VarietyandRollingStone are pleased to announce programming for the inaugural Truth Seekers virtual summit on August 26th, presented by Showtime Documentary Films. Keynote speakers will include Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris (The Fog of War), with panels from documentarians behind Allen v. Farrow,Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry,Crime Scene: The …
Read More »Meet the Women Bringing Weed to the Deep South
K iawah Island, off South Carolina, is rich with history. It was home to the Kiawah tribe, part of the Cusabo Nation, the first people who came in contact with English settlers in 1670. Though it’s just a few miles from Charleston, a center of the domestic slave trade, in …
Read More »'Rolling Stone on Twitch' Celebrates E3 2021
Rolling Stone on Twitch is celebrating the return of trade event E3 as they return this year with their annual entertainment expo. This year’s event will be an all-digital experience, featuring virtual panels, discussions, and events including some of the biggest names in the world of pop culture, entertainment, and …
Read More »QAnon Followers Are Freaking Out Over Bill and Melinda Gates' Divorce
After 27 years of marriage, Bill and Melinda Gates announced on Twitter that they would be divorcing, though they would continue running their charitable foundation together. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” they …
Read More »I-5 Strangler Killed in Prison
The serial killer and rapist known as the I-5 Strangler was found dead in his prison cell on February 28th. Mule Creek State Prison officials are investigating the death of Roger Kibbe, 81, as a homicide. A correctional officer found Kibbe’s unresponsive body during an early-morning population check, his cellmate …
Read More »Amanda Gorman Talks Inauguration Poem 'The Hill We Climb' on 'Daily Show'
Amanda Gorman, the National Youth Poet Laureate who read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, stopped byThe Daily Show to discuss how much her life has changed since appearing on the national stage. “When I was writing the poem, I knew it was a historic …
Read More »The Case for Macrodosing
This column is a collaboration withDoubleBlind, a print magazine and media company at the forefront of the psychedelic movement. Would you care for a drop of LSD in your morning tea? A capsule of psilocybin-mushroom dust with your daily vitamins? Such is the daily regimen for those who’ve taken up …
Read More »The Bimbo Is Back. Like, for Real!
Chrissy Chlapecka twirls in front of her mirror in a Paas-colored minidress and matching faux-fur trimmed coat, her long platinum hair pulled back into two pigtails. “Hi. Welcome to Bimbo TikTok,” she says breathily, mouth half open, a vacant stare in her impeccably made up eyes. “You’re probably wondering how …
Read More »MyMilitia Is Like Tinder for the Far-Right
Like most Trump supporters, Brian Maoirana, 54, from Staten Island, New York, was unhappy with the results of the 2020 election. Unlike his compatriots, however, he allegedly decided to react by threatening to blow up an FBI building. On Tuesday morning, authorities arrested Maiorana, charging him with making threatening interstate …
Read More »Sharpies, Dead Voters, and Antifa: Trump and His Supporters Are Getting Desperate
Over the past 72 hours, it’s become increasingly clear that there are two different elections: the actual 2020 presidential election; and the one living in the heads of Trump supporters. The actual 2020 presidential election is a slow-moving beast, the arduous process of vote-counting (and, possibly, recounting) in crucial swing …
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