Warner Bros. announced Thursday that the studio’s entire slate of 2021 films — including blockbusters like Dune, The Matrix 4, Godzilla vs. Kong, and a LeBron James-starring Space Jam sequel — will premiere on HBO Max on the same day as their planned theatrical release. The streaming service operates under …
Read More »Jimmy Fallon Spoofs Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' Doc With the Roots, Chris Martin
Jimmy Fallon tapped the Roots and Coldplay’s Chris Martin for a parody of Taylor Swift’s new film, Folklore: The Long Studio Pond. In the bit — dubbed, Fallonlore: The 30 Rock Sessions — Fallon pretended that, back in May, he started writing an album in quarantine and that he enlisted …
Read More »A Tortured Guantánamo Detainee Fights for Freedom in 'The Mauritanian' Trailer
Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Tahar Rahim star in the new trailer for The Mauritanian, which is based on the true story of Guantánamo detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi. The film is set to arrive on February 19th, 2021. Rahim stars as Slahi, who spent 14 years in Guantánamo, suspected of …
Read More »How Will Biden Address the Surging Opioid Epidemic?
When President-elect Joe Biden enters office, he will inherit two public health crises: the coronavirus, which continues to spread and fill hospitals throughout the country, and the resurgent opioid drug epidemic, which continues to plague American families. The American Medical Association warned in October that “the nation’s opioid epidemic has …
Read More »Alanis Morissette Covers John Lennon, Yoko Ono's 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)' in Bed-In Video
Alanis Morissette has dropped a cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1971 classic “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” along with an accompanying video. In the Victor Indrizzo-directed video, Morissette and her family recreate their own bed-in, mirroring Lennon and Ono’s, with their own handwritten “Bed Peace” sign taped behind …
Read More »How Lindsay Lohan Did a Bizarre TikTok Ad for a Gen Z Video Chat App
In the Year of Our Lord 2020, the news cycle has been something like a game of demented Mad Libs, with each day bringing with it an absurdist new twist: if a well-respected CNN legal analyst isn’t getting fired for exposing himself on a Zoom call, then the Trump team …
Read More »RS Charts: Billie Eilish's 'Therefore I Am' Takes Number One on RS 100
Billie Eilish’s new song, “Therefore I Am,” cruised to the top of the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, for the week of November 13th through 19th. The track debuted at Number One with a whopping 19.1 million song streams, and comes almost exactly one year after Eilish scored her …
Read More »Elvis Costello Releases New '(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?' Video
Following the release of Elvis Costello’s massive Armed Forces reissue, the singer has shared an updated video for one of the album’s standout tracks, “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?” The new visual for the 1979 track features artwork by both Costello and the late graphic designer Barney …
Read More »Chris Young, Kane Brown Celebrate Their Roots in New Song 'Famous Friends'
Chris Young and Kane Brown team up for a new track that highlights the country singers’ real-life friendship and Tennessee roots. Titled “Famous Friends,” the track is Young’s latest release from an upcoming album project. Written by Young with Cary Barlowe and Corey Crowder, the guitar-driven tune plays up both …
Read More »Nile Rodgers on 'A Love Supreme': 'It Felt Like I Was Getting a Look Into Coltrane's Soul'
Nile Rodgers still remembers the first time he heard what would become his favorite album of all time: John Coltrane‘s A Love Supreme. The guitarist grew up in what he describes as a “jazz household” in New York’s Greenwich Village, and one day, his stepfather came home with the deeply …
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