A New York appeals court upheld the 23-year prison sentence against Harvey Weinstein Thursday, ensuring that the disgraced producer will remain behind bars ahead of his upcoming Los Angeles trial on sexual assault charges. In March 2020, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being found guilty on …
Read More »California's Reparations Task Force Takes on the Historic Theft of Black Art and Culture
The California Reparations Task Force has issued its first interim report, a nearly 600-page document that spends a full chapter focusing on the longstanding inequities surrounding the history of arts and entertainment in the United States. “Throughout American history, the federal government historically deprived Black American artists and innovators of …
Read More »Trump's Crusade to Prove the Russia Investigation Was Fraudulent Is Collapsing
Former Attorney General Bill Bar in late 2020 appointed John Durham to investigate whether the Justice Department’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s potential ties to Russia was, as Trump has claimed repeatedly, a fraudulent “witch hunt.” Durham hasn’t turned up much, but he did manage to get former Hillary Clinton …
Read More »Steve Earle Is Chasing Broadway Success — By Trying to Write a Mainstream Country Song
“I’m trying to get songs on country radio,” says Steve Earle. It’s not what anyone would expect to hear from Earle these days, especially when we’re supposed to be discussing Jerry Jeff, his new tribute album to Seventies Texas legend Jerry Jeff Walker. But even if the idea of a …
Read More »As Grieving Parkland Families Waited for Trump, He Ranted About How to 'Stick It to the Mexicans'
Donald Trump posted about the need for “real solutions and real leadership” on Wednesday in response to the school mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and he’ll likely make a similar call on Friday, when he travels to Houston to address the National Rifle Association. But when there was another mass …
Read More »Why Is TikTok Saying No to New York's Legal Weed?
If you live in the state of New York, you may have seen some new public service announcements in the past several weeks. With bright blocks of color and bold lettering appearing in English and Spanish iterations, they look like any other PSAs about mask-wearing or being polite on public …
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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. Your home might appear to be clean, but looks can be deceiving. In fact, your home is probably dirtier than you think. From taking care of pet fur …
Read More »'Atomic Blonde' Producer David Guillod to Stand Trial on 8 Sex Assault Charges
Hollywood talent manager and Atomic Blonde producer David Guillod is heading to trial over allegations he sexually assaulted Ted actress Jessica Barth when she was intoxicated and unconscious following a dinner meeting in May 2012, a judge ruled Monday. But in a mixed decision legal experts called “unusual,” the judge …
Read More »Guns, Rhymes, God, and Politics: Shyne's Epic Fall and Rise
At an empty beach bar in Corozal, a shaggy town of a few thousand people just minutes from where northern Belize meets Mexico’s share of the Yucatan Peninsula, waves crash into a jagged, rocky breakwater. It’s 9 p.m., the kitchenis about to close, and the only people left are some …
Read More »Chester Bennington's Grey Daze Share New Version of 'Starting to Fly'
Chester Bennington’s pre-Linkin Park band Grey Daze have updated their song “Starting to Fly” for The Phoenix, their upcoming second album of new music featuring vocals from the late singer. The track originally appeared on the Phoenix group’s 1994 LP Wake Me; prior to his 2017 death, Bennington expressed interest …
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