Bob Mackie has been working with Cher for 50 years, helping define and redefine her style through all its dramatic changes. Naturally, Mackie is also a huge presence in The Cher Show, the Broadway adaptation of Cher’s life. Mackie’s ostentatious, intricate designs get their own runway show during the musical. …
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If headlines are to be trusted, porn is the single driving force behind all of society’s ills, from sexual assault to teen pregnancy rates to millennial men’s flaccid dongs. And yet, there’s little evidence that porn is actually responsible for, well, any of those things — nor is there much …
Read More »This Viral Hitchhiker Is on Trial for Murder Right Now
Back in 2013, a five-minute interview with a man who was identified as Kai, the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker, went wildly viral. In the clip, the man who identifies himself as Kai — a frizzy-haired skateboard kid with his hair tied back in a bandana — describes using a hatchet to save …
Read More »We Aren't in the Throes of a 'Sex Crisis' — But Men's Rights Activists Think We Are
According to a specific demographic of straight men on the internet, America is in the throes of a crisis — and it has nothing to do with opioid addiction or student loans or sexual assault or police shootings or health care for low-income people of color or climate change. No, …
Read More »Women Shaping the Future: See Jahana Hayes, Leana Wen, Tamron Hall Discuss
To celebrate the inaugural “Women Shaping the Future” issue, Rolling Stone hosted an intimate event on Wednesday, March 20th, where contributing editor Alex Morris Kling spoke with Leana Wen, president of Planned Parenthood; TV host, journalist and philanthropist Tamron Hall; and Congresswoman Jahana Hayes. The event also featured special performances by …
Read More »Oprah Winfrey Interviews Michael Jackson Accusers in 'After Neverland' Preview
Over the course of the 25 years that Oprah Winfrey tapedThe Oprah Show,she devoted 217 episodes to the subject of sexual abuse. And as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse herself, the issue is very much close to her heart. On Wednesday, Winfrey taped an interview with two of the …
Read More »Could Smartphone Apps Help Curb Teen Depression?
Psychiatrists and parents have long been worried about the psychological and emotional risks of high rates of social media use among teens, with so much time spent on their phones limiting face-to-face interaction, the development of social skills, and potentially contributing to depression and anxiety. But now, researchers are trying …
Read More »Legal Weed Already Facing Backlash in New Jersey
If all goes according to plan, legal recreational marijuana will soon be growing in the Garden State. This week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is reportedly meeting with lawmakers to began hashing out the remaining sticking points of the “New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory and Expungement Aid Modernization Act,” a bill …
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