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American comedy museum and archive the National Comedy Center has opened a new exhibit celebrating the legacy of legendary TV producer Norman Lear in civic engagement and comedy.

Lear’s life work is being honored with an online exhibit and a physical installation at the Comedy Center’s galleries in Jamestown, N.Y., both of which feature rare archival material and select excerpts from Lear’s sitcoms. Original artwork by Shepard Fairey courtesy of People for The American Way’s Artists for Democracy campaign, founded by Lear in 1981, will also be on display.

“My husband, Norman would be thrilled to know the National Comedy Center is using humor to shine a light on the importance of voting and defending democracy,” said Lyn Davis Lear. “From flying combat missions during World War II, to sharing the Declaration of Independence with our country, Norman fought his entire life to ensure all Americans...

In the closing days of the 2012 presidential campaign, Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois of the New Radicals teamed up with Ne-Yo, the Goo Goo Dolls’ Johnny Rzeznik, Herbie Hancock, Delta Rae, and Natasha Bedingfield to create the Barack Obama campaign anthem “Forward.” Twelve years later, Alexander and Brisebois have updated the song as “Forward (We’Re Not Going Back!)” for Kamala Harris, joined once again by Ne-Yo and Herbie Hancock. It was produced by John Shanks, Gregg Alexander & Nick Lashley. They’ve dubbed themselves the Not So Silent Collective.

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The Art of Elysium, a nonprofit organization that focuses on healing and inspiring through art, will honor filmmaker Lee Daniels with the Visionary Award at its Heaven Gala, which will take place on March 22, 2025.

The Los Angeles event is a one-night-only art installation conceived and curated by the chosen Visionary, who creates his or her idea of “heaven on Earth” as it relates to The Art of Elysium’s four main disciplines: fashion and design, music and movement, theatre and film, and visual arts. Daniels will envision his “heaven” as eternal peace.

“Being asked to envision heaven could not have come up at more inopportune time, yet the perfect timing in every way,” Daniels said in a statement. “I was in the midst of releasing a film and being pulled in every direction imaginable. Even making the time to talk through details seemed impossible. Yet, when the time was made,...

Artists4Ceasefire, the industry collective that has been pushing for an end to the current war in Gaza (and whose pin badges were worn by various attendees at this year’s Oscars ceremony), is spearheading a new initiative calling for a halt to illegal arms sales to Israel.

Through a partnership with artist Shepard Fairey and several humanitarian organizations — including Oxfam America, ActionAid USA and War Child Alliance/Children in Conflict — the group has launched a call to action bearing the message “Ceasefire Now, Stop Weapons, Save Lives” that urges the halt to what it says are “weapons transfers that violate U.S. and international law.” Such laws state it is illegal to supply or use weapons to commit “grave human rights violations,” including striking schools or hospitals, restricting humanitarian aid, and killing children.

To accompany the effort, Fairey has launched a new artwork featuring a peace dove holding barbed wire in its beak,...

Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz concluded his DNC speech Wednesday by walking off the stage to Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.”

Despite the track’s litigious history on the campaign trail, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported that Walz sought Young’s approval to use “Rockin’ in the Free World” — one of the Minnesota governor’s favorite songs — and that the rocker himself personally authorized its usage.

A rep for Young did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone’s request for comment at press time.

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There was once a time when The Simpsons was considered to be so crass and uncultured that the show was publicly derided by America’s First Family, and the mere sight of Bart Simpson on a T-shirt was cause for scandal.

But that’s all changed now. The show has been accepted as a keystone of contemporary culture, and one of the greatest comedic works of all-time. And there’s perhaps no greater sign of just how well-respected the show is now than the fact that there’s currently a Simpsons-themed exhibit in a legit European art gallery.

The Karikaturmuseum Krems is the “first and only museum for political caricature, satire and critical cartoon art in Austria.” And to celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Simpsons, it’s presenting a special exhibition entitled “Here Comes Bart! Simpsons Cartoon Art from the William Heeter and Kristi Correa Collection.” This marks...

While filling in for the host on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week, comic actor Anthony Anderson noted that the shooting at a Pennsylvania political rally over the weekend that saw a bullet graze former President Donald Trump’s ear is no laughing matter. But, he pointed out, some of the merchandise seen online in many instances is truly hilarious.

