A little over a year ago, Evan Rachel Wood released a statement claiming Marilyn Manson “started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years.” Her words followed years of speculation in which she spoke of suffering sexual abuse at the hands of a significant other …
Read More »'Winning Time' Recap: A Changing of the Guards
A review of this week’s Winning Time, “Is That All There Is?” coming up just as soon as you come back with a real business plan… Among the many conflicts that Winning Time established in its series premiere was incumbent Lakers coach Jerry West’s opposition to drafting Magic Johnson with …
Read More »Astroworld Gag Order War Intensifies: Include Travis Scott or 'Rescind,' Victim's Dad Pleads
The legal battle raging over the gag order that has muzzled lawyers representing Astroworld victims and attendees but not Travis Scott himself intensified Friday when the father of the deadly concert’s youngest victim asked a Texas judge to either pull the rap musician under the case’s cone of silence or …
Read More »Travis Scott Defends Safety Initiative After Astroworld Victim's Family Calls It 'PR Stunt'
UPDATE (3/10): Travis Scott’s lawyers filed new paperwork Thursday defending the embattled musician’s right to “make public statements about his ongoing philanthropic work, even as it relates to public safety.” In their response to a motion filed by a plaintiff’s attorney Wednesday, the lawyers said it would be “overly broad” …
Read More »Chicago Duo Drama Make Relationship Anxiety Sound Seductively Danceable on 'Hit My Line'
Chicago electro-soul duo Drama‘s new EP Don’t Wait Up traces the moments in a relationship that keep a person pining, even when it becomes clear the situation is toxic. On opener “3AM,” singer-songwriter Via Rosa sings of only seeing a love interest in the wee hours, with a cheery “Hit …
Read More »The First Capitol Rioter to Take His Case to Trial Was, Very Predictably, Found Guilty of All Charges
Hundreds of people have been charged for their role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. So far, Guy Reffitt, a 49-year-old from Wylie, Texas, is the only defendant to actually take his case to trial. It didn’t go so well. The trial began last week and a jury …
Read More »Confessions of a Grunge God: Hear Mark Lanegan on Addiction, Losing Kurt Cobain, and More
“When a drug addict loses a friend, they just do more drugs,” the late Screaming Trees frontman and solo artist Mark Lanegan tells senior writer Kory Grow in an extraordinarily revealing interview on a new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. Lanegan, who died Feb. 22 at the …
Read More »'SNL': Watch Charli XCX's Seductive Live Set
Bouffant-era Charli XCX finally got to perform on Saturday Night Live and she did not disappoint. The British pop singer’s original appearance on the show was canceled last December due to a Covid-19 outbreak among the SNL cast and crew. So it felt appropriate that the day after NYC Mayor …
Read More »Experts Compare Dua Lipa's "Levitating" to Artikal Sound System's "Live Your Life"
Earlier this week, Dua Lipa was hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit for her 2020 hit “Levitating.” Florida reggae band Artikal Sound System sued the British pop star, claiming that the Future Nostalgia track is a rip of their 2017 song “Live Your Life.” With cases like The Hollies vs. …
Read More »How Jamaican Singer Popcaan Helped Drake Release His New Sneaker to the Masses
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Drake is now a bonafide sneaker designer. The superstar rapper just released his first signature shoe today, the NOCTA x Nike Hot Step Air Terra. While Drake has …
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