Lady Gaga will headline Coachella in place of Beyoncé. The pop star confirmed her appearance with an Instagram post
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Entertainment conglomerate Vivendi, and its subsidiary StudioCanal, filed a motion to dismiss a $400 million lawsuit brought by the creators of Spinal Tap, according to
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 'Spinal Tap' Owners Seek Dismissal of Creators' $400 Million Suit
Depeche Mode's Global Spirit Tour will reach North American soil this fall, when the group kicks off a new leg of arena and amphitheater dates in Salt Lake City. Before then, though, they'll be offering a taste of what the tour holds with a performance Wednesday night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Depeche Mode Plot North American 'Global Spirit' Fall Tour
On Monday morning, the Levine Jewish Community Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, received its third bomb threat in two months. This time, administrators were used to the drill. They didn't even evacuate – just had law enforcement sweep the premises and went along with their day. State Sen. Jeff Jackson, whose son Owen is enrolled in pre-K at Levine JCC, learned about the newest threat on
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: State Senator Slams Trump After Son's JCC Pre-K Gets Bomb Threats
It would be easy to write off Before I Fall as the Groundhog Day of teen weepies – but something raw keeps breaking through the formula to pull us in. In adapting Lauren Oliver's YA bestseller, director Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks), working from a script by Maria Maggenti, lets glints of honest feeling break through the brick wall of teen formula. Zoey Deutch
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 'Before I Fall' Review: YA Take on 'Groundhog Day' Heavy on Teen Life Lessons
Desert Trip organizers have yet to announce whether or not the festival is going to return this fall, but considering that last year's event grossed a staggering $160 million – a new industry world record – it seems like a safe bet. The main
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Two of metal's heaviest hitters, Slayer and Lamb of God, will team up this summer for a North American tour. The opener on most dates will be the Polish extreme-metal group Behemoth.
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Slayer, Lamb of God Team for 'Feel Good Event of Summer' Tour
Demi Lovato will headline a charity concert benefiting Musicians on Call, which brings live and recorded music to patients in hospitals around the country. The show will also honor one of the nonprofit's longtime supporters, syndicated morning radio DJ Elvis Duran.
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The Voice contestant Stephanie Rice gave a stirring rendition of Kelly Clarkson's "Piece By Piece" on Monday, coupled with a harrowing story of how her parents disowned her for coming out at age 18. Clarkson responded to the performance on Twitter: "Can't. Stop. Crying."
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The story of the birth of rock & roll is being retold in the eight-part series, Sun Records, which premiered February 23rd on CMT. Developed under the working title, Million Dollar Quartet, and adapted from that Tony Award-winning jukebox musical, the music-fueled Sun Records charts the meteoric rise of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and a
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 5 Things You Didn't Know About the Memphis Music Scene
The latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now podcast is now available. Listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify or check it out below.
Can love still rule in the age of
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Minneapolis rapper Brother Ali detailed his first album in five years, All the Beauty in This Whole Life, out May 5th via Rhymesayers Entertainment. The rapper previewed the 15-track set with the soulful "Own Light (What Hearts Are For)," on which he seemingly addresses his long absence: "I ain't tryin' a hide away," he raps in his distinctive, vibrato-heavy flow. "I just had to
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Brother Ali's Sleek 'Own Light' From First LP in Five Years
2 Chainz performed a glorious version of his new song "Good Drank" on The Tonight Show on Monday, with help from Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane, Kanye West associate Mike Dean, a choir and members of the Roots.