“Everybody’s still shaken up by the tragic events at the Trump rally on Saturday,” Anderson said as he opened his guest host monologue. “You know, all weekend, I kept thinking, I wonder what Jimmy Kimmel is going to say about this on Monday. And then I was like, ‘Oh, I am Jimmy Kimmel on Monday!'”

Anderson told a few tepid gags but then launched into a favorite of Kimmel’s show: mining the web for some of the strangest or lowest common denominator items. This time, the cash-in is...

"He was an advocate for 'just to have fun.'" An official trailer has debuted for a documentary titled Water Brother: The Sid Abbruzzi, made independently by the Kinnane Bros. It's getting at theatrical release coming up in July if anyone wants to hang with them and hear about the story of Sid. Water Brother follows East Coast legend Sid Abbruzzi as he faces the closure of his iconic surf & skate shop in Newport, Rhode Island (see Google Maps). Reflecting on his lifetime dedicated to core culture, this captures Sid's passion and commitment to preserving the history. Featuring archival footage, elegant cinematography and personal interviews with culture giants like Tony Hawk, Shepard Fairey, Selema Masekela and more, this film takes viewers on a journey through the evolution of surfing and skating. As Sid approaches 73, the doc highlights the impact of the shop's demolition on the community and serves as a...

Across the sprawling city of Los Angeles — within feet of children’s bedrooms, playgrounds, office buildings, and places of worship — there’s an oil well, exuding toxins that put nearby residents at risk of asthma attacks, reproductive issues, and multiple types of cancer. The evidence stacked against Big Oil is alarming, and after more than 130 years since drilling began in the town of flowers and sunshine, the Los Angeles city council unanimously voted to phase out drilling in January 2021.

In response, oil and gas companies collected enough signatures for a referendum to challenge the legislation.

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Not everyone made it to the top floors of Oceanwide Plaza — the abandoned billion-dollar development of luxury high-rises in downtown Los Angeles — but the graffiti artist called Sek was determined to get there. Dressed in his usual hoodie, and with a paint-splattered satchel over his shoulder, he slipped onto the property through one of many openings in the surrounding fence, and began heading up 52 floors.

That was in early February, when local graffiti artists...

On Tuesday, March 5, Foo Fighters will take a rare detour from stadium, arena and amphitheater stages to perform at a private, one-night-only concert in Washington, D.C. hosted by Power to the Patients, a non-profit fighting for a more affordable, accessible, and equitable healthcare system through true price transparency.

Find out more about the concert here.

Hip hop legends Fat Joe and Chuck D will also be in attendance.

“When we were asked by Power to the Patients to help raise awareness of the need for transparency in healthcare pricing, we immediately said yes. People suffering from illness and injury shouldn’t have to worry about being bankrupted by surprise charges for their treatment.” — Foo Fighters

With lawmakers, government officials, and their dedicated staff in attendance, Foo Fighters will join the drive to raise awareness about the inequality and uncertainty created for millions of patients when hospitals and insurers hide actual upfront prices.

Foo Fighters are heading to Washington, D.C. for a one-night-only show on March 5 to advocate for healthcare price transparency. Fat Joe and Chuck D will also be in attendance. The private event is hosted by Power to the Patients, a nonprofit dedicated to creating “a more affordable, accessible, and equitable healthcare system through price transparency.”

The band joins Fat Joe, who has helped lead the charge by meeting with members of Congress to urge them to pass legislation that will codify and expand healthcare transparency requirements. The event will bring together lawmakers,...

Jamie Reid, the artist and graphic designer whose work for the Sex Pistols defined the punk aesthetic, has died at 76.

His gallerist, John Marchant, confirmed his death. In a statement, he was described as an “artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie, rebel and romantic. Jamie leaves behind a beloved daughter Rowan, a granddaughter Rose, and an enormous legacy.”

Reid met future Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren at Croydon Art School. That relationship blossomed into a collaboration on artwork for the Sex Pistols.

Reid’s best known work was for the Sex Pistols covers including the pink and yellow text of their only album, “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols,” and “God Save the Queen,” the hit single banned by the BBC. The latter featured a Cecil Beaton photo portrait of Queen Elizabeth II defaced by Reid.

