“Welcome to the psychedelic twenties.” This is how Rick Doblin, founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), greeted a packed crowd on the opening morning of Psychedelic Science 2023 in Denver last week, dressed in a loose white suit befitting a guru. Billed as the largest-ever …
Read More »Coi Leray Should Probably Chill A Little
Hip-hop heiress Coi Leray had a crossover moment with “Players,” a boastful track that uses the synth arpeggios that streaked across the pioneering Grandmaster Flash cut “The Message” to flip the script 2023-style: “Girls is players too,” Leray declares amidst boasts about her womanly prowess and warnings to any prospective …
Read More »All-Male State Supreme Court Reconsiders Abortion Ban After Lone Female Justice Retires
“Six weeks is, quite simply, not a reasonable period of time,” the majority held, in an opinion authored by Justice Kaye Hearn. In January, South Carolina’s Supreme Court struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban as unconstitutional. The 3-2 majority explained that, while the state has the authority to impose …
Read More »Adele Gets Quick 'Vanderpump Rules' Lesson on Tom Sandoval's Jobless Behavior at Vegas Show
Adele hasn’t been directly roped into the Vanderpump Rules drama dominating reality television conversations for the duration of the show’s most recent season, but she also refuses to be out of the loop. During a recent show in her Las Vegas residency, the singer took a moment’s break from singing …
Read More »Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Deal With Netflix Isn't Going Anywhere
A little over a week after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s production studio, Archewell, announced they would be consciously uncoupling with Spotify (the official language was “mutually agreed to part ways”), Netflix is affirming its dedication to the blue bloods. “The bond with Archewell Productions is one we deeply value,” …
Read More »Ryan Seacrest Adds Yet Another Day Job as New 'Wheel of Fortune' Host
Never let it be said that Ryan Seacrest is allergic to hard work— or even just a sheer amount of it. On Tuesday, Seacrest announced that he would take over for Wheel of Fortune legend Pat Sajak starting in 2024—marking yet another major hosting gig for the media personality. According …
Read More »Crackpot MAGA Theory (Thankfully) Loses at the Supreme Court
MAGA had its day in court Tuesday — and thankfully, it lost. By a vote of 6-2, the Supreme Court rejected one of the most bizarre theories to make it to its hallowed halls: that in setting the terms of elections — maps, polling places, voting rules, even review of …
Read More »New Justice Dept. Report Details 'Serious Failures' That Led to Jeffrey Epstein's Suicide
An extensive and detailed 128-page report from the U.S. Department of Justice details “numerous and serious failures” that allowed Jeffrey Epstein to die by suicide while in the care of New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in 2019. A timeline chronicling Epstein’s arrest on July 6, when federal prosecutors charged …
Read More »How Did Bruno Mars Beat Celebrity Booze Burnout? By Opening a Destination Rum Bar
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Bruno Mars is undeniably smooth. The R&B crooner is smooth-dressing, smooth-talking, with smooth rhythms in his back pocket he’s known to pour over again and again until he …
Read More »How Omar S Pushed The Boundaries of Detroit Dance Music For Two Decades
When Detroit techno producer Omar S thinks back on the early days of his label, FXHE, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, he sounds as down-to-earth as his inviting, party-oriented music suggests. “I was just working at my job and making tracks,” he recalls over Zoom. Before then, he’d …
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