The West Bank city of Ramallah, a city of 60,000, feels like a ghost-town. The typical hustle and bustle here has descended into an eerie silence, broken only by the occasional garbage truck or the wailing ambulance sirens. Thuds from Israel’s Iron Dome rocket system puncture the silence at intervals …
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Omar Ayuso, who shares the same name as his character, is a pillar of the teen telenovela Elite. He’s been around since the first season of Netflix’s Spanish hit, captivating viewers via his tender romance with heartthrob Ander, played by Arón Piper, and the jarring disapproval his character faces in …
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As the bloody war in Gaza rages on, so does a digital struggle for control of the geopolitical narrative surrounding it. Now, a number of prominent pro-Palestine creators and influencers are baffled by a clumsy campaign to get them to support Israel on social media. On Wednesday, Issa Tweimeh, a …
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In early 2010, Tom Petty was feeling good about the future. In the home studio of his cliffside Malibu property, surrounded by guitars, he puffed on the first vape I’d ever seen (“The tobacco lobbies don’t want them to exist!”) as he played me all of the yet-to-be-released Mojo, his …
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Heist movies tend to operate by a narrative rule of three: You show the preparation; you detail the execution, bit by painstaking bit; and you map out how the criminals and/or their crew get away with it, or don’t. The Delinquents, Argentine writer-director Rodrigo Moreno’s left-of-center contribution to the genre, …
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DURING a series of performance residencies this year titled Satellite Business, Sampha played in a circle of musicians — different voices, synths, drums, and electronics vying gracefully for center stage. The shows required smaller, more intimate venues, like St. John at Hackney Church in London, where he performed three nights …
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Following the Rolling Stones’ epic album release party in New York City, Keith Richards (prematurely) appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show, briefly interrupting filming while Jimmy Fallon talked about his experience at the surprise Hackney Diamonds gig. Richards was scheduled as a guest on the episode, so Fallon …
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When author Tanisia Moore was growing up in California in the 1990s, the Scholastic Book Fair was one of the most exciting times of the year. Moore tells Rolling Stone she has fond memories of bringing a catalog home to her mother and pointing out different books she wanted to …
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Earlier this week, SAG-AFTRA released guidelines for members looking to “celebrate Halloween this year while also staying in solidarity” with the strike. Actors were advised to avoid costumes inspired by struck content — Barbie, Wednesday Addams, Marvel superheroes, etc. — and opt instead for generic characters like a ghost or …
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Shygirl announced on Friday that her co-headlining North American tour with Tinashe was cancelled, citing an “ongoing respiratory condition.” In an update posted to Instagram, theU.K. musician said she was “heartbroken” over the decision. “Devastated to share that due to an ongoing respiratory condition I’ve been forced to make the …
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