A Pennsylvania jury foundBill Cosbyguiltyof drugging and sexually molesting a womanon Thursday, per the Associated Press. The comedian was being retried after his initial trial ended with deadlocked jury last June. Cosby was found guilty on all three counts of indecent aggravated assault against Andrea Constand in 2004: penetration with …
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Father John Misty has shared his disorienting new video for “Mr. Tillman,” the first single off his upcoming new album God’s Favorite Customer. Just as the song’s lyrics zero in on the singer’s unpleasant experience at a hotel, the “Mr. Tillman” video is likeThe Shining meets “Hotel California,” as Father …
Read More »How 'Cobra Kai' Brought 'The Karate Kid' Roaring Back to Life
In September 2016, William Zabka – best known for portraying quintessential 1980s teen movie villain Johnny Lawrence in the original TheKarate Kid– was summoned to his favorite Mexican restaurant in L.A. The reason: A mysterious meeting with three young comedy writers who had found big success in recent years with …
Read More »5 Key Questions Raised by the Redacted Comey Memos
The Justice Department on Thursday released James Comey’scontemporaneous memos of the meetings and phone calls he had with President Donald Trump in the days and weeks after Trump’s stunning election victory. The document dump was not a viral marketing stunt for Comey’s new book, A Higher Loyalty– the DOJ provided …
Read More »How to Destroy an AR-15
Dick’s Sporting Goods has infuriated the NRAbyopting to destroy its remaining stock of assault-style rifles and accessories. Dick’s removed the firearms from the shelves of its 35 Field & Stream stores in February, after 17 people were killed and 17 more wounded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, …
Read More »Travers on 'Godard Mon Amour': Biopic Won't Exactly Leave You Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard is one of the founders of the French New Wave – and, at 87, he’s still kicking at the limits lesser intellects erect around cinema. (His new film, a video essay called Le Livre d’Image, will compete at Cannes in May). Now Michel Hazanavicius, director of 2011’s Oscar-winningsalute …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music
Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his album,DAMN., becoming the first non-classical or jazz artist to receive the honor. The Pulitzer board announced the selection on Monday, calling the 2017 LP“a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes …
Read More »Read The Cars' Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speeches
After a touching induction speech by the Killers’ Brandon Flowers, the members of the Cars ascended the stage in Cleveland to accept their place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band’s inclusion in the institution has been a long time coming, as they were first eligible for …
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For his first feature story in Rolling Stone, Nathaniel Rateliff did not just sit down for an interview. The singer, songwriter and leader of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats sat for a few of them – over drinks, at dinner, between band rehearsals and even while waiting at traffic …
Read More »How 2018 ACM Awards Will Adapt to Las Vegas After Route 91 Shooting
It’s been more than six months since a gunman opened fire on a crowd of country music fans at the Route 91 Harvest festival, killing 58 people and injuring more than 500, but that date of October 1st still hovers over Las Vegas. It remains an open wound, something woven …
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