Justice Smith made his first foray into voice acting withPhreaks, an Audible original series that dropped on August 4th. The 10-part scripted original also stars Golden Globe winner Christian Slater, Carrie Coon, Ben McKenzie, and up-and-coming actress Bree Klauser. For Smith, who previously appeared in films such asJurassic World: Fallen …
Read More »Two Months After Blackout Tuesday, the Music Industry Has Yet to See Lasting Change
In the months since George Floyd was killed at the hands of police in Minneapolis, protests over systemic racism and police brutality have continued unabated in cities around America. Initially, a protest movement unfolded in parallel in the music industry, starting on June 2nd, when the major labels decided to …
Read More »The Best Portable Hard Drives
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s easy to trust the cloud to keep duplicates of your most important data, but there are still a lot of benefits to keeping a full backup of …
Read More »Taylor Swift's Cinematographer: How We Shot 'Folklore' Video During a Pandemic
Rodrigo Prieto is not exactly the guy you call for an easy shoot – whether that’s a four-hour mob epic for Martin Scorsese, a post-9/11 meditation on New York for Spike Lee or a triptych ensemble drama for Alejandro González Iñárritu. More recently, the renowned cinematographer was faced with a …
Read More »Major Companies Are Boycotting Facebook Ads, But Major Music Companies Keep Spending
On June 30th, Couch Guitar Straps received a warning from a potential customer. The man wanted to buy a new guitar strap, but he was upset that Couch was running Facebook ads at a time when a growing number of companies — including Eddie Bauer, Magnolia Pictures, Patagonia, and Ben …
Read More »Taylor Swift's 'Cardigan' Is on Track for a Number One Chart Debut
While Taylor Swift‘s earlier albumshad trickled out slowly with a string of singles, Folklore arrived last Friday like a tidal wave, with no promotional singles and an announcement from Swift a mere 16 hours before. So it makes sense, then, that in its first week on streaming, there hasn’t yet …
Read More »NYPD's 'Warrant Squad' Arrested a Trans Teen Protester, Shoved Her Into an Unmarked Van
On Tuesday, July 28th, videos began circulating on social media of an 18-year-old trans woman, Nikki Stone, being grabbed by a group of plainclothes New York Police Department officers and shoved into an unmarked van during a protest in Manhattan. In a tweet, the NYPD said Stone was was “wanted …
Read More »Ace Frehley Previews New Covers Album With Deep Purple's 'Space Truckin”
KISS guitarist Ace Frehley embarks on a wild intergalactic adventure in the new animated video for his cover of Deep Purple’s “Space Truckin’.” The track will appear on Frehley’s new album of covers, Origins Vol. 2, out September 18th. Frehley delivers a faithful take on “Space Truckin’,” cranking up the …
Read More »Fox News Touting QAnon Is All You Need to Know About the So-Called 'News' Network
Fox News’ Jesse Watters made a decision to disregard the well-being of his audience on Saturday night in order to whine about unsubstantiated grievances of media “censorship” and election interference against those on the right. Watters commiserated with his guest, the president’s son Eric Trump, over the non-issues by praising …
Read More »Colbert, Trevor Noah Revel in Trump's 'Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV' Moment
Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah and Jimmy Fallon happily snatched at some of the lowest-hanging comedic fruit President Donald Trump has offered during his tenure in the White House so far, those five simple words: “Person, woman, man, camera, TV.” Trump delivered the instantly meme-able phrase during a Fox News interview, …
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