Violence sprung from violence following the police shooting of 29-year-old black man Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Sunday when an Illinois teen was arrested and charged with first-degree homicide. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, reportedly traveled to Wisconsin to “protect” local businesses in the midst of anti-police brutality protests; he has been …
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UPDATE: Following a meeting Thursday morning, NBA players in the “bubble” outside Disney World decided to resume the playoffs, ESPN reports. However, Thursday’s games will be postponed, and while no restart date was announced, it is expected that players will return to the court Friday or Saturday. NBA players decided …
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WASHINGTON — Larry Kudlow, the top economic adviser to President Trump, used his remarks during the second night of 2020 Republican convention to give a master class in misdirection and revisionist history. It’s hard to know which portion of Kudlow’s speech to single out first for fact-checking, but perhaps the …
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When Selena Gomez and K-Pop supergroup Blackpink drop their much-anticipated single “Ice Cream,” music fans will be able to get a literal scoop of it as well as an auditory one. Gomez announced Monday that through a new investment in ice cream brand Serendipity — which owns popular New York …
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Trump’s senior campaign adviser Jason Miller said the president “has a very good track record of hiring excellent people” and somehow kept a straight face while uttering the absurd comments. Miller was put on the spot by NBC News’ Chuck Todd on Meet the Press Sunday morning. Todd asked the …
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For a long time, Tim McGraw thought he could benefit from taking six months off. Even before music became his career, he had always had a job; when country stardom took over, his workload only increased. He was perpetually on the road, supporting his albums and hits like “My Best …
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With Sam Rockwell voicing the title role of a 400-pound silverback gorilla and fellow Oscar winner Angelina Jolie joining the fun as an elephant named Stella, this CGI/live-action combo sounds like a raucous good time for kids of all ages. Right? Only it isn’t raucous…not really. Based on Katherine Applegate’s …
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Tears for Fears‘ third album, 1989’s The Seeds of Love — which contained the hits “Sowing the Seeds of Love” and “Woman in Chains” — will be expanded into a five-disc box set this fall. The record was one of the band’s most ambitious studio outings, as it followed up …
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Back in March, before Covid-19 put a hold on live music, Phoebe Bridgers participated in Versus Creative’s 50on50, a series where musicians perform for small crowds in stadium-sized venues. For their installment, Bridgers and her band performed “ICU” and “Halloween,” two songs off her latest album Punisher, for a tiny …
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Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. Drew Parker, “While You’re Gone” …
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