If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Jake Paul’s jump from YouTube personality to professional boxer may have garnered some scoffs, but, with a record of 5-0 and four wins by way of knockouts (including …
Read More »Black Pumas Singer Had a Tough Time With the National Anthem at the World Series
For fans of the Houston Astros, Game One of the World Series both started and ended on a sour note as, hours before the team’s extra-innings loss, Black Pumas singer Eric Burton struggled through his rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The Grammy-nominated, Austin, Texas-based singer, who was previously enlisted to …
Read More »The 'Terrifying' Day Joni Mitchell Saw 'Almost Famous: The Musical' — and More Backstage Tales from Cameron Crowe
“It didn’t feel like a modern movie, but it didn’t feel like a nostalgia trip, either,” says writer-director Cameron Crowe, reflecting on his classic autobiographical film Almost Famous. “I wanted the musical to have a similar elixir to it.” After five years of work with some pandemic-induced delays, rapturously received …
Read More »'Wendell & Wild' Finally Gives Us a Key & Peele Reunion! (Sort Of)
Let’s lead with the good news first: Key and Peele are back! Kind of. The sketch comedy duo who once gave us the greatest college-football roll calls of all time, and repeatedly mentioned that Liam Neesons (plural) were their jam, have briefly reunited in the name of giving future Goth …
Read More »See Lin-Manuel Miranda Perform 'Encanto' Songs for the First Time on 'Fallon'
Lin-Manuel Miranda performed a medley of the Encanto songs he wrote for the first time Friday with an assist from Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show. After listing the soundtrack’s accomplishments — including how “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” is “the biggest Disney song of all time” — Fallon asked …
Read More »Republicans Want to Stop You From Voting. Here's How to Fight Back
Thanks to Republicans, it will be harder for certain people to vote this year, courtesy of an array of new voting restrictions passed in the wake of the 2020 election: 56 new voting restrictions passed by Republican-led legislatures in 20 states. Supposedly, these rules are to prevent voter fraud, but …
Read More »Can Kanye West Ever Tour Again?
For the first time in his career, Kanye West’s controversial comments have not only landed him in another public relations nightmare — they’ve led to nearly all of his brand partners divesting from him as they’ve determined his volatile behavior is more trouble than it’s worth. Talent agency giant CAA …
Read More »Jerry Garcia's Lost Pipe Has Been Found After 30 Years — and It Still Smells Like Weed
For decades, a major piece of counter-culture history was wedged behind a bed in Merl Saunders’ San Francisco house. The crude pipe looks like something a teen may have cobbled together at summer camp, but according to art historian Steve Cabella, it’s basically a religious object. A so-called “spirit pipe,” …
Read More »Frank Ocean Unveils Apple Music 1 Show, 'Homer Radio'
Frank Ocean revealed his latest project on Friday: Homer Radio, a new Apple Music 1 show. Each episode will take place on Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET. “Someone’s vacuuming the carpets adding a distant layer of white noise to the sound,” Ocean wrote in a statement about the show. “Security …
Read More »Ex-Capitol Police Officer Found Guilty of Obstruction of Jan. 6 Investigation
Former U.S. Capitol police officer, Michael A. Riley, was found guilty on Friday of obstruction of justice for deleting his own Facebook messages offering advice to a Jan 6. rioter on how to hide evidence about entering the Capitol on the day of theinsurrection, The New York Times reports. Riley, …
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