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Linkin Park and Kiiara are an unlikely pair on paper, but when
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Kanye West played a new version of The-Dream's "Bed" during his Yeezy Season 5 fashion show this week. He subsequently posted the track, which features a series of come-ons from The-Dream looped into a beat-less 17-minute carnal
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On a beautiful, warm, blue-skied day last June, Chris Koch, the CEO of New Era Cap Company, walked out to the 50-yard line of Ralph Wilson Stadium. The Bills have played here in the quiet suburbs of Buffalo since 1973, bringing fans out by the tens of thousands on temperate fall afternoons and enlisting locals to
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How New Era Took Buffalo From Rust Belt Town to Sportswear Capital of the World
Blockbuster season starts earlier and earlier every year – in 2017, we have made it three whole days into March before those studio tentpoles start to break ground. Heavy hitters Logan, Kong: Skull Island, Power Rangers and Ghost in the Shell will get the blockbuster year off to a roaring start. Meanwhile, those in search of smaller-scale entertainment can enjoy Terence
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 10 Best Movies to See in March: Wolverine's Last Stand, 'Kong' Reboot and More
Is Wolverine getting old? Think of this renegade, genre-defying chapter in the film franchise as X-Men: The AARP Years. Don't panic: Logan is a hard-ass, R-rated rager that explodes with action. But what makes it indelibly raw and touching is the sight of mutant heroes raging against the dying of the light. The year is 2029, and the X-Men have gone the way of the
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 'Logan' Review: Hugh Jackman's 'X-Men' Swan Song Is Bloody, Violent, Brilliant
Nicki Minaj and Terror Squad MC Remy Ma viciously reignited a decade-long feud over their shared home turf, New York City. The public beef that started in 2007 seemingly expired when Ma was incarcerated on multiple charges in 2008. Since Remy Ma's release in 2014, time has only soured the feud, as evidenced by
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Nicki Minaj Vs. Remy Ma: Rap Queens' Beef History Explained
After last week's Conservative Political Action Conference – dubbed TPAC, rather than CPAC, by presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway – Donald Trump's takeover of a once reluctant conservative movement is at last complete. The leader is anointed, the foot soldiers are assembled and the talking points – or rather disinformation points – have been furiously revised to suit the moment. The enemy
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Golden State Warriors center JaVale McGee and hall of famer Shaquille O'Neal have never been on the friendliest of terms. After becoming the poster child for O'Neal's "Shaqtin' a Fool" – a segment in which he mocks NBA players for their mistakes made on the court – McGee criticized the former Lakers and Heat star in 2016 for making basketball fans think he's a "
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How to Stop Shaquille O'Neal: His Mother
Brother Ali chronicles his winding life and career in the dramatic "Pen to Paper," his first new song since 2012's Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color. The Minneapolis rapper recounts the escapism of writing lyrics as a child: "Put pen to paper the first time when I was barely eight or maybe nine/ That was the late Eighties, Reagan time," he rhymes with a commanding flow over
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When Katy Perry dropped her new single "Chained to the Rhythm," one of the first places she promoted it was on
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How Teen Craze Musical.ly Got Too Big for Pop to Ignore
Elvis Costello & the Imposters announced a North American summer tour launching June 3rd in Berkeley, California and concluding July 25th in Providence, Rhode Island. The 20-date run – a continuation of their fall 2016 trek, "Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers" – uses material from 1982's Imperial
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Elvis Costello Plots North American Summer Tour
I met Bill Paxton in 1995. On a visit to the Rolling Stone offices in midtown Manhattan, he looked in awe at our cover wall, featuring iconic images of rock royalty. An intern, passing by, stopped to stare at him. "Your face looks familiar," she said.
"I've been in a couple of movies," Paxton said, good-naturedly.
The intern wasn't buying it. "Which
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Peter Travers on Bill Paxton: A Modest Actor of Immodest Gifts
La La Land producer Justin Horowitz spoke to Good Morning America Monday, just hours after his film was accidentally named Best Picture winner following
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Forget it, Jake – it's La La Land.
No wait, sorry, there's been a mistake. it's Moonlight! Our bad.
What a glorious only-in-Hollywood fiasco, and what a sublimely insane ending to an Oscar night for the ages. It was just like the end of Bonnie and Clyde: Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway bask in each others' glow, there's suddenly an awkward
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Oscars 2017: 'Moonlight,' Warren Beatty and the Perfect Hollywood Ending
Last Friday, one of the year's biggest memes crossed over from viral sensation to chart success. Danielle Bregoli has been Internet-famous for months after the rebellious 13-year-old appeared on Dr. Phil to trash talk the "hos" in the audience, threating them with the now-ubiquitous catchphrase "Cash me outside, how bow dah?"
