Ashley McBryde has offered the first glimpse of her post-Lindeville era mere days after a thrilling two-night staging of that collaborative album at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter released her new song “Light On in the Kitchen” on Friday, expressing her admiration for those who looked out for her …
Read More »Paris Hilton Reveals She Was Drugged and Raped When She Was 15
Paris Hilton revealed in a new interview that, when she was 15 years old, she was drugged and raped by an “older” man. Prior to the publication of her biography Paris: The Memoir — where she writes about the incident in greater detail — the heiress and reality TV star …
Read More »Don Toliver's 'Love Sick' Is Seductive And Forgettable
Don Toliver albums are not what you would call “textually rich.” For stretches, they can seem almost ambient: all purple neon, Xannied-out synthesizers, a never ending montage of nightclubs and bedrooms and cash registers. What sticks out is the timbre of the R&B-trap singer’s voice, which can be a remarkable …
Read More »Ukrainians Dream of Normal Life After a Year of War. They Know It May Never Return
KYIV — It is remarkable how much the snow dampens sound. On the second day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a gentle snowfall blanketed the city of Kharkiv, where I was when the war began. From the balcony of my hotel, I listened to muffled thumps of artillery in the …
Read More »'Cocaine Bear' Has More Coke and Gore Than a Night With Charlie Sheen
The story writes itself. A drug smuggler found dead in a Knoxville, Tennessee, driveway back in 1985, with a failed parachute and a large duffel bag of cocaine by his side. A black bear found months later, also dead (“Nothing left but bones and a big hide,” the Georgia Bureau …
Read More »How Adam Scott Mastered the Art of Playing the Straight Man
When the time came for the cast and crew of Party Down to reassemble for an improbable sequel season, the first order of business was to find out when Adam Scott would be available to do it. “The truth is,” explains Party Down co-creator Rob Thomas, “that we found a …
Read More »Roald Dahl's Children's Books to Be Republished With 'Classic' Text Alongside Edited Versions
Following the uproar and “debate” over the decision to republish Roald Dahl’s children’s books with less offensive language, the author’s estate and publisher have announced that they would re-release those same books with the original text intact. Earlier this month, the Roald Dahl Story Company and publishers Puffin announced that …
Read More »'The Quiet Girl' Is One of the Most Heartbreaking Movies in Ages
The girl is named Cáit. She’s 12 years old, doesn’t like attention, stays hidden and silent when she can. Living in the rural Irish countryside in the early 1980s, she’s the youngest of a brood belonging to parents that seem one perpetually short fuse away from exploding. Or rather, she …
Read More »Brad Paisley, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Celebrate Our Similarities on 'Same Here'
On the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Brad Paisley has shared a new song, “Same Here,” which features a conversation between the country star and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The song isn’t explicitly about Ukraine or the ongoing war, but rather finds Paisley meditating on the similarities that …
Read More »Gina Prince-Bythewood on Serena Williams: 'She Never Had a Level Playing Field'
F OR ROLLING STONE’Sthird annual Icons & Influences feature, we asked eight of our favorite artists and entertainers to pay tribute to the women who have inspired them, in life as well as in their careers.Director Gina Prince-Bythewood, who’s helmed iconic films from 2000’s Love & Basketball to last year’s …
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