If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Here’s the cold, hard truth: While you’ve been spending extra cash on your annual Amazon Prime membership, you could’ve been saving yourself money on everything from groceries to …
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Snoop Dogg may not be bringing pizza to the picket line, but he showed his support for the Writers Guild of America strike while offering a sharp critique of the streaming economy during a recent conversation at the Milken Institute Global Conference. In conversation with former Apple Music Creative Director …
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For the first time since 2007, before streaming giants like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and HBO Max existed, members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike May 1 after failing to negotiate a deal with Hollywood studios. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) entered into contract discussions with the …
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The last time the Writers Guild of America went on strike against the Hollywood studios was in November 2007, which feels like a million generations ago. George W. Bush was still president; the broadcast networks still had an enormous footprint on the pop-culture landscape; and House of Cards, the first …
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It’s never been funny to tell the same joke twice. If the material on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live! wasn’t already stale by the time it left the host’s mouths, it certainly will be when those same episodes are looped back into rotation as production …
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Prepare for a multiverse of Spider-Men — Disney+ has announced that six Spider-Man films will be launching on the streaming service in the U.S., giving fans access to even more web-slinging entries into the Marvel collection, all in one place. The first Spider-Man films (otherwise known as Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man)Spider-Man …
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It’s the Sixties, and Midge is ready for stardom in the final installment of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. “They’ll see you for what you are: a goddamn star. You in?” Alex Borstein’s Susie asks Miriam “Midge” Maisel, played by Rachel Brosnahan, in the Season Five trailer. “I’m in,” Midge responds. …
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Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz has been working in television writing and production for over 12 years. But the script for the HBO Max original series Gordita Chronicles was the first time she’d ever seen a TV series that mirrored her own family’s story. “My mother came to the US from Colombia in …
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It took 35 years and an industry-altering digital music revolution, but for the first time since 1987, vinyl sold more units than CDs in the U.S. last year. The figure solidified vinyl’s dominance over an otherwise increasingly irrelevant physical music landscape. The feat is among the most noteworthy stats from …
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Until last week, any Spotify user could access a playlist titled “Musikkorps Der Leibstandarte — SS Adolf Hitler Radio” — so named for the Nazi fuhrer’s personal corps of bodyguards. The streaming service itself generated the track list, and multiple Rolling Stone staffers each received a different mix upon loading …
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