In January, Atlanta producer DJ Suede
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It was the flub heard 'round the world: After looking confused over the envelope in his hand, Warren Beatty looked to his Bonnie and Clyde costar Faye Dunaway, and they announced La La Land as the Best Picture winner. And several minutes and one very monumental screw-up later, Oscar history had been made. (Huge congratulations to the Moonlight folks; our
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 2017 Oscars: 20 Best, Worst and Most WTF Moments
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway made Oscars history Sunday night – but for an embarrassing reason. The iconic pair presented the Best Picture trophy to Damien Chazelle's historically nominated musical
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There isn't a screenwriter in Hollywood who could have written a twist that's both as shocking and joyous as the end of the 2017 Oscars. As the producers of La La Land were giving acceptance speeches for what they thought was a Best Picture win, the film's producers
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Oscars 2017: 'Moonlight,' 'La La Land' Dominate at Shocking Ceremony
John Legend gave a soulful performance of two Best Song nominees from
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch John Legend Bring 'La La Land' to Life at 2017 Oscars
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi spoke out against President Trump's travel ban in a poignant statement ready by Anousheh Ansari after the filmmaker won Best Foreign
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Sting delivered a solo acoustic guitar rendition of his Oscar-nominated piano ballad "The Empty Chair" at the 2017 ceremony. The song, which was co-written by composer J. Ralph, appears in the documentary
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and Moana's 16-year-old star Auli'I Cravalho joined forces for an inspirational performance of the
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Jimmy Kimmel opened his hilarious Oscars monologue by taking a crack at himself. "I've never been to the Oscars before," he said. "And the way you people go through hosts, this is probably my last time here." From there, Kimmel
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Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
Best Documentary Feature
OJ: Made in America
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life,
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Justin Timberlake opened the 2017 Academy Awards with a euphoric performance of his Oscar-nominated hit "Can't Stop the Feeling."
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The contenders for the 2017 Academy Awards arrived Sunday night for Hollywood's biggest night. The celebrities certainly weren't shy about showing off glitz and glamour. The 89th Academy Awards air February 26th on ABC with Jimmy Kimmel as host.
Mass Effect Andromeda will be coming to gaming consoles on March 21st complete with an epic space story and a cast that includes Natalie Dormer (Game Of Thrones' Margaery Tyrell) and Silicon Valley's Kumail Nanjiani as a salamander-style alien. It's a series loved by gamers for its complex plots, exploration opportunities and the ability to have sex with freaky-looking
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How 'The Expanse,' 'Interstellar' Inspired 'Mass Effect Andromeda' Game
Future achieved his first step toward Billboard 200 history with the Number One debut of his self-titled LP, which sold 140,000 total copies to give the rapper his fourth consecutive chart-topping
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Andy Samberg impersonated Eddie Vedder at the Spirit Awards as the Lonely Island star turned Pearl Jam's "Alive" into an ode to still-living actors during the
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Whether you knew him as the "Game over, man!" grunt from Aliens, the sadistic older brother of Weird Science, the polygamist patriarch on HBO's Big Love or any of his dozens of compelling cameos or clutch supporting roles, Bill Paxton was always a reliable presence – a Texas-born utility player who could go from sleazy to sympathetic, simpering to morally sound in seconds
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 10 Essential Bill Paxton Roles, From 'Aliens' to 'Big Love'
Hideo Kojima – the 53-year-old creative force behind the cinematic Metal Gear series, and noted film-buff – is still not able to talk about Death Stranding, his forthcoming Sony-funded PlayStation exclusive, but he is eager to share what moves him artistically. We spoke with him recently about his biggest influences and passions, and he asked us if we'd be open to him sharing his
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Why 'Mad Max: Fury Road Black & Chrome' Is Vital to 'Metal Gear' Creator
The war of words between Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma escalated Saturday when the latter dropped "Shether," a vicious, seven-minute diss track using Nas' classic "Ether" beat and aimed at The Pinkprint rapper.
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Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and the documentary Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party both picked up four Razzies to dominate the 37th Golden Raspberry Awards, Hollywood's
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Lana Del Rey has joined a nationwide occult effort that seeks to remove President Donald Trump from office through the power of witchcraft.
