Hawkeye today became the latest Disney+ entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We’ll be recapping it for the next five weeks, starting with spoilers for the two-part series premiere, coming up just as soon as I have monogrammed butterscotch… “Your whole thing is that you’re low-key,” Kate Bishop tells Clint …
Read More »Hardcore QAnon Believers, Regular Old JFK Conspiracy Theorists Converge in Dallas
Nearly three weeks ago, hundreds of middle-aged QAnon fanatics gathered in Dallas to witness the return of John F. Kennedy, Jr. This group believes that JFK Jr. and many other deceased celebrities — including his father, President John F. Kennedy — are not only alive, but part of a decades-long …
Read More »Oregon Man Charged With Using Grindr to Target Gay Man in Alleged Hate Crime
His search history — evidence of premeditation, according to an FBI affidavit — was a horror-show: how do murderers not get caught hate crime gay bashing grindr murders using a wig to commit crimes committing crimes with gloves draining blood from body emptying blood in a bathtub how do murderers …
Read More »Beto O'Rourke Wants to Take Down Greg Abbott — and Build a Texas 'Big Enough for All of Us'
Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas. The former congressman, Senate candidate, and Democratic candidate for president announced on Monday that he intends to unseat Republican Governor Greg Abbott. “Together, we can push past the small and divisive politics that we see in Texas today — and get back …
Read More »2021 CMA Awards: Country Music Tries to Forget a Really Bad Year
It’s become sort of a seasonal tradition for the Country Music Association to do something that makes people angry just before its annual November awards show. In 2017, there was the infamous entreaty to reporters to refrain from asking questions about gun control on the red carpet, while last year …
Read More »Dean Stockwell, 'Quantum Leap' and 'Blue Velvet' Star, Dead at 85
Dean Stockwell, the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actor best known for the groundbreaking sci-fi shows Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica and David Lynch’s noir-fever dream Blue Velvet, has died at age 85. Variety has confirmed the actor’s death. Stockwell’s career spanned seven decades and began when he was a child. Though …
Read More »On 'Thank You,' Diana Ross Wants to Pump. You. Up.
Diana Ross’ return to the pop landscape — her first record of newly written material, not covers, in over 20 years — sounds familiar, and there’s little doubt it was intended that way. In the years after she left the Supremes, Ross reached transcendent levels with billowy pop meant to …
Read More »H.E.R. Packs the Apollo Theater, Giving Off Prince-ly Vibes
The first time H.E.R. performed at the Apollo Theater, she was 10 years old and went by her birth name, Gabi Wilson. She got a warm reception for her selection on Showtime at the Apollo that night: Aretha Franklin’s “Freeway of Love.” Last night, H.E.R. returned to the legendary Harlem …
Read More »Fetty Wap Arrested on Federal Drug Charges at Rolling Loud New York
UPDATE 11/5: Over a week after his arrest, Fetty Wap was released on a $500,000 secured bond, the judge overseeing his case announced Friday. As part of the conditions of his release, the rapper must undergo random drug testing, GPS monitoring and surrender his passport; Fetty Wap is allowed to …
Read More »Saxophonist Mel Collins on His Years With King Crimson, the Rolling Stones, and Roger Waters
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
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