Each night of Black Light, Daniel Alexander Jones straps on his platform heels, wears his assortment of sequined gowns and dons a beautiful wig, transforming into Jomama Jones. She’s an intimidating woman of contradictions who takes the audience on a musical journey that fuses everything from the Black American Freedom …
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Marijuana is now legal across Canada, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill are using the historic occasion to highlight yet another example of how the Trump administration is embarrassing America on the global stage. A bipartisan group of lawmakers are sending a letter to the administration today …
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There’s thisthingabout Claire Foy’s face: It is constantly changing, highs and lows passing over it like a fast-moving storm. With the briefest of glances she conveys, instantly, the emotional temperature of the character she is playing. It’s a quality that makes Foy, 34, one of the most compelling actresses of …
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Sharon Osbourne has penned a scathing open letter to Philip Anschutz, founder of concert promoter AEG, after her husband, Ozzy Osbourne, dropped his antitrust lawsuit against the company. The filing claimed that AEG had a requirement that if Ozzy were to play the O2 Arena in London, that he must …
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Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie that’s available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours” — consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week: Kevin Lincoln on Joel and Ethan Coen‘s 2008 epic of …
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There’s a reason why Rudy Giuliani and the rest of Donald Trump‘s legal team have steadfastly refused to allow Special Counsel Robert Mueller to question the president about obstruction of justice. A dossier could be compiled just on the Trump’s repeated attempts to hinder the investigation into his campaign’s relationship …
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Ariana Grande paid tribute toAretha Franklin with a rendition of “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” at the Queen of Soul’s funeral ceremony at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit on Friday. Grande the 1967 classic coolly, largely avoiding the melismatic displays that she is known for. The …
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Famed street artist and graphic designer Shepard Fairey has unveiled a 15-story mural featuring the stoic image of Johnny Cash. Painted on the side of the Residence Inn by Marriott in downtown Sacramento, it is Fairey’s largest on display in the state of California. The image, interpreted from photographer Jim …
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In summer of 2015, back when Mick Mulvaney was a relatively low-profile Congressman in the habit of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in donations from payday lenders, he co-sponsored House Resolution 3118 — a proposal to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. H.R. 3118 never went anywhere —it didn’t …
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“Hey Jude” sums up the Beatles’ turbulent summer of 1968 — a tribute to their friendship, right at the moment it was starting to fracture. The single was a smash as soon as they released it on August 26th — their biggest hit, topping the U.S. charts for nine weeks. …
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