Soleil Moon Frye became the ultimate Eighties child star on Punky Brewster, at the age of seven. She played America’s favorite wise-cracking moppet, wearing mismatched high-tops and extolling the virtues of Punky Power. The show was eventually cancelled in 1988 — and that’s when Frye started toting a video camera …
Read More »'WandaVision' Series Finale Recap: The Lyin', the Witch and the Wardroid
A review of the WandaVision finale coming up just as soon as I say that debriefs are for the weak… I recently wrote an essay praising WandaVision for leaning into its existence as a television show, rather than a Marvel Cinematic Universe film drawn out to fill up nine episodes. …
Read More »'The Breakdown' With 'Fate: The Winx Saga' Star Abigail Cowen
Abigail Cowen has always been drawn to magic, which explains her previous role as Dorcas on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Now she stars in Fate: The Winx Saga, based on the Nickelodeon animated series and developed by Brian Young. “I loved the balance of real-life scenarios and situations and …
Read More »A Matter of 'Time': Director Garrett Bradley on Making the Year's Best Documentary
At the tail end of Time — the feature-length documentary that, since its heralded Sundance debut last year, has deservedly made its director, Garrett Bradley, one of the film world’s women of the hour — an extraordinary thing happens. The movie follows a black family living in the shadow of …
Read More »How 'Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?' Landed That Axl Rose Guest Spot
It’s been many years since Axl Rose released a note of new music or agreed to an in-depth interview, but the elusive Guns N’ Roses frontman has shown a surprising willingness to lend his voice to cartoons. Two years ago, he appeared on Boomerang’s New Looney Tunes where he saved …
Read More »Rosamund Pike's Smile Says It All in 'I Care a Lot'
There’s a genre of smile, that wide, gleaming, shit-stirring grin that says: I hate you. And also: I’m going to kill you. Can we call it the Pike? After Rosamund, of course, who serves it better than most anyone working in movies at the moment, and who has the added …
Read More »U-Roy, Reggae Artist and Toasting Pioneer, Dead at 78
U-Roy, the influential reggae artist who specialized in the art of toasting and whose style became a key precursor in the early development of hip-hop, has died at the age of 78. The singer and producer died in his native Jamaica Wednesday after a long illness, Loop Jamaica reported. “We …
Read More »Brandi Carlile Talks About Her 'Icons & Influences' the Indigo Girls
Brandi Carlile‘s love for the Indigo Girls runs deep, going back to her teenage experience of hearing their song “I Don’t Wanna Talk About It” in the 1993 film Philadelphia. “It’s a dreary subject matter,” she says of the HIV/AIDS drama and the Indigo Girls’ theme for it, “but it …
Read More »The Best Audiophile Turntables for Your Home Audio System
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The analog vs digital music debate will continue until the end of time, but if you want to get the best sound from your vinyl, you’ll need to …
Read More »Watch 'Saturday Night Live' Skewer Super Bowl Sunday
On the Saturday Night Live before Super Bowl Sunday, the show began with a cold open sketch that parodied pregame shows, brands’ politically charged Super Bowl ads and the head coaches hoping to lead the Kansas City Chiefs/Tampa Bay Buccaneers to victory. The sketch, which also mocked studios overstuffed with …
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