WASHINGTON — It was a pretty straightforward request. In January, the watchdog group American Oversight asked the Department of Homeland Security to provide the number of analysts inside the agency’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis devoted to working on “non-Islamist domestic terrorism threats” —including right-wing extremism or attacks motivated by …
Read More »'American Crime Story' Season Three to Tackle Clinton Impeachment
FX has announced a third season of Ryan Murphy‘s anthology series American Crime Story, which will center on the impeachment of former president Bill Clinton. Based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President, the episodes will premiere …
Read More »18 Details 'Once Upon a Time In Hollywood' Got Right About the Manson Murders
This post contains spoilers for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which is now in theaters. Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, the latest epic from Quentin Tarantino, is not, as you may already know, a historically accurate depiction of the Manson Family murders. Given the director’s work, it’s not …
Read More »RS Charts: NF's 'The Search' Debuts at Number One on Top 200
NF’s sophomore album The Search debuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. The album sold more than 88,000 copies — thanks to a variety of bundling deals that paired the release with merchandise — and amassed over 56 million streams. That was enough to push …
Read More »D.A. Pennebaker, Legendary Documentarian, Dead at 94
D.A. Pennebaker, a champion of the cinéma-vérité approach to documentary, which emphasized intimate portraits of its subjects, died Thursdayfrom natural causes, his son Frazer confirmed to Rolling Stone. He was 94. Chronicling rock stars and political operatives, Pennebaker sought to strip away the artifice — both in nonfiction films and …
Read More »The Best Synthesizers Under $200
This article is a part of RS Recommends, an editorial series reviewing products in music and entertainment. Items are independently selected; Penske Media may earn a commission from purchases made from our links. By definition, a synthesizer isn’t the keyboard-looking thing with knobs and dials that makes UFO sounds. It …
Read More »Watch Kids Decide the Next President on 'Kimmel'
There’s a lot of uncertainty when it comes to the next presidential election, including which Democrat will go up against Trump. Luckily, Jimmy Kimmel has a solution to save us from all the stress the debates and campaigning have been causing: Let the children decide. In a segment for Jimmy …
Read More »Colbert Mocks 'Millennial' Bernie, 'Long-Shot' Marianne Williamson After Democratic Debate
Even though CNN split the Democratic presidential candidates into two halves for its latest televised debates, processing all the platforms and campaign promises on night one was exhausting. Enter Stephen Colbert, who gleefully mocked the political chaos in his live post-debate Late Show monologue on Wednesday. The host generated punchlines …
Read More »Brian Wilson 'Feeling Much Better,' Looks Forward to Tour
Brian Wilson said he is looking forward to getting back on the road after postponing tour dates for mental health reasons in June. “Thank you to everyone for your cards and best wishes. Your concern and love just blows me away,” the singer wrote on his official website. “I’m feeling …
Read More »Flashback: Cass Elliot Performs a Shimmery 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' in 1970
On this day in 1974, the world lost “Mama” Cass Elliot, a member of the Mamas and the Papas and a pivotal figure in the Sixties California rock scene. She was found dead at the infamous 1 Curzon Place, a London apartment that Harry Nilsson had rented out to the …
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