Lana Del Rey hasn’t had a solo hit single since 2014, and she’s shown far more interest in pursuing her own singular aesthetic vision than in chasing the charts. “It’s not meant to be popular,” she said, flatly, in her first Rolling Stone cover story, right after the release of …
Read More »Prince Harry and Elton John Appear in U.K Court to Back Tabloid Privacy Violation Case
Prince Harry‘s lawsuit against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers approached the four-day hearing stage this week, with the royal making an unexpected appearance at the U.K. High Court on Monday morning. The lawsuit, filed in October 2022, alleges that the tabloid publisher organized “breaking and entry into private property” to …
Read More »Ex-Fox News Producer Files New Claim That Network Pressured Her to Lie Under Oath
Abby Grossberg filed a pair of lawsuits last week alleging that her employer, Fox News, manipulated her into giving misleading testimony to investigators inthe Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit, while also subjecting her to a culture of rampant misogyny. She was fired from her role as booking producer for Tucker Carlson …
Read More »The Debut Album From Boygenius Is Even Better Than Everyone Had Hoped
Music history is full of supergroups, but there’s never been one like boygenius, which is why the label doesn’t do them justice. They’re simply a world-beatingly great band, with three of the most brilliant singer-songwriters in the game. Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus all came into boygenius with …
Read More »How 'Avatar: The Way of Water' Turned Sigourney Weaver Into a Teenager
There were quite a few naysayers on Film Twitter prior to the release of Avatar: The Way of Water, questioning everything from the film’s cultural staying power and $400 million-plus budget to the 13-year gap in between films. They forgot the cardinal rule: never bet against James Cameron. The Avatar …
Read More »She Escaped Scientology in the Trunk of a Car. Her Nightmare Is Far From Over
“I’m literally shaking right now as I’m talking to you,” Valerie Haney says, speaking by phone from Florida. Her 22 years in Scientology’s hardcore elite unit, the Sea Organization, has left her with what her therapist has diagnosed as PTSD, she explains. And a court ruling on March 15 had …
Read More »Eddie Manion's Five-Decade Odyssey as Bruce Springsteen's Other Sax Player
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well-known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson Announces Las Vegas Residency Supporting New Album 'Chemistry'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. For 10 days this summer, Kelly Clarkson will swap out her powerhouse covers on set at The Kelly Clarkson Show for an exclusive stretch of large production shows …
Read More »'Succession' Season 4 Premiere: The Roy Siblings Team Up to Take Down Daddy
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “The Munsters.” Succession begins its final season exactly where it began its first: on Logan Roy’s birthday. He is as miserable, angry, and manipulative as ever. And he is once again chasing his white whale by attempting to acquire PGM. …
Read More »Bill Zehme, Biographer and Rolling Stone Writer, Dead at 64
Bill Zehme — the last person to interview Johnny Carson, a biographer of Frank Sinatra and Andy Kaufman, and author of many Rolling Stone celebrity cover stories — died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, Chicago Sun-Times reports. He was 64. Zehme, who grew up in South Holland, Illinois …
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