Additional information appended. Something most people don’t know about Michael Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, is that he’s also currently representing a Ukrainian oligarch whose name is often linked to one of the most powerful mobsters in the world. For the past four years, Davis — a 72-year-old former special counsel …
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30 years later, 1988 still stands as rap’s greatest year. The lyrical molotovs of Nation of Millions andStraight Outta Compton, the post-modern (and pre-lawsuit) free-for-all of sampling, the national spotlight of a new show called Yo! MTV Raps and much more. To celebrate 30 years, Rolling Stone’s Best of ’88 …
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It’s been 16 years since Interpol released their celebrated debut, Turn on the Bright Lights, and judging from their latest record, it seems a few of those lights may need replacing. Much of Marauder, the group’s sixth full-length, is “Interpol by Numbers”: a little understated guitar here, a stabby, Peter …
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Most people know Michael Nesmith as the Monkee in the green wool hat who wrote some of their greatest songs (“Listen to the Band,” “Circle Sky”) and sat out most of their reunion tours. Others know him as a businessman who helped inspire the creation of MTV, or as the …
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At a recent event, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared before a banner reading “Promises Made. Promises Kept.” If the slogan sounds familiar, it’s because President Trump has been previewing it as a re-election catchphrase. Tuesday morning, Trump took to Twitter and accused De Blasio of thievery: Trump …
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The lineup scheduled to grace the stage at Radio City Music Hall on Monday night is supposed to be the stuff of fantasy: Madonna, Logic, Post Malone, Travis Scott, Cardi B, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj, to start. Other attendees and presenters whose names have slowly trickled in …
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“Beatlemania is a temporary state of mind that can only be accurately described by the state of one under its influence.” This snippet from an old news report was re-broadcast earlier this summer on SiriusXM’s “The Beatles Channel.” Once the phrase “temporary” is removed, it serves as a mission statement …
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Aretha Franklin, who died on August 16th at age 76, recorded more than 40 full-length albums in her six-decade career. It’s a deep catalog, crowded with indisputable classics and hidden gems. Rolling Stone’s music staff is paying its R.E.S.P.E.C.T.s to the Queen with tributes to our favorite Aretha LPs. Next …
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John Silva (Mark Wahlberg) is intense. How intense, you ask? This C.I.A. operative, the leader of an eliter-than-elite unit known as “Ground Branch,” is the sort of gentleman who does “the world’s hardest puzzles” (1,000 pieces, all plain white) to unwind. He snaps a rubber band on his wrist so …
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President Trump’s Cabinet members have a habit of doing all they can to undermine the mission of the agency they’ve been tapped to lead. OMB Director and acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney has practically dismantled the entire latter office, and is currently looking to end safeguards protecting …
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