The news that 19 children had been murdered at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, sent Nelba Márquez-Greene into a deep shock. Then came the requests that shattered her: Would you release the photographs of your daughter’s autopsy? Márquez-Greene’s six-year-old daughter Ana was one of 20 children murdered at Sandy …
Read More »Horsegirl Are Reviving Indie-Rock Tradition — And Reimagining It
In cheekiest post-punk form, the first album by Horsegirl, a trio from Chicago, sports a title (Versions of Modern Performance) that sounds like a dry textbook and contains an instrumental titled “The Guitar Is Dead 3.” Even more sardonically, that track is built around solemn piano chords — because, after …
Read More »Republicans Defend AR-15s Because There Are Pesky Varmints That Need Killing
AR-15-style rifles are designed to kill human beings, and their rise in popularity coinciding with a rise in mass shootings is probably not a coincidence. Republicans want to ensure Americans are able to obtain these killing machines as easily as possible, even in the wake of a string of mass …
Read More »Scandal-Plagued Bill Murray Movie Was Quietly Shopped at Cannes — With No Buyers Yet
When production on Being Mortal began March 28 in Los Angeles, the project seemed promising. Based on the award-winning nonfiction book of the same name by noted surgeon and New Yorker writer Atul Gawande, about end-of-life care, it was written by Emmy winner Aziz Ansari, who would also be making …
Read More »Dave Chappelle's Alleged Attacker Offered Plea Deal, No Claim of Mental Incompetency 'At This Time'
The man accused of tackling Dave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl is weighing an offer from prosecutors in his misdemeanor case and has made no claim of mental incompetency, Rolling Stone has learned. Isaiah Lee, 23, appeared in custody at a Los Angeles courthouse Thursday, still wearing a cast …
Read More »Ewan McGregor Rebukes Racist Abuse of Moses Ingram: 'You're No Star Wars Fan in My Mind'
Obi-Wan Kenobi star Moses Ingram took to Instagram to pull the curtain back on the racist responses that have flooded her DMs since joining the beloved Star Wars franchise as Inquisitor Reva Sevander on the new Disney+ series. Set to the sound of Megan Thee Stallion’s anthemic “Megan’s Piano,” the …
Read More »Even Post Malone Is Struggling to Use TikTok: 'It's So Hard for Me to Make Something Natural'
Post Malone discussed his decision to distance himself from social media and dipped his toe into the debate over the pressure artists face to promote music on TikTok during a new interview with Zane Lowe. The interview will air in full today, June 1, at 1 p.m. ET on Apple …
Read More »Willow, Olivia Rodrigo and Pop Punk's Long, Weird Legacy
“Nobody likes you when you’re 23,” as Blink-182 used to sing on MTV — 23 summers ago. But all these years later, pop punk isn’t merely all grown-up. In 2022, pop punk is back from the dead, more popular and influential than ever — suddenly, it’s the Teenager of the …
Read More »Trump Pushes Bogus Article Claiming 50-Point Georgia Landslide Due to Fraud
David Perdue, former President Donald Trump‘s pick to replace Brian Kemp as governor of Georgia, got trounced in last week’s Republican primary, only receiving about 22 percent of the vote compared to Kemp’s 74 percent. Trump is now pushing the false idea that the 50-point defeat was the result of …
Read More »'Very Strong' Evidence: Why a Federal Judge Wants a Top Jan. 6 Defendant Jailed Until Trial
Enrique Tarrio — the national chairman of the Proud Boys during the events of Jan. 6, 2021 — will stay in jail pending his trial on charges that he led a conspiracy to obstruct the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College. Federal District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled …
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