Alec Baldwin‘s President Trump spends a paranoid night in Argentina during the cold open for Saturday Night Live‘s first December episode. The commander-in-chief, sulking about the Mueller investigation on his hotel balcony, consults former lawyer Michael Cohen (Ben Stiller), a shirtless Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett), the Crown Prince of Saudi …
Read More »Jay-Z Disses Trump (Not Kanye) on New Meek Mill Song
Jay-Z told everyone not to pit black people against each other and, in classic fashion, what did hip-hop fans do? Decide to pit two famous black men against each other. No, Jay didn’t diss Kanye West on Meek Mill’s “What’s Free” featuring Rick Ross— despite what many online have speculated. …
Read More »Dead and Company Plot Summer U.S. Tour
Dead & Company announced a U.S. summer tour.The band – comprised of Grateful Dead alumni Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir, along with John Mayer, former Allman Brothers Band bassist Oteil Burbridge and RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti – will launch the 2019 trek with back-to-back dates (Friday, May 31st …
Read More »Revisiting Hours: Patriot Acts, PreCrime and 'Minority Report'
Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie that’s available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours” — consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week: Bilge Ebiri on Steven Spielberg’s paranoid, prescient sci-fi opus Minority …
Read More »Best Movies to See in Nov.: 'Creed II,' Oscar Hopefuls, Queen Biopic
This month: Freddie Mercury gets the long-overdue biopic treatment; Adonis Creed and Lisbeth Salander (now in her 3.0 version) jump into the sequel game; several would-be Oscar contenders finally hit theaters near you; and folks get significant new releases from award-festooned auteurs such as Luca Guadagnino, Steve McQueen, Barry Jenkins …
Read More »Tom Petty's Family Attends Gainesville Park Dedication Ceremony
Tom Petty‘s family and friends were among the hundreds in attendance at a ceremony Saturday to rename a Gainesville, Florida park after the late rocker. The ceremony, which took place on what would have been Petty’s 68th birthday, was one of a number of Petty events this weekend in the …
Read More »Dave Grohl, Jim James, Grace Potter Lead Warren Haynes' 2018 Christmas Jam
Dave Grohl, Jim James, Grace Potter, Phish’s Mike Gordon, Gov’t Mule and Eric Church will lead Warren Haynes‘ 2018 Christmas Jam, set for December 7th and 8th at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The 30th annual event, now expanded into a two-night affair, will benefit the local …
Read More »Micky Dolenz Breaks Down the Monkees' New Christmas Album
Two years ago, the Monkees stunned a lot of people — especially themselves — when their 50th anniversary album Good Times!hit Number 14 on the Billboard 200 and earned them some of the best reviews of their entire career. There was a lot of talk about a followup, but nobody …
Read More »Brett Kavanaugh Cannot Hide From These Sexual Assault Allegations
A California woman named Christine Blasey Ford has come forward to describe an alleged sexual assault at the hands of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when both were teenagers. Ford’s story appeared in a widely-read Washington Post article. The alleged assault had previously been the subject of an anonymous letter …
Read More »Flashback: Paul McCartney Plays a Beatles Medley in 1989
Paul McCartney was extremely busy in the 1980s creating solo records, film soundtracks, music videos, his own movie and even a couple of duets with Michael Jackson. The one thing he didn’t really do was tour. Wings did quite a few shows in the 1970s, but the band ended in …
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