Joshua Ray Walker, the 29-year-old Texas songwriter who’s turned heads with his sharp wordcraft and pliable falsetto voice, made his late-night TV debut on Tuesday, performing with his band on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (Walker was supposed to play the Tonight Show last month, but according to the …
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Coachella is offering a new way into the festival via non-fungible tokens. On Tuesday, festival organizers announced the first set of collectible NFTs, which includes 10 lifetime passes to the festival in the form of a digital “Coachella Key.” Working with FTX to auction them off, those who win will …
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Jon Zazula, co-founder of Megaforce Records, which released the first two Metallica records and was home to numerous influential metal acts, died Tuesday. He was 69. A rep for Megaforce confirmed Zazula’s death to Rolling Stone, adding that the cause of death was complications of the rare neuropathic disorder CIDP, …
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There have been a lot of days lately where it’s felt like the traditional broadcast TV networks haven’t been trying very hard. Their primary goal, it so often seems, is to keep generating spin-offs of pre-existing franchises (coming soon, probably: FBI: IT Enterprise Services Division) and to provide library content …
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Joe Manchin has shoveled another heap of dirt on President Biden’s Build Back Better social spending agenda. “What Build Back Better bill?” he said on Tuesday when reporters asked about him about the legislation. “I don’t know what you guys are talking about.” “No, no, no, no,” Manchin added when …
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Update (2/2): In an emailed statement to Rolling Stone, Anita White, referring to herself as “The Real Lady A,” thanked her legal reps and said she’s looking ahead to releasing her new album Satisfyin’ this month. “Lady A, aka Anita White and The Real Lady A, announces that on Monday, …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Simu Liu was one of the breakout stars of 2021 and now the hero of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Ringsis telling his own story, …
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The satiric sci-fi author Douglas Adams once wrote, “Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.” Now, substitute the name Jack Reacher for …
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R. Kelly caught Covid-19 in a federal jail in Brooklyn, and the recent diagnosis led a judge to grant him a two-week extension Tuesday on his deadline to file appeal paperwork in his federal racketeering case. U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly ruled the R&B singer now has until Feb. …
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Bel-Air, the dramatic reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,has tapped star April Parker Jones to recite Langston Hughes’ 1922 poem “Mother to Son” in honor of its 100th anniversary. In the show, Jones will play Viola, mother of Will, who sends her son from West Philadelphia to Bel-Air, hoping …
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