Queen Elizabeth II, the U.K.’s longest-running monarch, is under medical supervision at her home in Balmoral after doctors became concerned for her health. The condition is serious enough that the 96-year-old Queen’s children and grandchildren have traveled to be by her side, including her son and heir, Prince Charles, and …
Read More »The Climate Bill Finally Passed. The Climate Battle Has Just Begun
Decades of willfully moronic Republicans bringing snowballs onto the Senate floor to argue that climate change is a hoax. Decades of debate about carbon taxes and carbon offsets. Decades of rallies in D.C. and hoping that the next hurricane or drought or heat wave will wake up Americans to the …
Read More »Greg Dulli Is Still An Agro Alt-Rock Guy. That's a Good Thing.
From tragic deaths (Cobain, Cornell, Lanegan) to careers and bands that have wound down or evaporated, the landscape of alt-rock heroes is fairly bleak these days—which makes it all the more ironic that one of the last men standing is the Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli. As the reigning cad of …
Read More »'We Definitely Suck Our Own Dicks': Kevin Smith on the Meta Madness of 'Clerks III'
By his own calculation, writer-director-actor-Comic-Con personality Kevin Smith is not particularly imaginative. “I’m not very creative by any stretch,” the 52-year-old Smith tells Rolling Stone from his home in California, bobble heads bearing his characters’ names stacked in rows behind him. “I just take shit that happened to me and …
Read More »Olivia Wilde: Rumors I Left Jason Sudeikis for Harry Styles Are 'Complete Horseshit'
Olivia Wilde has spoken out amid the sea of drama surrounding her new film Don’t Worry Darling. In an interview with Vanity Fair, the filmmaker addressed a slew of rumors and issues, including whether she left her long-time partner and former fiancé, Jason Sudeikis, for the movie’s star Harry Styles. …
Read More »Trump's DOJ Pushed for Prosecution of Political Enemies, Book Claims
Former Southern District of New York attorney Geoffrey Berman claims the Trump administration’s Justice Department pushed investigations into Trump’s critics that “would directly further Mr. Trump’s desires for revenge and advantage,” according to a copy of his new book Holding the Line, which was obtained by The New York Times. …
Read More »Daniel Radcliffe Confirms 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' Script 'Is so Insane'
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story star Daniel Radcliffe says shooting a scene where a fictionalized Weird Al Yankovic goes on a drug trip and hatches from an egg is the second strangest thing he’s ever done onscreen. In a new interview with The New York Times, Radcliffe compared the scene …
Read More »Miranda Lambert Sparkles With Billy Joe Shaver's 'I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal'
Miranda Lambert interprets Billy Joe Shaver’s “I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I’m Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)” as a barroom jam with tinkling piano, a swinging rhythm, and drawling vocals. The track is the latest release from the upcoming Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver, …
Read More »Eminem Reflects on His Overdose: 'That Whole Process Took a Long Time for My Brain to Start Working Again'
Eminem joined his manager Paul Rosenberg on his podcast “Paul Pod” to discuss how the rapper came back from an accidental overdose of methadone in 2007. The interview is part of a seven-episode limited podcast seriesthat launched in August to celebrate the rapper and the release of his recent greatest …
Read More »Macklemore Taps Windser for Nostalgic Performance of 'Maniac' on 'Kimmel'
Macklemore appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform his recent single, “Maniac.” Appearing with Windser, his guest on the track, Macklemore gave the performance at vintage flair, complete with backup singers and a ’50s backdrop. “Maniac” arrived last month following Macklemore’s single “Chant,” which dropped in July. It was produced …
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