In a letter addressed to The New York Times, celebrities and LGBTQ+ organizations are calling for an overhaul in the publication’s approach to covering transgender people, calling their current practices “dangerous.” Gabrielle Union, Judd Apatow, Tommy Dorfman, Jonathan Van Ness, Margaret Cho, Jameela Jamil, Lena Dunham, Joey Soloway, Wilson Cruz, …
Read More »Armie Hammer Set to Appear in Court Over New Sexual Misconduct Claim
A judge dismissed a restraining order case against Armie Hammer on Wednesday after the actor and a 26-year-old woman, who accused him of choking her unconscious during a sexual encounter, both failed to appear for a court hearing in Aspen, Colorado. The woman, whom Rolling Stone is choosing not to …
Read More »'Metroid Prime Remastered' Is a Reminder of a Bolder Era of Video Gaming
Released in 2002 for the GameCube, the original Metroid Prime feels like a concept that frankly wouldn’t be made by modern Nintendo. At the time, the Japanese company was coming out of their first ever major defeat in the console wars with the Nintendo 64 having been outsold by Sony’s …
Read More »Huey 'Piano' Smith, New Orleans R&B Great and Rock Pioneer, Dead at 89
Huey “Piano” Smith, a New Orleans R&B legend and an early pioneer of rock n’ roll, has died at the age of 89. Smith’s daughter, Acquelyn Donsereaux, confirmed her father’s death to the New Orleans Times-Picayune/Advocate, adding Smith died in his sleep Tuesday at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. …
Read More »Watch Bruce Springsteen Perform 'If I Was the Priest' For the First Time Since 1972
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Hours after announcing dates for a North American Summer stadium, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band took the stage at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Ten …
Read More »Metallica Donates $250K to Turkey/Syria Earthquake Relief
Metallica‘s non-profit foundation All Within My Hands has made a $250,000 donation toward relief efforts following the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. In the few days since the natural disaster struck, the death toll has reached more than 41,000 individuals, with thousands more injured and displaced. “We’re at a …
Read More »'Star Trek: Picard' Season 3 Finds Its Magic by Reuniting the 'Next Generation' Crew
Early in the new season of Star Trek: Picard, our eponymous hero (played, as always, by Patrick Stewart) and his companion Laris (Orla Brady) are supervising the donation of many of his career mementos to various Starfleet and Federation museums. Jean-Luc fears being an old relic who just waxes on …
Read More »Everything You Need to Know About the XXXTentacion Murder Trial
Nearly five years after XXXTentacion was shot and killed outside a motorcycle shop in Florida, the trial of his alleged murderers finally began last week. The first week alone featured a fair share of court drama, driven primarily by the testimony of Robert Allen — one of the four suspects …
Read More »Paramore Bring Laundry List of Excuses on 'Running Out of Time' to 'Kimmel'
Contrary to the name of the track Paramore performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday night, the band made it to the late-night stage without any schedule-related issues, rocking out to “Running Out of Time” in a rather timely manner. “Never mind, I hit the snooze on my alarm twenty times/But …
Read More »Amanda Shires is in 'Serious Trouble' in 'Hawk for the Dove' Fallon Performance
Amanda Shires performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tuesday to promote her new album, Take It Like A Man. Joined by frequent collaborator and husband Jason Isbell and her band, Shires sang the album’s first single, “Hawk for the Dove.” “You can call it serious trouble/ Because that’s …
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