Following a Lollapalooza festival where attendees were required to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test, Live Nation announced Friday that they will allow touring artists to choose whether to implement similar mandates for their upcoming concerts. In a companywide email to employees obtained by Rolling Stone, CEO …
Read More »See Mary Elizabeth Winstead Kick Ass Through Tokyo in First 'Kate' Trailer
In Birds of Prey, Mary Elizabeth Winstead played Huntress (a.k.a. the crossbow killer), wilding out alongside Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, and now she’s back with some extreme John Wick-ish fight choreography in Kate. Check out the first trailer that we’re debuting exclusively here. Directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, the movie follows …
Read More »How a HBCU Track Team Made It to the Olympics
Over the past year, North Carolina A&T State University’s track team has been making history for their record breaking performances. The men and women’s team are the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to rank in the top 5 of the NCAA Division I Championships. The men’s 4x400m relay …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Plans Extras-Packed 'No More Tears' Reissue for 30th Anniversary
Ozzy Osbourne will commemorate the 30th anniversary of his mega-selling No More Tears album with a special vinyl reissue and by releasing nearly a dozen rare tracks to streaming services for the first time. The upgraded digital release will come out on September 17th, the date of the original release. …
Read More »'Blind Landing' Podcast Examines One of the Olympics' Worst Mistakes
Part of the tension of watching the Olympics is knowing a single misstep could cost an athlete the competition — or sometimes, worse. During the women’s gymnastics vault event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 18-year-old U.S. National Champion Elise Ray came inches from sustaining life-threatening injuries when she sprinted down …
Read More »At Age 80, George Clinton Announces His Un-Retirement – and a Verzuz Episode
In 2019, George Clinton embarked upon what was supposed to be afarewell tourwith Parliament-Funkadelic, but when he recently sat down for a new episode of The Rolling Stone Interview, he made it clear he’s changed his mind. “I’m gonna pull back from that,” says Clinton, who celebrated his 80th birthday …
Read More »Podcaster Ashley Flowers Launches Nonprofit to Fund DNA Testing in Cold Cases
Thanks to recent advances in DNA technology, there are more routes than ever to catching a violent criminal. In 2020, the FBI released results of a study that showed the M-Vac, a wet vacuum machine, was more effective than standard swabs at collecting DNA from surfaces like wood or the …
Read More »'Wu-Tang: An American Saga' Sets Season 2 Premiere Date
Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Hulu’s series about the birth of the Staten Island hip-hop collective, will return to the streaming service for its second season this September. The 10-episode Season One premiered on Hulu in September 2019. The second season kicks off two years later on September 8th with the …
Read More »Angus Young, Judas Priest Remember Bon Scott on What Would Have Been AC/DC Singer's 75th Birthday
Friday, July 9th marks what would have been Bon Scott’s 75th birthday, and to celebrate the occasion, the late AC/DC singer’s estate has launched the first official website honoring Scott’s legacy. In a statement, the Bon Scott estate — the singer’s two brothers and nephew — called the website “an …
Read More »Inside the Shadowy Industry Where the Uber-Rich Pay Millions to Hide Trillions
Chuck Collins has the rare distinction of becoming a member of the 0.01 percent and then leaving the ranks of the uber-wealthy — by choice. An heir to the Oscar Mayer fortune, he came into a substantial sum of money in his 20s and decided to give almost all of …
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