After sellout stadium shows all over the continent this year, and a lot of attention at a bunch of recent NFL games, Taylor Swift will be literally stopping traffic in Los Angeles today. There will be road closures and a lot more in the Fairfax District later as the City of Angels braces for the world premiere of the superstar’s concert movie Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour at The Grove.
Several sources tell Deadline that the upscale, Rick Caruso-owned outdoor mall will be closed down all day today to prepare for the event, with Swift heavily buzzed to put in an appearance.
Not often are big Hollywood movie premieres held at the 600,000-square-foot property, but the reason The Eras Tour is making its big splash there is that the movie’s distributor, AMC, has one of its key LA cinema hubs onsite, which counts 14 screens. >>>Heavy Security
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Wed - Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour world premiere in L.A.
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Sat - Academy Museum Gala; SNL returns
Sun - The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon S1 finale
Mon - Mipcom Cannes kicks off
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