Matt Damon, Jason Momoa and Claire Foy will host Saturday Night Live’s final three episodes of 2018, NBC announced. Foy, who stars opposite Ryan Gosling’s Neil Armstrong in Damien Chazelle’s biopic drama First Man, will appear during the show’s return episode on December 1st – which follows a Thanksgiving break. …
Read More »'Widows' Review: Four Women, a Heist and One Hell of a Ride
There are heist movies — and then there are heist movies directed by Steve McQueen, the incomparable artist behind 12 Years a Slave. Is the Oscar-winner slumming? Hardly. In Widows, about four Chicago women out to finish a robbery that their dead husbands barely started, the filmmaker brings everything he …
Read More »John Oliver on Fiction of Trump's 'Drain the Swamp' Pledge
One of President Trump’s key campaign promises was to “drain the swamp” of government corruption and bureaucracy – but as John Oliver argued on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, he’s instead “drained the phrase of its original meaning.” The comedian spotlighted several of the key “swamp creatures” from Trump’s cabinet, including …
Read More »Watch Borat Return to Meddle With Midterms on 'Kimmel'
Sacha Baron Cohen revived his Borat character on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday for a segment that featured the Kazakhstani journalist interviewing unsuspecting voters and meddling with the midterm elections. While canvassing a neighborhood, Borat learns that women can vote and discusses the Trump administration’s border separation policy. “We hear the …
Read More »Watch James Corden Don Kiss Makeup, Sing Old Man Version of 'Rock and Roll All Nite'
James Corden donned a flashy outfit, covered his face in makeup and tried to temper the wild and crazy tone of the signature Kiss track “Rock and Roll All Nite” during a performance with the band on The Late Late Show Monday. Corden’s middle-aged remix found him trading lyrics with …
Read More »Nicole Kidman Plays Brooding Detective in 'Destroyer' Trailer
Nicole Kidman plays a detective outrunning her demons in the new trailer for crime-thriller Destroyer. The Oscar-winning actress plays LAPD investigator Erin Bell in two timelines: as a young, idealistic cop working undercover with a gang in the California desert; and years later, as a grizzled veteran, working through her …
Read More »Apparently Jared Kushner Doesn't Pay Income Taxes Either
President Donald Trump‘s son-in-law and close advisor Jared Kushner likely paid zero dollars in federal income taxes between 2009 and 2016,new documents obtained by theNew York Timesreveal. Kushner used a “common tax-minimizing maneuver,”Times reporters Jesse Drucker and Emily Flitter wrote, to make it look like his company was losing money …
Read More »Does 'A Star Is Born' Hate Pop Music?
On the new episode of our podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now, we dig deep into the music movie of the year, A Star Is Born.To hear the entire discussion, press play below or download and subscribe oniTunesorSpotify. Will Lady Gaga win an Oscar for her revelatory performance, and what will …
Read More »Revisiting Hours: 'The Manchurian Candidate' and Our Era of Perpetual War
Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie that’s 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 Jonathan Demme‘s 2004 remake of The Manchurian …
Read More »How Puerto Rican Producer Tainy Became an Architect of Modern Reggaeton
Turn on any Latin pop radio station, and you’re almost certain to hear Bad Bunny‘s new single “Estamos Bien,” an emphatic track with a gloriously idiosyncratic beat. Yet even more popular with programmers is “No Es Justo,” an airy reggaeton single featuring J Balvin and Zion & Lennox. And still …
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