The pandemic isn’t going to end at any one moment. Joe Biden isn’t going to land on an aircraft carrier in a flight suit waving a giant “Mission Accomplished” banner. There won’t be a V-E Day-like celebration where church bells ring all across the country and strangers embrace each other …
Read More »Lil Nas X on Queer Style, Gaga's Inspiration and His Pride-Themed Collection With UGG
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Fashion trends may come and go, but self-love is always in style. In a celebration of identity and creative expression, Lil Nas X has teamed up with UGG …
Read More »'New York Lonely Boy': Inside That 'Girls5eva' Simon & Garfunkel Homage
Early this year, Joey Ryan, half of the indie folk duo the Milk Carton Kids, received a text from his friend Sara Bareilles. No surprise there — she, Ryan and Ryan’s musical partner Kenneth Pattengale have known each other for over a decade. This time, Bareilles asked if she could …
Read More »DMX Only Wanted to Fly
In 1980, the United States Department of Justice brought a case against the city of Yonkers, arguing that the New York suburb had effectively institutionalized segregation through housing and education policy. Yonkers was home to a decent portion of low-income housing, but it was all concentrated in the minority neighborhoods …
Read More »Taylor Swift Releases New 'Fearless' Vault Song 'Mr. Perfectly Fine'
Taylor Swift has released “Mr. Perfectly Fine,” another “from the vault” song from her upcoming re-recording of Fearless. The track boasts a classic Swift mix of country and pop with an added rock edge, while the lyrics find her navigating the tumult of a breakup with some clever wordplay. “Hello, …
Read More »Christopher Plummer, 'The Sound of Music' Actor, Dead at 91
Christopher Plummer, the prolific actor who starred in The Sound of Music, Beginners, The Last Station and countless more, died Friday, February 5th. He was 91. Plummer’s manager, Lou Pitt, confirmed his death, in a statement to Variety, “Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession …
Read More »Twitter, Facebook Allow Pizzagate-Esque Conspiracy Theories to Spread About Hunter Biden
For years, conspiracy theorists have baselessly tried to link Democrats to sex trafficking, a tactic straight out of Russian-style disinformation campaigns, which frequently tar political opponents as sexual deviants. Republicans have also been eager to dig up dirt about the Bidens, specifically Hunter Biden, the 50-year-old chaotic fail-son of former …
Read More »Emmys 2020: Who Will Win, Who Should Win, Who Got Robbed
Sunday night’s Emmy telecast on ABC will be the most unusual one in the history of the TV Academy, with the Covid pandemic turning it into yet another remote event. The nominees will have cameras in their homes, rather than assembling in a theater to laugh at host Jimmy Kimmel’s …
Read More »Protests Break Out After Police Shoot Wisconsin Man
UPDATE (8/26):Two people were shot fatally on the third night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Another person was injured by gunfire, according to the New York Times. Tuesday evening, protesters assembled outside the courthouse and threw rocks, water bottles and fireworks at the …
Read More »Going Inside PJ Harvey's Powerful, Intimate Early Demos
When PJ Harvey started releasing records in the early Nineties, her raw lyrical depictions of sex and violence made people uncomfortable; it wasn’t often you heard a young, female artist (or a male one for that matter) sing something like “I’ll make it better/I’ll rub ’til it bleeds.” But Harvey …
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