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‘Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever,’ by Rolling Stone contributor Will Hermes and available today, chronicles the period between 1973-1978 during which punk, hip-hop, salsa and other revolutionary forms of popular music were born or reinvented. In this exclusive excerpt, Hermes tells the stories of three era-defining musical beginnings: the collaboration of punk pioneers Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell, the early days of the New York Dolls and the legacy of jazz legend Sonny Rollins. Tom Miller was tripping his balls off on LSD in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. The next thing he knew, a week later, he was in New York City, crashing in a crappy East Village apartment with his old friend Richard Meyers. They were both 19 years old. They’d met at Sanford, a boarding school for ne’er-do-wells and other types near Wilmington. Meyers was raised in Lexington, Kentucky, a town shadowed by the Lexington Narcotics Farm rehab facility, … [Read more...] about Exclusive Book Excerpt: ‘Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever’

Formula 1 is back on familiar turf this weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix, a glamour-wrapped race that has been a fixture since 1929. While many of the track contours and Côte d’Azur vistas are little changed, the auto racing circuit itself has a decidedly revamped look. Earlier this month, it made a splashy debut in Miami, the latest stop in its U.S. expansion, which will take it to Las Vegas next year. That bow followed the arrival of the latest season of Netflix docu hit Drive to Survive , with the show adding pop-culture luster to negotiations for a potentially lucrative new U.S. media deal. “The American market is ready for F1,” Formula One Group CEO Stefano Domenicali told Deadline in an interview ahead of today’s race. “Being ready means that we need to keep working on the fact that we need to stay connected with our fans in the U.S. We need to speak the same language, we need to give context.” The Miami event provided the latest template, as celebrity … [Read more...] about As Monaco Grand Prix Revs Up, Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali Talks U.S. Expansion And TV Future

Bridgerton star Ruby Barker has posted a revealing video message to fans on social media, explaining that she is currently in hospital dealing with “mental struggles”. Fans have rushed to support Barker on social media after the actress, who plays Marina Thompson on the hit Netflix period drama, captioned the post: “ Mental health week is every week for me. Off my chest. I feel like I’ve not been completely honest so this is for my followers. Time to be transparent. “I’ve been struggling since Bridgerton , this is the truth. Thank you all for supporting me, your love holds me up. #mentalhealthawareness.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ruby Barker (@rubybarker) In the video, Barker told fans: “I am better, I have been really unwell for a really long time. I want to be honest with everyone. I have been struggling. “I am in hospital at the minute and I am going to be … [Read more...] about Bridgerton Star Ruby Barker Tells Fans She Is ‘In Hospital With Mental Struggles’ After Becoming Unwell Filming Netflix Drama

On April 14, 2022, Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor tied the knot in Mumbai in the presence of their family members and close friends. When their pictures surfaced on social media, it brightened up everyone's day. After all, sheer joy was written all over the leaked pictures from Alia-Ranbir's wedding. In her recent tete-a-tete with a media portal, Ranbir's actress-mom Neetu Kapoor opened up about the wedding and revealed how she surprised Alia on her D-day. She told India Today, "The wedding dance was all my idea, actually. I told everyone we should do something, even though the time is less. I had to do dancing, I told them. So we practiced whatever we could for a day. We even planned, me and Reema. We planned to do Gidda, which is like a Punjabi traditional dance. We tried something new. We did gidda, then new songs and then Ranbir joined them. It was really fun." Neetu further said that Alia was left surprised because she had no idea that her mother-in-law had … [Read more...] about Neetu Kapoor Reveals Her Surprise For Alia Bhatt That She Gave Her On Wedding Day; ‘I Made Alia Happy’

For the past couple of years, a 23-year-old producer from the suburbs of Buenos Aires has been challenging the mainstream of Latin music, one viral YouTube video at a time. Known to the world as Bizarrap , Gonzalo Julián Conde is one of the most streamed Latin American artists in the world thanks to his BZRAP sessions and their exhilarating fusion of hip-hop, trap, and EDM. Every month a new session pops up, featuring some of the most intriguing MCs in Latin rap – from Argentina ’s L-Gante and Paulo Londra to Spain’s Ptazeta to San Jose, California-born Snow Tha Product to Puerto Rico’s Residente, whose Bizarrap freestyle made headlines this spring with its ruthless bars aimed at J Balvin. You only need to watch a couple of sessions to understand the rules of the game. There are 49 videos so far, numbered and posted in chronological order, each with a different rapper. Biza comes up with a backing track, then the guest MCs record vocals at the producer’s minimalist home … [Read more...] about Bizarrap: Meet the Mysterious Argentinean Producer Whose Viral Freestyle Videos Have the Whole World Talking

