the verse, "I made that bitch famous."

Says the rep, "She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message."

I'm so annoyed by this inanity, I hereby declare I'm feuding with all three celebs.

As I lay gossiping . . .

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Of 7 'Thrones' & 4 'Treks'

The seventh season of HBO's Game of Thrones, debuting in summer 2017, will have seven episodes. Numerologists no doubt will explain the significance. . . . J.J. Abrams will help midwife a fourth Star Trek film, featuring Chris Pine, Chris Hemsworth, John Cho, and Simon Pegg, Variety says. . . . Netflix will stream each episode of CBS's new Star Trek reboot 24 hours after it's posted on CBS All Access, the subscription-based video-on-demand and live-streaming service, in every one of the 188 countries where Netflix is available. Netflix will prepare by posting all 727 episodes of every show made in the Star Trek franchise.

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