He also contributed the smashed empty picture frame for “Pretty Vacant,” and...

June 2023 — Rock legend Billy Idol is releasing an expanded edition of his self-titled debut album on July 28 via Capitol/UMe/Universal Music Canada. The reissue includes the original 10-track album, the previously unreleased August 12,1982 concert from The Roxy in West Hollywood, CA as well as the recently unearthed and previously unreleased 12-minute Clubland Extended Remix of his classic song “White Wedding” from Idol’s debut. You can pre-order the deluxe 2Cd and pre-save the reissue Here.

Fans are also encouraged to celebrate the release of this iconic album with a Dolby Atmos®️ aural upgrade by Grammy®️-winning engineer Paul Hicks who has remixed albums in Atmos®️ for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, George Harrison and more.

Idol will continue to take his lauded live show on the road this summer with a select run of headline tour dates. The run of shows includes a debut performance at New York City’s Kings Theatre,...

Tom Petty has been posthumously recognized by the University of Florida with an honorary Doctor of Music degree, and to celebrate, the estate of the late Heartbreakers frontman announced an endowment to the school’s music program.

Dr. Petty earned the academic distinction after Uf’s board of trustees voted unanimously in 2021 to recognize the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, who hailed from the same city that houses the university in Gainesville. His younger brother, Bruce Petty, was invited to accept the degree on his behalf at the spring commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 4th.

“I don’t think anyone in our family, including him, thought that he would be linked with the University of Florida this way,” the junior Petty shared in a statement. “It’s such a powerful thing, it was his life-long dream, and I know he would just be over-the-top, crazy happy about it.”

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The University of Florida is posthumously recognizing Tom Petty’s contributions to music by honoring the late Heartbreakers leader with an honorary Doctor of Music degree. His brother Bruce will accept the diploma at the school’s spring commencement on Thursday. The university is also partnering with Petty’s estate on what they’re calling the Tom Petty Endowment for Guitars & Innovation, benefitting its School of Music’s Guitar and new Music Business & Entrepreneurship programs.

“I don’t think anyone in our family, including him, thought that he would be...

Good Trip Studios has entered production on a sequel to the 2020 documentary “Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics.”

A distribution deal has yet to be finalized, though the first film — directed by Donick Cary and hosted by Adam Scott and Nick Offerman — streamed on Netflix.

Like the first film, “Have a Good Trip 2: Adventures in Psychedelics” explores the current state of psychedelic drugs in society as well as their scientific potential to treat mental health issues including Ptsd, depression and addiction. Comedians and celebrities are featured in re-tellings and re-enactments of true experiences with psychedelics, while leading experts share facts and harm reduction methods.

Guests interviewed in the first film include Carrie Fisher, Ben Stiller, Sting, Natasha Lyonne, A$AP Rocky, Rosie Perez, Sarah Silverman, Anthony Bourdain, Will Forte, Adam “Ad Rock” Horovitz, Reggie Watts, Brett Gelman, Maya Erskine, Nick Kroll, David Cross, Rob Corddry, Paul Scheer, Bill Kreutzmann,...

The stacked lineup for Life Is Beautiful 2023 has arrived. On Tuesday, the music-and-arts event in downtown Las Vegas announced that Kendrick Lamar, the Killers, and Odesza will be headlining the three-day festival, slated for Sept. 22 through Sept. 24.

Opening night, headlined by the Killers, will see artists such as Flume, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blxst, Bebe Rexha, Cloonee, Raye, and Dayglow perform. Also making appearances are artists such as Almost Monday, the Wombats, Slayyyter, and Inhaler.

Day two, with Lamar closing the night, is set to feature performers such as the 1975, Omar Apollo,...

Funko, less than a year after acquiring high-end collectibles brand Mondo, has wound down Mondo’s current movie-poster business and let go several employees — including Mondo co-founders Mitch Putnam and Rob Jones, Variety has confirmed.

