New York‘s Civilian Complaint Review Board has substantiated two complaints against Daniel Pantaleo, the New York City policeman caught on tape in the infamous Eric Garner case. Rolling Stone has learned the board ruled that Pantaleo did in fact use a chokehold, and also ruled that Pantaleo restricted Garner’s breathing. …
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A new version of George Michael‘s “Fantasy” featuring Nile Rodgers premiered on Chris Evans’ BBC Radio 2 show Thursday. “Fantasy” was originally released as a b-side on the “Freedom ’90” 12-inch in 1990 and later appeared on the 2011 deluxe edition of Faith. While the new track keeps the original’s …
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Expect all the bleak summer chatter about the dying box office to fade with the opening of It, a crowdpleasing frightfest bound for box-office paydirt. For weeks now, the trailers for the film version of Stephen King‘s terror classic have been cranking us up to lose our shit. That evil …
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Lil Uzi Vert celebrated his newly anointed Number One album in the country Monday by dropping his new video for “XO Tour Llif3,” the breakout hit off the Philadelphia rapper’s chart-topping Luv Is Rage 2. Directed by fashion designer and Kanye West collaborator Virgil Abloh, “XO Tour Llif3” is a …
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Mastodon released a sprawling new song, “Toe to Toes.” It’s from the heavy metal band’s upcoming EP,Cold Dark Place. “Toe to Toes” was recorded during the band’s sessions for their 2017 LP Emperor of Sand, with Brendan O’Brien producing the track. The song comes less than a week after Mastodon …
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It was supposed to be “American Dream Week.” Sarah Huckabee Sanders even dug up a cloying anecdote about “Frank” — the enterprising 10-year-old who’d written to ask if he could mow the White House lawn — to mark the occasion. But like “Infrastructure Week,” “Technology Week” and the rest of …
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A beloved acoustic musician and longtime member of Alison Krauss’s Union Station, Dan Tyminski has had a storied career spanning over three decades. Now, the Vermont-born singer-songwriter is preparing to release his new solo album Southern Gothic under the solitary moniker Tyminski. The new album sees Tyminski mixing his roots …
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Among the many similes put forth in Florida Georgia Line‘s laid-back ode “Smooth,” one is slightly more inscrutable than the rest: “Like Cat Daddy driving a Caddy from Cali, baby,” sing Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley at one point. It’s a reference to colorful songwriter Craig Wiseman, a founding partner …
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Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also …
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Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also …
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