Pusha T has been vocal about his disdain for the Trump presidency. In an interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show, the Grammy-nominated artist shared how Kanye West‘s support of the President affected the creation of Daytona. “He doesn’t anymore. He stopped. He stopped, though. He stopped,” Push exclaimed …
Read More »Bad Bunny Plots 2019 North American Tour
Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Bad Bunny will embark on a headlining tour of North America next spring. The 14-date trek kicks off March 14th at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania and includes stops in Portland, Oregon, Tacoma, Washington, Dallas, Texas, Orlando, Florida and more. The run wraps April 27th …
Read More »'Vice' Review: Meet The Dubya Era's Dark Lord
Adam McKay‘s flamethrowing take on the rise and rise of Dick Cheney, played by a truly unrecognizable Christian Bale, is bound to be polarizing. In Vice, the writer-director is tossing grenades every which way — it’s a movie that’s ferociously funny one minute, bleakly sorrowful the next. The see-sawing is …
Read More »Why Does No One Want the Least Secure Job in Washington?
Update:Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, has agreed to take the worst job in Washington, at least for now. It’s unclear whether Mulvaney will only serve as chief of staff until President Trump can find a permanent replacement, or if Mulvaney will occupy the …
Read More »Kelly Stough Is 26th Trans Person Murdered in U.S. This Year
On December 7th, Kelly Stough, a 36-year-old black transgender woman from Detroit, was shot and killed in the city’s Palmer Park neighborhood. On Monday, Albert Weathers, a 46-year-old preacher, was charged in her murder. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office charged Weathers with the use of a firearm in the commission …
Read More »Trump's Tabloid Ally Flips, Further Endangering the President
Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday morning. At the center of the charges against the president’s former lawyer-fixer were two payments made in the months leading up to the 2016 election. One was a $130,000 payment Cohen made to Stormy Daniels, with whom Trump allegedly had …
Read More »See Brandi Carlile's Intense 'Party of One' Video Starring Elisabeth Moss
Brandi Carlile remembers exactly where she was when she came up with “Party of One.” “I was drunk. I was listening to [Joni Mitchell’s] Blue in the hayloft of my barn, and I was feeling an insane amount of pressure to make my domestic life work, more pressure than a …
Read More »Watch Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac Battle Drug Lord in 'Triple Frontier' Trailer
In the tense trailer for Netflix action-thriller film Triple Frontier, Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac lead a team of former Special Forces operatives in a massive heist against a South American drug lord.The clip opens with the five-man crew – Affleck’s Tom “Redfly” Davis, Isaac’s Santiago “Pope” Garcia, Charlie Hunnam’s …
Read More »The Grammys Love Hip-Hop Now, But It's a Strained Relationship
The Grammy nominations are out and it’s a rapper-heavy affair. This yearat music’s most prestigious awards ceremony, the three artists with the most nominations all belong to the genre: Kendrick Lamar (8), Drake (7) and Boi-1da (6). Six out of the top 10 artists with the most nominations are either …
Read More »The Last Word: Patti Smith on Performing With Her Kids and What William Burroughs Taught Her
Patti Smith has never shied away from life’s tragic side. But when she calls up Rolling Stone in October, she’s in an upbeat mood. “On the road, they have these LG televisions and when you turn them on, it says: Life Is Good. I love that,” Smith says. “Actually, I …
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