If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Drones hit the market fast and furious a few years ago, and for the most part, these remote controlled cameras were marketed for those that built model airplanes …
Read More »Lido Pimienta's 'Eso Que Tu Haces' Is a Song You Need to Know
Days after Shakira delivered a crash course on Afro-Colombian song and dance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, the Toronto-based Barranquilla native Lido Pimienta brings it all back home in her resplendent new video for “Eso Que Tu Haces.” The song is the second single from her upcoming album Miss …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Bryan Ferry, 'Sympathy For the Devil' Live in 1974
In early 1974, Bryan Ferry was on an amazing roll. Roxy Music were at their height, carving out their unique, glammy art-rock space as they made great albums at a yearly clip. (Later in 1974, they’d release one of their finest in Country Life.) At the same time, Ferry was …
Read More »The Official Oscars 2020 Drinking Game
The Oscars — people love to watch them. Fans love to argue about them. Pundits love to predict them, starting around the time the previous year’s ceremony is rolling its end credits. (11:58pm: X and Y won big at the 2020 Oscars! 11:59pm: Who is poised to win the 2021 …
Read More »Kirk Douglas, 'Spartacus' Actor and Hollywood Icon, Dead at 103
Kirk Douglas, the epitome of old-school Hollywood star power whose intense performances conveyed his characters’ fiery and sometimes conflicted core, died Wednesday at the age of 103. “It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103,” his …
Read More »'Everybody Was Bawling': Kristen Bell on the End of 'The Good Place'
Last Thursday, the NBC comedy The Good Place aired its poignant finale, which concluded (spoilers) with Kristen Bell’s Eleanor Shellstrop deciding her time in the afterlife was up. She walked through the final door, dissolved into floating orbs of light, and wound up down on Earth, where her glittering particles …
Read More »See Vampire Weekend Perform at Bernie Sanders' Iowa Rally
With the Iowa caucuses just days away, Vampire Weekend performed Saturday at a rally in support of Bernie Sanders. The band showed their support for the Democratic hopeful at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, delivering a set that featured cover of Thin Lizzy’s 1976 hit “The Boys are …
Read More »Senate: No, You Can Not Get a Witness
In a 51-49 vote, the Senate voted not to call witnesses in the impeachment of President Donald Trump, bringing the trial near its end. Democrats were unable to convince enough Republicans to vote against their party’s majority and allow witnesses to be called. Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Lisa Murkowski …
Read More »M.I.A. Creates Her Own Patreon Account
M.I.A. has launched her own page on the subscription platform Patreon, the artist announced on Friday. “I’m doing a Patreon, because I make so much stuff and record so many things that aren’t music and don’t fit on other platforms,” M.I.A. toldRolling Stone. “I’ve tried all the other platforms and …
Read More »Oscars 2020: Hear All the Nominees for Best Original Song
The 92nd Academy Awards features a compelling Best Original Song category that features three previous winners, two newcomers, an 11-time nominee still looking for her first win and one glaring snub. The big name of the bunch this year is, of course, Elton John, who earned his first nod since …
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