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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Actress Ione Skye recalls the night that her ex-boyfriend, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis, learned that guitarist Hillel Slovak had died of a heroin overdose
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On June 25, 1988, Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Hillel Slovak died at home in Los Angeles as the result of an accidental heroin overdose. Slovak, who was a founding member of the Californian punk-funk band, was 26. At the time, Slovak's best friend, Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis, was dating Hollywood actress Ione Skye, perhaps best known for her starring role in the film Say Anything, as well as her acclaimed performances in films such as Rivers Edge, The Rachel Papers, and Gas Food Lodging. Skye recently published her revealing best-selling memoir, Say Everything, and in it she recalls the fateful night that she and Kiedis learned of Slovak's death. Skye knew that Kiedis was a heroin addict when she began dating him as a 17-year-old. So when the singer's friend Bob Forrest, frontman of cult LA band Thelonious Monster, phoned the couple's home on the evening of June 27, 1988, "crying so hard that he couldn't get words out", Skye originally feared that the call had been made to share bad news about her boyfriend, who had gone out that evening to see his drug dealer. Recalling the horror of the night in her memoir Skye writes: 'What is it?' I said. 'Is it Anthony?' It was Anthony, I knew it. He'd gone to meet his dealer and hadn't returned. 'It's Hillel,' Bob sobbed. 'They found him at his place…' "Bob hung up," Skye recalls, "and I stood in the dark, holding the empty phone till I heard Anthony rev into the driveway." When Kiedis didn't immediately come into the house, Skye went out to his car, and found her boyfriend "hunched over in the front seat, a plastic THANK YOU shopping bag crumpled next to him." The sight initially made Skye think that Kiedis was shooting up heroin, but the singer was actually just writing in his notebook, working on potential lyrics. Skye urged him to come in immediately to phone Bob Forrest back. "I couldn't be the one to say it," she writes. "Anthony dialed the phone, his warriorlike shoulders slowly curling around the blow of Bob's news," Skye continues. "Then he straightened, hung up, grabbed the THANK YOU bag, and strode to the bathroom. "You're doing that now?" I said, following him. "Anthony whipped his head toward me with a look so anguished that I understood. "Of course he was shooting up. He'd just lost his best friend. Who wouldn't numb that blow if they could?" Red Hot Chili Peppers later paid tribute to their friend's tragic passing with the song Knock Me Down, on their 1989 album Mother's Milk. This was the first album that the band recorded with their new guitarist John Frusciante.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amazon Prime Extends Popular Student Discount to ‘Young Adults' Up to 24 Years Old for Prime Day
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Amazon Prime continues to be one of the most popular subscription services online, with a host of benefits that range from free shipping to free music and movies. Now, the site is rolling out a new Prime member deal targeted to a new generation of shoppers just in time for Prime Day. More from Rolling Stone The Best Prime Day Audio Deals: More Music, Less Moolah How to Watch the FIFA Club World Cup Semifinals for Free Did Anthony Kiedis Just Make the World's Best Canned Coffee? Amazon's 'Prime for Young Adults' plan offers a six-month free trial to Amazon Prime for customers ages 18-24. After that, a monthly subscription to Prime costs just $7.49 — 50% off the regular price. But Prime for Young Adults members can get special Prime Day savings for a limited time by stacking a total of 10% cash back on Prime Day deals within eligible categories. The introduction of cash back is part of a new, exclusive offer which lets young adult members earn 5% cash back every day, even after Prime Day is over. GET SIX-MONTH prime FREE TRIAL Start here to verify your age and ID. Unlike Amazon's student discount, you don't need to be a student or registered at any institution to qualify for this 'young adults' plan. After signing up, you'll get access to Amazon Prime for free for six months. Your plan auto-renews at $7.49/month after trial, and you can cancel anytime before your free trial is over without being charged. An Amazon Prime membership gets you a ton of benefits, include free delivery (with same-day delivery options) on thousands of products online. Your membership also includes a free subscription to Grubhub+ for food delivery. For a limited time, you can also earn 10% cash back during Prime Day from July 8-11 on select beauty, electronics, apparel, and more (5% cash back every day after). Amazon Prime members also get full access to Prime Video's slate of TV shows, movies, live sports (like Thursday Night Football) and specials. You can also stream millions of songs for free through Amazon Music, and download and play games through Prime Gaming. Amazon Reading, meantime, offers free digital comics, audiobooks, and ebooks. The 'Prime for Young Adults' plan offers additional benefits, like 10% off flights and hotels through StudentUniverse and a free three-month subscription to Calm. Students, meantime, will want to take advantage of one month of free access to Course Hero, for homework help and study aids, and access to discount textbooks online. $7.49 $14.99 50% off GET AMAZON PRIME FOR YOUNG ADULTS Of course all Prime members enjoy exclusive discounts and offers for shopping events like Prime Day, and daily deals on Get a six-month free trial to 'Prime for Young Adults' here and continue on afterwards at a reduced 50% off rate each month. See full details here. Best of Rolling Stone The Best Audiophile Turntables for Your Home Audio System
