On a glowering November morning — sky bruising, wind whipping, rain threatening — Coldplay’s Will Champion shows up at Sydney’s Coogee Beach as a perfect counterpoint to the weather. The drummer is sunny and solicitous under his trucker hat, strolling along the famous path toward Bondi with a gentleness and …
Read More »Jack Nicholson Celebrates Holidays With Family in Rare New Photo of Actor
An increasingly rare new photograph of Jack Nicholson was revealed Thursday in a gallery of images capturing the actor and his family’s holiday gathering. The image of the 87-year-old actor, long retired from the movie business, was among those posted by Nicholson’s daughter Lorraine in the ninth slide celebrating “the …
Read More »Scorpions, ex-Motörhead Drummer Mikkey Dee Recovering After 'Serious' Sepsis Battle
Current Scorpions and former Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee revealed that he’s recovering after spending most of the holiday season battling a “very serious blood infection (Sepsis).” In a post on Facebook, Dee said he spent three weeks in a hospital in his hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden, during which he underwent …
Read More »Net Neutrality Is Dead Again
Net neutrality rules have been axed again, this time thanks to a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, The New York Times reports. These rules were first codified in 2015 and broadly aimed to regulate internet providers like utilities to create a more open, accessible …
Read More »Neil Young Reverses Himself, Agrees to Headline Glastonbury
Just two days after labeling Glastonbury a “corporate turn-off” and pulling out of the UK festival before the 2025 lineup was even announced, Neil Young has reversed himself and will indeed be one of the headliners. “Due to an error in the information received, I had decided to not play …
Read More »Young Thug Drops First Verse Since Release on Lil Baby's 'Dum, Dumb, and Dumber'
Young Thug has officially returned to music, with the rapper dropping his first verse since his release from jail last year on Lil Baby’s “Dum, Dumb, and Dumber.” The track also boasts a verse from Future, and features production by Wheezy and Juke Wong. Young Thug, for his part, sounds …
Read More »Jimmy Carter's Dark Legacy in El Salvador
President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, is remembered as a humanitarian and a champion of human rights around the globe. His legacy, though, includes supporting a military regime in El Salvador during the beginning of the Salvadoran Civil War, including the assassination of Saint Óscar Romero. The United States sent …
Read More »Surgeon General Calls For Cancer Risk Label on Alcohol
If you are one of the millions of Americans who have taken up Dry January as their 2025 self improvement challenge, the Surgeon General approves. On Friday, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory warning about a “direct link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk.” According to …
Read More »Mary J. Blige-Produced 'Family Affair' Film and Gloria Gaynor, Lisa Lisa Biopics to Premiere on Lifetime
Some of music’s greatest artists will tell their stories in new Lifetime films, Rolling Stone can reveal. On Friday, Lifetime announced that it will release Mary J. Blige, Lisa Lisa, and Gloria Gaynor films for their Voices of a Lifetime series. The series of film releases will kick off with …
Read More »Kieran Culkin Admits to Getting Mark Ruffalo High Onstage: 'I Was 17 and Stupid'
Kieran Culkin has revealed himself as the “naughty young actor” who was responsible for getting Mark Ruffalo and other co-stars high during a Broadway production of The Moment When. Ruffalo previously discussed the incident on The Graham Norton Show in 2012, but didn’t mention Culkin by name. “There was a …
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