Actors are drawn to biopics like moths to a particularly bright, often gold-tinted flame because it allows them to test their impressionistic mettle, to inhabit the real life of someone who’s often larger than life, to chart how an extraordinary human being is transformed into an emblem of their moment. …

Truth Social is going public. In a Friday vote, the social media company’s blank-check funding partner — Digital World Acquisition Corp. — approved a merger with Trump Media & Technology Group. The merger will be a lifeline to Truth Social, which incurred tens of millions in losses in 2023, and …

Over four nights in March, Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at SXSW brought the stars of tomorrow to Austin’s famed ACL Live at the Moody Theater. Each night, the 2,750-seat venue was packed — not just inside, but outside, too. Ahead of the second night’s bill, which was topped …

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O n a rainy day toward the end of September, a longtime underground marijuana grower we’ll call Shawn coasted up I-86 from the Hudson Valley to Rochester to meet with a legal farmer. The farmer hadn’t been able to sell his harvest for over a year, despite owning a fully …

Pearl Jam have dropped a second single, “Running,” from their upcoming album Dark Matter, set to arrive April 19. “Running” is a two-minute blast of break-neck rock and roll, punctuated by a heavy, half-time breakdown and a scorching guitar solo. Eddie Vedder delivers a characteristically mighty vocal performance as well, …

Since 2022, Shakira’s personal life has publicly unfolded like an engrossing telenovela that just won’t resolve. The saga began in June of that year, when the Grammy-winning Colombian superstar announced the end of her 11-year romance with the Catalan soccer player, and father of her two children, Gerard Piqué. Despite …

On March 20, lawyers for Shohei Ohtani accused the Dodgers star’s longtime interpreter and close friend of stealing millions of dollars from the athlete to cover bets with an alleged illegal bookmaker under federal investigation. It’s a remarkable story with many layers. There’s the alleged betrayal by Ippei Mizuhara, who …

Blixa Bargeld sings about how hard it is to find enlightenment on “Ist Ist,” the first single from Einstürzende Neubauten‘s upcoming double-album, Rampen (APM: Alien Pop Music). The record is due out April 5. On the track, Bargeld sings about how he’s visited Niagara Falls, “both great walls,” the end …

One of the GOP’s most vulnerable incumbent lawmakers, Don Bacon, is feeling the heat on abortion. In recent days, the Republican congressman from Nebraska quietly deleted the section on his campaign website touting a promise that he “will always fight to defend the right to life.” The section that disappeared …