Ahead of Thursday’s Parks and Recreation reunion special, Nick Offerman — who played Pawnee, Indiana’s resident curmudgeon Ron Swanson on the popular sitcom — sat down via video with Rolling Stone senior writer Stephen Rodrick for the latest Rolling Stone Interview: Special Edition. During the in-depth conversation, Offerman discusses the …
Read More »2020 Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals Canceled Due to Coronavirus
This year’s long-standing Newport Folk and Jazz festivals have been canceled due to ongoing health and safety concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic. “I believe we can emerge from this adversity stronger and more connected than ever before,” said Jay Sweet, the executive producer of the festivals. The Newport Folk …
Read More »People Are Flocking to Georgia Beaches to Take Instagram Photos
“What lockdown?! Down here, beaches are open!” the Instagram caption reads, below a photo of a man in a baseball cap and pastel Bermuda shorts, posing against the pristine blue skies and taupe shoreline of Georgia‘s Tybee Island. Known for its picturesque beaches, the island is popular among residents of …
Read More »Khruangbin Preview New Album With Shimmering Disco Track 'Time (You and I)'
Texas trio Khruangbin unveiled a slick and mesmerizing new song, “Time (You and I),” from their upcoming album, Mordechai, out June 26th via Dead Oceans and Night Time Stories. “Time (You and I)” boasts a vintage blend of funk, soul and disco, and its crisp rhythm section keeps a toe-tapping …
Read More »Watch Brad Pitt Portray Dr. Anthony Fauci on 'SNL at Home'
Brad Pitt portrayed and paid tribute to Dr. Anthony Fauci on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live at Home. Earlier in the month, when asked who should inevitably play him on SNL, Dr. Fauci jokingly told CNN, “Oh, Brad Pitt, of course.” That dream casting became a reality Saturday …
Read More »Mick Jagger Responds to Paul McCartney's Claim That 'the Beatles Were Better'
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards went on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music show this week to promote the new Rolling Stones single, “Living in a Ghost Town,” which also gave them an opportunity to respond to Paul McCartney’s recent claim that the Beatles were a better band than the Stones. “[The …
Read More »'RS Interview: Special Edition' With Sen. Kamala Harris
Five days after Rolling Stone broke the news about Kamala Harris’ new VoteSafe Act of 2020, designed to give states $5 billion to expand voter security and access to ballots in this year’s general election, the junior U.S. senator from California and member of the Senate Intelligence Committee joined me …
Read More »'Ugly Delicious' Season 2: Reintroducing David Chang
Even if you’re not into food, you probably know who David Chang is. The Korean American chef behind the Momofuku empire of restaurants arrived on the scene in New York in 2004, both middle fingers raised to anything that represented the establishment. He made rakish beauty of the humble pork …
Read More »The Man Who Started Earth Day
Denis Hayes is the Mark Zuckerberg of the environmental movement, if you can imagine Mark Zuckerberg with a conscience and a lot less cash. Like Zuckerberg, Hayes dropped out of Harvard to start an eccentric and unpromising venture. Zuckerberg’s was called Facebook, which he launched in 2004; Hayes’ was called …
Read More »Colbert, Kimmel, Noah Dissect the Madness of COVID-19 Lockdown Protestors
Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah and Jimmy Kimmel found themselves with plenty of joke fodder Monday following protests in multiple states last weekend against the stay-at-home orders issued to stem the spread of COVID-19. On The Late Show, Colbert stated the obvious: That social distancing and closing up businesses isn’t just …
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