Ed Sheeran once succumbed to the most understandable peer pressure scenario of all time: Getting dangerously high with Snoop Dogg. On a new episode of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, Sheeran said he was recently in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and mother-in-law and convinced them both they had to …
Read More »Ryan Seacrest Is a Killjoy About Drinking on TV During New Year's Eve
Ryan Seacrest is a New Year’s Eve party pooper and wants CNN to have a booze-less holiday. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the host of NBC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve had some pointed words for his NYE competitors over at CNN, who choose to drink on …
Read More »'A Love Song' Gives Dale Dickey the Spotlight She Deserves — Finally
A woman awakens in a trailer, parked near the Colorado Rockies. She wades into a body of water, pulling out a small lobster cage, then goes back into her modest mobile home to heat up a pot. Coffee is made. A transistor radio is turned on. On a booskhelf sits …
Read More »Drag Queen Story Hour Isn't Going Anywhere — But It's Getting Serious About Safety
Amid intensifying threats to events where drag queens read storybooks to kids, the drag community is considering how to stay safe. These gatherings happen at libraries, bookstores, and other free public places, where the performers entertain and delight children while introducing them to new types of people and teaching them …
Read More »Gunna Asserts His Innocence in First Public Statement Since RICO Act Indictment
Gunna proclaimed his innocence and slammed the RICO Act violation charges against him — and the use of his song lyrics in the indictment — in his first public statement since turning himself in to authorities last month. In a note shared on Instagram, Gunna wrote, “For now, I don’t …
Read More »Exclusive: Julian Casablancas Sells Stake in Iconic Strokes Catalog
Julian Casablancas has sold a stake in his Strokes catalog to Primary Wave, the company tellsRolling Stone,marking yet another major artist selling off their music rights amid a hot song acquisition market. Primary Wave declined to specify exactly how much of a stake in the catalog the company purchased or …
Read More »He Told George Harrison His Tour Sucked – and Five Other Things We Learned from Ben Fong-Torres
“That’s the way things could be, back in the day,” says Ben Fong-Torres, explaining how he grabbed Jim Morrison for what turned out to be the Doors frontman’s last-ever interview after bumping into him at a friend’s apartment in the summer of 1971. Fong-Torres, one of Rolling Stone’s first star …
Read More »Shootings Have Surged — and Gun Companies Have Made Billions
This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Subscribe to its newsletter The mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have provided the latest and most extreme examples of a breathtaking epidemic of gun violence in the United States. More than …
Read More »Rihanna Welcomes Baby With A$AP Rocky
Mama Riri and A$AP Daddy! Rihanna and her boyfriend A$AP Rocky have officially welcomed their first child, according to People. “Rihanna is doing well. They are very excited to be parents,” a source close to the couple told People. “Rihanna is already a wonderful mom.” Rih and Rocky have become …
Read More »'Top Gun: Maverick': Tom Cruise Feels the Need for Speed. And Hero Cosplay. And Sequels.
Another day, another secret bunker full of uranium to wipe out. At the start of Top Gun: Maverick, our man Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is working as a test pilot. He’s still ranked as captain: Some 30-plus years into his career and he’s advanced very little. His reputation for …
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