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Lionel Richie has postponed his spring tour with Mariah Carey, set to launch on March 15th in Baltimore, due to a recent knee surgery.
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A few years ago, Macon Blair came home to find that his New York City apartment has been broken into and his laptop stolen. Having recently relocated to Manhattan, the Virginia native viewed the incident as a sort of urban-living rite of passage. And like most folks whose primary experience with criminal investigations comes from Law & Order re-runs (and who've
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Murder, Nunchucks and the Trump Era: Inside 'I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore'
A few years ago, Macon Blair came home to find that his New York City apartment has been broken into and his laptop stolen. Having recently relocated to Manhattan, the Virginia native viewed the incident as a sort of urban-living rite of passage. And like most folks whose primary experience with criminal investigations comes from Law & Order re-runs (and who've
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Murder, Nunchucks and the Trump Era: Inside 'I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore'
On a scorching Saturday morning in July, Ahmed Naji stood in the crowded cage of a Cairo courtroom. The 31-year-old author had been convicted six months earlier of "violating public morality" for publishing a piece of literature. In his novel, Using Life, an irreverent portrayal of youth culture on the cusp of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, the protagonist performs cunnilingus, rolls
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Inside the Strange Saga of a Cairo Novelist Imprisoned for Obscenity
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, the 2016 Netflix documentary focused on DJ Steve Aoki, charts his transformation from a straight-edge kid who played in hardcore bands in his hometown of Newport Beach, California, to twentysomething hipster-whisperer, running an indie label, spinning
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Steve Aoki's Big Grammy Night: Go Behind the Scenes
When Paul Pierce retires at the end of this season, he's almost a lock to make it to the Hall of Fame. After 18 years in the NBA, a scoring average just under 20 points a game, 5.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. He made a name for himself as a crunch time killer, one who appeared appeared in 10 All-Star
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How Draymond Green Became Basketball's New King of Trash Talk
Preservation Hall Jazz Band channel the verve of traditional Cuban music with new LP So It Is, out April 21st via Legacy Recordings. The New Orleans septet showcase that added influence with lead single "Santiago," featuring funky full-band interplay between the horn section and Kyle
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Preservation Hall Jazz Band Plot Cuban-Inspired LP 'So It Is'
In the summer of 2001, the late Sen. Jim Jeffords from Vermont left the Republican Party, declared himself an independent and caucused with the Democrats, giving the Dems a 51-seat majority in the upper chamber. Jeffords, a lifelong Republican who had served seven terms in the House before winning three Senate races,
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Wanted: Three Principled Republicans to Save America From Trump
Late the night before the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Richard Spencer, the de facto leader of the white nationalist movement calling itself the Alt-Right, texts me to say he'll be there – not to disrupt, he insists, but to ask questions after the "Anti-Alt-Right speeches on [the] main stage." The next day, at the Gaylord Convention Center just outside of Washington, D.C.,
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: CPAC's Flirtation With the Alt-Right Is Turning Awkward
Leon Ware, the renowned songwriter, producer and singer who penned hits for artists like Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, died Thursday. His manager confirmed the singer's death
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Leon Ware, Renowned Soul Songwriter, Dead at 77
Ryan Adams unleashed arena-rock anthem "Do You Still Love Me?" Thursday on The Late Late
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In July, Donald Trump told the Republican National Convention that, in light of the Orlando shootings, he would "do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology." ("Believe me," he added.) But on Wednesday, Trump
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: The Law Still Protects Trans Kids – Schools Must Recognize This
Cleveland Cavaliers superstar Kyrie Irving was recently the talk of social media last week leading up to the NBA All-Star Game for sharing his belief that the earth is flat on the "Road Trippin' with RJ & Channing" podcast. Irving, who spent one year at Duke before being drafted with the number one
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson Respond to Kyrie Irving's Flat Earth Claims
Caitlyn Jenner, one of Donald Trump's highest-profile celebrity supporters during the election, criticized the president on Thursday for revoking an Obama-era order protecting transgender students' rights to use the bathroom of their
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Caitlyn Jenner to Donald Trump on Revoking Trans Rights: 'This Is a Disaster'
With Friday's release of John Mayer's The Search for Everything: Wave Two, another four-song preview from the singer's upcoming LP, Mayer has announced the North American summer leg of his 2017 world
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: John Mayer Extends 'Search for Everything' Tour With Summer Dates
There was never a plan for a vinyl record pressing plant.
