Author: Press Room
More than 40 years after Madonna lost her shoe and kicked up her skirt at the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards, the Queen of Pop is still the Queen of the VMAs. Our collective cultural understanding of what the MTV Video Music Awards represent, or at least did at a point in time, is built on the foundation of every performance Madonna delivered there. “Like a Virgin” at the first show, the “Vogue” performance that closed out the show in 1990, “Hollywood” with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera in 2003: Madonna both defined and constantly redefined the standard for a…
The once-“secret” interview at the heart of Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ murder prosecution was played for jurors Thursday, on the fourth day of his trial over the 1996 drive-by shooting of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. “Don’t bullshit me, and I won’t bullshit you all,” Davis said at the start of the meeting at his lawyer’s office in Los Angeles County on Dec. 18, 2008. He was there to possibly help himself avoid prosecution on drug charges that could put him in prison for life. “Nothing you say can be used against you,” former LAPD Det. Greg Kading told Davis,…
Trevor Nelson has revealed he was diagnosed with a brain tumour and underwent “very serious surgery”, which he said went “incredibly well”. The BBC Radio 2 and Radio 1Xtra presenter announced that he was stepping away from his work commitments in June, after a routine check-up led to further tests. At the time, Nelson did not share details of his condition, instead telling listeners that he was “concentrating on getting better” and returning to “100 per cent me”. In a new video posted on Instagram today (August 20), the DJ explained that he had decided to reveal his diagnosis after an outpouring of support from listeners and some…
“Hayden’s death remains under investigation and it is important to allow that investigation to proceed” Hayden Panettiere‘s on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson has released his first statement in wake of the 36-year-old actress’ death earlier this week. “Hayden’s death remains under investigation and it is important to allow that investigation toproceed,” an attorney for Hickerson said in a statement provided to Rolling Stone. “As has been publicly reported, police confirmed there were no signs of foul play. Out of respect for Hayden’s loved ones and the ongoing investigation, there will be no further comment at this time.” Panettiere died Sunday…
On the morning of Saturday, March 9, 2024, John “Swampy” Barnett was late. A one-time quality engineer for airplane designer and manufacturer Boeing, Barnett was a whistleblower and had filed a lawsuit accusing his former company of retaliation and a hostile work environment. The Louisiana native was staying in Charleston, South Carolina, where he and his attorneys were in the midst of a deposition with Boeing lawyers. The day before, Barnett had answered questions for a full seven hours and had asked for a break. He agreed to return the next morning. But when his attorneys Rob Turkewitz and Brian…
On the North Carolina-based band Wednesday’s excellent 2025 album Bleeds, one of the highlights was a song called “Townies.” Based in frontperson and songwriter Karly Hartzman’s vivid lyricism, it cast a stilted but darkly sympathetic look into the assholes of our past. (You’ll likely hear it live if you’re in Nashville for the band’s Nov. 2 stop on the Rolling Stone Rock Tour.) “You were 16 and bored and drunk, and they’re just townies,” Hartzman sings. She wasn’t talking about the band called Townies — yes, there is one — but the Boston-based trio paid attention anyway. On Aug. 12…
Joe Pearlman, filmmaker behind recent Robbie Williams doc, will helm the “dive deep into the pop star’s life and career” The director of the recent Robbie Williams documentary will next set his cameras on Jessica Simpson, Netflix announced Thursday. BAFTA-nominated director Joe Pearlman — who also helmed Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now, Mourinho, and Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts — will guide the Simpson doc, which arrives on Netflix in 2027. “It’s been over 20 years since Jessica Simpson invited cameras into her life with the reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica,” Netflix’s Tudum said of the…
Bleech 9:3 have shared their brooding new single ‘Figure 8’ – check it out below. The London-based Irish band released their self-titled five-song EP in May and now they have followed it up with this new track, released yesterday (August 19) via Polydor Records. ‘Figure 8’ was produced by the acclaimed producer Dan Carey (Fontaines D.C., Kae Tempest, Wet Leg) and mixed by Rich Costey, whose credits include Arctic Monkeys and Bruce Springsteen. The song sees frontman Barry ‘Baz’ Quinlan’s moody vocals jostling for supremacy with squalling, urgent guitars and a tight, propulsive rhythm. Listen to ‘Figure 8’ here: Describing the song’s origins, Quinlan has said: “‘Figure 8’…
Ten years ago, during the same week that Frank Ocean released his mixed-media tableau — the short film/album Endless, the rarefied Boys Don’t Cry zine, and his seminal album Blonde — Werner Herzog’s film Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World arrived. In the film, the German documentary filmmaker considers the heady question of what the internet might be doing to us humans. He makes contact with a community whose members swear they’re allergic to Wi-Fi. The film ominously warns of an inevitable solar flare on the scale of the 1859 Carrington Event, one that, once unleashed, would reduce…
Former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s electronic devices were seized this week in dual operations at a California airport, and his home in Washington, D.C. The Democrat, who resigned from Congress in April amid allegations of sexual misconduct and assault by multiple women, is being investigated on grounds of sexual assault. According to The Daily Mail, Swalwell was first confronted on Saturday at the San Francisco airport by FBI agents, who seized his cell phone and electronic devices. They also raided the Swalwell family home in D.C. on Sunday, removing additional property from the residence as evidence. Swalwell has not yet been…
