UPDATE #6 (9/10): Ed Sheeran is now set to perform at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. The singer-songwriter will play his new single, “Shivers,” and will appear remotely from the Toyota Stage at Pier 3 in Brooklyn. Sheeran is up for four VMAs this year — Video of the …
Read More »Michael Constantine, Patriarch in 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' Dead at 94
Michael Constantine, who portrayed the father of Nia Vardalos’ Toula Portokalos in the 2002 blockbuster My Big Fat Greek Wedding, died on August 31st at his home in Reading, Pennsylvania, The New York Times reports. He was 94. The film — which Rolling Stone‘s Peter Travers called “heartfelt and hilarious …
Read More »'Y: The Last Man': A World Where Women Rule
FX on Hulu’s Y: The Last Man begins with glimpses of a world transformed by a catastrophe. As we race around the globe, we see images of dead bodies everywhere and of impromptu memorials to the fallen. As an onscreen graphic tells us it’s “Three Weeks After” whatever happened, we …
Read More »Steve Jones, Paul Cook Rebuff Johnny Rotten's Criticisms of Sex Pistols Series
UPDATE: John Lydon and his former Sex Pistols bandmates, Steve Jones and Paul Cook, have continued to spar over the upcoming biopic series, Pistol, after Lydon lost a lawsuit over the use of the band’s music in the show. Lydon (better known as Johnny Rotten) criticized the verdict and series …
Read More »'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings': A Fresh Take on the Origin Story Trope
Someone will have to do the actual math (and I don’t doubt that someone will), but if Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings isn’t the most action-oriented movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe thus far — purely in terms of ratio of time spent watching people beat each …
Read More »New Bobblehead Release Commemorates Day Jimi Hendrix Set His Guitar on Fire
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been more than 54 years since Jimi Hendrix memorably set his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival, and now, merch and collectibles brand, Kollectico is …
Read More »The Weeknd's Super Bowl Halftime Performance Gets Showtime Documentary
The Weeknd‘s Super Bowl halftime performance will be chronicled in the new documentary The Show, out September 24th on Showtime. “The halftime show is the most-watched 12 minutes in television,” executive producer Jesse Collins says in the trailer above. “You just don’t want anything to go wrong.” The clip shows …
Read More »Duran Duran Celebrate 40 Years on 'Anniversary'
Duran Duran celebrate their longevity on “Anniversary,” the latest single from their upcoming album Future Past. Paired with a visualizer, the track opens with their signature New Wave sound — a barrage of synths and guitar — before Simon Le Bon enters: “Come celebrate this union/Come holy and unchained.” “‘Anniversary’ …
Read More »Iron Butterfly Drummer Ron Bushy Dead at 79
Ron Bushy, the steadfast drummer for hard rock group Iron Butterfly who appeared on the group’s 1968, 17-minute rock opus “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” died Sunday at the age of 79. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed. “Ron Bushy, our beloved legendary drummer of Iron Butterfly, has passed away peacefully, with …
Read More »Pearl Jam Drop New Digital Mixes of 'Ten,' 'No Code' for 30th, 25th Anniversaries
Pearl Jam have released newly remixed digital-only versions of Ten and No Code to celebrate the albums’ 30th and 25th anniversaries, respectively. Ten and No Code were released exactly five years apart, with the former dropping August 27th, 1991 and the latter arriving August 27th, 1996. The new mixes for …
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