This summer, Donald Trump is taking something that began during his presidency to a whole new level. His dalliance with content connected to QAnon — the deranged pro-Trump conspiracy theory that features tales of powerful Democrats running a pedophilic secret society — has gone from a game of footsie to …
Read More »Lay Zhang, Amber Liu, MC Jin Set for Inaugural MetaMoon Music Festival
Some of Asia’s most popular performers are headed to Brooklyn this November for a new music festival celebrating Asian excellence. EXO’sLayZhang, f(x) star Amber Liu, Chinese soul singer Tia Ray, and Hong Kong-based punk artist Tyson Yoshi are among the headliners for the inaugural MetaMoon Music Festival, which will bring …
Read More »$300,000 Streamer Scam Prompts Twitch to Crack Down on Gambling
A tearful confession from a popular Twitch streamer, who admitted to conning friends and followers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay his gambling expenses, prompted calls for the site to crack down on users broadcasting live bets in online casinos. On Tuesday, the company responded to users, …
Read More »Amy Schumer Promises 'Inside Amy Schumer' Season 5 Return 'Will Finally Get Me Forever Cancelled'
After six years, the sketch comedy series Inside Amy Schumer is set to make its return — and drive the final nail into the comedian’s cancel coffin along the way. “I wanted to bring back Inside Amy Schumer to burn any remaining bridges,” Schumer shared in a statement posted to …
Read More »'I Was Representing All Indigenous Voices': Sacheen Littlefeather Reflects on Declining Brando's Oscar, Accepts Academy Apology
Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American civil rights activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Oscar on his behalf, discussed that famous night and the Academy of the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ recent apology for the way she was treated at an event in her honor over the weekend. …
Read More »Trump Rages That FBI Didn't Take Off Shoes in Bedroom During Mar-a-Lago Raid
Former President Donald Trump railed against the FBI agents who seized hundreds of classified documents from his Palm Beach residence in a late-night rant following his return to Mar-a-Lago. “Arrived in Florida last night and had a long and detailed chance to check out the scene of yet another government …
Read More »'I Know What You Feel Before a Fight': Why Gina Prince-Bythewood Needed to Make 'The Woman King'
Gina Prince-Bythewood doesn’t find herself intimidated very often. Why would she be? The director kicked off her career with a bona fide sports-movie classic, Love & Basketball, which was the talk of the 2000 Sundance Film Festival; she’d made critically acclaimed dramas like Beyond the Lights and superhero blockbusters like …
Read More »Britain's Channel 5 Uplifts a Grieving Nation by Airing 'The Emoji Movie' During Queen's Funeral
Variety is, as they say, the spice of life, and it’s important to ensure there are always some options available, especially when the only other thing going on is a funeral. That’s why Britain’s Channel 5 is doing its TV-watching constituents a true national service by broadcasting The Emoji Movie …
Read More »Lil Nas X Sends Pizza to, 'Accidentally' Falls in Love With 'Homophobic' Religious Protesters at His Show
Long live Montero! Over the weekend, as fans waited to enter the MGM Music Hall ahead of Lil Nas X‘s tour stop, a group of religious protesters gathered across the street, asking his stans to “repent and believe” with massive signs. In true Lil Nas X fashion, he took that …
Read More »Why Mariah Carey Made a Secret Alt-Rock Album – and Four Other Things We Learned From Our New Podcast
When Mariah Carey joined our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast for an epic interview, she went deep on the making of her 1997 classic Butterfly — but the conversation also went in many other directions. Here are more highlights; to hear the entire episode, listen on Apple Podcasts orSpotify, or …
Read More »