Another day, another revelation of an attempt to subvert American democracy. Michael Flynn, the conspiracy theorizing former Trump national security adviser, and Sydney Powell, the conspiracy theorizing former Trump attorney, made a pair of unhinged pleas to the Department of Defense in search of help overturning the 2020 election results. …
Read More »Gloria Estefan to Open Latin Grammys With All-Star Medley Featuring Anitta, Carlinhos Brown and More
UPDATE (11/15): The Latin Grammys has finalized its performance lineup, tapping Gloria Estefan to open the 22nd iteration of the show. Estefan, per a press release, will kick things off with a three-song medley (“Abriendo Puertos,” “Cuando Hay Amor,” and “Magalenha”) and she’ll be joined on stage by an array …
Read More »Meanwhile, Steve Bannon Is Reminding Everyone That the Right Is Very Much Trying to Destroy Democracy
Steve Bannon was criminally charged on Friday for defying a subpoena issued by the House committee investigating Jan. 6. The charges were announced not long after Bannon very emphatically reminded listeners of his War Room podcast that the he and the right are trying to do away with democracy by …
Read More »Juice Wrld's Mom Announces Second Posthumous Album
Fighting Demons, the second posthumous album from late rapper Juice Wrld, will arrive on Dec. 10, his mother announced Thursday. “There was nothing Jarad ‘Juice WRLD’ Higgins enjoyed more than delivering new music to his millions of fans around the world,” the rapper’s mother Carmela Wallace said in a statement. …
Read More »Miranda Lambert Opens CMA Awards With Fire, Fringe, and Hits Medley
Miranda Lambert opened the 55th annual CMA Awards with a medley of five of her hits. It was an agile performance, imbued with the Texas singer’s signature swagger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGAbwsMxqUc Backed by her superb band (always keep an eye on Spencer Cullum Jr. on pedal steel) and dressed in a blue …
Read More »Ruston Kelly Produced His Father Tim's Debut Album: 'It's a Masterclass in Classic Songwriting'
Ruston Kelly can still vividly recall hearing his father Tim sing and perform for the family when he was younger. It had an impact that’s being felt all these years later, when the younger Kelly is a working singer-songwriter with successful solo albums and tours to his name. “That’s the …
Read More »Josh Hawley's Bizarre Obsession With Masculinity Is the Most Pathetic Front Yet in the GOP's Culture War
Josh Hawley, thesenator perhaps best known for cheering on the crowd of Trump supporters storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, is refashioning his political identity around the idea that the United States is in disarray because men are no longer men. What exactly does he mean? He can’t really seem …
Read More »'SNL': Weekend Update Challenges Ice Cube Over Vaccine Refusal
Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update pushed Ice Cube — or Kenan Thompson — to explain his refusal to get vaccinated on the show’s latest episode. In late October, news emerged that the rapper exited his upcoming comedy with Jack Black, Oh Hell No, after declining the producers’ request to be …
Read More »RS Recommends: Beats Finds Their Stride With Beats Fit Pro – Their Best Earbuds Yet
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Beats, no doubt, has had a busy year. The Apple-owned brand released the Studio Buds earlier this year, which had some noteworthy features we loved (killer battery life …
Read More »Bebe Buell, an Inspiration for 'Almost Famous' 'Band Aid' Penny Lane, Gets Her Own Doc
The life of Bebe Buell, fashion model, singer, and fixture of the Seventies rock scene, will be the subject of a new documentary. The as-yet-untitled film charts Buell’s rise, fall, and rebirth as a model — she was fired by her agency after posing nude in Playboy — her relationships …
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