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Heath Ledger is the subject of a new series of limited edition NFTs, which are being released to benefit the Heath Ledger Foundation. The images were shot by photographer Ben Watts, the brother of actress Naomi Watts, who dated Ledger for two years from 2002 to 2004. The NFTs are …

AT ROLLING STONE and Variety Truth Seekers Summit presented by Showtime Documentary Films, journalists, filmmakers, comedians, and producers participated in panel discussions seeking the truth in different formats like podcasts, documentaries, news reporting and comedy. Lesley Stahl, veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent and recipient of the Truth Seekers Media Award shares …

Luminaries, legends, and thought leaders alike came together last Thursday (August 25th) for Rolling Stone and Variety’s annual Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Showtime Documentary Films. The one-day, live-streamed event featured keynotes and panel conversations that centered on the pursuit of truth. Kicking off the summit, veteran, Emmy-winning 60 Minutes …

A t dawn, the first rays of the sun peek over the horizon, making the Sahel a Mars red. Skinny Nigérien soldiers in surplus American Marine desert uniforms buzz around in Land Cruisers with spray-painted camouflage. The trucks are packed with shovels, sleeping pads, and ammunition. The soldiers are part …

Variety and Rolling Stone announced today the final lineup for theirTruth Seekers Summit, presented by Showtime Documentary Films, on August 25 in New York. The summit coincides with the Truth Seekers journal, a collaboration between Variety and Rolling Stone. The special issuefeatures a deep dive from Variety’s Addie Morfoot into …

O n a Friday night in New York, Harry Styles put on a show. It wasn’t just any show; it was the first time he performed his third and soon-to-be-biggest album, Harry’s House, in its entirety. The crowd that May night covered Long Island’s UBS Arena in feathers and glitter …

PinkPantheress first created buzz with snippets of her work on TikTok and then dazzled audiences with songs like the Mura Masa-produced “Just For Me” and “Break It Off, with Adam F. On her debut EP “To Hell With It,” the U.K. artist creates trancelike choruses and —true to her TikTok …

The black Cadillac pulls into the diner’s parking lot in Queens. Built in the 1950s, the building looks like it only exists on a rainy day, the rock-lined exterior out of another time. I step out of the Uber and look up at the restaurant where, in 1983, my father …

In February 2020, Sarah Thankam Mathews was struggling to write a novel; freelancing wasn’t going so great, either. So, she took a writing break, looked at the burgeoning threat of Covid-19, and immersed herself in the needs she predicted were on the horizon as the pandemic altered everyone’s reality. “What …

Variety and Rolling Stone are pleased to announce that W. Kamau Bell, Barbara Kopple, and Ramin Bahrani have been added to keynote the Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Showtime Documentary Films, on Aug. 25 at 849 6th Avenuein New York. Bell, whose Showtime series We Need to Talk About Cosby …