The investigation into Donald Trump‘s role in a pre-election hush money payment to Stormy Daniels — the porn star alleged former lover of the former president —is starting to heat up. The Manhattan district attorney’s office is set to begin presenting evidence to a recently impaneled grand jury, which could …
Read More »'Bridgerton' Star Phoebe Dynevor Won't Be Returning for Season Three
Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor is getting ready to leave the ton, with the actress saying she will not be returning to the hit period romance series for its upcoming third season. Dynevor, who plays Daphne Bridgerton, let the news slip during an interview with ScreenRant at Sundance while promoting her …
Read More »Travis Scott to Headline 'Rolling Stone Live' Super Bowl Party
Travis Scott will headline this year’s Rolling Stone LIVE, the annual event taking place on Super Bowl weekend. DJ & MC Irie and DJ Whoo Kid will also appear on the lineup. Last year, Scott launched a Las Vegas residency and took the stage at overseas festivals in Buenos Aires, …
Read More »With 'Let's Start Here,' Lil Yachty Emerges as Music's Boldest Creative Director
Lil Yachty is rich. The 25-year-old musician posts TikToks featuring exotic Italian furniture, and goes vintage shopping with Drake. By the time he graduated high school, he’d already bought his mom a house. He caused a mild international incident with his viral hit “Poland,” a loosie released late last year …
Read More »Inside the Fight to Save the Peruvian Amazon From Big Oil
I was trying to do something I never do: take a two-day vacation. I had been in Peru for a month, deep in the Amazon, documenting the Achuar Tribe’s epic battle against the oil industry for my new HBO Documentary on climate refugees. I was exhausted, but I listened to …
Read More »Vic Mensa Shreds Guitar While Skydiving in New 'Strawberry Louis Vuitton' Video
Vic Mensa peels off some tasty licks while falling through the sky in the wild new video for “Strawberry Louis Vuitton.” The tender, soulful tune features contributions from Thundercat as well as R&B artist Maeta. In the video, co-directed by Mensa and Danielle DeGrasse-Alston, Mensa goes skydiving with his guitar, …
Read More »Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter Previews New Solo LP With Orchestral Song
Thomas Bangalter — one half of the duo Daft Punk, who announced their split in 2021 — has released the first track, “L’Accouchement” from Mythologies, his upcoming debut solo album. It arrives on April 7 via Erato/Warner Classics. Bangalter’s orchestral composition — along with the rest of Mythologies — is …
Read More »Margo Price Channels Marilyn Monroe in 'Radio' Video With Sharon Van Etten
Margo Price dazzles in a Seventies dream sequence in the music video for her self-love anthem “Radio,” which features indie-rock songwriter Sharon Van Etten. Directed by Bella Mazzola, the hazy visual follows the country singer as she takes her phone off the hook and tunes out anything that might distract …
Read More »Laith Ashley Still Cannot Believe He's in Taylor Swift's 'Lavender Haze' Video
Laith Ashley didn’t get much sleep last Thursday. That night, Taylor Swift dropped the long-awaited visuals for “Lavender Haze,” her third video from Midnights. In it, Ashley plays Swift’s love interest — and though the video came out around 9 p.m. his time in Los Angeles, he ended up staying …
Read More »Chuck D Still Believes Rap Can Change the World
Chuck D is humble about his contributions to Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World — the expansive, four-part PBS and BBC series where he joins other hip-hop icons from Melle Mel to Eminem, as well as executives, journalists, and academics, in unspooling rap’s history as a social …
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