David Lander, the comic actor best known for playing “Squiggy” on Laverne & Shirley, has died at the age of 73 following a decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis. The actor’s family confirmed to Variety that Lander died Friday evening at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife Kathy by …
Read More »'Human Highway': Piecing Together the Great CSNY Album That Never Was
For those who still scan liner notes in the streaming era, one credit on Neil Young’s new ArchivesVol. II box — “Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young: Vocals” — will be both familiar and intriguing. The sight of those names on the collection, which dives into Young’s 1972–1976 work, is hardly …
Read More »Dolly Parton Donation Helps Fund Moderna Covid Vaccine Research
Dolly Parton has reaffirmed her living-saint status with the news on Tuesday that she may be partly responsible for helping supply some hope during the Covid-19 pandemic. In April, the Country Music Hall of Fame member donated $1 million to Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center toward Covid-19 research, funding that, …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Bridgerton,' 'The Comeback Trail,' 'The Stand-In,' and More
Bridgerton Shonda Rhimes has arrived on Netflix. Leaving behind the ER and Amerian politics, her new show takes us to Regency-era England during the “social season” for those of high society. Young ladies are coming of age and entering the marriage market while suitors vie for their attention, promising plenty …
Read More »Becky G: From Pop Star to People's Champion
At the onset of 2020, everything was coming up Becky G. Nearly a decade after she signed a record deal with Sony Music, the now-23-year-old Chicana pop starlet had finally released her full-length debut on Sony Latin, Mala Santa, in October of 2019. A Spanish-language jaunt through pop, reggaeton, and …
Read More »Watch Bernie Sanders Eerily Predict Our Tangled Election Results
Late last month, Bernie Sanders was one of many people urging caution about election night 2020, and on The Tonight Show, he gamed out nearly the exact scenario that’s playing out now, as mail-in ballots continue to be counted in several key swing states. On October 23rd, Sanders noted that …
Read More »Illegal Marijuana Grows Still Operating on Navajo Land, Despite Court Order
This story was originally published bySearchlight New Mexico and is published here as part of an ongoing collaboration with Rolling Stone. FARMINGTON, NM — Three weeks ago, city police and San Juan County sheriff’s deputies got a tip about a man moving a truckload of marijuana into a budget motel …
Read More »Cori Bush on Black Lives Matter, Ferguson, and Her Mission in Congress
Cori Bush never wanted to be a politician. She watched her dad, a mayor and city councilman, work long, thankless hours doing it. Instead, she became a nurse, a pastor, and later, an activist in Ferguson, Missouri, after the police killing of Michael Brown. It was in Ferguson that Bush …
Read More »Borat 'Defends' Rudy Giuliani's Honor After Embarrassing Film Scene
Sacha Baron Cohen released a new video as Borat “defending” Rudy Giuliani after news emerged about a scene in Borat Subsequent Moviefilmin which President Trump’s personal attorney appears to start touching himself. The scene occurs toward the end of Baron Cohen’s Borat sequel (out Friday, October 23rd, via Amazon Studios), …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi on the Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
When America lost Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the world lost a symbol of justice, brilliance, and goodness. She was petite in size, but monumental in impact. Her passing is an incalculable loss for our democracy and for all who strive to build a better future for our children. Justice Ginsburg …
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