President Donald Trump claimed today that he was unaware of social media rumors speculating about his supposed death or rapidly declining health that went viral over Labor Day weekend. The rumors were, as most pieces of unfounded viral gossip are, sparked by a collection of likely coincidental tidbits that were …
Read More »Cardi B Wins at Civil Assault Trial Brought by Security Guard: 'I'm Super Completely Innocent'
Cardi B won the debate. And the trial too. A week after going viral for calling her witness-stand interrogation a “debate,” not an “altercation,” the Grammy-winning rapper was handed a resounding victory at her civil trial over claims she physically assaulted a security guard she accused of filming her. Jurors …
Read More »Jennie's Special Edition Beats Headphones Come in 'Ruby' Red, Naturally
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Jennie is going solo once again. After teaming up last year to promote Beats’ Solo Buds, the K-pop star and Blackpink member is reuniting with the Apple-owned audio …
Read More »Miguel Embraces the 'Caos' on First New Album in Eight Years
Miguel has finally announced his long-awaited fifth album, Caos, with the LP set to arrive Oct. 23 — also the musician’s 40th birthday — via ByStorm Entertainment/RCA Records. Along with announcing Caos, Miguel soft-released the album’s new single and title-track. The song hasn’t been given a wide release just yet, …
Read More »Blood Orange Mourns Beautifully on 'Essex Honey'
“As exciting as watching trees sprout” is decidedly a pejorative idiom. Still, it’s somehow the perfect way to describe these elegiac bops. Indeed, Devonté Hynes, on his fifth studio LP as Blood Orange, manages to make life’s contemplative moments seem urgent, celestial, and rehabilitative. No actual trees sprout on the …
Read More »Please Don't Destroy's Ben Marshall Joins 'SNL' as Featured Player, Along With Four New Additions
Ben Marshall of comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy — memorably described as “a sad Ron Weasley” by Taylor Swift in a 2022 sketch — has been promoted to a featured player on Saturday Night Live for his fifth season on the show, according to an NBC press release. Previously, he …
Read More »Drake Talks Swedish Jail, Fake Abs, and Friendship Breakups With Bobbi Althoff
It appears that all is well between Drake and Bobbi Althoff. The podcast host and content creator went viral in 2023 when Drizzy appeared on her show, The Really Good Podcast, setting off a spree of other rapper interviews — including Lil Yachty, YG, and Offset — as well as …
Read More »Jonas Brothers Surprise Dallas Show With Kelsea Ballerini Duets
Kelsea Ballerini is almost like an honorary Jonas sister. Just a handful of years after opening for the group on their 2021 tour, the country star joined Nick, Joe, and Kevin Jonas for a pair of performances during the group’s show in Dallas on Sunday. “We had the wonderful pleasure …
Read More »Taylor Swift Playing the Super Bowl Makes Sense: Here's Why
Taylor Swift headlining the Super Bowl halftime show has been one of those things that’s seemed so obvious for so long it’s a shock it hasn’t happened (soft drink sponsorship deals aside, of course). Over the past few years, especially, her name has been bandied about as a likely prospect, …
Read More »'Megadoc' Trailer Goes Inside Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis': 'I'm Confronting Chaos'
Does Francis Ford Coppola thrive on chaos? Not exactly, the director claims in the new trailer for Megadoc, Mike Figgis’ behind-the-scenes documentary on the tumultuous making of Coppola’s 2024 film Megalopolis: “I’m confronting chaos.” Coppola spent $120 million of his own money on Megalopolis, a script he’d been working on …
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