Update (2/2): In an emailed statement to Rolling Stone, Anita White, referring to herself as “The Real Lady A,” thanked her legal reps and said she’s looking ahead to releasing her new album Satisfyin’ this month. “Lady A, aka Anita White and The Real Lady A, announces that on Monday, …
Read More »'Shang-Chi' Star Simu Liu Says New Memoir Is An 'Immigrant Superhero Origin Story'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Simu Liu was one of the breakout stars of 2021 and now the hero of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Ringsis telling his own story, …
Read More »'Reacher' Finally Proves It's Not Just Size That Matters
The satiric sci-fi author Douglas Adams once wrote, “Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.” Now, substitute the name Jack Reacher for …
Read More »R. Kelly Contracts Covid-19 in Jail, Wins Two-Week Extension to File Appeal
R. Kelly caught Covid-19 in a federal jail in Brooklyn, and the recent diagnosis led a judge to grant him a two-week extension Tuesday on his deadline to file appeal paperwork in his federal racketeering case. U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly ruled the R&B singer now has until Feb. …
Read More »'Bel-Air' Embraces Echoes With a 100-Year-Old Langston Hughes Poem in New Clip
Bel-Air, the dramatic reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,has tapped star April Parker Jones to recite Langston Hughes’ 1922 poem “Mother to Son” in honor of its 100th anniversary. In the show, Jones will play Viola, mother of Will, who sends her son from West Philadelphia to Bel-Air, hoping …
Read More »Hear the 1986 Neil Young Show That Joe Rogan Worked as a Security Guard
It’s been just slightly over a week since Neil Young told Spotify that he’d remove his music from their service if they continued to air The Joe Rogan Experience, but a lot has happened in that time. Young went through on his threat later in the week, and his longtime …
Read More »Pro Skaters Get 'Wild in the Streets' in New Vid for Circle Jerks Classic
To mark the 40th anniversary of Circle Jerks‘ sophomore LP, Wild in the Streets, a team of veteran and up-and-coming pro skaters hit the streets of Hollywood to film a new video for the album’s raucous title track. The video, directed by photographer and skateboarder Atiba Jefferson, intersperses footage of …
Read More »Wet Leg Show Off 'the Good, the Bad, the Ugly' Social Media Comments in New Video
We’re a couple of months away from the highly anticipated debut of Wet Leg, so the Isle of Wight duo have tossed us another video while we wait. The clip for the post-punk rager “Oh No” features Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers in overwhelmingly large suits made of ropes, which …
Read More »Bright Eyes to Reissue Catalog — But Conor Oberst Doesn't Feel 'Nostalgic and Self-Indulgent'
Bright Eyes have announced an ambitious plan to reissue their entire catalog with accompanying EPs, aptly titled the Companion series. On May 27, the band will kick off with the first three albums: A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997, 1998’s Letting Off the Happiness, and 2000’s Fevers and …
Read More »Trump Really, Really Wanted the Government to Seize Voting Machines: Report
The Jan. 6 committee recently got its hands on a draft executive order instructing the National Guard to seize voting machines following the 2020 election, but it hasn’t been clear who wrote the order or to what extent former President Trump was involved in the scheme.The New York Times reported …
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