Here’s everything you need to know about It: Chapter Two, the sequel to the 2017 adaptation of Stephen King‘s epic coming-of-age horror story. It is long. Very long. It is a much better movie than the first one. The kids have been de-aged in flashbacks to resemble their youthful selves …
Read More »Ariana Grande Sues Forever 21 for $10 Million
She didn’t want it; they didn’t get it. Ariana Grande is suing clothing retailer Forever 21 for allegedly using her name and likeness without permission to sell new merchandise. The singer is asking for $10 million for the supposed misappropriation, according to Reuters. In paperwork filed in Los Angeles federal …
Read More »The Radical Kindness of 'Steven Universe'
The title character of Steven Universe is an adolescent boy who, over the course of the Cartoon Network series’ first five seasons, developed the ability to fly, to conjure an impenetrable pink shield out of thin air, to use his saliva to heal injuries short of death (and sometimes beyond), …
Read More »'The Mandalorian': See First Trailer for Disney+ 'Star Wars' Series
The long-awaited first trailer for The Mandalorian, the Star Wars franchise’s upcoming Disney+ series, was unveiled during Disney’s D23 conference Friday. The series arrives on the streaming service on November 12th. “After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in theStar Warsuniverse.The Mandalorian is set after the …
Read More »Young Thug Never Stopped Believing in Himself (Even If You Did)
Young Thug wants to talk about faith. More specifically, he wants to talk about the faith that we should have in him, the kind he’s always had in himself. At numerous points during our phone conversation, he dances around the low points of the last few years and the arrests, …
Read More »How One Border Agent's Hateful Career Finally Came to an End
It was late November 2017, and Matthew Bowen, a veteran Border Patrol agent, was seething. A fellow Border Patrol agent in Texas had just been found dead in the field, and Bowen was certain someone who’d been crossing the border illegally was responsible for murdering him. “Snuffed out by some …
Read More »How to Navigate the Wild World of Weed Pens
There are a ton of ways to consume weed in 2019. But if you’re looking for a covert way to get high on the go — at a friend’s wedding, on a road trip with your new boyfriend’s family, in the lobby of the AMC cinema before a matinee — …
Read More »Hear Lana Del Rey Cover Donovan's 'Season of the Witch' in 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' Trailer
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the upcoming film produced by Guillermo del Toro, will feature Lana Del Rey‘s new cover of Donovan’s 1966 folk-rock hit “Season of the Witch.” A snippet of the cover can be heard in the latest trailer for the film, while the song’s full …
Read More »'CMA Fest' 2019 TV Special: 6 Must-See Performances
CMA Fest has already announced its dates for 2020 — June 4th through 7th, if you’re curious — but country-music fans can relive this past June’s massive festival in Nashville with ABC’s three-hour concert special, hosted by Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini. Premiering, Sunday, August 4th, at 8:00 p.m. ET, …
Read More »How Petra Collins and Billie Eilish Subverted Female Pop Star Expectations for Their First 'Rolling Stone' Cover
Petra Collins first encountered Billie Eilish when she saw the pop star’s Calvin Klein campaign. “She spoke about what clothes mean to her and how they’re like a shield,” the photographer, director and artist, says. In the video, Eilish specified that she wore baggy clothes to keep her body — …
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