New York City mayor Bill de Blasio ended his presidential campaign Friday on MSNBC’c Morning Joe. “It’s been an extraordinary experience,” de Blasio said. “But I have to tell ya, at the same time, I feel like I’ve contributed all I can to this primary election. It’s clearly not my …
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Creating the set list for Aerosmith’s Deuces Are Wild Las Vegas residency each night is a difficult task. Not only does the band have 50 years of hits, fan favorites, deep cuts, and beloved covers to cram into a roughly 90-minute show, but all five original members are still in …
Read More »Liverpool's Strawberry Field, Inspiration for Beatles' Classic, Opens to Public for First Time
Strawberry Field, the Salvation Army children’s home in Liverpool near John Lennon’s childhood home that inspired the Beatles‘ 1967 classic “Strawberry Fields Forever,” opened to the public for the first time Saturday. The property – a popular tourist destination for Beatles fans that draws a reported 60,000 people a year …
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On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker held a joint press conference warning New Yorkers to avoid vaping in light of hundreds of people in 33 states developing lung ailments as a result of using e-cigarettes. Many of the cases have been linked to black-market …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. What would The Beatles be without Ringo Starr or Rush without Neil Peart? While the two are now celebrated as legendary songwriters and producers, they first won acclaim …
Read More »RZA Spent 10 Years Making This TV Show
RZA speaks about his new office-bound lifestyle with reverence — the grind and mundanity, structure and camaraderie. The writers’ room for Hulu’s new original series, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, is, in his words, a utopian ideal. He describes working on the show with words like “sacred” and “therapy.” From October …
Read More »How Teens on TikTok Drew National Attention to a Teachers' Labor Issue
Grown-ups tend to believe that teens are only obsessed with Snapchat kitty filters, Lil Nas X, and crawling into bathtubs with dead squids. But this is both unfair and inaccurate. When all is said and done, the kids are alright, as demonstrated by the recent efforts of Gillian Sullivan, a …
Read More »Hear Motorhead Frontman Lemmy Kilmister's Lost Country Duet 'The Mask'
Lemmy Kilmister started writing the outlaw country song “The Mask” in 1979 — the same year he put out the screaming, hard-rock albums Overkill and Bomber with his band Motörhead — but didn’t finish it until three decades later. Now, a decade after that – and a couple of years …
Read More »Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss Confirmed for Fourth 'Matrix' Film
Get ready for a whole new pill to swallow when The Matrix returns for a fourth installment, with both Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss set to reprise their roles as Neo and Trinity, Varietyreports. Filmmaker Lana Wachowski, who co-directed the original film with her sister Lilly, will write and direct …
Read More »Guns N' Roses to Settle Trademark Lawsuit Over Brewery's Guns 'N' Rose Beer
Guns N’ Roses have agreed to settle a trademark infringement lawsuit against a brewery, Colorado’s Oskar Blues, that sold beer and corresponding merchandise dubbed “Guns ‘N’ Rosé” without permission. In a Monday court filing by the band’s lawyers, both parties agreed to settle in principle on July 31st and are …
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