Mondo, based in Austin, Texas, was founded in 2004 and was previously a subsidiary of indie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse before Funko inked a deal to buy it last year for $14 million. Mondo had gained a strong following for its limited-edition screen-printed movie posters. Notable artists who worked with Mondo have included Olly Moss, Shepard Fairey, Ken Taylor and Kevin Tong. Sources said that Mondo’s vinyl records and collectibles businesses are intact.

In addition to Putnam and Jones, Mondo senior creative director Eric Garza also has been laid off. For now, it appears that Mondo’s poster division is defunct; however, a source familiar with the situation said Funko expects Mondo to continue producing posters going forward.

Henry Rollins is teasing a mysterious new project he plans to launch in Nashville, and spoiler alert, it’s not a concert. The former Black Flag frontman told readers of The Guardian that he’s done making music, but that 14 months from now, something he’s been working on for a couple of years will finally come to fruition.

Rollins hasn’t performed as part of a band since the early aughts, only sporadically popping up at friends’ shows or appearing on others’ records. When asked why he stepped back from making music, the artist replied, “I stopped processing ideas in terms of lyrics. One day, I woke up and thought: ‘I’m done.’ My manager flipped out, but I’ve never looked back. I didn’t want to become a human jukebox playing old songs, so I filled the space the band took with films and TV and now my shows,...

Ondi Timoner’s documentary The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution surely doesn’t lack for ambition.

In a jam-packed 102 minutes, The New Americans aims to explain a string of recent Internet-fueled financial misadventures; to somewhat update the meditations on Internet-connected communities and online social anxiety that were part of her acclaimed 2009 film We Live in Public; and to link those things to a toxicity that culminated in the chaos of January 6, 2021.

The New Americans takes a meme-ified approach to understanding the meme-ified intersection of online culture, the financial sector and the rise of different strains of extremism. But like a Xerox of a Xerox of a Xerox, the relationship between the documentary and the information it’s attempting to elucidate becomes a blur.

The film wants to separate the signal from the noise in the public discourse, but it’s so enamored with the sensory madness that it just becomes more cacophony.

Shepard Fairey is a graphic artist and is recognized as emerging from the skateboarding scene. He became most notably known for his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” sticker campaign and “Obey” street art movement in the ’90s. Since 1989, Shepard has consistently produced a wide range of artwork from screenprints, mix media stencil collage, to 15 foot mural installations. His work is included in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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Shepard Fairey has supported the following charities:

Amnesty InternationalArtists for Peace and JusticeBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDSChildren IncorporatedDonorsChoose.orgGabrielle's Angel FoundationGibson FoundationGlobal Poverty ProjectGO CampaignHollywood ArtsHuman Rights Action CenterNAACPP.S. ARTSRed CrossRobert F Kennedy MemorialRush Philanthropic Arts FoundationShare Our Strength: No Kid HungrySt. Jude Children's Research HospitalThe Art of ElysiumThe Lunchbox FundThe Rainforest FoundationTibet HouseTibet House...

A little over two weeks have passed since the art installation Pussy Riot: Putin’s Ashes closed in Los Angeles. Now sources in the Russian media report that the activist-art group’s Nadya Tolokonnikova may face criminal charges in Russia for staging it.

“My job is to hurt Putin as much as possible, and [the threat of lawsuits] means that he and people around him are actually getting hurt by Putin’s Ashes, so that’s great news,” Tolokonnikova tells Rolling Stone in a Wednesday Zoom interview. “I’ll keep doing my work and keep pushing.

The Specials frontman Terry Hall died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to a new Facebook post from the seminal British ska outfit’s bassist Horace Panter.

In a note on Facebook, Panter explained how quickly Hall’s health deteriorated over just a few months this fall. His diagnosis also came just as the Specials were gearing up to to record the reggae album they’d originally planned to cut in 2020 before the pandemic.

According to Panter, the plan was to record the LP in Los Angeles in November.

Filming an end-of-the-world comedy prepared Seth Rogen to expand on his pottery pursuits during the pandemic lockdown.

“When we made ‘This Is The End,’ what was funny is that we built a house — like the whole thing was in this house, and me and my writing and directing partner, Evan [Goldberg] got really into the furniture, and the furniture design, and the fixtures, and the lighting and the materials, and all of a sudden, that was kind of the first time I unabashedly gave myself permission to really like this stuff in a lot of ways,” the Houseplant cannabis housewares and accessories founder told Vogue. “That movie really was actually the thing that led me to indulge in it. But I’ve always collected stuff.”

