Margo Price has reinterpreted her Strays track “Change of Heart,” which originally had sort of a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers gone country vibe, as a sparsely adorned acoustic song. The song now has a dusky, campfire feel, as she and country artist Sierra Ferrell slow it down and plumb …
Read More »North Dakota Supreme Court Blocks Law Criminalizing Abortion Services
The North Dakota Supreme Court upheld an injunction on Thursday against the state’s proposed ban on abortion. The court found that the law violated the state’s constitution, and the guaranteed “right of enjoying and defending life and pursuing and obtaining safety.” The law was crafted as a “trigger law” set …
Read More »A Knight at the Opera: Queen Guitarist Brian May Is Now Officially Sir Brian May
Nearly half a century of playing “God Save the Queen” on his electric guitar has paid off for Brian May. The Queen’s son, now King Charles III, officially knighted the musician on Tuesday. May, age 75, posted a photo of him taking the ceremonial sword to his shoulders, writing that …
Read More »J.I.D, Saba Kick Off Rolling Stone's Future of Music Showcase With Fire and Lyrical Excellence
It’s an exciting time to be a fan of sharp, focused music — and if the artists who kicked off Rolling Stone‘s Future of Music SXSW showcase at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin on March 14 are any indication, there are even better things to come. Spill …
Read More »FBI Arrests Bannon Buddy Guo Wengui Over Alleged $1 Billion Fraud Scheme
The FBI has arrested exiled Chinese billionaire — and close Steve Bannon associate — Guo Wengui on federal charges that he masterminded a $1 billion fraud scheme, ABC News and other outlets report. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges against Guo and business associate Kin Ming Je on …
Read More »How 'Spring Breakers' Forecast the Next Decade of American Chaos
Go south, young women. Head to Florida. Maybe try St. Petersburg, a city where students might take a seasonal break from the grind of academia and indulge in some time-honored traditions, like wet bikini dance contests or binge-drinking. Sex and drugs? Motel orgies? Doing bumps on the dance-floor with tongue-wagging …
Read More »Joe Exotic Wants to be the Next Criminal President
Joseph Allen Maldonado — AKA “Joe Exotic” — wants to be president, and a 22-year prison sentence won’t stop him. In 2020, Maldonado, the subject of the Netflix hit docuseries Tiger King, was found guilty of various charges related to a murder-for-hire plot against wildlife sanctuary owner Carole Baskin, as …
Read More »BTS' Contract Renewal and Proposed 2025 Comeback Are Both Currently Uncertain, HYBE Says
Nothing is set in stone for BTS as the K-pop supergroup’s hiatus continues while its seven members pursue solo endeavors and complete their mandatory military service requirements. When the break was first properly announced in October, the group’s label BigHit Music explained that it wouldn’t be too long of a …
Read More »Here's What Happens If Trump Judge Ends Access To Critical Abortion Drug Nationwide
Lawyers, reporters and members of public queued up outside a courthouse in Amarillo, Texas before dawn on Wednesday for a chance to be inside the room as a single federal judge contemplated — in proceedings he’d sought to shield from public scrutiny —whether to end access to the most widely-used …
Read More »Trump's Lawyer Struggles to Defend Lie About Stormy Daniels Hush Money
Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina struggled to defend false claims by the former president, who is facing a potential indictment regarding his role in the Stormy Daniels scandal. On MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber Tuesday, Tacopina was asked to address Trump denying a $130,000 payment made to Daniels in 2016 …
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