If creator, red carpet correspondent, and advice queen Tefi Pessoa could tell her audience one thing, it’s that the person she is on their for-you-pages is the same exact person she is when the cameras stop rolling. “The energy that you feel is real! It’s not a character,” Pessoa says …
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On Aug. 4, fans of the HBO Max series Love Life were given a gift. The television show was added to Netflix, a reprieve from the three-year drought that left fans unable to access the Anna Kendrick and William Jackson Harper-helmed anthology series. For creator Sam Boyd, having Love Life …
Read More »How 'Clanker' Became the Internet's New Favorite Slur
Clanker. Wireback. Cogsucker. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs. AI is everywhere—on Google summarizing search results and siphoning web traffic from digital publishers, on social media platforms like Instagram, X, and Facebook, …
Read More »Zach Bryan and Brianna Chickenfry's Messy Breakup Timeline
The breakup between The Great American Bar Scene singer Zach Bryan and BFFs podcaster Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia is taking the internet by storm, and if that word scramble doesn’t mean anything to you, buckle up. The yearlong relationship between the Grammy Award-winning country artist and Barstool podcast host might be …
Read More »TikTok Live and iHeartRadio Launch New Singing Competition Show
A new singing competition show is coming to TikTok Live. Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal that TikTok will partner up with iHeartRadio to launch Next Up: Live Music, a competition show solely on TikTok Live through September. Contestants will participate in competition phases and advance through rounds based on viewer …
Read More »The WNBA Is Bigger Than Ever. Its Race Problem Is Only Growing
On June 30, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert held a press conference announcing the league would expand into three more cities in the next five years — bringing the WNBA team count to a league record of 18. “This historic expansion is a powerful reflection of our league’s extraordinary momentum, the …
Read More »Is 'Princess Treatment' the Gateway Drug Tradwives Have Been Waiting For?
Remember that old fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, “The Princess and the Pea”? Whether you’re watching an animated retelling, reading the backstory of a limited edition Barbie doll, or streaming a bootleg version of the musical that once starred Sarah Jessica Parker, the story remains pretty consistent. To test …
Read More »Dating Coaches Are On the Rise. Some Women Are Investing Thousands
In October 2023, after two years of no dating — preoccupied caring for her sick parents and recovering from a difficult break-up — Shirley Williams, 39, implemented a new strategy to find her husband. First, she’d complete self-evaluation exercises, where she’d discover her flirting style and humor type, but also …
Read More »F1's Popularity Is Revving Up. Romance Authors Are Getting In on the Action
When Formula 1 racers sit in the driver’s seat of a professional car, they’re pulling all of their skills, training, and focus to speeding a custom-made vehicle close to 200 miles per hour down a track — pushing the limits of their body and a turbocharged engine toward a crowded …
Read More »Zohran Mamdani's Primary Triumph Has People Nervous. Could This Be … Joy ?
When Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani announced his campaign to run for mayor of New York City in October 2024, he was a virtually unknown state assembly member up against a Trump-friendly incumbent, Eric Adams. He wasn’t just a longshot —for many New Yorkers, he felt like an impossibility. But that …
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