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" Taylor Swift has been confirmed to appear in Girls Like Us as the legendary singer Joni Mitchell. It was first reported in April that the 22-year-old singer &amp;quot;hopes&amp;quot; to take on the role, but a recent Variety article confirms Swift has signed on to play Mitchell on the big screen.   Girls Like Us is an adaptation of Sheila Weller&amp;#039;s 2008 book of the same name, which recounts the lives of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon and how they reshaped American music. Several Hollywood stars are testing for the roles of King and Simon. Alison Pill, Olivia Thirby, Ari Graynor and Zoe Kazan will test for the role of King, while Allison Williams, Jessica Pare and Analeigh Tipton will read for the role of Simon. Swift is gearing up to release her fourth album Red on October 22 with &amp;#039;We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together&amp;#039; as its lead single. Watch the music video for &amp;#039;We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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