He added of selling his creations, “I have no desire to hoard these things for myself.”

“This Is the End” co-starred Jonah Hill, James Franco, Michael Cera,...

Project Angel Food has signed a three-year deal with Ktla and City National Bank for its annual Lead With Love telethon. This year’s telethon will air on Ktla 5 at 7 p.m. Pt on July 23, with returning hosts Eric McCormack, Jessica Holmes, Loni Love and Alec Mapa.

Founded in 1989, Project Angel Food combats food insecurity in Los Angeles County by providing more than 1 million tailored meals each year to people in need. The two-hour telethon has raised 2 million for the organization since debuting in 2020, and previous telethons have featured performances from Kelly Clarkson, Annie Lennox and Gloria Estefan, as well as appearances from Elton John, Ringo Starr and Jamie Lee Curtis. This year’s special guests have yet to be announced, but the program promises to include live musical performances for the audience of Project Angel volunteers.

“While this year’s show promises to be our most entertaining yet, we...

After 50 years, George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord” finally gets its first official video, and not without a little help from a lot of friends.

In the star-packed effort directed by Lance Bangs and exec produced by Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison with David Zonshine, the new “My Sweet Lord” video stars Fred Armisen and Vanessa Bayer as “metaphysical special agents” searching for something that can’t be seen. Sending them on the mission: Star Wars‘ Mark Hamill himself.

With seemingly most of Hollywood and New York celebrities showing up for cameos, the video includes appearances by Darren Criss, Jon Hamm, Rosanna Arquette, Joe Walsh, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Reggie Watts, Moshe Kasher, Natasha Leggero, Patton Oswalt, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, Garfunkel and Oates (Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome), Taika Waititi, Shepard Fairey, Aimee Mullins, Rupert Friend and Harrison’s wife Olivia Harrison and their son Dhani.

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Exclusive: Los Angeles’ Dances with Films has announced the lineup for its 2021 film festival, setting Oscar nominees Paul Greengrass and Michael London as the speakers for its inaugural First Films series.

The Dances With Films festival, which had to go virtual in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, is returning for an in-person 24th edition at the Tcl Chinese Theatre, between August 26 and September 12. It kicks off on the 26th with an opening night carpet celebration at the Roosevelt Hotel.

This year’s festival will showcase 40 Narrative Features, 100 Narrative Shorts, 31 Documentaries, 30 Midnight films, 26 Downbeat titles, 27 pilots, and 23 titles in the category of Dances with Kids.

Features on the lineup include Matthew Ya-Hsiung Balzer’s The Catch, starring Kyle Gallner, James McMenamin, Katia Winter and Thomas Kee; Generation Wrecks starring Heather Matarazzo and Emily Bergl; Ryan McDonough and Sean Gannet’s Last Night in Rozzie starring Jeremy Sisto and Neil Brown Jr....

Fans of Ringo Starr & his All-Starr Band rejoice! Spin your favorite vinyl and commemorate the legendary Beatles drummer’s birthday with this Ringo Starr Peace + Love turntable, made by audio masters Pro-Ject and available online now.

First released to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Starr’s own band, Pro-Ject has made the limited-edition set available again to coincide with the musician’s 81st birthday.

The turntable model itself, an Essential III upgraded with an acrylic platter, was chosen with audiophiles in mind, but the artwork and design of the...

The pandemic cratered the tourism and convention business in Los Angeles. So the agency in charge of reviving those standards has turned to the man who brought an image of “Hope” to the world.

The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention board enlisted famed L.A. artist Shepard Fairey (best known for his image of President Barack Obama underneath the word “Hope) and his Studio Number One, along with designers House Industries, to create a new logo and brand identity for the city.

Fairey’s work marks the first update to the logo in a decade. It features the city’s name in rainbow colors with a setting sun. The image will be used in a forthcoming ad campaign that hopes to goose the city’s allure.

Talking to Fast Company, Fairey admitted capturing the cities flavor was difficult.

“You’ve got the Hollywood Hills and that’s only meaningful for some people,...

