Ben Winston is exhausted. The television producer, who moved from the U.K. to Los Angeles six years ago to start The Late Late Show With James Corden, is a week away from executive-producing his first Grammys telecast. “I literally had two hours of sleep last night,” he tells Rolling Stone …
Read More »Sales of Dr. Seuss Books Soar Online After Cancellation Controversy
Fans of Dr. Seuss are snapping up his children’s books, a day after the author’s estate announced that it would discontinue publication of six titles that contained racist and insensitive imagery. As of Wednesday afternoon, all six books included in the announcement were sold out on sites like Amazon and …
Read More »Watch Axl Rose's Cameo Appearance on 'Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?'
Axl Rose stars as an animated version of himself on a new episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? When Fred, Velma, Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby take a road trip down historic Route 66, they encounter a mysterious group of mud men who steal the Mystery Machine. While stranded in the desert, they …
Read More »'RS Interview: Special Edition' With RZA
From a cultural standpoint, RZA‘s timing over the past year could not have been worse. On March 14th, 2020, the rapper/music producer/film director was all set to premiereCut Throat City,his third feature, at South by Southwest. Instead, lockdowns began and the film was pushed back multiple times, only to see …
Read More »'It's a Sin' Mourns the Loss and Celebrates the Lives of AIDS Victims
Late in It’s a Sin, HBO Max‘s limited series looking at the dawn of the AIDS crisis through the eyes of a group of young Londoners, a character lies on his deathbed, recalling with a smile all the parties he threw and men he slept with before he got sick. …
Read More »Robbie Robertson on How the Band Won Over Royal Albert Hall and Why 'The Weight' Is Safe With Bob Dylan
Just when you think “The Weight” has reached peak exposure in the culture, Robbie Robertson’s 1968 song — and its original recording by the Band — always manages to stage a comeback. During the past five decades, it’s repeatedly popped up in soundtracks, from Easy Rider to The Big Chill …
Read More »Republicans Know What to Do About Marjorie Taylor Greene
UPDATE: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced that Democrats will bring to the floor a resolution to strip Greene of her committee assignments. “I spoke to Leader McCarthy this morning, and it is clear there is no alternative to holding a Floor vote on the resolution to remove Rep. Greene …
Read More »Pelosi: 'The Enemy Is Within the House of Representatives'
After blasting GOP leadership for placing “QAnon congresswoman” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on the Education Committee, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said extra security resources were needed to protect some of her colleagues because “the enemy is within the House of Representatives.” Pelosi made the remarks during a Thursday news conference …
Read More »Lisa Montgomery Suffered Years of Abuse and Trauma. The United States Killed Her Anyway
Last week, while Donald Trump holed up with his shrinking circle of advisors to plan nearly 150 pardons and commutations, including many for his friends and coconspirators, his Department of Justice concluded a string of 13 federal executions — breaking a 17-year hiatus of the federal death penalty. In just …
Read More »Biden Didn't Need a Gettysburg Address, But He Could Learn a Lot From Lincoln
The first day of the Biden administration brought a sensation somewhere between satisfaction and joy. Watching the day’s ceremonies felt like a kind of cleansing, as if the patriotic emblems, rituals, and all the rest on display had had an exorcism, as if things were back to something like normal. …
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