Weekend Update tackled Russia’s fake news law, the country’s ban on car exports and Disney’s response to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. “Russia has passed a fake news law that makes it illegal for any organization to report information that contradicts what …
Read More »'SNL': Watch 'The Batman' Stars Zoë Kravitz and Paul Dano Go on Wild Cat Chase
This week’s Please Don’t Destroy sketch reunited host Zoë Kravitz with one of her co-stars from The Batman: Paul Dano. The sketch kicks off with Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy planning to give Kravitz, who plays Catwoman in the film, a kitten. But as she enters, the feline disappears …
Read More »Trump Says He 'May Have To' Run in 2024 During Rambling, Lie-Filled South Carolina Rally Speech
Donald Trump didn’t even speak for an hour during his rally in Florence, South Carolina, on Saturday night, but he still managed to lay out a sufficiently terrifying vision of what the United States could look like should he run for and win the presidency in 2024, while cycling through …
Read More »Traci Braxton, Singer and 'Braxton Family Values' Star, Dead at 50
Traci Braxton, singer, actress and Braxton Family Values reality TV star, died Saturday at the age of 50. “It is with the utmost regret that we inform you of the passing of our sister, Traci. Needless to say, she was a bright light, a wonderful daughter, an amazing sister, a …
Read More »Alabama GOP Prepares War on Transgender Teens
While her friends go on vacations and plan trips to Disney World, 14-year-old Harleigh Walker spends her free time fighting for her right to exist. In between homework and listening to Taylor Swift records, Walker sends videos and letters to Alabama lawmakers in hopes of educating them about the lives …
Read More »Season of the Witch: Zambian Rock Pioneers on Conjuring a Beautiful Comeback
On the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles, inside a hulking, graffiti-bedecked industrial building, a distinct lilting reverberates through sterile halls. Behind one of the many nondescript doors is Witch. An acronym for “We Intend to Cause Havoc,” the 1970s psychedelic rock band from Zambia, which helped establish the genre known …
Read More »U.S. Veterans Start a 'Resistance Academy' in Ukraine. Will It Backfire?
Three days after the Russian invasion, Hannibal told me he was setting up a group of international military volunteers to fight for Ukraine. Hannibal — who asked that Rolling Stone not reveal his name because of security concerns — had been a U.S. Army infantry officer with the 173rd Airborne …
Read More »Pooh Shiesty Fights 8-Year Prison Recommendation: 'Impossible' He Shot Man in Butt
Jailed rapper Pooh Shiesty filed new court paperwork Friday claiming “ballistics and forensic evidence” prove he didn’t shoot a man in the buttocks during a botched Florida drug deal in October 2020 — thus making a recent probation report recommending a prison sentence in line with the eight years sought …
Read More »Brandi Carlile Will Be 'Shouting Gay From the Rooftops' in Response to Anti-LGBTQ Legislation
Brandi Carlile had originally planned to promote her new brand of rosé wine today, but instead felt compelled to post a powerful statement about the latest tide of anti-LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric that’s been rising in the United States. “I don’t want to minimize the very real problems we face …
Read More »Trump Held a Contest for Small-Dollar Donors to Have Dinner With Him. No One Won
Former President Donald Trump in recent weeks asked his supporters for money as part of a promotion to eat dinner with him in New Orleans last Saturday. The only problem was that no one actually got to eat dinner with Trump, The Washington Post reported Friday, citing four people familiar …
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