Taylor Swift hugged babies and schmoozed journos at her Toy Story 5 Oscar push

Taylor Swift's Oscar campaign is officially in full swing. The singer showed up to an all-guild screening and Q&A of "Toy Story 5" at Disney's downtown Manhattan offices on Sunday afternoon, and she worked the room like a candidate on the trail - right down to hugging the babies, a tradition one spy said she borrowed straight from politics.

A spy told Page Six the "Bad Blood" singer even followed politics' long-standing tradition of hugging babies during campaign season. "She was just adorable with the little kids, hugging each of them," the source said. "She stayed and talked to every single person and allowed selfies and signed autographs," another attendee added.

The charm offensive did not end with the toddlers. Swift was chummy with the journalists in the room, including veteran New York scribe Michael Musto, who wrote on Instagram that he "got to greet Taylor Swift and couldn't shake-shake-shake-shake-shake off the experience." Musto added that she complimented his sweater and told him it was nice to see him again, calling her "sweeter than shoofly pie."

The goal is her first Academy Award nomination - and a win - for Best Original Song with "I Knew It, I Knew You," the ballad she recorded for the Pixar sequel. It would be Swift's first Oscar nod, a milestone the singer has been building toward with a flurry of public appearances, including a recent performance at the Academy Museum gala.

The Napoleon Dynamite confession

During the Q&A, Swift let slip one detail about home life with husband Travis Kelce. She and best friend Abigail Anderson, who met as teenagers, still talk to each other in "Napoleon Dynamite" voices - an impression the pair "still do," Swift revealed, and one their "husbands have to put up with."

If the award goes her way, maybe the Dynamite impression makes it to the podium. Academy Awards nominations will be announced Jan. 21, 2027, giving the campaign a little over two months to run.