Tom Holland, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and some of the stars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe opened up at Disney’s D23 expo about the Spider-Man split between Sony and Marvel Studios. Holland – who played Peter Parker in five MCU films despite Sony owning the classic superhero – didn’t …
Read More »Gallant's 'Sleep on It' Revives Nineties Slow Jams
Gallant has always been an acrobatic vocalist searching for the right songs. “Sleep on It” finds nourishment in the great R&B ballads of the late 1990s and early 2000s: a sprinkle of Jagged Edge’s “True Man,” a pinch of Avant’s “Separated,” essence of Marques Houston’s “Grass Is Greener.” When these …
Read More »Why Are Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Scared to Talk About Sex Work?
On Sunday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders revealed a sweeping, 6,000-word reform plan aiming at totally overhauling the criminal justice system. The plan featured many progressive touchstones, from abolishing the death penalty to ending cash bail to legalizing marijuana and expunging sentences for drug possession. However, there was one criminal-justice …
Read More »New 'Twin Peaks' Box Set Collects Entire Story, Adds New Interviews
A new, exhaustive box set, Twin Peaks: From Z to A, will collect all of the puzzle pieces of David Lynch‘s quintessential northwestern mystery. The set, available only on Blu-ray, includes all three television seasons and the prequel movie Fire Walk With Me, as well as the film’s deleted scenes …
Read More »Julián Castro to Participate in Climate Town Hall After Hitting Needed Poll Numbers
Julián Castro will participate in the Democratic primary’s climate town hall next month after meeting host CNN‘s polling threshold, the campaign’s national press secretary confirmed to Rolling Stone Tuesday. CNN had previously stated that it would limit invitations to those candidates who had received at least 2 percent in at …
Read More »NYPD Fires Daniel Pantaleo, Officer Involved in Fatal Arrest of Eric Garner
Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer accused of holding Eric Garner in a chokehold during his fatal arrest, was fired on Monday, over five years after the incident sparked a national outcry against police brutality and became a defining moment in the Black Lives Matter movement, The New York Times reports. …
Read More »Hear Taylor Swift's Tender New Song 'Lover'
Ahead ofLover‘s official release next Friday, Taylor Swift has dropped the album’s romantic title track. The pop star announced the new song’s release while accepting her Icon Award at the Teen Choice Award on Sunday. In the Jack Antonoff co-produced track, Swift sings the tender lyrics of devotion over a …
Read More »Third Eye Blind Announce Fall Tour in Support of First Album in Four Years
Third Eye Blind just completed a successful summer run, bringing their platinum rock hits (“Semi-Charmed Life,” “How’s It Going to Be”) to outdoor spaces across the country alongside Jimmy Eat World. This tour felt different for the band members, because they originally thought they would have finished their first album …
Read More »Watch Emilia Clarke Find the Holiday Spirit in 'Last Christmas' Trailer
The holiday season is closer than you might think, especially now that the Christmas movie trailers have been dropping. The latest is Last Christmas, a new romantic comedy from Bridesmaids director Paul Feig starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. In the trailer, Clarke plays a cynical Londoner named Kate who …
Read More »Peter Murphy Suffers Heart Attack, Postpones New York Residency
Peter Murphy has postponed a run of New York dates scheduled for this week after suffering a heart attack. On Tuesday night, the former Bauhaus frontman was rushed to Lenox Hill Hospital with shortness of breath, unable to perform at the concert. Dr. Jason Song, a cardiologist, confirmed in a …
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