But in 2015, when Jack White's Third Man Records launched its second retail store, in Detroit's historic Cass Corridor, the opportunity was prime.
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Inside Jack White's New Vinyl-Pressing Paradise
The Voice Season 12 coaches Alicia Keys, Adam Levine,
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Alicia Keys, Adam Levine, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton Cover 'Waterfalls'
Kendrick Lamar contributes characteristically virtuosic rapping to Thundercat's mournful new ballad "Walk on By." The song appears on Thundercat's album Drunk, released Friday. The song reunites the two
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Kendrick Lamar, Thundercat on Funky Lament 'Walk on By'
Over the last few decades – thanks in part to movies and TV shows like Dazed and Confused, Boogie Nights, Anchorman and HBO's Vinyl – there’s been a pronounced pop cultural tendency to reduce the 1970s to little more than a fabulous parade of campy signifiers like mirrored disco balls, brightly-painted muscle cars, platform shoes, bellbottomed jeans, tube tops,
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Why 'Slap Shot' Captures the 1970s Better Than Any Other Sports Movie
"It's beyond a break-up record," says John Mayer, after playing back the second group of songs from his new album, The Search For Everything. "It's about my impression of loss. It's about the ghost in the room. Proudly, it is, as my therapist says, a study into the metaphysics of absent love." The
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: John Mayer Reveals Personal Stories Behind Four 'Wave 2' Songs
Conor McGregor going up against Floyd Mayweather is the weird dream fight that could very well never happen, yet people just won't stop talking about it. For months we've heard the UFC superstar and former boxing champ go at it over social media, in
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Roy Jones Jr. Wants UFC, Boxing Superfight With Anderson Silva
On Saturday, Jack White will expand his Third Man Records empire yet again by opening a new vinyl pressing plant in his hometown of Detroit. Housing "eight of the first newly built presses in 35 years," the state-of-the-art Third
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Third Man Records' New Detroit Vinyl Plant: See Behind the Scenes
For weeks now, Oscar pundits and awards-circuit journalists have been saying virtually the same thing: La La Land should dominate the night; Zootopia has all but picked up its statuette and put it on a mantel; the impeccably written Manchester by the Sea will almost assuredly go home with the Best Original Screenplay award. When narratives like this cement
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 2017 Oscars: 6 Surprisingly Close Races to Watch
America is the third country Anton Zaslavski has called home. The Grammy-winning producer, who performs as Zedd, was born in Russia and raised in Germany. He now resides in Los Angeles – in his "studio bubble" – where he’s amassed professional credits that read like the table of contents of a tabloid: Lady Gaga,
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How Zedd's Star-Studded ACLU Benefit Came Together in 72 Hours
On Tuesday, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly released a pair of memos detailing his plans to transform Trump's executive orders on immigration into agency policy. The memos don't tell us much the orders didn't already – and that will remain mostly true until the details are published in the federal register – but experts are already poring over them looking for ways they could be
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Why Trump's Immigration Policy Is a Legal Mess
In the years since Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace came out as transgender, she has become one of music's most outspoken voices for trans rights. On Wednesday night, the
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Laura Jane Grace on Donald Trump's Transgender Action: 'F--k Off'
Beyoncé will not perform at Coachella in April, but will headline the festival in 2018, The Associated Press reports.
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Beyonce Drops Out of Coachella Performance
Richard Spencer, the white nationalist and unofficial Alt-Right leader whose previous connection to music was getting punched in the head repeatedly to different songs, perhaps unwittingly picked a fight with
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Depeche Mode Reject Alt-Right Leader's Band Praise
Jidenna crashes a wedding in the cheeky new video for retro soul song, "Bambi," from his just-released debut LP The Chief. The wild clip finds the R&B star reminiscing about a lost love on a park bench, checking his pocket watch, furrowing his brow and swigging some liquid courage from a before taking off in a slow motion sprint through the streets.
