Two-time Academy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel and his Lie Witness News team asked people what they thought about this year’s Oscars, even though the ceremony itself won’t happen until February 24th. “Between all the changes in the telecast and the lack of a host this year, there’s been a lot …
Read More »Trump Should (Probably) Be Worried About This Subpoena
The wheel of investigations related to President Trump has spun back around to his inaugural committee. On Monday, federal investigators issued a wide-ranging subpoena for officials managing the nonprofit organization to turn over documents related to donors, contractors, disclosure filings and more. Reportedly of interest are a host of potential …
Read More »Here Comes the 'Bride': Inside Vampire Weekend's Return
Last fall, Ezra Koenig experienced a brief moment of panic regarding Post Malone’s hit single “Sunflower.” “We have a song on this record called ‘Sunflower,’” the Vampire Weekend frontman, 34, recalls thinking. “‘God, we have to get this out!’” The album he’s talking about is Father of the Bride, the …
Read More »Revisiting Hours: 'Pulse,' The 21st Century Internet Ghost Story
Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours“— consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week’s last-column-of-2018 edition: David Fear on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s J-horror cyber-nightmare Pulse. “Would you …
Read More »Late N.W.A Manager Jerry Heller's 'Straight Outta Compton' Lawsuit Dismissed
Three years after N.W.A manager Jerry Heller sued the producers of the Straight Outta Comptonbiopic for $110 million – and over two years after Heller died at the age of 75 – a judge has dismissed the copyright infringement suit. Heller initially sued N.W.A members and biopic producers Dr. Dre …
Read More »Netflix Made a Fyre Festival Doc So We Can Relive the Most Disastrous Fest in History
Netflix has shared the first look at Fyre, the streaming service’s upcoming documentary on the disastrous Fyre Festival. Using on-the-scene footage and social media posts, the teaser clip contrasts what festivalgoers to the Bahamas event expected to see – Instagram models, luxurious lodging and non-stop partying – and what they …
Read More »Grammy Exec Neil Portnow: 'We Need to Make a Difference'
On February 10th, 2019, the Staples Center in Los Angeles will light up with the 61st Grammy Awards — a show that contains a number of notable firsts and lasts. It will be the first show where each of the biggest categories have eight nominations instead of five, thanks to …
Read More »Tekashi 6ix9ine's 'Dummy Boy' Is Annoyingly Hyper Thug Rap
When the story of a desultorily opportunist era in mainstream rap is finally written, 6ix9ine will undoubtedly land a starring role. But give the Brooklyn hip-hop troll credit: he’s critic-proof. Even as he languishes in a New York detention center on federal charges due to his alleged association with the …
Read More »See Miley Cyrus' Wild Police Chase in New 'Nothing Breaks Like a Heart' Video
Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson have debuted their first collaboration together, “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart,” with a high-speed police chase-themed video. Cowritten by the pair alongside Ilsey Juber, Thomas Brenneck, The Picard Brothers and Conor Rayne Syzmanski, the Ronson and Picard Brothers-produced track will appear on Ronson’s forthcoming studio …
Read More »Bernie Taupin Breaks Down His Massive Lyric Manuscript Auction
UPDATE: Bernie Taupin‘s manuscript of lyrics sold at auction this weekend, with Taupin’s original working lyrics for “I’ve Seen That Movie Too” ($17,500), hand-painted lyrics to “Tiny Dancer” ($16,000) and the working lyrics to “Candle in the Wind 1997” ($10,000) among the lot’s items receiving the highest bids. Bernie Taupin …
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