Shirley Halperin

L.A. Fires One Year Later: Music Community Reckons With Loss and Uncertainty One year after the LA. fires, members of Foo Fighters, Dawes, DIIV, and more reflect on a horrific past and tenuous, optimistic future.

Los Angeles’ #music community was hit especially hard by the fires one year ago. @rollingstone.com spoke to a number of those impacted about rising from the ashes. 👏 to Jason Newman for pulling this feature together. And thanks to all who shared their stories. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Michael Lippman, Longtime Manager for George Michael and Matchbox Twenty, Dead at 79 Music manager Michael Lippman, who helped guide the careers of Matchbox Twenty, George Michael, and Bernie Taupin, has died at age 79.

One of the good ones. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far The 250 greatest songs of the 21st century so far -- from all over the musical map and every corner of the globe

Rolling Stone’s 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) list is out! Check out our editors’ picks, and listen to 249 of the tracks, here >> open.spotify.com/playlist/2BO...
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It's Tay all day at @rollingstone.com! To mark the arrival of #lifeofashowgirl, the rollingstone.com home page features a full slate of Taylor Swift content including Rob Sheffield’s ranking of Taylor's song catalog, Maya Georgi's album review, the RS staff's list of Max Martin's best songs & more!

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Thank you, Tom!

Decades Later, Why Jeff Buckley’s Legacy Lives On A new documentary examines the life, death and enduring appeal of the legendary singer-songwriter.

“Over the years, Jeff Buckley has been so difficult to pigeonhole as an artist because he was sui generis: He was Plant AND Page; he was Reed AND Cale; he was Buckingham AND Nicks. His music is not rooted to a time period or genre. Quite the opposite.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...

'Rolling Stone' Names Sean Woods and Shirley Halperin Co-Editors In Chief Sean Woods and Shirley Halperin are Rolling Stone's new co-editors in chief.

Profoundly proud to usher in a new era of @rollingstone.com with @seanwoods.bsky.social! www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Foo Fighters’ New Drummer Revealed (Exclusive) Ilan Rubin replaces Josh Freese, who was let go from the band back in May. But there’s a twist.

Big news - with a twist! www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...

Those billboards and bus ads beckoning drivers to “call me” are a true L.A. institution. And the two sisters battling each other for insurance turf is a story tailor-made for the movies. This @thr.com feature is 🤌. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Upon hearing a Steve Earle song soundtrack a visual for ‘Andor’ Season 2, I couldn’t help thinking about how the ’Star Wars’ franchise is changing its tune. Thanks to Tim Greiving for nailing the assignment! Read his @thr.com feature here ➡️ www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...

Justin Bieber’s Crisis of Faith? A bitter management shake-up. Angry public outbursts. A “narcissistic” pastor whose word is gospel. What in God’s name is happening to the once-mighty pop icon? “Whatever he’s going through, I pray fo...

A bitter management shake-up. Angry public outbursts. A "narcissistic" pastor whose word is gospel. What in God’s name is happening to once-mighty pop icon Justin Bieber? “Whatever he’s going through, I pray for him,” a longtime collaborator says. My story: www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...

The Hollywood Reporter's latest digital cover story explores the rage of Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ — a cultural phenomenon in the U.K. and far beyond and for good reason: it’s absolutely captivating. Read @thr.com UK staffer Lily Ford’s excellent story here ➡️ www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

Slay! Inside the Buffy Prom, Where Fans of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Partied Like It Was 1999 The event — held at L.A.'s Torrance High School, the real-life Sunnydale High — also feted Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs' podcast, 'Buffering the Vampire Slayer,' and their new book, 'Slayers Ev...

What happens in Torrance...

Terry Manning, Key Architect of Stax Records’ Memphis Sound, Dies at 77 Affiliated with Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top and Big Star, the recording engineer and producer was also a noted photographer.

Couldn’t really do justice to Terry Manning’s incredible resume but wanted to note his passing in @thr.com. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...