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Jidenna Crash Wedding in Epic 'Bambi' Video
One could be forgiven for thinking the very concept of truth is passé after the events of the past year.
The Oxford English Dictionary declared "post-truth" its 2016 Word of the Year, and the term "fake news" has now disseminated into the political water like the effluence of an oil tanker spill. Looking around, it's hard not to feel like we now live in a world of trolls: a
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How Trump Is Trying to Govern America Like an Internet Troll
Jidenna had already staked a claim to being "cool like Nat King Cole" on "Classic Man," so he took his sweet time releasing his debut LP The Chief, which finally emerges more than two years after the release of the Top 40 single. One of the more eclectic hip-hop albums to come out in 2017, The Chief is at home with Atlanta rap, West African highlife and modern dance music.
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Jidenna: 'Classic Man' Hitmaker Talks Eclectic Debut, Subtle Politics
True to name, sludge punks Pissed Jeans have always been committed to generating maximum discomfort. Started in 2004 by four classmates at Nazareth High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the band eventually moved to Philadelphia and signed to Sub Pop, which would release their breakthrough LP, 2007's Hope for Men. Searing Birthday Party–esque riffs fueled their brackish
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Pissed Jeans Talk Blending Cringe Comedy, Feminist Thought on New LP
In what has become a shining yearly tradition come Academy Awards week, the subversive Los Angeles street artist known as Plastic Jesus unveiled a new life-size Oscar statue yesterday, with a Kanye West head, striking a Jesus pose on Hollywood Boulevard. "There are a few celebrities we have made into god-like figures," Plastic Jesus told Rolling Stone in a conversation about his latest
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Why did a Giant Kanye West Oscar Statue Appear in L.A.?
Harvard University named Rihanna 2017's Humanitarian of the Year on Wednesday, recognizing the singer for working to improve cancer treatment in Barbados, where she was born, and for setting up a college scholarship to bring Caribbean students to study in the United States.
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Arsenio Hall dropped a $5 million defamation lawsuit against Sinead O'Connor after the singer apologized for accusing the comedian of providing Prince with drugs,
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Arsenio Hall Drops Sinead O'Connor Lawsuit Over Prince Drug Comments
Ask any person you know, and each of them will likely tell you a different favorite episode of The Simpsons. You'll definitely get a lot from Seasons three through 10. One might say it's the "Homerpalooza" episode that guest stars Sonic Youth, Cypress Hill, Smashing Pumpkins and Peter Frampton. Another will tell you it's the Quentin Tarantino tribute/parody, "22 Short Films About
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Homer Simpson to be 'Inducted' Into Baseball Hall of Fame
A week after last year's U.S. election, Barack Obama made a speech in which he lambasted nationalism "built around an 'us' and a 'them.'" It was a phrase that resonated with Roger Waters, and
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How Roger Waters Will Fight Trump With Upcoming Tour, Concept Album
For a lot of kids growing up in the 1980s, Saturday was spent in front of a glowing TV tube watching professional wrestling. In the mornings, the cartoon characters of the WWE invaded the living room. In early afternoon, the barroom brawlers of the NWA took centerstage. After a couple hours outside doing whatever the hell kids did all day, 6:05 meant World Championship Wrestling on
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: The Slow Death of the Great Professional Wrestling Promo
Marking the 30th anniversary of Roy Orbison's 1987 comeback TV special, Sony's Legacy Recordings will release a re-edited, remastered and expanded version of the program, titled Black and White Night 30, on February 24th. The set, available on both CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray combos, includes an in-depth,
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello Praise Roy Orbison
David Bowie's son Duncan Jones and actor Michael C. Hall accepted awards on behalf of the late legend during the BRIT Awards on Wednesday. Jones collected his father's Album of the Year award for 2016's Blackstar and Hall received Bowie's Best Male Solo Artist award.
