Before settling into their nearly three-hour pop face-off, Brandy and Monica welcomed Kamala Harris for a special cameo at the start of their hit-packed Verzuz battle Monday, August 31st. The Vice Presidential nominee appeared via video chat (starting around the 17-minute mark) to thank the singers for supporting Michelle Obama’s …
Read More »Spike Lee Updates Michael Jackson's 'They Don't Care About Us' Video With Protest Footage
To mark what would have been Michael Jackson’s 62nd birthday, director Spike Lee has released a 2020 version of his music video for the singer’s “They Don’t Care About Us.” The new visual for “They Don’t Care About Us (2020)” incorporates scenes and outtakes from Lee’s original two videos for …
Read More »'Death on the Nile' Trailer: All-Star Cast Assembles for Agatha Christie Adaptation
Kenneth Branagh returns to the role of detective Hercule Poirot in his adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile, which released its first trailer Wednesday. Like the director’s spin on Murder on the Orient Express in 2017, Death on the Nile assembles an all-star cast of characters, with Gal …
Read More »Want a Record Deal? Call a TikTok Marketing Company
In 2020, a “top 3 biggest pet peeves” TikTok created by a marketing company without a website can land a former high school football player a record deal. “Psycho!” is just the fifth track ever released by the 19-year-old Mason Rupper, a Salt Lake City, Utah native who began writing …
Read More »A Country Song Rode the TikTok Train to Number One in 12 Hours
At the start of this week, Priscilla Block was not widely known. The country-music singer-songwriter had just started to make a name for herself on TikTok with 330,000 followers, but had yet to break into the mainstream. That changed with the release of “Just About Over You” on Wednesday evening. …
Read More »'Summerland' Review: Love, Childcare and the Joys of Comfort-Food Cinema
In a cozy, seaside cottage in Kent, with the winds of WWII still at a distance, Alice Bloom (Gemma Arterton) bangs out academic theses about folklore on her typewriter and launches verbal attacks on neighbors who dare to interrupt her work. The locals have the swaggering, chainsmoking Alice pegged as …
Read More »'Muppets Now': Together Again, With a Touch of Amnesia
The Muppets — specifically, the comedy-variety troupe featuring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo the Great, et. al. — are in their sixth decade of existence, but they have never been more perfectly deployed than in their first project together, the Seventies syndicated hit The Muppet Show. A …
Read More »Bob Marley's Daughter: 'If [My Dad] Was Still Here, He'd Be on the Forefronts Protesting'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been almost 40 years since Bob Marley died, but as his daughter tells it, his music and fight has never been more relevant. “My father was the …
Read More »Chris Cornell's Daughter Launches New IGTV Show About Mental Health
Chris Cornell’s daughter, Lily Cornell Silver, will launch a new IGTV series, Mind Wide Open, Monday, July 20th, on what would’ve been her father’s 56th birthday. The series will premiere at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET. Per a press release, Mind Wide Open aims to “help destigmatize the conversation around …
Read More »Oakland Reaches $32.7 Million Settlement With 'Ghost Ship' Victims, Families
The city of Oakland agreed to a $32.7 million settlement with the victims and families of the “Ghost Ship” warehouse fire following a civil lawsuit stemming from the deadly 2016 fire at the warehouse/DIY venue that killed 36 people and injured dozens more. According to the settlement, $23.5 million will …
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