Rhye lead singer Michael Milosh’s malicious prosecution case against his ex-wife Alexa Nikolas was stricken from court earlier in February following an anti-SLAPP motion from Nikolas’s attorneys, documents reviewed by Rolling Stone confirm. The decision comes nearly six months after the singer first sued Nikolas’s lawyers over claims that that …
Read More »Trump Defends Putin as Biden Visits War-Torn Ukraine
Donald Trump on Monday night touted his great relationship with Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin and defended his past assertion that he trusted the foreign leader over his own intelligence community. “Putin never, ever would have gone into Ukraine if I were president,” Trump told supporters at a Florida rally. “I …
Read More »Bauhaus' Peter Murphy to Lead David Bowie Tribute Tour Alongside Guitarist Adrian Belew
The Bauhaus reunion tour of 2022 may have imploded after a mere 13 shows, but frontman Peter Murphy will be back on the road in October to front the Celebrating David Bowie tour alongside guitarist Adrian Belew, Spacehog’s Royston Langdon, a Perfect Circle bassist Matt McJunkins, guitarist Scrote, Devo/A Perfect …
Read More »Jason Isbell Releases 'Death Wish' From New Album
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have a new album on tap. On Tuesday, Isbell released the song “Death Wish” along with a lyric video as the first taste of the group’s Weathervanes, due out June 9. The album is Isbell’s first collection of original songs since 2020’s Reunions. “Death …
Read More »Project Veritas Founder James O'Keefe Says Board Ousted Him
James O’Keefe, the political activist who founded the right-wing action group Project Veritas, has been forced out of leadership by the organization’s board, he said on Monday. “I think it’s fitting that we’re here on Presidents Day,” O’Keefe remarked at the outset of an emotional 45-minute farewell speech he delivered …
Read More »Defending the Grammys: Harvey Mason Jr. Makes His Case
From yet another Beyoncé snub for Album of the Year to fan-roundtable segments that some viewers found cringe-inducing, this year’s Grammys sparked even more controversy than usual. In the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, responds to criticism (including …
Read More »Alec Baldwin Manslaughter Charges from 'Rust' Shooting Downgraded
New Mexico prosecutors have downgraded felony involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin on Tuesday in connection to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust in 2021. Attorneys for both Baldwin and armorer Hannah Guttierez-Reed, who supplied the weapons on the set of the …
Read More »Paul Rudd on His Wild DJ Night With Neil Diamond
In the new Ant-Man film, Paul Rudd’s character learns all about the concept of alternate timelines. In an alternate version of our own timeline, he would have starred in Party Down. Rudd co-created the great Starz comedy, which is improbably rising from the dead later this month, with TV producer …
Read More »Liam Neeson Has Some Regrets
Let’s first address the obvious: My name is Marlow, and I am interviewing Liam Neeson for his new film Marlowe, the latest spin on Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe. “Interesting that your name is Marlow!” exclaims Neeson at the start of our chat. I inform the veteran actor that …
Read More »'Octopath Traveler II' Shows the Unlimited Potential of JRPGs
Octopath Traveler II is a mesmerizing free fall into why traditional JRPGs are an irreplaceable art form. The sequel from Square Enix and Acquire hits every note that the 2018 original so carefully illustrated – the eight co-protagonists, the hyper-stylized turn-based battle systems, and “HD-2D” visuals that make Final Fantasy …
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