Seven years after releasing their last studio album, Metallica are raging back with a gut-punching new song, “Lux Æterna,” which is Latin for “eternal light” and part of the Catholic requiem mass. Amid slashing guitar riffs and battering-ram bass drumming, frontman James Hetfield sings about casting out “demons that strangle …
Read More »Helena Bonham Carter Really Went to Bat for Johnny Depp and J.K. Rowling
Helena Bonham Carter went all out in defending Johnny Depp and J.K. Rowling in a new interview with The Times UK. She said Depp had been “completely vindicated” after his libel suit against Amber Heard, and it was a “load of bollocks” that Rowling was being criticized for her comments …
Read More »Pusha T Calls Kanye West's Antisemitism 'Very Disappointing': 'No Room for Bigotry'
For Pusha T, hearing about Kany West’s blatant antisemitism has been nothing less than “disappointing.” In a new interview with Los Angeles Times, the rapper spoke about his working relationship with Ye after collaborating on It’s Almost Dry and how he felt after hearing about West’s hateful comments. “It’s definitely …
Read More »Billie Eilish Has Started Working on Her Next Album
Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas have begun work on a new album, the pop star revealed in a new video interview with Vanity Fair. Asked if she’s been seeing much of her brother/key collaborator lately, Eilish said, “We see each other all the time, and also now, we’re starting …
Read More »Trump Isn't MAGA Enough Anymore, Say Kanye-Curious Extremists
The fallout from the ill-fated Mar-a-Lago dinner date between Donald Trump, the antisemite Ye, and the young white nationalist Nick Fuentes is exposing a schism between the MAGA faithful and even-further-right extremists who think the time may have come time to embrace a new Dear Leader. Ye, fresh off his …
Read More »Atlantic Records, Estate of Ahmet Ertegun Sued Over Sexual Assault Claims
A talent scout who worked with Atlantic Records from the 1980s to the mid-2000s sued the label and the estate of its founder Ahmet Ertegun on Monday, accusing the deceased record executive of multiple instances of sexual assault and claiming that Atlantic did little to stop Ertegun’s alleged behavior. Jan …
Read More »Bennifer 'Forever': Jennifer Lopez Says New LP Is About Ben Affleck Reunion
J.Lo’s in love — and she’s not gonna hide it! After announcing her upcoming album This Is Me… Now, Jennifer Lopez spoke to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 about the record, revealing that the LP was inspired by her rekindling with the “love of my life,” Ben Affleck. “We …
Read More »Fauci Says He Has a 'Completely Open Mind' to Covid Lab Leak Theory
As he prepares to exit the government role he has occupied for decades as well as his position as Chief White House medical advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci acknowledged the possibility that Covid-19 originated in a lab while stating that the evidence still points to a natural origin of the virus. …
Read More »In 'Nanny,' Hell Is Nice White Parents
Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny (which opens in select theaters this week and debuts on Amazon Prime on December 16) has been described as a horror film, or at the very least horror-adjacent, but in truth the movie slips beyond easy categorization. There are horrors here, and more than a little dread. …
Read More »How Bassist Paz Lenchantin Went From Teenage Pixies Fan to Member of the Band
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well-known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete …
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