HOUSTON—The biggest names of the National Rifle Association’s annual gun show wouldn’t take the stage until mid-afternoon on Friday. B ut a young man with a vintage Make America Great hat, and a couple wearing matching “ULTRA MAGA” shirts, began camping out in the third-floor hallway of the convention center not long after 9 a.m. to guarantee themselves of prime seats for the star attraction: former president Donald Trump . The timing of this conference, the NRA ’s guns-palooza, is beyond perverse, coming just days after 19 students and 2 teachers were massacred by an 18-year-old wielding an AR-15 in Uvalde . By noon on Friday, a protest was in full-tilt across the street from the convention hall. D emonstrators for gun control held signs aloft with slogans like “NRA OWNS GOP.”  One listed the names of the children killed in their classroom on Tuesday, etched in black and blood red. “¡Asesinos!” yelled a man repeatedly into a megaphone, using the Spanish word for “killers.” … [Read more...] about From a Gun-Free Bubble, NRA Demands ‘More Guns’ To Limit Mass Shootings

Tracy Morgan got a rare, high honor Friday night ... a coveted Friars Club award, and he did not miss an opportunity to tell a couple of hilarious jokes about his near-death experience. Tracy received the Icon Award in NYC, where 500 people showed up to honor the comedian. Among them ... Sherri Shepherd , JB Smoove , Chris Kattan , Allan Houston , Obi Toppin , Immanuel Quickley , Paul Shaffer , Ben Vereen , Bill Boggs , Carol Alt , Joe Piscopo , Geraldo Rivera , NYC Mayor Eric Adams , Vincent Pastore , Brian Quinn , Joe Gatto , Rudy Giuliani and Anthony Weiner . NYC Mayor Adams presented TM with a framed document declaring May 26, 2022, as Tracy Morgan Day. Friars Club President, Arthur Aidala , honored Tracy with an Icon Award trophy. His speech was great! As you know, Tracy was in a limo that was hit by a truck and it was touch-and-go for a while ... Tracy's rehab was arduous and long, but he bounced back … [Read more...] about Tracy Morgan Honored by Friars Club and Jokes About Near-Death Accident

Getty Shanna Moakler 's marriage to Travis Barker is long gone, and she's finally decided to cash in. Shanna's putting the engagement ring she got from her rocker boyfriend back in the day up for auction, and she stands to make a pretty penny. The 4-carat bling could be yours, if you have a minimum of $51,000 ... that's the starting bid. She says it's a symbol of moving on ... Travis has found other ways to symbolize moving on, as in marrying someone else. Getty Shanna told Us Weekly , "I think it is a beautiful piece and truly was my dream ring. However, that chapter of my life is over and even though wearing it at one time brought me great joy, I hope it will find a new home and continue to bring someone as much happiness as it once did to me." Getty The ring's Cartier, and it's being hawked for sale on Worthy.com. She's gunning for way more than $51k ... more than twice that. She says it's worth $160k, … [Read more...] about Shanna Moakler Auctioning Off Engagement Ring from Travis Barker

The WWE is helping Ultimate Warrior 's wife cope with her husband's sudden death ... flying two senior WWE officials to Arizona to stand by and help her. We're told the WWE sent the employees almost immediately after Warrior died ... their main task is helping his wife Dana handle little things -- grocery shopping, letting other family members know what's going on -- so she can focus on being with their daughters. It's sounds bizarre ... top officials leaving their jobs to handle mundane chores, but that's how important Warrior was to the WWE. As we previously reported, Warrior died outside an Arizona hotel Tuesday ... after suffering what officials called a " catastrophic medical event ." During his recent WWE Hall of Fame induction, Warrior had high praise for his wife. … [Read more...] about Ultimate Warrior — Wrestler’s Widow Receiving Special WWE Help

When Mark Barden received the first “thinking of you” text on Tuesday afternoon, he assumed the well-wisher had the anniversary of some other horrific school shooting on their mind. Late May is ripe with them: This week marks the four-year anniversary of a shooting spree at a high school Santa Fe, Texas, that left 10 dead, and eight years since a University of California, Santa Barbara student murdered two fellow students outside a sorority house in Isla Vista, California. “They do just seem to stack up,” Barden sighed. Barden would soon find out, of course, about a new tragedy unfolding at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The massacre, which left 19 students and two teachers dead, would be immediately dubbed “another Sandy Hook ” — the very thing Barden had devoted his life to preventing ever since the 2012 shooting claimed his seven-year-old son Daniel and 19 other first graders. On Tuesday night, Barden and his wife, Jackie, got in their car and drove around. “We just … [Read more...] about He Lost His Son to a School Shooting. Here’s Why He’s Willing to Relive His Agony