Scooter Braun is a high-powered music manager in charge of the careers of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande who recently bought Taylor Swift’s former label Big Machine (and master recordings) for around $300 million. Scooter Brown is a Texas country singer who is a 2017 Rolling Stone Artist You Need …
Read More »'Stranger Things 3' Review: Hormones, Hot Nights, and A Really Good Hang
No show in the Peak TV era has leaned harder into the “this isn’t a TV show; it’s an XX-hour movie” attitude than Stranger Things. The horror pastiche’s nostalgic Eighties references are all to movies (or, occasionally, books that were turned into movies) of the period from the likes of …
Read More »10 Best Country, Americana Songs to Hear Now: Hailey Whitters, Brandon Stansell
Chuck Mead roars back with a blast of rocking honky-tonk, Erin Enderlin pours a potent whiskey and Cobie Caillat’s new band Gone West make their debut in this week’s list of the best country and Americana tracks. Sam Williams, “Gemini” Hank Williams Jr.’s 22-year-old son bridges the gap between astrology …
Read More »David Crosby Answers Your Questions About Open Marriages, Anti-Vaxxers and More
As David Crosby has proven time and time again, there’s no question he’s unwilling to answer. He’s also made more than his share of mistakes throughout his long life, which is why he was the perfect person to become Rolling Stone’s newest advice columnist. In his second “Ask Croz” column, …
Read More »Trump Dismisses 'Torture' of Migrant Children at Border
The conditions at Border Patrol facilities holding migrant children are far worse than anyone realized. Reports have emerged in the past week that detail dirty, hungry children who are often forced to sleep on concrete floors. Infants are being cared for by children only a few years their elder. Diapers …
Read More »Franco Zeffirelli, 'Romeo and Juliet' Director, Dead at 96
Franco Zeffirelli, the Italian director best known for his bold cinematic adaptations of Shakespeare’s work, has died at the age of 96. The filmmaker died Saturday at his home in Rome, Italy, his son Luciano told the Associated Press. “He had suffered for a while, but he left in a …
Read More »How Nothing and Everything Has Changed in the 10 Years Since George Tiller's Murder
On May 31st, 2009, Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider in Wichita, Kansas, was shot and killed while he was serving as an usher at a church in his hometown. A grandfather of 10 known as “Saint George” in some reproductive rights advocacy circles, Tiller was known as a gracious, …
Read More »'Jessica Jones': Watch Tense Final Season Trailer
The third and final season of Jessica Jones will premiere June 14th on Netflix. The streaming service announced the premiere date with a short teaser in which a menacing voice threatens Jones as the camera moves down the hallway towards her office: “Jessica Jones, you are a fraud. You’re a …
Read More »Jayme Closs' Kidnapper Receives Two Life Sentences for Parents' Slayings
Jake Patterson, who pleaded guilty to abducting 13-year-old Jayme Closs and murdering her parents, received a pair of life sentences for the slayings of James and Denise Closs as well as 40 years in prison for the 88-day kidnapping of Jayme. Jayme Closs did not attend the sentencing, but a …
Read More »Watch Samantha Bee Skewer Alabama Abortion Ban With Sex Ed for Senators
Samantha Bee delivered a scathing class in sex education on Full Frontal Wednesday as states like Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Ohio and more try to curtail or outright ban abortions. Bee noted that many of the predominately male state legislators behind these measures don’t seem to have any understanding of how …
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