On Friday, June 4, Multiple Sclerosis (Ms) advocate and Center Without Walls founder Nancy Davis welcomed guests to the Rose Bowl for the 28th Annual Race to Erase Ms Gala: Drive-In to Erase Ms.

Earth, Wind & Fire perform onstage at the 28th Annual Race To Erase Ms

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For the second year in a row, this legendary event was held at the iconic Rose Bowl Stadium for a night of celebration and fundraising under the stars. The evening raised over $1.4 Million to benefit the Race to Race to Erase Ms and its Center Without Walls program, a collaboration of top Ms research centers working together as a team on ground-breaking research with the goal of treating and, ultimately, finding a cure for Ms.

The event opened with a Spring/Summer 2021 runway show from Hollywood-favorite fashion brand alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet.

Musician, DJ and director Moby is getting the documentary treatment in a new behind-the-scenes film. “Moby Doc” is described as a surrealist look, narrated by Moby himself, as he reflects on his turbulent personal life and iconic music from underground punk bands to chart-topping solo artist, and from struggling addict to vegan activist.

Directed and edited by Rob Bravler (“Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story”), the film features interviews with David Lynch, David Bowie and Shepard Fairey along with concert footage, utilizing a unique blend of re-enactments, interviews, and archival footage.

Aside from showing Moby the artist, the documentary will give audiences a look at Moby the activist, someone who has long championed animal rights, and a man whose traumatic childhood shaped him.

Moby, who has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, is best known for his 1999 release, “Play.” Although it was his fifth album, “Play” was his first to go gold,...

Greenwich Entertainment announced Thursday that it has picked up the rights to “Moby Doc,” a surrealist documentary from Rob Balver about the life and career of electronic music artist Moby.

Written, directed and edited by Balver, the film will be guided by narration from Moby himself as he recounts his rise from the underground punk scene to one of the most influential electronic artists ever, fighting addiction and becoming an activist for various social causes along the way. The film features interviews with David Lynch, David Bowie and Shepard Fairey, along with concert and archival footage.

“In making ‘Moby Doc,’ Rob and I had two goals,” said Moby. “The first was to make a truly unique music film and the second was to make a film that’s unabashedly honest and vulnerable.”

“Moby Doc” will be the latest in a series of music documentaries released by Greenwich, following the Laurel...

Exclusive: Moby, the punk rocker turned electronic music pioneer, is the latest musician to get the documentary treatment.

The artist behind Go, hit album Play and a storming cover of Mission To Burma’s That’s When I Reach For My Revolver, is to be the subject of Moby Doc from Rob Bralver.

Greenwich Entertainment has picked up the North American distribution rights to the feature doc and will release it in theaters and digital platforms on May 28.

The surrealist biographical documentary is narrated by Moby himself, a man who has appeared in numerous music docs as a talking head. He will reflect on his turbulent personal life and iconic music from underground punk bands to chart-topping solo artist, and from struggling addict to vegan activist.

The film features interviews with David Lynch, David Bowie, and Shepard Fairey along with concert footage, blending re-enactments, interviews, and archival footage.

It will...

The Beastie Boys, Billie Eilish, Wilco, and more have customized a bunch of Yeti coolers for a charity auction benefitting out-of-work touring and venue crews.

The auction begins Tuesday, January 5th at 11 a.m. Et, and wraps January 12th at 11 a.m. Et. It marks the second round of Yeti’s One for the Roadies campaign, and proceeds will benefit Crew Nation, a relief fund established by Live Nation that helps unemployed live music workers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

All the proceeds from the auction will go to Crew Nation,...

Now what? After four years of manias and catastrophizing, with constant warnings about the “existential threat” posed by Donald Trump, the monster is dead. Trump, the democratic Saddam, has lost, and his metaphorical statue will soon be dragged out of the White House, to the cheers of nearly every pundit in the land.

From there, the hard part begins. We know who Joe Biden is, but what is the Democratic Party in the post-Trump era? At the national level anyway, a combination of good and bad luck has allowed the...

Rolling Stone and Rizzoli International Publications are celebrating the magazine’s rich history of incredible original illustration in a new book, titled Rolling Stone: The Illustrated Portraits. Available on Amazon and in select bookstores now, the book features more than 200 of the most well-known portraits and illustrations published in Rolling Stone, by some of the world’s most renowned artists, photographers and illustrators (the above image of Stevie Wonder is by the late Milton Glaser).

