What happens when the family that has everything loses it all and is forced to start over… in a town called Schitt’s Creek… without a paddle. That’s the premise of Schitt’s Creek, the slow-simmering sleeper hit created by Eugene Levy and his son, Daniel, which is now in Season Five. …
Read More »Stephen Malkmus' Excellent Electronic Adventure
Last year, Stephen Malkmus and his band the Jicks released a great indie-rock album called Sparkle Hard, drawing some of his best reviews in years. Turns out that was only a warm-up for Groove Denied, the trippy electronic solo excursion he’s releasing in March. For longtime fans, the new LP …
Read More »Revisiting Hours: Murder, Sexism and the Nightly News — 'To Die For'
Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie 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: Amy Nicholson on Gus Van Sant‘s media-saturation satire To Die For. …
Read More »The Who Plot Symphonic U.S. Arena Tour, New Studio Album for 2019
When Pete Townshend’s management team came to him with a lucrative offer from Live Nation to spend much of 2019 on the road with the Who, he said he’d only agree to it under a single condition. “I said I was not going to sign any contracts unless we have …
Read More »Amy Klobuchar Is Ready for the Next Heated Senate Confirmation Hearings
WASHINGTON — Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is in the middle of moving offices. The art is being taken off the walls and boxed up, but that hasn’t stopped the Minnesota senator from entertaining guests. A little silver tray with paper cups sat ready and waiting Thursday afternoon — a testament …
Read More »Paul McCartney's Lost 'Bruce McMouse Show' Film Heading to Theaters
Paul McCartney‘s never-before-seen film, The Bruce McMouse Show, will play in select theaters around the world January 21st. The fabled project is a concert film crossed with an animated feature that centers around McCartney and Wings meeting Bruce McMouse, an animated mouse impresario. A teaser for the film is available …
Read More »Why Michael Cohen's Sentencing Docs Are Huge Trouble for Trump
Michael Cohen is likely headed to prison. And Donald Trump is in danger of joining him. There are two big takeaways from the criminal sentencing memos released Friday for Cohen — the president’s former lawyer and fixer — by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and by the United States Attorney’s Office …
Read More »R. Kelly's Ex-Wife on Gun Threat at Doc Screening: 'They Just Put Gasoline on a Fire'
Around 20 minutes into Tuesday night’s screening for Lifetime’s upcoming R. Kelly documentaryat New York’s NeueHouse Madison Square, the house lights came up as the film, Surviving R. Kelly, abruptly turned off. Approximately 100 people, including seven survivors who appear in the movie, had filled the room to see an …
Read More »Trump Kicks Off the Week With Some Light Witness Tampering
President Trump’s trip to Argentina for the G-20 summit was relatively subdued. He bailed on a press conference “out of respect for the Bush Family.” He refrained from bro-ing out with Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. He dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping. But on Monday …
Read More »Michelle Obama Tells Colbert, 'There Wasn't Any Room for Anybody in Our Administration to Be Indicted'
Former first lady Michelle Obama appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Friday as part of her Becoming book tour, where the conversation ranged from how she adjusted to living in the White House under Secret Service protection to how Barack proposed (it was during a fight). During the …
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