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Journalist James Verini’s new book, The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War, tells the story of Ukrainians who turned a Mariupol dramatic arts theater into a haven for refugees after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. In this excerpt, Verini tells the story of aspiring actors Liza and Dima, a young couple who coped with the war by turning it into a play — before the theater was ultimately destroyed by Russian bombs. The siege of Mariupol began as the Ukraine War began, in the predawn of Thursday, February 24 of 2022. Armored columns carrying…
If you walked anywhere near Midtown Manhattan over the last decade, you were likely bombarded with a fleet of rickshaws blasting the 2009 concrete-jungle anthem “Empire State of Mind” through makeshift speakers. To some who live here, it’s one of the reasons to avoid Times Square—that is until last week, when the New York Knicks’ playoff run ended in the city’s first NBA championship in 53 years, sending residents into the streets to hug strangers and sing Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ hit at the top of their lungs. With the song getting a fresh soundtrack-of-the-city moment, I rang up Al…
Four years after surgery for a strained vocal cord prompted Jon Bon Jovi to take a break from touring, the singer says he's ready to hit the road for Bon Jovi's upcoming Forever tour. “I'm fully recovered,” he recently told People. “It was longer than I'd ever expected, but it had to be right. We never lost faith.” Bon Jovi also had complimentary words for his bandmates, whose patience he praised. “They never doubted [me] and never looked for work or decided to retire,” he told the magazine. “The sacrifices that each one of them have made to be there…
During the storm of rumors and apparent controversy that surrounded the 2022 film Don't Worry DarlingOlivia Wilde had the urge to step in and set the record straight, but ultimately decided against it, the director shared on Call Her Daddy. “I wanted to be like, 'Can I just talk to people?'” Wilde said. “Can I just go and say like, 'That's not true?' And it was like, 'No, that won't help.' And that was really hard.” Without intervention, the speculation got a little out of hand at times. At one point during the press cycle, when the cast appeared at…
My father, the actor Henry Fonda, starred in many cowboy and Indian films. When I was a young girl, I dreamed of being an Indian galloping bareback across the prairie and gliding silently through forests, leaving no trace. My film favorites were any Westerns that had Indians in them, and yet I knew nothing about the history of North America's Indigenous peoples. That began to change in 1970, when Indigenous activists occupied Alcatraz Island. I visited with them, and soon I was learning more and more. During a cross-country drive to New York to begin filming KluteI visited reservations across…
The XXII edition of the Locus Festival, scheduled from 18 June to 2 September 2026, was presented this morning at the Presidency of the Puglia Region.With the title “Play What's Not There”inspired by a famous intuition of Miles Davis on the centenary of his birth, the festival promoted by Bass Culture confirms its international vocation and its link with the territory, proposing a program that crosses cities, villages, UNESCO sites, archaeological areas and symbolic landscapes of Puglia. International guests include David Byrne, John Legend, Johnny Marr, Marcus Miller, Skunk Anansie, Thundercat, Ezra Collective, The Orb, 2manydjs, Sébastien Tellier And Kneecapwhile…
Text and meaning of What happens in Milanthe rap excerpt shared by Rkomi on social media through a reel. At the moment there are no official announcements regarding a publication of the song on digital platforms. The content must therefore be treated for what it is: a fragment published online, with a text that reports Rkomi inside images related to Milanto Zone 4 and the years before success. Rkomi – What happens in Milan: the meaning of the song What happens in Milan opens with a question that sounds more like a provocation than a request for an answer: “What…
The full lineup for MIKE’s Young World V has been revealed. Previously announced headliners Max B and MIKE himself will be joined by Niontay, Thirteendegrees°, EristhePlanet, Salimata, and Black Noi$e at the free, all-ages event, which returns to Brooklyn’s Herbert Von King Park on July 11 as part of New York’s SummerStage series. Check out the festival flyer below.MIKE launched Young World in 2019. The festival took a break during the pandemic, and last year’s edition was abruptly canceled, with no reason given. His set this year will mark the stage debut of the Band of the Century, the live…
S layyyter used to buy into the idea of luxury as a symbol of status and style. Just a few years ago, she believed it enough to run up a credit-card charge for a designer purse straight from the retailer, even though she knew she couldn't afford it. “It fell apart within, like, a month,” Slayyyter says, lounging on a couch in New York. The 29-year-old has arrived at Rolling Stone's office in distressed cutoff denim shorts and custom boots self-designed to look like she's been trekking through sludge à la Kate Moss at Glastonbury 2005. This is more of…
On “Divine Intervention,” a cheery song about ignoring the apocalypse from the Rolling Stones' upcoming 25th album, Mick Jagger confesses he once worried enough about end times to consult a Hollywood psychic. “Through the gloom I asked her what's my future?/Well, she threw up,” he whines over Some Girls–style guitar boogie. Jagger's message in the chorus is that even when the world is ending, “dystopian values are too hot to handle, and I'm going out in a blaze.” Now that's more like it. After all, the guy who sang both “Time Is on My Side” and “Time Waits for No…
