F or Quinta Brunson, the end of the monthslong SAG-AFTRA strike doesn’t mean a return to the familiar. Instead, it’s a chance for the Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and actress to join her same set with a brand-new view on life, hard work, and stability. The creator of ABC’s hit …
Read More »Murderous Mickey Mouse Movies Emerge as 'Steamboat Willie' Version Hits Public Domain
As much grief as we give Disney Adults, one of the most shamed groups of people on the internet, we must now all come together to defeat a much greater evil: the directors creating horror films using beloved childhood Disney characters as they begin to enter public domain. The copyright …
Read More »Les McCann, Jazz Pioneer Sampled by Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre, Dead at 88
Les McCann, a trailblazing pianist and singer known for fusing strains of jazz, funk, and R&B and pioneering soul jazz, died on Friday at the age of 88. The cause of death has not been disclosed, but his manager Alan Abrahams told NBC News that the musician had died at …
Read More »Dave Chappelle's 'The Dreamer' Proves He's Obsessed With Trans People
Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer, the comic’s seventh stand-up special for Netflix, opens with a quote about the nature of success by Henry David Thoreau before capturing the comic in stark black-and-white, moving through the crowd in slow-mo (cigarette in hand, naturally) to Radiohead’s “Daydreaming,” like a championship boxer before a …
Read More »Chaka Khan Never Wanted to Be a Solo Artist
“I found a piece of my peace right here in Georgia,” says Chaka Khan, who just started a new life in the big rural property she purchased in that state. She recently sat in her bedroom there, gazing at the trees outside, and looked back at her life and career …
Read More »Trump Targets Women Who Served in His White House Speaking Out Against Him
Donald Trump spent his Sunday morning posting on Truth Social about former White House staffers who testified before the Jan. 6 committee. Cassidy Hutchinson, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Sarah Matthews appeared on ABC’s This Week on Sunday in an interview with Jonathan Karl to caution America about the dangers a …
Read More »NewJeans, Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion: Here's How to Watch Every Performance From 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Quick Answer: Watch Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on TV or online for free with DirecTV Stream NewJeans, Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B and Green …
Read More »Ginger Pooley Was a Teenage Smashing Pumpkins Superfan. Then She Joined 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 …
Read More »Y2K Mania: When People Thought the World Was Going to End
There was actually a time when we didn’t need social media to drum up mass hysteria, and the new HBO documentary Time Bomb Y2K is ready and raring to take us back there. This superbly edited dash through pre-millennial anxieties is a time capsule of archive footage — no narrator, …
Read More »Who Is Gypsy Rose Blanchard?
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the abuse victim who spent seven years incarcerated for her role in the murder of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, became a free woman on Thursday, leaving prison on parole. Her release comes three years early after she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for …
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