Daily Mail
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Ione Skye reveals dark details about dating Red Hot Chili Peppers star Anthony Kiedis when she was just 16
Ione Skye has opened up about her two-year relationship with Anthony Kiedis when she was just 16, while he was 24 and a drug addict. The pair struck up a romance in the '80s, with the actress, 54, recently revealing the Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman, 62, impregnated her and then paid for the abortion. She broke down the details of their relationship in her memoir, and has now spoke on It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield, calling him a 'dominating, controlling person'. 'I think he's trying to feel powerful,' she said when host Abbie asked why she believes Anthony has pursued relationships with much younger women for most of his life. 'He obviously has a huge ego. And so, I think part of it is to feel in control, and powerful, and a dominating type of person.' 'You know, if you're challenged by being with someone [your own age]… he just needs to be the dominating, controlling person,' she added. Anthony has been linked to several women throughout his life, including a two-year relationship with model Helena Vestergaard when she was 19 and he was 52. He also shares son Everly Bear Kiedis with ex Heather Christie, who he started dating in 2004 when she was about 18 and he was 41 - they split in 2008. Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Anthony for comment. It comes after Ione spoked candidly about aborting Anthony's baby when she was just 17-years-old and admitted he paid for the procedure, but sent her to the clinic alone. In her memoir Say Everything, released in March, Ione recalled being in a Beverly Hills doctor's office alone after falling pregnant with the Red Hot Chili Peppers singer - who was a drug addict and 25-years-old at the time. Explaining her decision to not keep the baby, Ione wrote in the book: 'I was the type of girl who'd wanted a baby since I was a baby, who used to fantasize about finding a swaddled infant on my doorstep or catching a flying ghost baby with a butterfly net. 'But fantasising was different from seeing. I couldn't see having a baby at this point.' She went on to say of Anthony: 'He seemed to think that by paying for me to have the termination at a nice Beverly Hills doctor's office instead of Planned Parenthood he was being a mensch. 'He hadn't offered to be with me today, just guiltily dropped me off at the curb. 'To say nothing of the fact that after our AIDS scare, and the supposed new lease on life he'd gotten with the negative test result, he'd gone on using needles and having unprotected sex with me. And I'd consented to that. 'Other people in our group had unsafe sex and they were fine, I kept telling myself, using my teenage reasoning. Of course, I could see how irresponsible we were being. 'Whether Anthony could see it too, he obviously wasn't ready to grow up, to take care of himself and others, to make real adult choices. Anthony wasn't yet strong enough for all this. But I was the girl - I had to be.' The London-born actress also confirmed she has no regrets when it comes to the abortion and wrote: 'I was taking care of myself now, making a choice that felt good and important for my future. 'I wanted to be young and also to keep working. I would not have a baby at 17, with someone who didn't want to be a dad, wouldn't commit to me and had anger issues. Not to mention the heroin. 'And besides that, I was depleted enough from worrying about Anthony and worrying what people thought of us and worrying about my career.' 'I was sure that adding a newborn to my list of things to worry about would be the end of me,' she admitted. Despite opening up about the relationship in her memoir, Ione confirmed she didn't talk to Anthony about it beforehand. 'I stay in touch with his mother, but not with him,' she revealed to People. 'I'm very curious about what he'll think - he and my father. 'They're the ones I'm most nerve-wracked about. But everyone who has read it says it's a good read.' Ione's father is Mellow Yellow singer Donovan, and she also opened up about their rocky relationship in the book. But despite the tell-all nature of her book, Ione insisted she approached it with care. 'I definitely don't want to hurt anyone. But some people I named in the book have read it, and luckily everyone has loved it,' she told the outlet. She also shared actor John Cusack previewed the memoir, where she reveals they slept together years after the film. 'I had to get it out of my system,' she wrote, per the outlet, referring to their rendezvous following her divorce from Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz. And it seems John's reaction was priceless as he texted her the following message after reading the book: 'You made the experience sound so meh! It wasn't "meh" for me.' However, Ione stood by her portrayal of the incident and said: 'I'm telling a story, and it was more about how all of our chemistry was in our working together and stimulating each other's minds, not sleeping together!'
