If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Public Enemy is teaming up with skateboard brand Element for a new collection inspired by the hip-hop group’s New York roots, Nineties sportswear and skateboarding. Produced in partnership …
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A review of this week’s Winning Time, “Who the F**k is Jack McKinney,” coming up just as soon as we kill the duck… If not for the unfortunate fact of HBO’s longtime pay-cable rival having the same name, Winning Time would have come into this world known as Showtime. That’s …
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It was reported last week that Ginni Thomas, the right-wing activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent several texts urging Trump Chief Staff Mark Meadows to work to overturn the 2020 election results. Days later, it was reported that she urged Republican lawmakers to do the same. …
Read More »Judge Says Trump 'Likely' Committed Felony Obstruction of Congress by Plotting to Overturn Election on Jan. 6
A federal judge said Monday that former President Donald Trump was “likely” guilty of attempting to obstruct of Congress for planning to disrupt the certification of electors in Congress on Jan. 6. “Based on the evidence, the Court finds it more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to …
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Released last summer to tease Machine Gun Kelly‘s sixth album, the single “Papercuts,” with its strummy Cobain-pain guitar and brain-stewing power chords, was met with a mild shrug of support. According to the proverbial “people on the Internet,” it was seen as another lateral “rock” move from the ex-mixtape rapper …
Read More »Academy 'Condemns' Will Smith's Oscar Slap, Launches Formal Investigation
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences “condemn[ed]” Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars Sunday and announced they’ve launched a formal investigation into the incident, Variety reports. “The Academy condemns the actions of Mr. Smith at last night’s show,” an Academy spokesperson said. “We have officially …
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 19, 2022, order in Trump v. Thompson was as brief as it was significant. By a vote of 8-1, with Justice Clarence Thomas as the lone dissenter, the court refused a request by former President Donald Trump to block congressional investigators from gaining access to …
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Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson remembered Taylor Hawkins in a pair of poignant social media posts Saturday, hours after the Foo Fighters drummer’s death at the age of 50. Hawkins and Dave Grohl together delivered the induction speech when the prog-rock legends were welcomed into the Rock and Roll …
Read More »Stephen Wilhite, Creator of the GIF, Dead at 74
Computer scientist Stephen E. Wilhite – who created the GIF image format back in 1987 – died on March 14 at the age of 74. His wife Kathaleen R. Wilhite said his death was due to complications from Covid-19, CNN reports. “He was an avid camper and loved traveling and …
Read More »Republican Rep. Found Guilty of Lying About Taking Campaign Cash from Foreign Billionaire
After about two hours of deliberations, a federal grand jury in Los Angeles on Thursday found Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) guilty of three felonies for lying to and concealing information from the FBI regarding illegal contributions by a foreign national to his 2016 reelection campaign, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for …
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