The Eldorado, the swinging, anything-goes nightspot that gives the new Netflix documentary Eldorado its name, was an LGBTQ haven during Germany’s Weimar Republic, popular among Berlin’s trans population and anyone else who liked to let their hair down in public. It was also, as the film’s subtitle puts it, Everything …
Read More »Madonna Is 'Home' And 'Feeling Better' After Hospitalization for Bacterial Infection: Source
Madonna is on the mend. One day after the singer’s manager announced that the pop music legend was hospitalized after suffering from a “serious bacterial infection,” a source tells Rolling Stone that she’s now resting “at home and feeling better.” In his original statement Wednesday, Madonna’s manager Guy Oseary informed …
Read More »What Was Affirmative Action Really About? And What Happens Now?
Universities can no longer consider race in college admissions, the Supreme Court ruled today. The ruling was expected, on 6-3 ideological lines, and it will forever change access to higher education in America. Like it or not, “affirmative action” was extraordinarily effective — in its first year at Harvard, admissions …
Read More »Blur Drop New Single, the Britpop Throwback 'St. Charles Square'
Blur continued the march toward their reunion album, The Ballad of Darren, Thursday with the LP’s latest single, the Britpop throwback “St. Charles Square.” “I was just really relieved it went this way in the studio,” Damon Albarn told Apple Music Radio of the track following its premiere Thursday. “It’s …
Read More »You Already Knew This, But Kim Cattrall Says 'And Just Like That' Cameo Is 'As Far As I'm Gonna Go'
Kim Cattrall has confirmed what all Sex and the City fans knew deep in their heart of hearts: That an extremely short And Just Like That cameo, filmed without being on the same set as — or even directly speaking to — any of her former co-stars, is as much …
Read More »Kelsea Ballerini Pauses Concert After Being Hit in the Eye with a Bracelet: 'Don't Throw Things'
At this point, all of the artists who have had flying objects hurled at them from their concert audience need to start a support group. Earlier this week, someone tossed a bag of their mother’s ashes on stage during Pink’s British Summer Time Festival performance. And just over a week …
Read More »Jesse Malin Shares Health Update From Hospital Amid Spinal Stroke Recovery
Jesse Malin has been in a New York hospital bed since suffering a rare spinal stroke in early May. The medical episode left the songwriter paralyzed from the waist down, Malin revealed exclusively to Rolling Stone in an interview earlier this month, but he’s vowed to walk and dance again. …
Read More »How Gen Z Fixes The Future
There has never been a period in the history of humanity where a person’s expectations of the future are so incredibly murky and screwed up as they are today. Our world is marked by wicked problems — climate change, polarization, inequity, war, financial instability and AI — that threaten our …
Read More »Jenni Rivera's Children Want Their Mother's Posthumous Album to Create 'Another Banda Wave'
Jenni Rivera’s children always wondered what sort of music their mom left behind after she tragically died in 2012. What would her music sound like if she was still alive today? What would she have wanted her legacy to be? Months ago, Rivera’s youngest child Johnny made it his goal …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Delays New Album — But Promises Barbz It'll Be 'Worth The Wait'
Nicki Minaj has pushed back the release date for her next album — but revealed the LP’s title, Pink Friday 2, and teased a tour set to start in early 2024. Pink Friday 2 was originally scheduled to arrive on Oct. 20, but Minaj will now release the album on …
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