While police continue investigating the stabbing death of Brooklyn activist Ryan Carson, interest in the case has turned into a targeted harassment campaign. A spokesperson for the NYPD confirmed Thursday to Rolling Stone that a person of interest in the case had been taken into custody but declined to release …
Read More »Parks and Wreck: NYC's Central Park Suffers Severe Damages After Global Citizen Fest
The Great Lawn in New York City’s Central Park will need to close earlier than usual, and require an estimated $1 million in repairs, because of damage wrought by this year’s Global Citizen Festival. The Global Citizen Festival has been held nearly every year since 2012 on the Great Lawn, …
Read More »Krayzie Bone Shares Health Update Amid Hospitalization: 'Just Fought for Life'
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony rapper Krayzie Bone has shared an update from the hospital, where he has spent the last nine days being treated for a health emergency. The musician born Anthony Henderson was reportedly hospitalized in late September for complications related to sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease, which was compounded by a …
Read More »A Texas Representative Just Submitted 35 Latin-Pop Classics to the Library of Congress — from Shakira to Selena Gomez
Last month, Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro put out a call to the public, asking people to send ideas for music by Latin artists to submit to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. It’s part of a years-long effort on Castro’s part to get more Latin art preserved within the …
Read More »Jimmy Fallon's Lack of Public Apology Upsets Former 'Tonight Show' Staffers
In his first show back following the writers’ strike on Monday, Jimmy Fallon didn’t address allegations about The Tonight Show’s workplace environment published in a Rolling Stone investigation from September. Fallon privately apologized to current staffers in a Zoom meeting on the same day the investigation was published, but former …
Read More »The NFL Doesn't Care That Travis Kelce Thinks Their Taylor Swift Coverage Is Excessive
Sunday Night Football hasn’t been the same since Taylor Swift popped into the Kansas City Chiefs’ family and friends box two weekends ago amid rumors that she’s dating tight end Travis Kelce. And anyone who thought the festivities of Swifties explaining football to unfamiliar fans and puns about the singer …
Read More »'Saturday Night Live' Taps Bad Bunny as Host, Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live has scheduled its post-writers strike return — with additional blessing from the still-striking actors union — for Oct. 14. Season 49 of the long-running sketch show will pick up, more or less, where it left off before its 48th season was curtailed, with former cast member Pete …
Read More »MAGA Republicans Are Bitterly Divided Over McCarthy's Ouster
The office of House Speaker is officially empty, and the Republican Party is in a state of chaos. On Tuesday, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) became the first House Speaker ever to be fired from the position. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) brought a motion to oust him on Monday, and then …
Read More »Jimmy Fallon Doesn't Address Workplace Allegations in 'Tonight Show' Return
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon returned to television on Monday night for the first time since the writers went on strike in May. While the talk-show host privately addressed his staffers in a Zoom call on Sept. 7 and apologized after an in-depth Rolling Stone investigation into the show’s …
Read More »Troye Sivan Gets Melancholic With Billie Eilish 'What Was I Made For?' Cover
Get the tissues out. On Tuesday, Troye Sivan visited BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge to cover Billie Eilish‘s “What Was I Made For” from the Barbie soundtrack. Backed by a keyboard and soft electric guitar, Sivan closed his eyes and sang the lyrics to the heart-wrenching track Eilish co-wrote. “Think …
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