The Sun
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Nepo baby with very famous rock star dad spotted in New York – can you guess his musician dad?
NEW York City proved to be the perfect place for a father-son day out for this rocker and his teenager. While the musician is best known for his long-association with California, the 62-year-old traded the West Coast for East for a day in the son with his 17-year-old boy. 4 4 Anthony Kiedis, front man for iconic band Red Hot Chili Peppers, spent the day in Washington Square Park catching up with his model-in-the-making son, Everly Bear Kiedis. The 17-year-old looked just like his dear old dad, with both wearing black jeans and white shirts. While Anthony wore a red and white trucker cap on his head, Everly was seen beaming as he they sat in the park and caught up. Born in October 2007 to Kiedis and model Heather Christie, Everly is the Californication singer's only child. The singer said in 2014 "being a father is the coolest trip I've ever taken" during an interview with Louder Sound. Kiedis has been open about his past drug addiction from a young age, and was raised in Hollywood alongside his father Blackie Dammett, born John Kiedis. Blackie, who played a drug dealer in Lethal Weapon, would later admit in BBC1 documentary ONE life: Help! My Kid's a Rock Star that he introduced his son to sex and drugs from a young age. "It wasn't so unusual that I let him take a little bit of acid, or a little bit of marijuana," he said in the doc. Kiedis would later develop a crippling heroin addiction, which in itself became an inspiration for songs including Under The Bridge. Performing with the Chili Peppers since 1982, Kiedis credits being a dad to Everly for "teaching him patience" and keeping him clean. Sober since 2000, Anthony previously said: 'As every heroin addict will know, temptation is always there. But becoming a father has given me a reason to live and stay clean for good.' By 2015, Everly followed in his mom and dad's footsteps, becoming the face of a Marc Jacobs campaign alongside Kiedis. 4 4
Daily Mail
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
His father is one of the most famous frontmen of the last 40 years… can you guess the nepo baby?
A Hollywood nepo baby was recently seen on an outing in New York with his famous father. His dad is the lead singer of one of the most prominent bands of the last 40 years. The nepo baby was born on October 2, 2007 as his mother is a model who the musician was dating at the time. The rockstar and his band hail from Los Angeles as their distinct style is a nod to the West Coast lifestyle. His famous dad is responsible for hits including Can't Stop, Scar Tissue, and Otherside. Can you guess the nepo baby? It is Everly Bear Kiedis son of Anthony Kiedis! The 17-year-old was joined by the 62-year-old Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman as they enjoyed a nice father-son chat sitting on the iconic water fountain in Washington Square Park. Everly Bear smiled adoringly at his famous dad as they wore similar looks on the outing. Both donned black trousers and footwear along with white T-Shirts while Anthony added a red trucker cap. The two seemed to be trying to beat the heat as they picked up a watermelon on the outing in the Big Apple together. Everly Bear's mother is former model Heather Christie whom Anthony dated from 2004 to 2008. Years ago Anthony revealed how the former couple came up with the child's eccentric name as he told People at the time: 'The mama came up with Bear. That made sense to me because he's from me and I feel like I'm part of the bear clan, and I think it's nice to have a little bit of earth in your name. 'We had a long list of names, but I suppose it came to me by way of the Everly Brothers, which is one of my favorite bands. And sometimes last names make good first names' Anthony has primary custody of his son but does share custody with Heather who enjoys a more private life. In April 2018, Heather took Anthony to court when he tried to block a visit with claims that she was an unfit mother. The court ruled in favor of Heather but Anthony remained the primary carer as his son lives with him in Malibu. Perhaps Everly Bear will follow in his famous father's footsteps as he has come on stage to sing at Red Hot Chili Peppers songs throughout the years. The father and son enjoy bonding time via their shared love of basketball as they are often seen sitting courtside together at Los Angeles Lakers games. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been an active band since their formation in 1982 as Flea (bass), John Frusciante (guitar), and Chad Smith (drums) have been his most consistent band mates. They are one of the top-selling bands of all-time with over 120million records sold worldwide. They were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2012. Red Hot Chili Peppers also received a star on the famous Hollywood Walk Of Fame in March 2022 as Everly Bear was in attendance to support his dad.