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Women’S Media Center Co-Founders Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem, announced today that The Women’S Media Center will celebrate its 15th anniversary by hosting the first-ever Women’S Media Center Benefit Auction. The auction will be launched on November 9th and will continue until November 15th.

An all-star list of artists, musicians, actors, and activists are supporting the Wmc Benefit Auction by donating unique auction items, autographed instruments, fashion, scripts, art, rock and film memorabilia, and special experiences, like a week at a castle in Ireland, a heavenly week in Hawaii, and the Chairman’s Cabin at Sundance.

Musicians Who Have Donated Auction Items

Jackson Browne

Billie Eilish

Melissa Etheridge

Janita

Joan Jett

Blake Morgan

Graham Nash

Pearl Jam

Phish

Bonnie Raitt

Patti Smith

Taylor Swift

James Taylor

Eddie Vedder

Actor, Film, Television, Theater Friends Who Have Donated Auction Items

Samantha Bee

Geena Davis

Abigail Disney

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Ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Heart’s Ann Wilson has dropped a cover of Steve Earle’s “The Revolution Starts Now.”

Originally the title track to Earle’s 2004 album, Wilson’s rendition stays true to the former, but with a sense of urgency that arrives like a jolt to the heart. “I was walkin’ down the street/In the town where I was born,” she sings over a searing guitar riff. “I was movin’ to a beat/That I’d never felt before.”

“Things are just building and have been...

Indecline, an activist collective based out of Las Vegas, Nevada, first made a name for themselves in 2016. That summer, inspired by the farcical campaign of Donald Trump — and the art they’d seen during the election season, most notably Illma Gore’s portrait of the future 45, painted in her menstrual blood — the group put on a cross-country show of guerilla art. Early one August morning, teams in five cities simultaneously unveiled unauthorized, six-foot-five statues of Donald Trump, naked, his manhood comically small against the grotesque folds of his nude body.

Jon Bon Jovi is seated in the office of his Manhattan home, the New York skyline visible over his shoulder in the window behind him. A framed Shepard Fairey silkscreen of a hand grenade spray-painting the word “Power” in a pop-art font hangs on the wall. In the glass, you can see the reflection of One World Trade.

It’s September 11th and the 58-year-old has just made his daily run down to the Freedom Tower, not far from where people were waving flags ahead of visits by Mike Pence...

Punk legends the Circle Jerks will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their seminal 1980 LP Group Sex with a new vinyl reissue featuring previously unreleased rehearsal recordings.

Due out October 30th, the reissue pairs the 15-minute, 14-song album — released exactly 40 years ago on October 1st, 1980 — with five additional Circle Jerks songs that Keith Morris and company recorded at a rehearsal that year.

The remastered vinyl reissue also features a 20-page booklet with previously unreleased photos and new anecdotes penned Tony Hawk, Mike Patton, Shepard Fairey, Ian MacKaye, Lars Frederiksen and more.

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 Life of Joe Strummer” also featured performances by Jeff Tweedy, the Hold Steady, Lucinda Williams, Hinds, Josh Klinghoffer and Cherry Glazerr, as well as birthday messages from Beto O’Rourke, Fred Armisen, Strummer’s Mystery Train director Jim Jarmusch and co-star Steve Buscemi,...

Leading international artists Shepard Fairey, Jenny Holzer, Luchita Hurtado and more are partnering with eBay to release an exclusive, artist-designed series of fine art bandanas.

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The new campaign, titled “Artists Band Together”, supports key organizations working to increase voter turnout in the upcoming U.S. elections.

The limited-edition artworks, made to be worn or displayed, are available at eBay.com/ArtistsBandTogether, with 100% of proceeds supporting programs that educate, register, and mobilize voters: Mijente, Rise and Woke Vote.

Each of the 15 participating artists have contributed an original design that aims to inspire young people, first-time voters, and historically disenfranchised communities of color to get out the vote.

The designs will be available as individual artworks, three curated sets and one complete set. The 15 works will be released in two “eBay exclusive” artist drops through November 1. Releasing today, eight artist singles ($35/each) from Marilyn Minter,...

