In the world of sad clowns, there are the ones who hide how much they’re crying on the inside, because they want to give the people what they want. And then there are the ones who let their inner darkness out as early and often as possible. Jim Carrey belongs …
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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: Keith Phipps on David Cronenberg‘s pre-Putin evil-Russian crime-thriller Eastern Promises. …
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Ariana Grande is determined to be a light on her fourth album. And no one has needed that light more than Grande herself. The last year has marked a tumultuous, even transformative, period for the 25-year-old pop superstar. In May, 2017, her concert in Manchester, England was the site of …
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Comedian Chris Gethard announced the end of his long-running cult variety show, The Chris Gethard Show. In a note on Facebook, Gethard said that he and the show’s network, truTV, came to a “mutual decision” to end the program. The Chris Gethard Show was the lowest rated program on truTV …
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Jennifer Lopez will receive the 2018 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at this year’sMTV Video Music Awards. The singer has also been tapped to perform during the VMAs, which will air live from Radio City Music Hall on August 20th. The Vanguard award recognizes accomplishments in music and film. Recent …
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In 2017, after Rodney Crowell was diagnosed with dysautonomia, a condition affecting the nervous system, he found himself sidelined for five months, unable to tour. As he came to grips with the limitations caused by his condition, the singer-songwriter plotted his next project, with his manager suggesting an acoustic album …
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England soccer fans consoled their Three Lions club by singing Oasis‘ “Don’t Look Back in Anger” after Croatia beat the national team 2-1 in the World Cup semi-finals, ending their run in the 2018 World Cup. https://youtu.be/JEFXLpuDWZs As The Independent reports, numerous England fans remained inside Moscow, Russia’s Luzhniki Stadium …
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Every single number that’s rolled in around Drake’s juggernaut new album Scorpion, from the size of its track list to the playback figures reported by streaming services, has been staggering. Within half a day of the record’s Friday morning release, Spotify announced that streams from it had climbed to 10 …
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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicksappeared onCBS This MorningSaturday to perform a pair of tracks off the band’s new albumSparkle Hard. During the visit, the former Pavement singer addressed his reputation as “the Dad of Indie Rock.” “I’d rather be the dad than the granddad or the great granddad,” Malkmus quippedtoCBS …
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