Sinead O’Connor announced Wednesday that she is postponing her entire 2021 tour dates to enter a yearlong trauma and addiction program. In a string of tweets, the Irish singer — who has publicly dealt with mental health issues over the past few years— said that the stress of 2020, as …
Read More »Stacey Abrams Recounts Decade-Long Fight to Flip Georgia on 'Colbert'
Stacey Abrams discussed the triumphant culmination of her long fight to flip Georgia, as well as what’s at stake in the crucial Senate runoffs there, during an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Monday, November 9th. As Abrams recalled, her efforts began back in 2010 when, as the …
Read More »What Trump's Concession Speech Ought to Sound Like
With President-Elect Joe Biden now the called winner of the 2020 contest, Donald Trump is threatening not to concede the election. Trump’s predicament — a one-term president ousted convincingly during a period of national hardship — is not unprecedented. President George H.W. Bush lost under similar conditions, to Bill Clinton …
Read More »Hear the National's Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon Cover Aimee Mann
The National‘s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon, who collaborate under the name Big Red Machine, covered Aimee Mann‘s “Wise Up” as part of the Eaux Claires Festival voting initiative “For Wisconsin.” Dessner fronts the studio take, full of electronic drums, brass, harmonies, layered guitars and Vernon’s prominent backing …
Read More »Killer Mike Talks 2020 Election Hopes and Beyond With Bernie Sanders During 'Fridays for Unity'
Killer Mike discussed his hopes for the 2020 election and the future of the progressive movement in a conversation with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as part of Rolling Stone’s Fridays for Unity event. In the lead-up to Election Day, the rapper said he felt encouraged by early voting turnout, especially …
Read More »Ghislaine Maxwell Will Never Tell Us Anything
What to make of Ghislaine Maxwell, millionaire heiress and alleged underage-girl procurer for Jeffrey Epstein? This is the central question at the heart of all coverage of the Epstein case. That’s especially true now that Epstein is dead and his secrets have perished along with him; as his former girlfriend …
Read More »'Letter to You' Review: Bruce Springsteen's Long, Loving Look Back
Bruce Springsteen looks old. He doesn’t seem like he’s old — at 71, he appears to be in better physical shape than most of us were at 21. Judging from the vigor he shows in Letter to You, Thom Zimny’s documentary (it begins streaming on Apple TV on Oct. 23rd), …
Read More »'Wildland Mike' Clark Reacts to Trump's Statements on Wildfires
California firefighter Michael Clark — a.k.a. @WildlandMike — has gone above and beyond his day job over the past few months. For his 50,000 followers on TikTok, Clark is a constant source of good looks, deadpan humor, and informative debunking of common misconceptions and myths surrounding wildfires. “To me, it …
Read More »Watch 'SNL' Flip Between Joe Biden, Donald Trump 'Dueling Town Halls'
Saturday Night Live channel-surfed between Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s “Dueling Town Halls” for their latest cold open sketch. “We now present a rebroadcast of those town halls the way most Americans watched them… Flipping back and forth, trying to decide between a Hallmark movie and an alien autopsy,” SNL …
Read More »'Emily in Paris' Is Not a Good TV Show. Here's Why Everybody's Watching It Anyway
Do you believe in a world where you can jet off to Europe for work? Where stilettos and cobblestones go together like wine and cheese? Where nobody knows your name, but they’re inexplicably glad you came? Well, Netflix has a show for you, and it’s called Emily in Paris. “I’ve …
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