A S HE TOOK his sunrise walk through a quiet Las Vegas suburb of tan stucco houses and desert landscaping in late September, Duane Davis resembled nobody’s idea of a gangster legend. A bald man on the soft side of 60 in a white Polo Sport T-shirt and loose-fitting pants, …

On the night of April 3, 2015, Shiori Itō, an intern at Thomson Reuters, met Noriyuki Yamaguchi at a restaurant under the guise of a job interview. Yamaguchi, then the Washington bureau chief of Tokyo Broadcasting System and a personal friend (and biographer) of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was a …

Kat Von D took the witness stand at her copyright infringement trial in California on Wednesday and told jurors she’s inked thousands of tattoos based off photographs and never once sought a licensing agreement because she considers the practice “fan art.” The artist who shot to fame on the reality …

Nervous fliers are nothing new, and the fear of air travel is as common as they come. But a cohort of right-wingers have convinced themselves that planes are more dangerous than ever because of airlines’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, which they baselessly argue have put unqualified flight crews …

Convicted rapistDanny Masterson was denied bail pending appeal by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Wednesday. “If defendant’s conviction and sentence are upheld on appeal, he will likely remain in custody for decades and perhaps the rest of his life,” Judge Charlaine Olmedo wrote in an order (via Deadline). …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Gin is back. It’s one of the most versatile liquors behind any bar, and the diversity of gins makes tasting them all the more exciting. Plus, the best …

21 Savage‘s American Dream biopic and its trailer were a spoof, the rapper confirmed in an interview on podcast Club Shay Shay with Shannon Sharpe on Wednesday. “No, that was a parody,” Savage told Sharpe with a slight smirk after he was asked about the upcoming project during the lengthy …

One of last year’s most unexpected musical twists was the ascent of Zach Bryan, the rootsy singer-songwriter who sounds not unlike Bruce Springsteen or Jason Isbell — and went all the way to Number One on the Hot 100 with the ballad “I Remember Everything,” assisted by Kacey Musgraves. His …

Dua Lipa mastered the art of moving on long ago. On her self-titled debut album, she kicked an ex to the curb without a second thought on “IDGAF,” then used him as a textbook example of what not to do on “New Rules.” When another came crawling back during her …

The morning Ana Tijoux jumps on a Zoom call from Barcelona to talk to Rolling Stone about her new album, South African lawyers are making a case for Palestinians at The Hague. The Franco-Chilean rapper’s life has always been marked by politics. Born in Lille to Chilean immigrants fleeing the …