In another banner day for Elon Musk’s Twitter, the ability to share a simple link was completely upended thanks to an “internal change” with some “unintended consequences.” For a few hours Monday, March 6, clicking any web link on Twitter led users not to a linked page but an error …
Read More »Jin Gives ARMY an Army Update in New Photo With BTS Bandmates J-Hope and Jimin
Jin, the first member of BTS to enlist for mandatory military service in South Korea, got a visit from two of his bandmates, J-Hope and Jimin, over the weekend. Jin shared a photo on Instagram showing him in camouflage fatigues, holding up a peace sign, with J-Hope and Jimin on …
Read More »Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Last Original Member, Dead at 71
Gary Rossington, a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd whose ethereal slide guitar helped make the Southern rock band’s song “Free Bird” an indelible anthem, died Sunday at the age of 71. “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Introduces the Cannibal Cult Leader From Hell
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Last of Us, “When We Are in Need.” “When We Are in Need” is, for its first half, among the more low-key installments of Last of Us Season One. We are still in Colorado, still with Ellie helping Joel heal …
Read More »Selena Gomez Returns to Social Media, Says Her Heart Has Been 'Heavy' Amid Hailey Bieber Drama
The ongoing saga of internet-fueled drama between Hailey Bieber and Selena Gomez is now entering its second full week of lingering in the news cycle. At the end of last month, Gomez announced she would be taking a break from social media after a brief and indirect back-and-forth between herself …
Read More »Three Women Dead Following Stampede at GloRilla Concert
False reports of gunfire at the Memphis rapper GloRilla‘s Rochester, New York, concert at Main Street Armory theater resulted in a stampede that left three attendees dead and seven others injured on Sunday evening, according to Associated Press. While “no evidence to support a shooting having occurred” was found, Rochester …
Read More »The Iraq War Unleashed an Age of Grift. We're Still Living in It
T he quote that would secure Jim Mattis’ reputation as the most celebrated Marine general of his generation came during meetings he hadn’t wanted to attend. It was April 2004, a half-mile east of the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which had exploded in an insurrection that threatened to doom the …
Read More »Inside the Most Disturbing Movie of the Year (So Far)
Lea feels lost. It is the summer before her senior year of high school, and the 17-year-old’s days are spent watching online makeup tutorials and reality TV, playing games on her phone, and lounging under the Southern California sun. Her father walked out years ago, and her boozy mother (Gretchen …
Read More »Snail Mail on the 'True Artistic Genius' of Kim Gordon
F OR ROLLING STONE’S THIRDannual Icons & Influences feature, we asked eight of our favorite artists and entertainers to pay tribute to the women who have inspired them, in life as well as in their careers.Singer-guitarist Lindsey Jordan, a.k.a. Snail Mail, talked about how Kim Gordon‘s music changed her life …
Read More »Neil Young Sets Release Date for Vintage Seventies Bootlegs
On April 14, years after first hinting they were coming, Neil Young is finally releasing two Seventies concert bootlegs. The first one, High Flyin’, is a series of recordings from his 1977 under-the-radar Santa Monica, California summer club tour with the Ducks, a supergroup of sorts featuring bassist Bob Mosley …
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