Long before Taylor Swift went into the woods for Folklore, she desperately wanted out of them. In the sixth music video she released from 2014’s 1989, she’s running through the forest in a blue dress, escaping a pack of wolves and magical roots that long to twist and curl around …
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Samantha and Justin Juray were overseeing a packed family night at their bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, when the unthinkable happened on Wednesday night. A man walked through their decorated glass doors with a high-powered rifle and started shooting. “I was there, front and center,” Samantha, 34, tells Rolling Stone. …
Read More »The Horror, the Pain, and the Guilt of Watching the War From Tel Aviv
We no longer ask “How are you?” Within a matter of days, those three little words of courtesy have gone from an empty greeting to a rude, un-answerable question. How the hell can anyone be? Being fine now in Israel means that the people you know that were murdered are …
Read More »A Viral Video About Her 9-to-5 Left People Enraged. She Says They're Missing the Point
When Brielle Asero used to think about her life after college graduation, she imagined that she might start her own business or work in a non-conventional schedule, one that gave her plenty of flexibility to both work and enjoy a healthy balance of friends and self-care. Instead, the first year …
Read More »Why 'Gilmore Girls' Is the Ultimate Fall TV Show
Fall is here and Gilmore Girls fans know what that means: It’s time to head to the fictional Connecticut town of Stars Hollow. Viewers stream the cult classic year-round on Netflix but there’s something magical about tuning into the lives of Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel) Gilmore in …
Read More »Hamas Attacked Israel With Paragliders. Nazis Made Them Into Antisemitic Memes
When the militant group Hamas launched a devastating surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, some fighters breached the country’s defenses in motorized paragliders. Footage of this assault from the air spread widely with the first reports of war — particularly videos of gliders descending on the Israeli music festival …
Read More »'Be the Biggest Kid in the Room': Latto & Snoop Dogg on the Secrets to Extreme Charisma
L atto and Snoop Dogg are preparing for their Musicians on Musicians cover shoot at Hollywood’s historic United Recording studios, when Snoop shouts out a song he’d like cued up: “Can we turn on that ‘Rip me out the plastic, I’m actin’ brand-new?’” Latto lets out a yelp like she …
Read More »Mark Meadows Spills to Special Counsel About Trump's Election Lies: Report
Mark Meadows has reportedly testified before a federal grand jury impaneled by Special Counsel Jack Smith in exchange for immunity from prosecution in the Justice Department’s election interference case against Donald Trump. According to ABC News, the former White House chief of staff has testified under oath at least three …
Read More »Trump Plots to Pull Out of NATO — If He Doesn't Get His Way
Donald Trump wanted to pull the United States out of NATO during his first term, but was repeatedly talked out of it by senior administration officials. For a possible second term in the White House, the 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner is already discussing how he could actually get it done, …
Read More »Breaking Through Rock Journalism's Boys' Club
PLEASE ALLOW THIS ASIAN AMERICAN music writer to articulate this at the level it deserves: Egregious racism and misogyny have a long history in rock & roll — from those on the industry side who have appropriated Black artists’ work to those at the top of the publications who dictated …
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