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Tim Curry, the actor best known for playing the “sweet transvestite” Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s murderous clown Pennywise in It, died Tuesday night, as Variety reports. He was 80. No cause of death has been disclosed. Curry had lived with various ailments following a 2012 stroke. Curry’s charming swagger, golden voice, and perfect lipstick pout made him a cult-movie legend when The Rocky Horror Picture Show became a midnight-movie success in the mid-Seventies. It was a role that would follow him for the rest of his career. Nevertheless, he’d continue to play oddballs…

Listening to just a few minutes of Marrow Deep, Mastodon‘s tempestuous ninth album, it becomes clear quickly that they just don’t know how to feel anymore. The album is arriving roughly a year after the death of founding guitarist-vocalist Brent Hinds, whom they fired acrimoniously a few months earlier, as well as the death of drummer-vocalist Brann Dailor’s mother in February 2025. Writing an album under these circumstances wasn’t new to Mastodon. All but a few of the group’s albums have found Atlanta-based headbangers in throes of grief: They mourned the 2018 death of manager Nick John on their most…

From “Mamdaddy’s Little Meatball” shirts to Mamdanistan stickers, here’s where to snag these fast-selling products popping up across Etsy, Redbubble, and beyond If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. New York City is having what social media has dubbed a “generational summer.” The Knicks won in five, seesaws were installed in Herald Square, and Zohran Mamdani is mayor. Recently, Mamdani, now in his first term, reopened a playground, activated “Parents Night Out,” providing free child care to residents across the five boroughs, and has continued…

Jack White was among scores of devotees to honor the late Dolly Parton yesterday (August 25), following her death at the age of 80. After a succinct Instagram tribute—“Instant Sainthood”—White saluted the country legend by reviving his cover of “Jolene,” a cornerstone of the White Stripes live repertoire. It was his first performance of the track since the band’s split in 2007, according to setlist.fm. Watch it below.Legions of figures from the country pantheon and beyond, including many whose paths crossed with Parton’s, joined White in posting tributes after the news broke. Among them were Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire, Kacey Musgraves,…

Hope Of The States‘ Samuel J Herlihy has dropped a new solo single ‘Insignificance’ via a text-based adventure game – find out more below. The new music comes following the singer announcing last year that he would be embarking on a solo career, and dropping his first single, ‘The Entire Span of Human Existence’. He went on to play a debut solo show in London, and hinted that he had a full solo album on the way, which would be entirely self-produced and recorded on the same cassette that he used to record his first-ever songs when he was 13.…

Anderson .Paak and Cordae have announced their first collaborative album, ‘Heavy Is The Crown’. Find all the details below. The record will be released on October 23 through APESHIT, Mass Appeal and EMPIRE. A tracklist or lead single has not yet been shared, but the album is available to pre-save and pre-order here. The two artists first worked together on ‘RNP’, the track from Cordae’s Grammy-nominated 2019 debut album ‘The Lost Boy’. They later reunited on ‘Two Tens’ in 2023 and ‘Summer Drop’ in 2024, both of which taken from Cordae’s third record ‘The Crossroads’. ‘Heavy Is The Crown’ includes artwork modelled on the poster for Adam McKay’s 2008 comedy Step Brothers. The…

O livia Tiedemann gets flipped off everywhere she goes. It happens at parties, in grocery stores, even when she’s walking down the street. But it’s no sign of disrespect. The one-finger salute is her biggest calling card — a profane habit that’s built her a social media fandom 5 million followers deep.  “One time, I was walking late at night and somebody honked at me and gave me the finger. I was like ‘Yep!’ and kept walking,” Tiedemann, 29, says. “It’s how we say hello to each other at this point.”  It’s been three years since Tiedemann first posted a…

Below Deck star Nathan Gallagher admits that he’s “made mistakes” but claims to have “evidence” that will offer a different version of events that led to his arrest on domestic violence charges last December.  In a statement to Rolling Stone, Gallagher adds that his priority was his young son and finding a way to co-parent with his former partner and Below Deck cast member Gael Cameron.  Gallagher says he was speaking out now because “I don’t believe the public has heard the full story surrounding what happened,” adding that “what has been publicly reported, however, represents only one side of…

Stella Lefty has explained how Noah Kahan came to receive a songwriting credit on her hit ‘Boston’ and how the songs’ similarities came about. The track was released in March and has now climbed to a peak of Number Two on the Billboard Hot 100. For some listeners, its chorus bears a close resemblance to Kahan’s 2022 breakout hit ‘Stick Season’, and Kahan is credited as a songwriter on ‘Boston’, alongside Lefty, Grace Enger, Jacob Hindlin and Joe Reeves. Now, Lefty has spoken to Vanity Fair about how the song came about, explaining that she wrote it about her boyfriend, country musician Vincent…