Richard Donner, the prolific filmmaker best known for directing blockbusters like Superman, Lethal Weapon, and The Goonies, died on Monday, The New York Times reports. He was 91. Donner’s wife, film producer Lauren Shuler Donner, confirmed the director’s death. However, she did not reveal a cause of death. Several filmmakers …
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This piece originally appeared as part of Rolling Stone’s annual Hot List, in the July-August issue of the magazine. At Afropunk’s 2019 New Year’s Eve festival in South Africa, DJ Moma was scheduled to play a 45-minute set following headliner Solange Knowles. He knew exactly what to do. The DJ, …
Read More »Penske Media Announces Inaugural LA3C Festival in Los Angeles
Penske Media Corporation — the parent company of Rolling Stone, the Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Variety, and more — has announced its inaugural LAC3, a three-day festival that celebrates Los Angeles. LAC3 — which stands for“Los Angeles, the Capitalof Creativity&Culture” — will take place December 2nd to 4th, 2021 in a …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Listening to your favorite podcast host can often feel like they’re talking one-on-one to just you in an intimate setting. After all the weekly shows, you may think …
Read More »Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon's Big Red Machine Previews New Album With 'Latter Days'
Big Red Machine — the collaborative project of the National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon — have released a new song, “Latter Days,” from their upcoming album, How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?, out August 27th via Jagjaguwar/37d03d. “Latter Days” is a plaintive piano ballad filled …
Read More »Never Stop Streaming — These Tablets Last up to 14 Hours
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Since the release of the original iPad in 2010, tablets have entered a renaissance. They’re lighter than laptops, but have screens that’re larger than smartphones. That makes them …
Read More »'The Ice Road': Go Truck Yourself
Liam Neeson has fought terrorists, mobsters, aliens, Nazis, the British army (in Ireland and Scotland), Sith Lords, Batman, feral wolves, and the sexual peccadillos of 20th century America. Now, the hulking, 69-year-old Irish actor faces his greatest threat yet: ice. Specifically, those North American roads that form over frozen bodies …
Read More »Ex-NRA Chief Duped into Delivering Graduation Speech to Empty Chairs Representing Victims of Gun Violence
In a dark, affecting stunt, parents of students killed in the 2018 Parkland massacre tricked former NRA president David Keane into delivering a commencement address to an audience of thousands of empty chairs — representing each of the 3,044 young victims of gun violence who might otherwise have graduated from …
Read More »Watch: Gen. Mark Milley Delivers Powerful Defense of Studying Critical Race Theory
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley delivered a powerful defense of the military’s right to study critical race theory while speaking before Congress on Wednesday. In just under two minutes, Milley drew on history from the Civil War to the January 6th insurrection in explaining how important it …
Read More »Neil Young Is Recording a New Album With Crazy Horse
Neil Young and Crazy Horse have begun work on a follow-up to their 2019 LP Colorado. “Crazy Horse is back in the barn now,” Young wrote in the Neil Young Archives. “Shaking off the rust…It’s been a long time since we have been together, and more than a few tears …
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