Riley Green gets a boost from a loud and rowdy crowd in a new live performance video of his current single, “I Wish Grandpas Never Died.” The song appears on the Jacksonville, Alabama, native’s 2019 album Different ‘Round Here. Filmed before a sold-out audience in his home state’s Phenix City, …
Read More »Las Vegas Nightclub KAOS Is Closing, One Month After Dropping Marshmello's $60 Million Deal
In the span of six months, Las Vegas nightclub KAOS signed DJ Marshmello to an unprecedented $60 million two-year residency, abruptly dropped the deal, and then, on Tuesday, announced it would be shuttering entirely. KAOS Nightclub and Dayclub, which is part of the Palms Casino and Resort, signed Marshmello to …
Read More »Gawker Got Shut Down for Posting a Sex Tape. Why Can the 'Daily Mail' Publish Nudes of Katie Hill?
In 2013, Gawker published a sex tape featuring the wrestler Hulk Hogan and a female partner, the then-wife of his best friend Bubba the Love Sponge. The outrage following this story emerged at a slow trickle: while some media commenters suggested the story may have been in poor taste, most …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Dua Lipa, 'Don't Start Now'
Prior to her new song “Don’t Start Now,” it seemed unclear how Dua Lipa would fit into the ever-growing, increasingly more competitive pop stratosphere. Was she a smoky voiced balladeer? A go-to collaborator for EDM producers? A bubblegum pop princess? She existed in all three worlds on her self-titled debut …
Read More »See Eddie Vedder, Red Hot Chili Peppers Cover Prince, Hendrix at Benefit Gig
Eddie Vedder and Red Hot Chili Peppers teamed up to cover Prince’s “Purple Rain” and Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of “All Along the Watchtower” during the encore portion of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music‘s annual fundraising concert Saturday in Los Angeles. Watch both performances at the 45-minute mark of the above …
Read More »Warren's Medicare for All Funding Plan Asks Rich People, Companies and the Military to Pay for Poor People Not Dying
As Elizabeth Warren has risen in the polls, pressure has built on the on-again, off-again frontrunner to explain how she would pay for the Medicare for All system she’s co-signed. Those attacks ramped up in recent weeks, with rival Amy Klobuchar going after Warren by calling Medicare for All “a …
Read More »Watch the Short Film Bruce Springsteen Co-Directed Before 'Western Stars'
The new documentary Western Stars marks Bruce Springsteen‘s much-heralded feature debut as a co-director. But five years ago, he had a lesser-known trial run behind the camera. Just as on Western Stars, he and longtime collaborator Thom Zimny share the directing credit for a short film (or elaborate extended music …
Read More »Was Billy Idol Really Almost in 'Terminator 2'?
As Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton return to the Terminator franchise in the new movie Terminator: Dark Fate, Billy Idol looked back at his own near-miss with the saga in a recent episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now. In 1990, at the peak of his fame, Idol nearly lost …
Read More »Don't Cheer the NCAA's New Player Compensation Announcement Quite Yet
The NCAA on Tuesday caved to outside pressure from legislators, judges, and former college athletes by announcing it would allow student-athletes to earn compensation from the use of their names, images, and likenesses. For decades, college athletes have seen their likenesses used to sell video games, their faces used to …
Read More »'The Deuce' Finale Recap: Giving Up the Ghosts
The Deuce has come to an end with its series finale, the aptly-titled “Finish It.” A review of the episode, and overall thoughts on the series, coming up just as soon as I study taxidermy… When the end credits rolled on last week’s “That’s a Wrap,” it seemed like a …
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