Nearly 50 years after she portrayed Tommy’s mother in the big screen adaptation of the Who’s rock opera Tommy, Ann-Margret is reuniting with Pete Townshend for a cover of the Everly Brothers classic “Bye Bye Love.” It will appear on her upcoming LP Born To Be Wild, arriving in stores …
Read More »Pulp Bassist Steve Mackey Dead at 56
Steve Mackey, the longtime bassist for the Britpop band Pulp, has died at the age of 56. Mackey’s wife, Katie, announced his death Thursday on social media, writing that he died following a three-month hospitalization. No cause of death was provided. “After three months in hospital, fighting with all his …
Read More »Boygenius Debut Album Cut 'Cool About It' Live at Tibet House Benefit Concert
The Tibet House benefit concert, hosted at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, announced Boygenius‘ appearance on the lineup just one day before the concert — but the trio made up of Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker was far from underprepared. Taking the stage, the group unveiled …
Read More »A Terrifying Tale of a Teenage Girl Groomed Into Being Sex Trafficked
Jamie Dack’s Palm Trees and Power Lines is about losing a person. By the end, its 17-year-old heroine, Lea (played by a great Lily McInerny) seems lost to herself, unsure of who to be. It’s the summer before her senior year. Trouble starts with a chance encounter with an older …
Read More »House Ethics Committee Investigating George Santos for … Just About Everything
The House Ethics Committee has voted to investigate Republican Rep. George Santos regarding the avalanche of lies and potential illegal activity by the freshman congressman. The committee said Thursday that members voted to establish an investigative subcommittee tasked with determining “whether Representative George Santos may have: engaged in unlawful activity …
Read More »Ashnikko Enters a 'Post-Apocalyptic Fae World' as She Announces Debut Album 'Weedkiller'
Ashnikko is creating a magical, post-apocalyptic world for her first project. Along with releasing the single “Worms,” the blue-haired alt-pop singer announced her debut album Weedkiller, out on June 2, and a tour later this year. The forthcoming LP, co-produced by Slinger and Oscar Scheller, is set to include tracks …
Read More »People Are Getting Pregnant on TikTok's Trendy 'On-Demand' Birth Control
Marissa is 35 years old, married, with a first grader and a stressful job as a sonographer. To take the edge off, she watches TV — soapy dramas on Hulu, mostly, like Shadowhunters and Motherland: Fort Salem. During the pandemic, she started to see this one particular commercial a lot. …
Read More »'The Mandalorian' Season Three Gets Off to a Disappointing Start
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Mandalorian, “The Apostate.” A strange thing happens at the start of The Mandalorian Season Three. We open, of course, with a montage of events from previous seasons that will be relevant to what’s about to happen. So we are reminded …
Read More »'Emily in Paris' Star Ashley Park on How Laura Linney Taught Her to 'Trust Your Gut'
F OR ROLLING STONE’S THIRD annual 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. Broadway and Emily in Paris star Ashley Park credits actress and producer Laura …
Read More »Blood, Sweat & Tears Talk Blackmail, Backlash, Infamous Iron Curtain Tour in New Doc Trailer
Blood, Sweat & Tears venture behind the Iron Curtain in the wild new trailer for the upcoming documentary, What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? As the clip establishes early on, Blood, Sweat, & Tears were briefly the biggest band in America — Grammy winners with massive hits …
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