South African rapper Costa Titch died this weekend after collapsing onstage during his performance at Johannesburg’s Ultra Music Festival. The rapper born Constantinos Tsobanoglou was 28. According to Cape Town Etc, Titch was performing at the Nasrec Expo Centre when he fell over onstage. Someone rushed out to help the …
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Former Vice President Mike Pence gave some of his strongest public criticisms of his ex-boss on Saturday night, accusing the former president of putting his family in danger on Jan. 6 and saying that history will “hold Donald Trump accountable.” “President Trump was wrong,” Pence said during his speech at …
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By many measures, Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) is a Very Important Democrat. He’s the Democratic leader of the House’s antitrust subcommittee, one of the chamber’s prestigious perches. In 2021, he and a team of fellow House lawmakers led the first-ever second impeachment of a president. He enjoys regular invitations to …
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The Who’s Roger Daltrey has dismissed the idea of the band recording another album, citing the tepid commercial response to their 2019 LP Who. When asked by NME whether he and Pete Townshend plan on recording another album, Daltrey said, “What’s the point?” “What’s the point of records? We released …
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I t was one of those beautiful and unseasonably warm fall days in New York City, November 2019, when Pras Michel, founding member of the Fugees, documentary filmmaker, and man about town, was headed to a lunch date, a first date with a woman he hadn’t met before. Around noon, …
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The cast and creatives behind Swarm, a mesmerizing TV series that premiered at SXSW ahead of its March 17 debut on Prime Video, have taken pains to avoid the elephant in the room: Beyoncé. It’s an odd predicament given that the form-breaking show is absolutely littered with references to the …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If Lady Gaga wins the Oscar for Top Gun: Maverick‘s “Hold My Hand” Sunday, she has a bottle of Dom Pérignon with a post-it note that reads “for …
Read More »'SNL' Weekend Update Goes After Tucker Carlson's Trump Texts and Jan. 6 Video Edits
Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update mocked Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s characterization of the Jan. 6 insurrection, as well as his revealing text messages about Donald Trump. Carlson, joked Colin Jost, “released securityfootage from the January 6attacks with the violence editedout and said it proves it was apeaceful gathering, which …
Read More »'SNL': Watch The 1975 Perform 'I'm In Love With You,' 'Oh Caroline'
Saturday Night Live musical guests The 1975 took to a warmly lit stage and performed the bubbly single “I’m In Love With You” off of Being Funny in a Foreign Language, their fifth studio album which came out last fall. Later in the show, the group returned to play the …
Read More »'SNL': Jenna Ortega and Fred Armisen Have Weird 'Wednesday' Reunion
Saturday Night Live host Jenna Ortega and Wednesday co-star Fred Armisen teamed up again for a not-so-PG version of the 1998 film The Parent Trap, with Armisen playing crude crew member Raymond who fills in as Ortega’s twin during a script read. During a scene where the two disagree about …
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