Jeremy Pope — who was most recently seen starring on Broadway in Choir Boy and Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations — discusses his role on Netflix‘s Hollywood, being nominated for two Tony Awards, and crying to Whitney Houston in the latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s …
Read More »Björk Announces Three Iceland Concerts – With Audience – for August
Björk has announced a trio of August shows — complete with concertgoers — in Reykjavík, Iceland, which has begun the process of reopening after nearly eliminating the coronavirus from the country. The three shows will also be livestreamed to raise money for domestic women’s charities in both Iceland and worldwide. …
Read More »Trump Won't Deny He Ordered: 'Slow the Testing Down'
The president told the meager audience who attended his rally in Tulsa on Saturday night that he gave an order to slow testing for coronavirus. Ever since, his staff have downplayed Trump’s claim by calling it a joke. But on Monday, the president himself refused to back down from the …
Read More »'Perry Mason' and the Case of the Muddled Backstory
“No one confesses on the stand!” a friend assures the title character of HBO‘s Perry Mason remake. The line is meant as a wink at Mason’s previous incarnations, where, in both the books by Erle Stanley Gardner and the Fifties/Sixties TV series starring Raymond Burr, the defense lawyer famously won …
Read More »Watch Jeff Tweedy, Daniel Johnston Play 'Walking the Cow' in Previously Unreleased Clip
The Hi, How Are You Project — the mental health nonprofit inspired by the life and legacy of Daniel Johnston — has shared a previously unreleased clip of Johnston and Jeff Tweedy performing “Walking the Cow.” The footage comes from the Chicago stop on Johnston’s 2017 farewell tour. At each …
Read More »At Work With Rhea Pasricha, the Publishing Exec Putting More Women in Music Studios
InRolling Stone‘s weekly series At Work, we go behind the curtain with decision-makers across the fast-changing music business — exploring a range of responsibilities, burgeoning ideas, advice for industry newcomers, and more. Read earlier interviews here. The moment Rhea Pasricha was legally allowed to drive — which, in the state …
Read More »David Cross, Bob Odenkirk Reunite 'Mr. Show' Cast for Live Charity Special
David Cross and Bob Odenkirk are reuniting the cast of their Nineties HBO comedy sketch series, Mr. Show for a charity special on Zoom, which will stream live on May 13th at 8 p.m. ET via House Seats. Proceeds from tickets for the livestreamwill benefit Lift, a national organization that …
Read More »Luke Combs Just Wrote the Song That Says What We're All Feeling
Luke Combs debuted a new song during his weekly livestream performances that directly addresses the ongoing coronavirus crisis and the social distancing approach to daily life. Titled “Six Feet Apart,” it sums up everything we’re all feeling, thinking, and dreaming about right now. Written by Combs, Brent Cobb and Rob …
Read More »Useful Idiots: Matt Stoller on the Covid-19 Bailout, And Reactions to Bernie's Campaign Suspension
In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by Matt Stoller, author of Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly, Power and Democracy, a book that Matt describes as having “venom for all the right people.” He is also the Research Director at the …
Read More »Kent State 50th Commemoration Event Canceled in Response to COVID-19 Virus
UPDATE 3/23: The Kent State University benefit concert has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. A virtual commemoration will take place instead; details will be announced shortly. David Crosby and Joe Walsh will headline a benefit concert at Kent State University to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the massacre. …
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