Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours” — consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week: Scott Tobias on Peter Weir’s seafaring epic Master and Commander: The …
Read More »'Escape Room' Review: Six People, One High-Concept Horror Movie, No Exit
The premise is simple: A group of folks who don’t know each other receive a mysterious box in the mail. Inside this elaborate gift — think the Hellraiser cube, only a wee bit more benign — is an invite for a free session at an exclusive Chicago escape room. They …
Read More »Trump Lies About '10 Foot Wall' Around Obama's Home. There Isn't One
In the midst of the government shutdown over funding of President Donald Trump‘s border wall, the president tweeted a bizarre justification for wanting to build a barrier between Mexico and the United States, saying that former President Barack Obama has a “ten foot Wall” surrounding his home in Washington, D.C. …
Read More »Flashback: Men at Work's Early, Reggae-Inspired Version of 'Down Under'
Men at Work just announced their first tour in nearly 20 years, but anyone calling it a “reunion” is really stretching the definition of that word.The only member of any previous lineup returning is frontman Colin Hay, who will be joined by members of his solo band. “The set list …
Read More »Hozier Plots Spring North American Tour
Hozier announced a headlining North American tour for spring 2019. The 26-date trek launches March 10th in Buffalo, New York and wraps April 14th in Spokane, Washington. General public tickets go on sale starting Friday, December 14th at 10 a.m. local time. Each online purchase will include a CD copy …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Avengers 4,' 'GoT' Final Season Teaser, 'Captain Marvel'
This week, three major 2019 releases gave us a taste of what’s to come: We finally got a look at the last Avengers movie (or at least the last one with the original line-up); another MCU property dropped a longer, juicier trailer; and HBO’s monster-hit showed us a chilly version …
Read More »Butthole Surfers Talk New Book: 'I Regret Not Regretting a Thing'
Why would Butthole Surfers want to make a coffee table book to recount their history? Frontman Gibby Haynes’ answer is typically bizarre: “We’re all history buffs. We drink coffee. We like tables. Personally, I’m a big fan of the Cherner oval dining table. And the book wasn’t our idea.” The …
Read More »Hear the Steel Woods' Roaring Cover of Tom Petty's 'Southern Accents'
The Steel Woods pay tribute to their roots — both geographically and musically — with a new cover of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ “Southern Accents.” Released on next year’s Old News, “Southern Accents” turns Petty’s 1985 original into a Southern rock power ballad. The bridge, which the Heartbreakers treated …
Read More »'Surviving R. Kelly' Screening Canceled After Gun Threat
A private screening of Lifetime’s upcoming R. Kelly docu-series, Surviving R. Kelly, was canceled and evacuated in New York after a gun threat was called into the venue Tuesday night, Rolling Stone has learned. “At tonight’s premiere of Lifetime’s documentary series Surviving R. Kelly at NeueHouse Madison Square, several anonymous …
Read More »Jay Inslee Believes a Climate Candidate (Like Himself?) Can Beat Trump in 2020
WASHINGTON —On November 7th, the morning after the 2018 midterm elections, Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee sat in a hotel in the other Washington, the swampy one, red-eyed from a string of late-night TV appearances, picking at a plate of eggs and rehashing the huge night his party just had, …
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