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Ahead of opening statements in the Harvey Weinstein trial, which are set to begin on Wednesday, the disgraced movie mogul’s attorneys hinted at how they planned to try to discredit witnesses who have accused Weinstein of sexual assault and prove the encounters were consensual, The New York Times reports. One …

Right from the start, Norman Greenbaum had a good feeling about “Spirit in the Sky.” “At first the record company said, ‘Gee, they don’t play anything like this on Top 20,’” the singer-songwriter tells Rolling Stone of his immortal boogie-rock anthem. “But obviously they were wrong. We always knew it …

UPDATE: HBO Max has acquired U.S. rights to Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s On the Record, following the documentary’s premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. “Kirby and I are so proud to be teaming with HBO Max to give this film the outstanding platform it deserves and can’t wait …

Bill Cosby has appealed his 2018 conviction for sexual assault to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The filing comes one month after a three-judge panel on the Pennsylvania Superior Court voted unanimously against a separate appeal, in which Cosby claimed he had been denied a fair …

Ethan Russell remembers getting a call from writer Jonathan Cott in 1968. “He said, ‘Do you want to photograph my next interview?’” says Russell, who had at that point photographed only one band: psychedelic San Francisco band Blue Cheer. Cott’s interview happened to be with Mick Jagger for Rolling Stone. …

The fires in Australia have been raging for months, destroying 14.8 million acres, displacing thousands of families from their homes, and killing at least 20 people. Appalled by the lack of media coverage of the fires, one woman decided to raise money by offering nudes in exchange for donations to …

Michael Stipe celebrated his 60th birthday Saturday with the release of “Drive to the Ocean,” the former R.E.M. singer’s second new song in three months following a long musical dormancy. Stipe also shared the video he directed for his second-ever solo single. Like his previous track “Your Capricious Soul,” Stipe …

Most of Nirvana will reunite at The Art of Elysium’s annual Heaven Is Rock and Roll gala in Los Angeles, Saturday January 4th. Dave Grohl will perform with Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear, with additional performances by Beck, St. Vincent, Marilyn Manson, L7, Cheap Trick and Grohl’s daughter, Violet. The …

Ozzy Osbourne recreates his fight for sobriety in the new video for “Under the Graveyard,” the first single from the rocker’s forthcoming album, Ordinary Man, out next year. Directed by Jonas Akerlund, the semi-autobiographical clip stars Jack Kilmer as a young Ozzy, who, in 1979, sneaks away to a West …

For nearly three years, Stephen Miller has used his White House seat to orchestrate the most extreme anti-immigrant agenda in almost a century. But he hasn’t done it alone. A loose network of lawyers and advisers embedded throughout the Trump administration has worked closely with Miller to carry out the …