Actor Travis Fimmel discusses the monotony of milking cows, mortifying auditions and more in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s “The First Time” video interview series. The Vikings star grew up on a cattle farm in Australia, started helping out as soon as he was old enough, but quickly grew …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The main job of your phone, tablet, or computer’s case it keeping it protected from damage, but that doesn’t mean it has to be boring. Casetify has an …
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Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s “WAP” returned to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, earning 43.6 millions streams. The collaboration debuted at Number One two weeks ago before briefly ceding the top spot to Drake and Lil Durk’s “Laugh Now Cry Later.” Drake’s single fell …
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Jean-Claude Van Damme takes his limber dance moves to a parking lot and the desert in the new music video for French duo AaRON’s “Ultrarêve.” The dance-rock group, which previously recruited John Malkovich for their similarly quirky 2015 video “Blouson Noir,” said the Belgian action star initially reached out to …
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HeadCount, the non-profit group that promotes voter registration through music and the arts, has launched a virtual HeadCount Festival Challenge this year with participating events and organizers, including Coachella, Electric Forest, Bonnaroo and more than a dozen others. Each festival has agreed to promote online voter registration via social media …
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Trevor Noah examined the police shooting of Jacob Blake — as well as the non-violent arrest of a gunman accused of shooting protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin — on Wednesday’s The Daily Show. “Why do some people get shot seven times in the back, while other people are treated like human …
Read More »Inside TikTok's Hidden Hit Machine
This spring, Curtis Waters was bored out of his mind in quarantine in North Carolina. So he did what millions of other teens and young adults in America were doing: He went on TikTok. The 20-year-old indie-pop singer and his brother made a goofy dance video to Waters’ vibey tune …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne: 'If the President Says Something, I Do the Opposite'
While appearing on his SiriusXM channel Ozzy’s Boneyard, Ozzy Osbourne encouraged listeners to wear a mask and practice social distancing. “Wear a mask, wash hands, social distance,” he told co-host Billy Morrison. “I don’t go anywhere. If the president says something, I do the opposite. He changes his mind every …
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One of the joys of Amanda Shires‘ freewheeling livestream series “I So Lounging” is her all-over-the-map choice of cover songs. She’s tackled songs by everyone from Derek and the Dominoes and Bon Iver to Radiohead. Last week, she and husband Jason Isbell dipped into Aerosmith’s Nineties catalog with a version …
Read More »Watch the Chicks Sing 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at the 2020 DNC
The Chicks remotely performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, closing out the event. The last time the band performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” for a large audience, it was back in January 2003 for Super Bowl XXXVII, about a month and a half before …
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