“Hot Girl Summer,” a boisterous collaboration between Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj, debuted at Number One on the RS 100 this week with 17.8 million streams in the period of August 9th to August 15th. “Hot Girl Summer” started as a meme before transforming into a song with help …
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A year after Aretha Franklin‘s death, a fund backed the singer’s estate has been launched to help research the rare form of pancreatic cancer the Queen of Soul suffered from. Franklin died in August 2018 after a battle with a neuroendocrine tumor (NET) on the pancreas, a form of cancer …
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Westworld offered a mysterious glimpse into its upcoming third season Saturday during HBO‘s Comic-Con panel in San Diego. With Season 3 not scheduled to premiere until 2020, the latest trailer is vague on plot but offers a parade of intriguing images, including Thandie Newton’s Maeve beating up Nazis in a …
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Five years after its final episode aired, the soundtrack to Lilyhammer has been released. Scored by Steven Van Zandt — who starred as mobster Frank “The Fixer” Tagliano who flees to Norway under the Witness Protection Program — the expansive soundtrack has been released in two volumes. The first is …
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The Bird and the Bee — the duo of singer Inara George and producer Greg Kurstin — have tapped Beck for a delightfully campy cover of Van Halen‘s “Hot for Teacher.” The track will appear on the Bird and the Bee’s upcoming covers album, Interpreting the Masters: A Tribute to …
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The ladies of Litchfield prison try to carve out the best possible future they can in the trailer for the final season of Orange Is the New Black, which premieres July 26th on Netflix. Much of the clip focuses on Piper (Taylor Schilling) as she tries to adjust to life …
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Matt Damon and Christian Bale star as two racing legends tasked with helping the Ford Motor Company end Ferrari’s reign in the first trailer for Ford V Ferrari. The film, directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line, Logan), is “based on the remarkable true story of the visionary American car …
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Call it a meme, call it a gimmick song, but “Old Town Road” is the gift that keeps on giving. On Thursday, a video surfaced on Twitter of Lil Nas X performing his runaway hit to a gymnasium full of elementary school kids, who promptly lost their collective minds and …
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In the latest episode of our podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now, Stephen Malkmus breaks down his new solo album, Groove Denied — which combines digital experimentation with some more traditionally Malkmus-ian moments — and touches on many other topics. Most notably, he hints that another Pavement reunion is back in …
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Cardi B leads the nominations for the 2019 BET Awards, with seven nominations total. The Bronx rapper’s nods include two nominations for Video of the Year – “Money” and “Please Me” with Bruno Mars – as well as Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, Best Collaboration (for both “Please Me” with Mars …
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