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The Republican Party has a new enemy in Michigan, and they really want you to know his name: Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed. El-Sayed, who won the Democratic primary for Senate this week, usually goes by the much simpler “Abdul El-Sayed,” or sometimes “Dr. Abdul El-Sayed,” but it’s no mistake that immediately after his win, the National Republican Senatorial Committee reverted to using his full government name in all its first generation Egyptian-American glory. In doing so, the GOP is reverting to an old, familiar playbook: Islamophobia and fear. On Tuesday, the NRSC sent out a fundraising blast calling El-Sayed “the most…
Former Vanderpump Rules star and current Love Island USA host Ariana Madix has lost her bid to escape the invasion of privacy and revenge porn lawsuit filed by her former castmate Raquel Leviss against Madix and her ex-boyfriend, Tom Sandoval. A California appellate court sided with Leviss on Wednesday, refusing to overturn a lower court’s ruling from July 2024 that found Madix’s alleged conduct, as outlined in Leviss’ February 2024 lawsuit, was neither protected speech nor a matter of public interest. The claims against Madix center on allegations she improperly obtained and shared sexually explicit videos of Leviss that…
Jay-Z has delivered his first original rap verse in four years on a new remix of Beyoncé’s ‘Morning Dew (Donk)’ – listen below. The track was released today (August 5) as part of a four-track remix pack, with Jay’s verse coming after a reworked chorus and post-chorus. He uses the appearance to brag about his marriage to Beyoncé on lines including, “Bitch so bad, I had to give her my last name” and “We just makin’ love, we just gettin’ rich“. The original ‘Morning Dew (Donk)’ was surprise released on July 4, making it Beyoncé’s first new song in two years. It is set to feature on the upcoming 20th anniversary reissue…
Koe Wetzel took a spin through the final mix of “Jaded” and smiles. “Yeah, for sure,” he says to his producer. The east Texas troubadour has been teasing the song almost from the moment he released The Night Champion in June, and for good reason: His favorite duet partner is back. Ella Langley, whose twangy “Choosin’ Texas” has been making history on the charts all summer long, collaborated with Wetzel on “Jaded,” a funky disco two-step tale of two lovers both wanting to know how the other became so jaded. The single drops on Friday via Columbia Records. “Jaded” marks…
U2 have shared the re-written lyrics to ‘Beautiful Day’ that Bono and The Edge wrote for Glen Hansard’s funeral yesterday (August 4). The Oscar-winning star of Once, frontman of The Frames and one half of The Swell Season died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin on July 29. He was 56 years old. The funeral saw figures from across the music world assemble at Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday, including Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder, Hozier, Imelda May and his Once co-star and Swell Season bandmate Markéta Irglová. At the event, Bono played a voice message that Patti Smith had sent after hearing of Hansard’s death, in which she sang a lullaby for his family. He then delivered the re-written ‘Beautiful…
Smith’s fifth studio album arrives on Aug. 21 Sam Smith has released “When He’s Gone,” the third single from their upcoming fifth album, Hazel Eyes. Listen to the bluesy lament below. The track opens with finger-picked guitar as Smith croons over a long-lost lover. As the song progresses, the guitar swells and invites the rest of a band to join in, including booming drums and a chorus of voices to bolster Smith’s signature tenor. “When he’s walking out on me, he takes everything I need,” the artist sings. “My whole world’s broken when he’s gone.” “This album explores every shade…
Perez Hilton is undergoing medical care after he appeared to physically harm himself on a TikTok livestream, his family and team confirmed in a statement. “We can confirm that Perez is receiving medical care, and our family’s focus right now is on his well-being,” a new post on the official Perez Hilton website reads. “We kindly ask that you respect Perez’s privacy, as well as the privacy of his family, during this difficult time.” The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office initially stated that Hilton was “safely recovered” and transported to a local hospital following the incident. On the evening of Aug. 4,…
Loe Shimmy was in a St. Louis hotel room, getting vitamins pumped into his arm, when he came up with one of the highest-profile songs of his career. The Florida rapper was traveling as an opener on Sexyy Red’s tour when he recorded the original version of “I’m Spent,” a woozy meditation on money and loyalty that would eventually land on Drake’s Habibti. With him in the room, Shimmy says, was a woman who kept asking him to buy her things. He turned the moment into a song. “I made it in, what, 20, 30 minutes?” Shimmy tells Rolling Stone.…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Bret Easton Ellis’s best-selling semi-autobiographical novel The Shards is coming to the small screen this week. The new series, created by TV titan Ryan Murphy, will see Igby Rigney playing a 17-year-old version of Bret during his senior year at Los Angeles’s prestigious Buckley prep school. Bret’s high school career is upended when a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory (Homer Gere), arrives on campus, and a serial killer starts targeting local teenagers. At a Glance: Where to Watch…
There’s a new class of twang overtaking country music and Braxton Keith is at the forefront. Even Post Malone has taken notice. Earlier this spring, Posty invited the Midland, Texas, singer-songwriter onstage at Stagecoach to perform not one of Malone’s songs, but Keith’s own “Cozy.” In a new interview with Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now, Keith says he first connected with the rapper turned country crossover when Malone found him online last year and sent him a direct message asking him to text back. Keith did, and Malone told him he was a fan of his music. “Little bit later, he…
