More than a dozen women have come forward with sexual abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced hedge fund manager who was arrested last Saturday on sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy charges. In the days following Epstein’s arrest, more than four women have approached attorney David Boies with additional …
Read More »Sammy Hagar, Robby Krieger Perform Brassy Version of 'Roadhouse Blues'
Sammy Hagar and the Doors’ Robby Krieger perform “Roadhouse Blues” in a preview of an upcoming episode of Hagar’s music, food and travel series Rock and Roll Road Trip, airing July 14th at 8 p.m. ET on AXS TV. The episode is set in Los Angeles and centered around the …
Read More »'Sword of Trust' Review: Have Blade, Will Ramble
Lynn Shelton makes magnificently messy movies. A low-key fixture on the indie scene that gave us the Duplass brothers and various other prolific ragged-glory filmmakers, she’s a writer-director who specializes in skewed character studies; her best work — notably 2011’s Your Sister’s Sister — sands down the idiosyncrasies just enough …
Read More »Billionaire Impeachment Activist Tom Steyer Launches 2020 Bid
Tom Steyer, the activist billionaire best known for his campaign to impeach President Trump, has jumped into the 2020 contest, seeking the Democratic nomination for president. Steyer announced his candidacy Tuesday morning with a four-minute video, hitting populist themes and blasting corporate greed: In his launch address, Steyer said he …
Read More »Watch Renee Zellweger Channel Judy Garland's Final Run in New 'Judy' Trailer
Renée Zellweger captures the tumultuous and remarkable final peak of Judy Garland‘s career in the new trailer for Judy, out September 27th. The film is centered around a five-week residency Garland performed at the Talk of the Town in London in the winter of 1968, just months before she died …
Read More »'Stranger Things 3': A Blockbuster Finale Shakes Things Up Just Enough
This column contains full spoilers for Stranger Things 3. If you want general impressions of Season Three without spoilers, click here. Three major developments happen towards the end of Stranger Things‘ third season: 1. Eleven appears to lose her powers as a result of being bitten by a piece of …
Read More »Not Okurrr: Cardi B's Application to Trademark Word Denied
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied Cardi B‘s application to trademark the rapper’s quasi-catchphrase “Okurrr.” Cardi B’s lawyer filed the application in March, with the rapper hoping to use the phrase exclusively – either with three R’s, okurrr, or two, okurr – on a line of merchandise. The word …
Read More »Duran Duran to Perform at Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Celebration
Duran Duran will perform a special show commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, July 16th at the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The band will perform against a one-of-a-kind backdrop featuring the Saturn 1B launch vehicle and other rockets and …
Read More »See Miley Cyrus Perform 'On a Roll' and 'Head Like a Hole' at Glastonbury
Miley Cyrus – as her Black Mirror alter ego Ashley O – performed both her Nine Inch Nails remake “On a Roll” and a cover of the actual “Head Like a Hole” during the singer’s Sunday set at Glastonbury. The performance marked the first time Cyrus has played both the …
Read More »Meet Phum Viphurit, Thailand's First Indie-Pop Star
Last summer, when Mac DeMarco played a show in Bangkok, Thai singer-songwriter Phum Viphurit got to meet one of his musical heroes. “I kind of knew the promoters of the concert and got to sneak backstage,” Viphurit tells Rolling Stone. “I got to give him a really decent hug and …
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