Donald Trump took a break while golfing in Ireland on Thursday to complain to reporters that he, a “famous rich and political person that’s leading the polls by 40 points,” has to deal with a rape trial. While the former president has spent the last several days hitting the links …
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North Carolina is poised to become the next Southern state to dramatically restrict abortion access. On Thursday, the state Senate adopted a motion that will ban most pregnancy terminations after 12 weeks. The fast-tracked legislation, which passed North Carolina’s House of Representatives on Wednesday night, was made public less than …
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No idea was ever too much, or inconvenient, for the graphic artists Hipgnosis, whose iconic album artwork designs serve as the centerpiece for Anton Corbijn‘s documentary Squaring the Circle: (The Story of Hipgnosis). In the latest trailer for the film, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year, musicians Paul McCartney, …
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The sun ain’t what it used to be. That’s what a weird contingent of amateur astronomers believes, anyway. The idea has swirled around the internet for years, and this week got another endorsement from U.K. columnist Jacqui Deevoy, who shared a picture of the star at the center of our …
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May the Fourth be you, Princess Leia. On Thursday, to celebrate the Star Wars-themed holiday, the late Carrie Fisher was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where she was celebrated by her daughter Billie Lourd and Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill. Surrounded by C-3PO, R2-D2, and …
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When Melody Walker and her friend Caitlin Doyle first envisioned the Grateful Dead tribute band Bertha, Tennessee’s legislature hadn’t yet introduced legislation limiting drag performance. The Nashville musicians were just daydreaming about an all-women Dead tribute group, but soon landed on the idea of doing it in drag. “I was …
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Former Sonic Youth singer-guitarist Thurston Moore will tell his side of how the band came together in his long-promised autobiography, Sonic Life: A Memoir, due out in October. “Sonic Life tells the story of my childhood and teenage years as I fell in love with music (for the most part …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Just in time for May the 4th, Amazon has unveiled three brand-new, limited-edition stands for your Echo Dot device on Star Wars Day, inspired by characters on all …
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Ed Sheeran won a copyright infringement trial on Thursday, and so has music itself, at least according to some music copyright experts. With Sheeran coming away victorious in the much-publicized “Thinking Out Loud”/ “Let’s Get It On” trial, music copyright experts tell Rolling Stone they’re hopeful the decision will chill …
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A former producer on Tucker Carlson’s show is revealing just how far the Fox host went to bully top Republicans to come on his show and bend the knee to the MAGA agenda. Carlson terrified top Republicans with threats to “destroy” them if they failed to do his bidding and …
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