J. Cole‘s Dreamville Music Festival announced that it will return to North Carolina in 2025. The event is scheduled to celebrate its fifth anniversary during the weekend of April 5 and 6 at Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park. It is also its last, the festival announced on Tuesday, Dec. 10 via …
Read More »Peggy Caserta, Janis Joplin's Onetime Lover, Dead at 84
Peggy Caserta, a friend and onetime lover of Janis Joplin who wrote a pair of memoirs about the singer and their relationship, died at 84 on Thursday, Nov. 21. Caserta’s death was reported by Deadline, who, per Caserta’s book publisher, said the author died of “natural causes at her cabin …
Read More »New 'Squid Game: Season 2' Trailer Has a Daunting Message for Fans
The marketing for Squid Game: Season 2 is ramping up as its Dec. 26 release date approaches. With less than a month to go before fans of the Korean thriller are invited back into the deadly arena, the latest trailer for the series teases new sadistic challenges, fresh faces, and …
Read More »Experts Weigh In on Drake's Legal Filings Against UMG: 'This Gets Nowhere Near Trial'
Drake’s taken the Kendrick Lamar beef from the court of public opinion to actual court. This week, Drake’s attorneys made a pair of legal filings that state their intent to find out if Universal Music Group, the parent company of his label Republic Records, sought to artificially boost the acclaim …
Read More »U.S. Border Agents Seize $18 Million of Fake Gibson Guitars
Right now, sitting in a nondescript warehouse in Carson, California, thousands of ornate Gibson guitars are piled up in dozens of stacks of cardboard boxes nearly seven feet high. Some of them look like the signature models for rock gods like Dave Grohl, Ace Frehley, or Zakk Wylde. Some even …
Read More »'Dexter: Original Sin' Trailer Follows the Bay Harbor Butcher in Training
The trailer for Dexter: Original Sin opens with Michael C. Hall, the star of the first Showtime series, laying in the snow, dying, and declaring: “It really is like they say. Your life flashes before your eyes.” While some might see this narrative trick as an attempt to make up …
Read More »Here's the Hack to Scoring a Canon Digital Camera for Just $225 Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you want to get into photography this year, are going on a trip, or are looking for a reliable camera to shoot content on, you’ll want to …
Read More »Harris Adviser on Liz Cheney Alliance: 'This Political Environment Sucked, OK?'
The post-mortems explaining Kamala Harris’ loss have been ongoing since election night, and after weeks of radio silence, the top brass of her failed presidential campaign have finally weighed in — to claim there’s little they could have done differently to defeat Donald Trump. In an exclusive interview given to …
Read More »Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Earned the Same Salary for 'Wicked'
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were paid the same salary for their co-starring roles in Wicked, according to a Universal Pictures spokesperson. The response follows unsubstantiated rumors on social media around the Wicked stars’ earnings on the blockbuster musical. “Reports of pay disparity between Cynthia and Ariana are completely false …
Read More »Drake Hints at Suing His Own Label for Defamation Over 'Not Like Us'
Drake is doubling down in his ongoing legal war against his own label and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” filing a new legal action in Texas that alleges Universal Music Group knowingly allowed Lamar to call him a “certified pedophile” as it sought to “drive consumer hysteria and, of course, …
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