“Did I embellish my resume? Yes I did. And I’m sorry … but I’m still the same guy, I’m not a fraud.” New York congressman-elect George Santos admitted on Monday to having engaged in “résumé embellishment” and lying about his education and work history. Santos has been embroiled in controversy …
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Did anyone in the mid-‘90s really think that Quentin Tarantino was at risk of being a two-hit wonder? Certainly there wasn’t much reason to expect him to drop as cool and calm a movie as Jackie Brown for his third feature. Jackie Brown turns 25 this Christmas. It still looks …
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So, is Counting Crows‘ melancholy, much-beloved 1996 classic “A Long December” a Christmas song? The band’s frontman, Adam Duritz, has some thoughts. “There’s this big discussion that runs around,” he says on the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. (To hear the whole episode, press play above …
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Continuing an annual tradition that dates back to his presidency, Barack Obama shared his personal playlist of the best songs of the year, with tracks by Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Lizzo, SZA, Rosalia and more making the former president’s must-hear list of 2022. “I always enjoy sharing my end of year …
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Over 18 months after Morrissey first announced his upcoming album Bonfire of Teenagers, the LP appears to be indefinitely shelved once again after the singer revealed he has parted ways with his record label. Also delaying its release: Miley Cyrus wants her backing vocals removed from one of the album …
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A gunman opened fire at a Kurdish Cultural Center in Paris Friday, killing three people and injuring three others, reports the Associated Press. A 69-year-old French man was arrested and placed in police custody. While names of the victims have not yet been released, Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau confirmed three …
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Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, in theaters Dec. 23, is a movie that should probably hit harder than it does. It is yet another of this year’s magic of the movies movies, flying under the guise of something decidedly more ambivalent. It is a tribute to the joyous and nasty realities of …
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Some want to stand their ground and fight — after all, this is their home, too. Many want to leave and start anew. There’s an option to vote for doing nothing, but really, the days of simply enduring and ignoring are long gone. The choices that a group of women …
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Dressed head to toe in black leather, and flanked by two silent associates with reflective headgear, a Florida dominatrix addressed the Fort Lauderdale City Commissioners on Tuesday evening, curtly demanding the construction of a BDSM dungeon in Broward County. “Good evening, councilpeoples,” she began. “You may call me Mistress.” While …
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Megadonor and disgraced crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried burrowed his campaign cash so deep into the Democratic Party that lawmakers are now preparing internal investigations to be sure they’re rid of it —and prepared for any potential restitution to victims of Bankman-Fried’s crimes. The campaign of Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) is …
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