The Canadian rapper K’naan has been charged with one count of sexual assault dating back to an alleged incident that occurred in July 2010, The Canadian Press reports. The charges were filed in a Quebec City courthouse on Sept. 26. The assault is said to have occurred between July 16 …
Read More »Cornell Grad Student Who Attended Pro-Palestine Protest Could Be Forced to Leave U.S.
For the past year, Cornell University PhD student Momodou Taal, 30, has taken part in various pro-Palestine demonstrations on campus, with many calling for the school to divest from weapons manufacturers selling products to Israel during its bombardment of Gaza (and now Lebanon). But unlike thousands who have supported such …
Read More »Menendez Family Slams 'Monsters,' Ryan Murphy in Statement: 'Grotesque Shockadrama'
The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez issued a statement Thursday slamming Netflix’s Monsters series about the brothers, as well as the show’s creator Ryan Murphy, claiming the miniseries is filled with “mistruths and outright falsehoods,” and that family members were never even contacted by the production. The statement, penned …
Read More »Springfield Mayor Rejected a Call with J.D. Vance, Emails Show
In the wake of Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance’s sustained attacks on immigrants living in Springfield, Ohio, and a series of violent threats on the community, the city’s Republican mayor rejected a call with Vance, the state’s junior senator, according to emails obtained by Rolling Stone. For …
Read More »Fanatics Unveils Official Shohei Ohtani Funko Pop Ahead of Dodgers Playoff Push
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been quite a year for Shohei Ohtani who recently became the first player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a …
Read More »Remember All That Silly Bubblegum Pop from the Sixties? A New Box Set Does
There’s a moment on Pour a Little Sugar on It: The Chewy Chewy Sounds of American Bubblegum 1966-1971, a new box set, that pretty much captures everything wonderfully inane about one of pop’s most derided genres. Start with the beyond-silly name of the band, the Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus, which …
Read More »Austin City Limits 2024: Where to Find Last-Minute Tickets to This Year's Music Festival
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Summer might be over, but that doesn’t mean music festival season is finished. To kick off October, Chappell Roan, Dua Lipa, Chris Stapleton, Blink-182, and more bands and …
Read More »Foo Fighters Drop Off Soundside Festival Just Days Before Headlining Set
Foo Fighters canceled their performance at this weekend’s Soundside Music Festival just two days before they were set to headline the Bridgeport, Connecticut fest. “Foo Fighters will no longer be appearing at this weekend’s Soundside Music Festival,” the band said on social media Thursday. “Please check the festival website for …
Read More »Ana de Armas Joins John Wick's Criminal Underworld in 'Ballerina' Trailer
Ana de Armas blends the graceful agility of ballet with the violence of hunting assassins in the first trailer for From the World of John Wick: Ballerina. In theaters June 6, the film goes back in time to recount the unseen events following 2019’s John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum …
Read More »Former Red Hot Chili Peppers Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer Pleads 'Not Guilty' to Vehicular Manslaughter
Josh Klinghoffer, the former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist who went on to play for Pearl Jam and others, pleaded “not guilty” to a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence in a California courtroom Thursday. Klinghoffer did not attend the hearing in person but entered the plea through …
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