David Johansen’s Cancer Treatment Fundraiser Lists Donations by Martin Scorsese, Colin Jost, More Donors to the Sweet Relief fund also include Sony Music’s Rob Stringer, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and the George Lopez Foundation.

Showbiz is stepping up for David Johansen! Among the donors listed on his Sweet Relief fundraiser: Martin Scorsese, Colin Jost, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, R.E.M.’s Peter Buck. Read all about it at @thr.com ⬇️

José Menendez’s Music Industry Past Revealed: “You Did Not Want to Incur His Wrath,” Says Former Colleague Deals for the Elvis catalog, hits by Mr. Mister and an Annie Lennox charm offensive, with the brothers back in the news, THR takes a closer look at the patriarch’s roots as an executive at RCA Records...

ICYMI: With the #MenendezBrothers back in the news, I asked @roytrakin.bsky.social to look into José’s time in the #musicindustry, when he worked on bringing the Elvis Presley catalog back to RCA Records and oversaw hits by Mr. Mister(!), The Eurythmics and Starship. Super interesting read ⬇️

Everybody learns, from a pretty young age, that the Nazis were unfathomably evil, and they performed a “Nazi salute,” and this is something you don’t copy in your everyday life: bit.ly/4gdjnQe

A Slightly Premature Obituary for TikTok Whether or not the ban holds for very long, the many unique communities on the platform will inevitably scatter across myriad smaller apps — and many will disappear altogether.

As the clock goes tik, tok, @taylorlorenz.bsky.social pens the app’s possibly premature obituary for @throfficial.bsky.social www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

The Hollywood Reporter cover marking the wildfires in Los Angeles

We Are All Los Angeles. www.hollywoodreporter.com/p/los-angele...

Whatever Happens to TikTok, Big Tech Is Coming for Its Millions of Creators Tech giants like Meta and YouTube want to poach TikTokers, with Snapchat, X, Substack and others also planning efforts to coax them to their platforms.

Tech giants like Meta and YouTube want to poach TikTokers, with Snapchat, X, Substack and others also planning efforts to coax them to their platforms

The Basement Vapes, Volume 21: ‘Til We Outnumber ‘Em—The Birkenstock-Rock Revolution - Magnet Magazine One if by land, two if by sea—MAGNET’s Mitch Myers says let’s blow yacht rock out of the water! That’s it. I’m hereby calling for mutiny and urge that we band together to push back against the growing...

“My conclusion is that if you’re being told that it’s yacht rock, then it’s probably not rock, and it has to stop. This is a sad looming symbol of yet another cultural divide, and we must endeavor to turn back the tide.” magnetmagazine.com/2025/01/13/t...

David Lynch, the writer-director whose films and TV series including #BlueVelvet, #MulhollandDrive and #TwinPeaks portrayed a seemingly bucolic America, only to reveal it as teeming with the mysterious and macabre, has died. He was 78: bit.ly/3WoVvC3

Ex-Home of Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson, Where He Once Housed Manson Family, Survives Palisades Fire 14400 Sunset Blvd., where in the late 1960s Wilson would regularly host cult leader Charles Manson and many of his followers, has been left standing following the L.A. wildfires.

For my fellow weirdos who wondered whether the house at 14400 Sunset Blvd. survived ...

More Americans Get Their News From YouTube — and There’s No Going Back An appreciation for ‘Tisa Tells’ and her fellow amateur pundits who provided deep-dive analysis of the year’s biggest scandals.

Sooo…. I got written up in the Hollywood reporter!!! 🥹🥹
@shirleyhalperin.bsky.social thank you sooo much!! You guys check out the amazing article. YouTube Is The Future!!!

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What a thrill it is to return to the Hollywood Reporter family and to step into the role of Co-Editor-in-Chief alongside Maer Roshan. Fun fact: I wrote the last cover story of THR’s broadsheet format back in 2010! Day one in the bag. More TK...