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The Mountain Goats have announced their forthcoming album. The follow-up to 2015's Beat the Champ, Goths will arrive this spring. The group also unveiled the LP's first
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: The Mountain Goats Announce New Album 'Goths'
The 2017 BRIT Awards remembered George Michael's legacy Wednesday with a pair of tributes as the singer's Wham! bandmates saluted Michael before Coldplay's Chris Martin performed his 1986 song "A Different
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Earlier this week, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred took a page out of Adam Silver's book and said he is pursuing new ways to speed up the game of baseball. While he didn’t expect any big changes to be implemented immediately – he expressed
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On January 20th, around the time Donald Trump was being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, James "Wally" Brewster was tendering his resignation as the U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Now, Trump reportedly is giving that post to vocal supporter and business associate Robin Bernstein – a
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On Monday, Kurt Cobain would have turned 50 years old. Even though his career and life were short, the music he made as Nirvana's frontman as well as his attitude have proven to be some of the most influential on modern rock and even pop and rap, with many young artists naming him as their primary influence. In honor of his career, we
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The 2017 BRIT Awards are live-streaming in the above YouTube video. The ceremony, hosted at London's O2 Arena, includes performances by Katy Perry, Bruno
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An hour before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, a week out from signing his immigration ban, the oldest Muslim congregation in the United States had yet to panic. On that Friday afternoon in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the faithful removed their shoes in the foyer of the Islamic Center, making small talk about the college basketball teams, or the opaque mist
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Louis C.K. will premiere two new stand-up comedy specials exclusively on Netflix. The first, titled 2017, was filmed in Washington D.C. and will debut April 4th in all Netflix territories. C.K.'s last stand-up special was 2015's Louis C.K. Live From the Comedy Store, filmed at
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CMT's new series about legendary producer Sam Phillips, Sun Records, chronicles the birth of rock & roll by spotlighting the early careers of Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. Kevin Fonteyne stars as the future Man in Black, who had his first success with Phillips at his iconic Memphis recording studio. Ahead of Sun Records' February 23rd premiere,
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Unlike the Best Actor champs of the past 16 years, where Sean Penn and Daniel Day-Lewis have both won twice, the Best Actress field features no two-time winners. Instead, this category has served up a pretty decent rundown of Hollywood's current acting royalty, including Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard – and even a few Americans here and there.
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Eddie Van Halen donated 75 guitars from his personal collection to Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation, a program that provides musical instruments to students in low-income schools.
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On Sunday night, five men will square off at the Academy Awards for Best Actor – only one of them is walking away with the gold. This century has seen a wide variety of performers claim this particular prize, everyone from French comic actors to veteran American stars, newcomers to established Hollywood names resurrecting their careers. Some of those performances already seem guaranteed to
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Anthony Vincent, the genre-bending vocalist behind YouTube series Ten Seconds Songs, re-interpreted System of a Down's prog-metal anthem "Chop Suey!" 20 different ways in his latest mind-boggling video.
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More than two months after releasing their thunderous comeback single "Governed By Contagions," At the Drive In officially detailed their first studio album in 17 years, in
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Jefferson Airplane and Starship singer Grace Slick revealed in an op-ed that all the money she received from Chick-fil-A using "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" in a Grammy night commercial will go toward an LGBQT civil rights
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With 2016 single "Just Hold On," Louis Tomlinson established himself as the third member of boy band One Direction to launch a solo career. Even as the remaining four members move on and tease projects that may arrive in the coming months, the group still maintains that they are on hiatus and not officially
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If you're wondering about that movie with the funny title – the one nominated for an Academy Award as Best Animated Feature against such biggies as Zootopia and Moana – here it is. My Life as a Zucchini
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Michael Jordan flying above the rim and then shoving his hand in front of the camera, a horde of swimmers running into water for a triathlon, a game of pick-up basketball, cyclists, weight-lifters and John McEnroe complaining on the court. Nike's black-and-white 1987 Air Revolution TV ad is full of iconic sports imagery, yet it had one huge difference from all its predecessors: the Beatles'
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Ted Leo has launched a Kickstarter to crowdfund his upcoming new LP, the rocker's first album under his own name since he and the Pharmacists released The Brutalist Bricks in 2010.
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Tove Lo stopped by Late Night With Seth Meyers to perform her synth-y new Lady Wood single "True
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