From the ashes of Brat Summer, all hail the rise of But Also Still Brat Autumn. Charli XCX’s world conquest with her zeitgeist-seizing Brat just keeps surging on her fantastic remix album, recruiting a dream team of big names to admit that it’s obvious, she’s their number one. The auteur …
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During an interview to promote Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit in 1993, one of its stars, 18-year-old Lauryn Hill, talked about the positivity she wanted to convey with her still-emerging group, the Fugees. “There are serious social ills in the community,” she said. “And I’d like to address …
Read More »Seven Expert Tips for Managing Your Hybrid or Remote Team Well
Both remote and hybrid work environments have proven to be smart solutions for those companies looking to give their employees greater freedom and control over their work-life balance. However, this doesn’t mean they don’t come with their own set of cons. Relationship-building and peer-to-peer connections, while certainly possible, can be …
Read More »Ruby Franke's Story Is Getting Turned Into A Lifetime Movie. Her Daughter Doesn't Want People to Watch
It’s been seven months since former mommy vlogger Ruby Franke was sentenced to four consecutive one-to-15-year prison terms after pleading guilty to four counts of child abuse. But Lifetime, the television channel famous for tabloid-esque, low-budget retellings of gruesome news stories, is already making a dramatized version of her case, …
Read More »How the Marley Brothers Keep Their Father's Legacy Alive
You could feel it from a mile away, the beam of positive energy emanating from Forest Hills Stadium in Queens on this particular Sunday evening in September. Inside the 13,000-capacity tennis stadium, five of reggae legend Bob Marley‘s sons — Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Ky-Mani, and Damian — are channeling their …
Read More »Stevie Wonder Wows Madison Square Garden With Hours of Hits, Gentle Politics
Before singing “Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart,” the first song during a powerhouse, two-and-a-half–hour concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Thursday night, Stevie Wonder had a few things he needed to get off his chest. “Tonight I want us to celebrate the spirit of love,” he …
Read More »Vybz Kartel Joins Major Lazer for Unearthed Single
Major Lazer are readying a deluxe reissue of their debut album Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do, dropping a previously unreleased collaboration with Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel on Friday as the project’s lead single. “Nobody Move” comes about three months after Kartel was freed from prison after his decade-old …
Read More »Ted Cruz Wants Supreme Court to Protect Gunmakers Fueling Cartel Violence
The Supreme Court announced last week that it is taking up a contentious gun case in which the government of Mexico is suing U.S. gun manufacturers. Mexico alleges the companies are raking in hundreds of millions in profits by “knowingly” flooding that country with military-grade assault weapons and other guns …
Read More »Look for Feid and Bad Bunny in the Grammys' Best Música Urbana Album Race
Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 8, Rolling Stone is breaking down 13 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. Latin music keeps reaching new heights: This year, it’s already the fastest-growing genre on streaming, and …
Read More »Today, 'Saturday Night Live' Is an Institution. In 1975, It Was Pure Anarchy
Saturday Night Live wasn’t Saturday Night Live, both literally and spiritually, when it premiered on Oct. 11, 1975. Weeks earlier, ABC had debuted a prime-time variety show called Saturday Night Live With Howard Cosell. So Lorne Michaels’ late-night creation had to go by, simply, Saturday Night — the same title …
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