DaBaby and Roddy Ricch took “Rockstar” to glamorous new heights at the 2021 Grammy Awards on Sunday. DaBaby, decked out in an all-white suit with Chanel pins and diamond gloves, simultaneously performed the track while conducting singers dressed like Supreme Court justices. Roddy Rich joined him onstage for his verses …
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Brandy Clark briefly thought quarantine might just be a short break to recharge from a hard winter touring season. Instead, it came close to swallowing up her ambitious third album. “I was like, OK, this is going to be a nice 10-day break,” she says. “But then as it became …
Read More »NYU Tisch Experts on Post Production and the Production Business
Rolling Stonejoined forces withIndieWire, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and the online-education platformYellowbrickto launch“Film and TV Industry Essentials” last year. The program began enrolling students earlier this fall, and the curriculum is composed of five easily digestible course modules. Each of the concise lessons lasts between three …
Read More »Biden's $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan Gives Struggling Venues a Needed Boost
Struggling music venues across the country received an added lifeline after the Senate and House of Representatives passed a $1.9 trillion stimulus package known as the American Rescue Plan on Wednesday. President Joe Biden signed the legislation Thursday, March 11th. The new aid package includes an additional $1.25 billion in …
Read More »Instagram Is Pushing Anti-Vaccine Misinformation and QAnon Content, Study Finds
In the past year, social platforms like Facebook and Twitter have made very public efforts to try to prevent the proliferation of Covid-19-related misinformation and election fraud conspiracy theories. Yet a new study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which tracks the spread of misinformation on digital platforms, suggests …
Read More »The Best Flannel Shirts for Channeling Every Style, from Grunge to Cool Lumber Jack
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. When you think of flannel, the humble plaid shirt usually comes to mind. The word “flannel” though, refers to the soft wool or cotton fabric designed in a …
Read More »'Chaos Walking': Wanna Hear What Tom Holland's Thinking? Think Again
“And if my thought-dreams could be seen,” a wise man named Bob Dylan once said, “they’d probably put my head in a guillotine.” Chaos Walking, an adaptation of Patrick Ness’s young-adult trilogy about a planet where one’s private hopes and fears become public audiovisual transmissions, cribs the sentiment from that …
Read More »Steam Clean: Using a Steamer Can Help Kill Germs and Bacteria, but Can It Kill Covid?
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Steamers have always been sort of an unheralded tool in a person’s closet, an “if-you-know-you-know” type of device that gets a decent amount of use if you’re trying …
Read More »How Economist Emily Oster Ended Up at the Center of the Fight Over Schools Reopening
A year ago, schools across the country closed their doors in hopes of slowing the spread of a strange new virus. What happened next depended on a parent’s zip code, their income, the political persuasion of their state officials, and the relative power of their local teachers unions. In the …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Sofia Kourtesis, 'By Your Side'
Sofia Kourtesis’ “Sarita Colonia” builds for more than two full minutes before reaching a jittery, crushing cruising altitude full of stuttering drums and slicing horns. The track was released in early 2020, but its fizzy mid-section, crackling with the energy of an electrical fire, kept it fresh in our minds …
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