“I used to be a lot of things,” Army wife Jenny (Faith Alabi) admits. “Then I stopped being a lot of things. Truth is, I don’t know who I am anymore.” Jenny’s dilemma is one that applies to every character in We Are Who We Are, a lyrical coming-of-age drama …
Read More »Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh Says He Nearly Died From Covid-19
Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh spent 18 days at L.A.’s Cedar-Sinai hospital battling Covid-19 in June, he revealed in a harrowing interview with the Los Angeles Times. Mothersbaugh thinks he may have contracted the virus in late May while working near strangers at Mutato, his music production company. He dismissed early …
Read More »ABC to Air 'Black Panther,' Chadwick Boseman Tribute Special Tonight
Marvel Studios and ABC will celebrate the life of Chadwick Boseman Sunday night, August 30th, with the network television debut of Black Panther followed by a tribute special to the late actor. Black Panther will air commercial-free on the network beginning at 8 p.m., with the blockbuster immediately followed by …
Read More »Wipers' 'Is This Real?' at 40: Greg Sage Reflects on a Northwest Punk Landmark
Portland punk trio the Wipers played their first hometown gig, opening for a couple of New Wave-y California groups, in 1978. Fifteen-year-old Jerry Lang, a recent Portland transplant, was in the audience, and when the Wipers took the stage, he wasn’t sure what to make of them. “They weren’t really …
Read More »Rusten Sheskey Named as Kenosha Police Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake
The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation has named the Kenosha police officer currently being investigated in the shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake. Rusten Sheskey has been with the Kenosha Police Department for seven years, according to a release. The DCI is heading up the investigation into Sheskey, …
Read More »Momma's Alt-Rock Carnival Ride
Earlier this summer, Etta Friedman was visiting her family in Yerington, Nevada, when she crashed her cousin’s motorcycle and broke both wrists. “I let go of the clutch on the bike and popped a wheelie,” the 21-year-old musician says. “And then immediately went vroom! and went into the front of …
Read More »'RS Interview: Special Edition' With Katy Perry
“I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this as the first option for both delivering a child and putting a record out,” a very pregnant Katy Perry says, laughing over Zoom for the latest installment of Rolling Stone Interview: Special Edition.Both her baby and fifth album Smile are due around the same time …
Read More »Amy Poehler to Direct Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz Documentary
Amy Poehler is set to direct a documentary on comedy husband-and-wife duo Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz for Imagine Documentaries and White Horse Pictures, the two companies announced Monday. The film, under the working title Lucy & Desi, will explore the rise of comedian icon Lucille Ball, her relationship with Desi …
Read More »See Tom Morello, Bob Weir, Springsteen Pay Tribute to Joe Strummer
Tom Morello, Bob Weir and Jesse Malin and Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen were among the artists who covered the Clash classics as part of a livestream event celebrating what would have been Joe Strummer’s 68th birthday Friday. “A Song for Joe: Celebrating the …
Read More »'Unhinged': Russell Crowe Has Road Rage — Are You Not Entertained? (No)
Known as the Russell Crowe road-rage movie, Unhinged hits theaters — or at least the ones that dare to open stateside — on August 21st. Is it worth going masked and still risk infection to sit in a poorly ventilated multiplex, no matter how socially distanced, to see Crowe play …
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