The dark winter that health officials warned about is upon us. As news of the coming Covid-19 vaccines has brought optimism that the pandemic may be manageable in the near future, the grim reality of the daily mounting death toll will be with us for at least the next few …
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December, 2020
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11 December
FDA Approves Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 Vaccine
UPDATE 2 (12/11): The FDA has authorized the emergency use of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for select Americans to receive the first of two doses imminently. Earlier on Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told Good Morning Americathat “we could be seeing people [in the U.S.] …
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10 December
Noel Gallagher Extols Bee Gees in New Doc Clip: 'You Can't Go Buy That Sound in a Shop'
Noel Gallagher expresses his admiration for the Bee Gees in a clip from the upcoming HBO documentary The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart. After showing footage of the brothers performing their 1967 hit “To Love Somebody,” Gallagher recalls the first time he heard the trio. “It …
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9 December
Daniel and Johnny Join Forces in the Season Three Trailer for 'Cobra Kai'
Tensions are high in the new trailer for Cobra Kai Season Three, airing on Netflix in January. Occurring 30 years after the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, the trailer picks up with the high school fight between the dojos, as Miguel (Xolo Maridueña) takes a brutal fall and lands in …
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8 December
Luke Combs Switches to Classic Balladry in Unreleased Song 'Ever Mine'
Over the weekend, Luke Combs performed a solo acoustic version of the song “Ever Mine,” an unreleased track that doesn’t appear on the CMA Male Vocalist of the Year’s latest album What You See Is What You Get. Written with fellow singer-songwriters Charlie Worsham and Hailey Whitters, “Ever Mine” is …
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7 December
Samuel L. Jackson Set for 'Death to 2020' Comedy Event From 'Black Mirror' Creators
Netflix has released a mysterious teaser forDeath to 2020, a “comedy event” from the creators ofthe popular British dystopian sci-fi anthologyBlack Mirror. Although the trailer gives little info on the plot ofDeath to 2020 — other than it’s centered around how terrible this year was — the documentary-style special boasts …
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4 December
Year in Review: So, How Was Your 2020, Aminé?
So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. After two years since his last project, Portland rapper Aminé returned in 2020 with a …
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3 December
Year in Review: So, How Was Your 2020, Thurston Moore?
So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Thurston Moore was recording his latest studio album, By the Fire, in London when the …
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2 December
How Glynn Turman Played the Long Game
There have been few dramatic performances in an episode of television that are as good as what Glynn Turman did late in the first season of In Treatment. There has likely not been a better one. In a 2008 episode of the HBO psychiatry drama titled “Alex: Week Eight,” Turman …
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1 December
500 Greatest Albums Podcast: How Lucinda Williams Took the Long Road to a Masterpiece
In the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums, our new podcast on Amazon Music, we dive into Lucinda Williams‘ 1998 masterpiece Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, an album that helped define modern roots music and got Williams’ long-overdue recognition as one of America’s greatest songwriters. The album …
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