Rick Moranis was the victim of an assault that was caught on surveillance footage Thursday morning on a New York City street. The long-retired actor — who made a rare on-camera appearance for a Ryan Reynolds-starring commercial in September — was briefly hospitalized with head, back and hip pain before …
Read More »Dionne Warwick Performs With Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle on 'Verzuz'
Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle were the latest artists to go head-to-head on the Instagram Live and Apple Music series Verzuz, following Brandy and Monica’s showdown earlier this month. During the three-hour show, the two iconic soul singers traded off performing their own chart-topping songs as well as each other’s, …
Read More »Hear Little Richard's Revamped 'Rip It Up,' the New 'Monday Night Football' Theme
Little Richard‘s throat-hoarsening tribute to letting loose and partying, “Rip It Up,” just got a facelift and will now amp up football fans before the big game. A new version of the 1956 hit, which debuted online Friday and features the group Butcher Brown, will touch down on ESPN next …
Read More »That Time Justin Townes Earle Brought New York City Americana to 'Letterman'
It was hard not to think of Hank Williams when Justin Townes Earle —who died this week at 38 — made his network-television debut on the Late Show With David Letterman in 2011. Dressed in a crisp brown suit and bowtie, and bending his well-over-six-foot frame into the microphone, the …
Read More »Louis DeJoy Is a Fanboy of the Late Senator and Racist Jesse Helms
You can tell a lot about a millionaire by how he spreads his money around. In the case of Louis DeJoy — the GOP megadonor now threatening the integrity of the 2020 election as Postmaster General by slowing deliveries and destroying mail-sorting equipment in swing states — he’s offered consistent …
Read More »'The First Time' With Joe Keery
Joe Keery, best known for his role as Steve Harrington in Stranger Things, appeared on Rolling Stone’s The First Time to discuss his latest project, Spree. In the black comedy satire directed by Eugene Kotlyarenko and executive-produced by Drake, Keery plays a psychotic, murderous ride-hail driver and influencer named Kurt Kunkle who attempts …
Read More »Three Music-Industry Trends From Quarantine That Are Here to Stay
Watching live rock & roll from the confines of a mini-sheep pen. Superstar artists delaying their big record releases. A rave featuring the Goldman Sachs DJ guy. Music fans have faced a string of disappointments and oddities in recent months that the music industry will eventually be glad to turn …
Read More »'Useful Idiots' With Alex Morse, Mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts
In this week’s quarantine episode of our Useful Idiots podcast, hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, Alex Morse, who discusses the recent controversy around his campaign for Congress. First, Matt and Katy discuss the Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion song “WAP,” and …
Read More »For Black Pop Stans, the Bare Minimum Is No Longer Enough
Angela H. was marching in a Black Lives Matter protest in Hollywood on June 2nd when her friends pointed out something surprising. They’d spotted a man in black gloves, sunglasses, and a hoodie nearby in the crowd — and he looked just like Harry Styles, a pop star Angela has …
Read More »Music at Home: Songs of Catharsis
In a 2017 interview on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, Metallica’s James Hetfield discussed what compels him to channel his darker emotions into songs. “What it is, is, if I can get it out of my head, it makes it better,” he said. “Better out than in.” That often goes for …
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