Bruce Springsteen, Bob Weir and Lucinda Williams will help celebrate Joe Strummer’s birthday during a special livestream tribute/charity event August 21st, starting at 3 p.m. Et.

A Song for Joe: Celebrating the Life of Joe Strummer was organized and produced by NYC musician/bar owner Jesse Malin, radio DJ Jeff Raspe and Strummer estate manager David Zonshine. The two-hour show will stream for free on Strummer’s website and YouTube page, and all donations collected will benefit Save Our Stages, an organization helping independent venues during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Speaking out in behalf of a balding tiger with the same name as her character in the hit TV series Friday Night Lights, actor Minka Kelly sent a letter to the owners of the Waccatee Zoo this week, pleading for help for Lila, who has been documented incessantly licking her bare skin and pacing back and forth inside her cramped cage — both of which are signs of psychological distress and physical discomfort.

“PETA already has a plan in place to transfer her to an accredited wildlife sanctuary that has the resources and expertise to provide the care that the organization believes her life depends on,” writes Kelly. “Lila clearly needs immediate help. Please, accept PETA’s offer and let her be transferred to an accredited sanctuary without further delay.”

Other animals at the Waccatee Zoo have recently been seen with severely overgrown hooves, wounds, and significant hair loss, and the facility is in general disrepair,...

The surviving members of Gang of Four pay tribute to their late guitarist and band leader Andy Gill on “Day Turns to Night,” a track from the upcoming EP Anti Hero, featuring some of the last music Gill worked on prior to his February 1st death.

“I had no intention of it being about him,” Gang of Four vocalist John Sterry told Brooklyn Vegan of the song. “It just came out that way and also I didn’t intend for it to be released. I often cloak lyrics with ambiguity and this felt too raw.

The surviving members of Gang of Four have shared a punchy new song, “Forever Starts Now,” that was co-written by Andy Gill before the guitarist’s death earlier this year. The track will appear on a new Ep, Anti Hero, which will arrive July 17th and feature a portrait of Gill on the cover, designed by Shepard Fairey.

Gang of Four singer John Sterry tells Rolling Stone in an email that he and Gill co-wrote “Forever Starts Now” while they were wrapping up their 2019 album, Happy Now. “We’d always...

If you’ve ever wanted to listen to Natasha Lyonne, Anthony Bourdain, Ben Stiller, Nick Offerman, and Sarah Silverman discuss LSD, Netflix has the series for you. It’s called “Have A Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics,” and A$AP Rocky says the drug made him feel like a rainbow was shooting out of his dick. Netflix has unveiled the trailer for its star-studded, acid-drenched documentary about the world’s preeminent psychedelic, which will hit the streaming service on May 11.

Per Netflix, the documentary features comedic tripping stories from A-list actors, comedians, and musicians, as well as star-studded reenactments and trippy animations that bring their surreal hallucinations to life. Mixing comedy with a thorough investigation of psychedelics, “Have a Good Trip” explores the pros, cons, science, history, future, pop cultural impact, and cosmic possibilities of hallucinogens. The film tackles the big questions: Can psychedelics have a powerful role in treating depression,...

Updated, 9:03 Am: HBO has set 11 p.m. Friday, May 1, for the series premiere of Betty, its comedy series based on Crystal Moselle’s feature Skate Kitchen. Watch the first teaser above, but be warned of expletives. The series features Dede Lovelace, Moonbear, Nina Moran, Ajani Russell and Rachelle Vinberg — all of whom starred in the 2018 film.

Previously, August 14: HBO has given a six-episode series order to Betty (fka Untitled Skateboarding Project), a skateboarding comedy inspired by Crystal Moselle’s critically acclaimed feature Skate Kitchen, from Moselle and her longtime friend and collaborator, Love co-creator Lesley Arfin. Additionally five actors who starred in the film — Dede Lovelace, Ajani Russell, Moonbear, Rachelle Vinberg and Nina Moran — have been cast as series regulars in the series, which is currently in production in New York City.

Written by Moselle and Arfin, Betty, inspired by Moselle’s 2018 Sundance film, is set against the backdrop of New York City.