The idea of making David Crosby our new advice columnist started as a joke around the Rolling Stone office. Croz was the first to admit that he lived a rather imperfect life, making many catastrophic decisions along the way. “If there was a way to go wrong possible, I did,” …
Read More »Marco Rubio Moves to Bring Back Trump's Trans Military Ban
Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Jim Banks have introduced legislation in the Senate and House of Representatives seeking to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military. The Ensuring Military Readiness Act would ensure that “persons who identify as transgender with ahistory of diagnosis of gender dysphoria are disqualified from …
Read More »Trump Plans to Bring Back Firing Squads, Group Executions if He Retakes White House
“What do you think of firing squads?” That’s the question Donald Trump repeatedly asked some close associates in the run-up to the 2024 presidential campaign, three people familiar with the situation tell Rolling Stone. It’s not an idle inquiry: The former president, if re-elected, is still committed to expanding the …
Read More »'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' Feels Like the MCU Has Lost Its Way
You guys remember the Quantum Realm, right? Of course you do! That’s the universe right beneath our own, which you can only get to by going “subatomic” and shrinking down to beyond-microscopic size. The same one that Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), better known as Ant-Man, found himself floating through after …
Read More »Michael B. Jordan's Biggest Fight Is With Himself
I T IS A MILD SATURDAY in December, and I am in a nondescript office building in Burbank, California, watching three hand-selected scenes from the upcoming film Creed III. The movie, due out March 3, is very much unfinished. The director, who also happens to be the star, is not …
Read More »'Hogwarts Legacy' Is the Biggest Game on Twitch — But It's Facing Culture War Fallout
Hogwarts Legacy, a hotly anticipated new role-playing video game set in the magical world of Harry Potter, is already breaking records. Its early access launch made it most popular title on the streaming platform Twitch, even before its official Feb. 10 release. But with the fantasy franchise increasingly tarnished by …
Read More »Flashback: Burt Bacharach Serenades Austin Powers With 'What the World Needs Now Is Love'
When the sad news of Burt Bacharach’s death came down Thursday morning, your first memories of the songwriting genius likely depended on your age. If you grew up in the Sixties, you probably remember the hits he wrote with Hal David for artists like Gene Pitney, Dionne Warwick, and B.J. …
Read More »Trey Songz, Atlantic Records, Kevin Liles Sued Over Rape Claim
Trey Songz has been hit with a new $25 million lawsuit stemming from a previous sexual assault accusation, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The suit also names the R&B singer’s label Atlantic Records, manager Kevin Liles and 300 Entertainment as defendants, claiming the parties should be held …
Read More »How Gracie Abrams Turned 'Owning Her Sh*t' Into One of 2023's Best Debuts
When the pandemic shut down the world in March 2020, millions of people had to find ways to cope with an abundance of time indoors. Some baked bread. Others took up pottery. And on one very-early Friday morning, singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams got high, dove deep into Taylor Swift’s discography, and …
Read More »Twitter Kept Entire 'Database' of Republican Requests to Censor Posts
When the White House called up Twitter in the early morning hours of September 9, 2019, officials had what they believed was a serious issue to report: Famous model Chrissy Teigen had just called President Donald Trump “a pussy ass bitch” on Twitter — and the White House wanted the …
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