TAYLOR SWIFT AND JAKE GYLLENHAAL SPENT THE WEEKEND TOGETHER IN MANHATTAN, LAUGHING, EATING AND STROLLING AROUND TOWN -- FIRST, THEY ATTENDED "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE", WHICH WAS HOSTED BY TAYLOR'S GOOD FRIEND, EMMA STONE -- ACCORDING TO PEOPLE MAGAZINE "BACKSTAGE, EVERYONE WAS SHOCKED THAT SHE BROUGHT HIM"

ANOTHER SOURCE SAYS "SHE WAS TOTALLY INTO HIM, THEY WERE SPOTTED ALL OVER NEW YORK. AND THEY WERE CLOSE THE WHOLE TIME, AWKWARDLY FLIRTING, SOME UNDERCOVER HAND-HOLDING, AND I'VE BEEN TOLD SEVERAL TIMES 'IT WAS MORE THAN JUST FRIENDS" -- ON SUNDAY, THEY HAD BRUNCH WITH JAKE'S SISTER IN BROOKLYN -- ONLOOKERS DESCRIBED THEM AS BEING "VERY AFFECTIONATE"

 IN THE INTEREST OF FAIRNESS, IT HAS TO BE MENTIONED THAT TAYLOR'S NEW ALBUM DROPPED YESTERDAY, AND THIS STORY WAS DOMINATING THE GOSSIP PAGES -- NOR WOULD IT BE FAIR TO LEAVE OUT THIS MONTH'S FEATURE INTERVIEW IN G.Q. MAGAZINE WITH JAKE -- HE SAYS THAT EVER SINCE HIS 2-YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH REESE WITHERSPOON ENDED, HE'S BEEN UNCERTAIN ABOUT HIS NEW SINGLE LIFE -- HE SAYS "IT GOES IN EITHER DIRECTION. I REALLY DON'T KNOW. RIGHT NOW I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT IS ME...AND WHAT IS NOT ME"...