In the midst of impeachment buildup and “Hot Girl Summer” and Greta Thunberg’s voyage to the U.S. and Lizzo-mania, perhaps you missed 2019’s true song of the summer. You know, the one about the Ice Cream of the Future. “Got myself one cup / Now I’m feeling like I’m on …
Read More »David Lee Roth to Open the 2020 Leg of the Kiss Farewell Tour
David Lee Roth is taking his solo comeback way beyond the confines of Las Vegas next year. Kiss has just announced that the Van Halen frontman will open up for them at 43 North American shows between February and October 2020. Roth hasn’t been active as a solo act since …
Read More »Why 'The Queen' Documentary Is an Essential Queer Time Capsule
With the spotlight on the Stonewall uprising’s 50th anniversary this month, several treasured landmark LGBTQ documentaries have been restored and are being re-released for a limited time in theaters, including Jennie Livingston’s Paris Is Burning and the era-defining Before Stonewall. But among the gifts to be cherished from this renewed …
Read More »Lesbian Couple Kissing Is Too Much for Hallmark Channel, So It Canceled Ads
Yielding to a conservative group’s objections, the Hallmark Channel has decided to drop four commercials for the wedding planning website Zola because they showed brides kissing each other. Hallmark told the New York Times that they do not allow ads “that are deemed controversial” and that the women showing “public …
Read More »Solange Shares Extended 'When I Get Home' Film With New Music
Solange has unveiled the extended director’s cut of her short film, When I Get Home, which features additional scenes and a new song. The original film arrived back in March to accompany Solange’s new album of the same name. The director’s cut of When I Get Home most notably boasts …
Read More »Linda McCartney's Heart of the Country
Before she married a Beatle, Linda McCartney was renowned photographer Linda Eastman. She was the first woman to shoot a cover for Rolling Stone — of Eric Clapton — and photographed icons like Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan (and, yeah, the Beatles). From the 1970s until her death in 1998 …
Read More »Tanya Tucker Plots CMT's Next Women of Country Tour
Tanya Tucker has spent much of the last half of 2019 populating year-end best-of lists with her While I’m Livin’ album, and next year she’s set to take the LP on the road as the headlining artist for the CMT Next Women of Country: Bring My Flowers Now Tour. Just …
Read More »Atlanta Paper Demands 'Richard Jewell' Disclaimer Over Depiction of Olympic Bombing Coverage
UPDATE: Warner Bros. has responded to the Atlanta Journal Constitution‘s accusations, calling them “baseless.” “The film is based on a wide range of highly credible source material,” a spokesperson for the company told Rolling Stone. “There is no disputing that Richard Jewell was an innocent man whose reputation and life …
Read More »Trump Health Official Wanted Taxpayers to Reimburse Her For Stolen Jewelry, Including an Ivanka Trump-Brand Pendant
President Donald Trump’s Medicare chief, Seema Verma, filed a $47,000 claim for lost property in an effort to have taxpayers reimburse her for items that were stolen this summer while she was on a work trip. The property that went missing along with Verma’s bags, according to Politico, included an …
Read More »'The Mandalorian' Recap: A Good Day to Die Hard
A review of this week’s The Mandalorian, “The Gunslinger,” coming up just as soon as I play cards with my droids… “The Gunslinger” takes place around and then on the most famous planet in Star Wars lore, Tatooine, and includes familiar landmarks like the Mos Eisley Spaceport (which is festooned …
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