During his administration, former President Donald Trump referred 334 classified leaks for criminal investigation, setting a record. And at his rally Saturday night, he said that the journalists who published the Supreme Court‘s preliminary decision to overturn Roe v. Wade would reveal their sources under threat of rape in prison. …
Read More »NDAs, Obsessive Buyers, and $400 for Sublime: Inside the Baffling Revival of the Cassette Tape
Taylor Swift titled one of her albums1989, but whenher new record Midnightsarrived this week, it really did feel like that year: Fans were able to buy it on LP, CD, and —find that old boom box —a cassette. But don’t ask Steve Stepp, owner of the Missouri-based National Audio Company, …
Read More »15 Years Later, the Creator of the 'None Pizza With Left Beef' Meme Goes Back for Seconds
In Hollywood, Steve Molaro is known as an Emmy-nominated TV producer and writer who worked on the long-running sitcom The Big Bang Theory and co-created its spinoff, Young Sheldon. In the annals of internet lore, meanwhile, he’s the guy who first dared to order “None Pizza With Left Beef” from …
Read More »Cardi B Calls Out Madonna Over a Clown Emoji: 'Nobody Is Going to Disrespect Me'
Cardi B accused Madonna of “getting slick out the mouth” amid a social media dust-up where Madonna suggested that artists like Cardi B and Miley Cyrus should be grateful to her for paving the way for them. The rapper’s since-deleted Sunday morning “violence” was in response to an Instagram story …
Read More »Carly Simon 'Filled With Sorrow' After Sisters Die One Day Apart
Carly Simon paid tribute to her two older sisters Saturday after they both died of cancer a day apart. Joanna Simon, a renowned opera singer, died Wednesday of thyroid cancer at the age of 85. The following day, Lucy Simon, a Broadway composer who also performed in a Sixties folk …
Read More »How Meghan Trainor Mastered TikTok and Returned to Her Roots on Her New Album
Meghan Trainor sure makes a comeback look easy. During the months leading up to the release of her LP Takin’ It Back, Trainor has connected with a new audience of Gen Z fans on TikTok, many of whom have connected to her bubbly and relatable personality and gone back to …
Read More »Trump Plans to Challenge the 2022 Elections — Starting in Philly
In early September, Donald Trump welcomed a handful of Republican allies to Manhattan’s Trump Tower with an urgent message: He saw a “scam” happening with midterm election voting in Philadelphia and elsewhere in Pennsylvania, and he wanted conservatives to do something about it. “During our briefing, he was concerned that …
Read More »Donald Trump's Texas Rally Offers More of the Same: 'Borders and Elections'
By the time Donald Trump took the stage in Robstown, Texas on Saturday night, the crowd of MAGA-hatted fist-pumpers had already been treated to an afternoon of ranting from a who’s who of usual suspects, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tom …
Read More »Drake, 21 Savage to Release 'Her Loss' Album Next Week
Drake and 21 Savage will be releasing a new collaborative album called Her Loss next week. The Toronto and Atlanta rappers recently teamed up for “Jimmy Cooks” from Drake’s seventh studio album, Honestly, Nevermind, which arrived in June. Her Loss arrives on Oct. 28. In a new visual directed by …
Read More »Synths, Anxiety, and a Genius 'Dear John' Sequel: The Ultimate 'Midnights' Track-by-Track
From the sonic and lyrical influence of the Lover track “The Archer” to the harrowing revelations of the “Dear John” sequel “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve,” the depths of Taylor Swift‘s new album Midnights deserve deep examination. That’s exactly what happens on the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, in which …
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