Jonathan Majors’ criminal domestic violence trial is set to start on Wednesday, when a judge is expected to determine if the Marvel star’s ex-girlfriends’ testimonies of alleged physical and/or emotional abuse will be unsealed and admitted into court, Rolling Stone has learned. Majors was arrested in New York in March …
Read More »'The Masked Singer' Reveals 'Vanderpump Rules' Supervillain
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Masked Singer. Before this week’s unveiling on The Masked Singer, some fans had already suspected Vanderpump Rules antagonist Tom Sandoval. In recent episodes, Sandoval pelted viewers with hints like “everyone’s favorite person to hate” and a “scapegoat for every bad …
Read More »Penn & Teller on Giving Up Guns and Why Trump Is 'The End of America'
When you tell folks you’re going to interview legendary magicians Penn & Teller, someone is liable to ask: “How are you going to do that? Does Teller even talk?” If you have more than a passing knowledge of the pair — who have been hosting the magic game show Fool …
Read More »'Cocaine Bear' Creators Release 'Maximum Rampage Edition': Here's Where to Find the Film Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. After it blew away the competition at the box office, Cocaine Bear, the Elizabeth Banks-directed blockbuster starring Keri Russell, has finally roared onto streaming services following its successful …
Read More »Little Richard's Ugly Exploitation by the Music Industry Is Laid Bare
The Columbusing of Black excellence by white opportunists has long been prevalent in popular culture — never more so than in the realm of music, where everything from Elvis’ hip-shaking to Miley’s twerking have been erroneously attributed. For decades, Black music was ghettoized, pushed into the shadows. It didn’t matter …
Read More »Olivia Colman Questions a Mother's Nature in 'The Lost Daughter'
“Once,” writes Elena Ferrante in her 2006 novel The Lost Daughter, “I had a very closeup view of what it means to be in love, the powerful and joyous irresponsibility that it unleashes.” In the span of a sentence, Ferrante — in the voice of heroine Leda Caruso — renders …
Read More »Why 'Nightmare Alley' Is One Gorgeous, Bleak American Dream Flameout
You may remember that Guillermo del Toro’s last film — the strange, somewhat surprisingly Oscar-laden adult fairytale The Shape of Water — ended, appropriately, in water: a plunging turquoise expanse, an eternal resting place for two doomed, sinking, but finally unencumbered lovers. His latest film, however, begins on literal fire, …
Read More »'Rust' Gaffer Sues Producers, Alec Baldwin After Halyna Hutchins Death
The chief of lighting on Rust filed a negligence lawsuit Wednesday against the film’s producers — including Alec Baldwin — as well as the assistant director and armorer at the center of the investigation into the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Serge Svetnoy filed his complaint Wednesday in Los …
Read More »Jared Leto Transforms Into Vampire Anti-Hero in Second 'Morbius' Trailer
Marvel has dropped the second trailer for Morbius, which arrives in theaters on Jan. 28. The trailer showcases Jared Leto as Dr. Michael Morbius, who goes missing for two months, only to be found in a container ship. His reemergence finds him with increased speed and a form of “bat …
Read More »'Colin in Black & White': Football's Most Controversial Player Adds Shades of Gray to His Story
“When I was in high school, I felt a lot of emotions,” Colin Kaepernick explains late in the six-episode run of the new Netflix miniseries Colin in Black & White, in which the former NFL quarterback revisits his life as a teenager, where he’s played by actor Jaden Michael. The …
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