Donald Trump phoned in his support for Glenn Youngkin on Monday night. Literally. After teasing a rally appearance on the eve of the Virginia gubernatorial election, the former president instead made a brief, bizarre call into a closed-press “tele-rally” for Youngkin, who did not appear at the rally himself. “He’s …
Read More »Angela Bassett Celebrates Tina Turner's 'Journey to Independence' in Rock Hall Speech
Angela Bassett celebrated the life and musical achievements of Tina Turner with an electrifying speech to induct the legendary artist into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 30. While Turner was previously inducted into the Rock Hall alongside Ike Turner, Bassett stressed Turner’s worthy induction as …
Read More »Eight Ways a Business Can Build Community by Leveraging User-Generated Content
User-generated content (UGC) by definition is content created by fans of a particular brand or product. And when a brand features content created by the fans for the fans, it can encourage other users to generate content too, eventually leading to an engaged community of loyal customers. To properly ignite …
Read More »Walker Hayes Brings His Ubiquitous Hit 'Fancy Like' to 'Fallon'
Walker Hayes made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, performing his ubiquitous hit “Fancy Like.” The song, which has rocketed to viral and streaming success, appears on his 2021 Country Stuff EP. Backed by a live band (and perhaps a programmed track or two), Hayes …
Read More »Trump Is Waging a War on Democracy. A New Poll Says He's Winning
It’s been about a year now since Donald Trump started ramping up what had been an already-simmering campaign to destroy the public’s faith in U.S. elections. He’s certainly convinced his followers that the 2020 election was flat-out stolen by pro-Biden communists, but maybe even more concerning is the degree to …
Read More »The Roys Are Back (Again): 'Succession' Renewed for Season Four
The Roy Family and their family business Waystar Royco will serve up more dysfunctional drama for another season. The Jesse Armstrong-created series is in the midst of Season Three, which premiered on October 17th. A date for the upcoming season has not yet been announced. “With each season of Succession, …
Read More »Grammy Contenders 2022: Wizkid on His Breakthrough Year and the Blessing of 'Made in Lagos'
This piece is part of Rolling Stone’s second annual Grammy Preview special issue, released ahead of the start of first-round voting. We spoke to some of the year’s biggest artists about the albums and singles that could earn them a nomination — or even a statue come January — and …
Read More »Judge Ordered Jan. 6 Rioter Not to Associate with Proud Boys. He Then Spoke at Rally Attended by Proud Boys
Even though a judge ordered a Jan. 6 defendant not to associate with the extremist group the Proud Boys, he spoke at the Justice for J6 rally in September where more than a dozen members of the group were in attendance. Micajah Jackson, a Marine veteran who admitted to the …
Read More »Pistol Annies Bring Melancholy Harmony to Merle Haggard's 'If We Make It Through December'
One of the most striking moments on Hell of a Holiday, the brand-new Christmas album from the Pistol Annies, comes when Miranda Lambert begins singing Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December.” Initially accompanied by nothing more than a faint church organ, Lambert accentuates the down-and-out spirit of Haggard’s …
Read More »Rolling Stone Expands Cannabis Partnership With Curaleaf
Rolling Stone is growing its partnership with cannabis brand Curaleaf, to bring the co-branded “Rolling Stone by Select” line of cannabis products to new markets across the U.S. The Rolling Stone and Select partnership first launched in June, with Select’s first-ever pre-roll, as well as “The Cliq,” Select’s proprietary pod …
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