The rap world is ever-changing, and 2022 showed us where we might be heading next. The year was full of solid releases from budding stars who set the stage for a lower-key sensibility within hip-hop. It was a year where fans turned away from the larger-than-life superstars towards more down-to-earth …
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In an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, ‘Straight Shooter’, Stephen A. Smith, America’s most popular and tenacious sports media figure, looks back on a formative experience of developing grit in his hometown of Hollis, Queens, after he was held back in elementary school as the result of undiagnosed dyslexia. …
Read More »Horror Master Kevin Williamson Is Back to Make You 'Sick'
For children of the ‘90s — elder millennials, or so they call us — Kevin Williamson is a near-mythical figure. This is, after all, the man who burst onto the scene with his screenplay for 1996’s meta-horror classic Scream, followed by I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream 2, …
Read More »How to Watch 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Online for Free
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It seems Everything Everywhere All at Once is well, everywhere these days, with the Michelle Yeoh-starring film brining home a string of accolades during Awards Season. Taken from …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Premiere Recap: Welcome to the Apocalypse
First things first: as I mentioned in my review of Season One, I’m not a gamer, have never played The Last of Us, and haven’t even watched a walkthrough video of it. So I’ll be discussing this episode, and all the ones to come, solely on the basis of how …
Read More »Andrew Callaghan Apologizes: 'I've Always Taken 'No' for an Answer as Far as Consent'
Andrew Callaghan — host of YouTube channelsAll Gas No BrakesandChannel5, and filmmaker behind HBO’s 2022 documentaryThis Place Rules — has apologized after being accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct. Callaghan began his four-and-a-half minute YouTube clip stressing that he wants to be “fully accountable” and “transparent,” and thanks “every …
Read More »Janelle Monáe Accepts SeeHer Award at 2023 Critics Choice Ceremony
Janelle Monáe was presented with the SeeHer Award at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, which broadcast live via CW from Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California. Monáe was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. “She’s an advocate, an ally, …
Read More »'He Got Better and Better': Joe Satriani on the Legacy of Jeff Beck
When guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani started imagining a recording career for himself based around instrumental compositions, he knew it could be possible — thanks in large part to the fact that the late Jeff Beck had scored hit albums (Blow by Blow, Wired) without the help of a singer a …
Read More »Wyoming GOP Considers Declaring War on Electric Vehicles to Protect Fossil Fuels
Republicans in Wyoming‘s state senate are considering a resolution banning new electric vehicle sales in the state by 2035, an answer to California and New York states’ recent laws that would bar the sale of gas-powered vehicles in those states by the same year. “The Legislature would be saying, ‘If …
Read More »GOP House Oversight Chair Can't Explain Why He's Investigating Biden Classified Docs But Not Trump's
Rep. James Comer, the Republican House’s incoming Oversight and Accountability Committee chair, failed to clearly articulate why the newly discovered classified documents found in President Joe Biden‘s home and former personal office were worth the committee investigating but not the classified documents found at former president Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. “Do …
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