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When the brain trust behind Rolling Stone Presents: Amplified, the Immersive Rock Experience first came together, they faced a gargantuan task. Not only did they need to comb through seven decades of rock history and create a powerful narrative that would appeal to visitors of all ages, but they had to find a way to utilize the cutting-edge technology of the Illuminarium Las Vegas at AREA15, including the world’s most advanced 4K projection, 3-D audio, in-floor haptics, and 10,000 square feet of immersive space, where even the floor is a screen.

Michael Milosh of the R&b project Rhye has sued his ex-wife Alexa Nikolas’s attorneys for malicious prosecution, alleging that they knowingly filed a “frivolous” lawsuit that “lacked any legal basis or factual support” regarding allegations of sexual assault against Milosh.

Last year, Nikolas, an actor with credits on shows including Nickelodeon’s Zoey 101, filed her initial suit against Milosh, but she dropped her lawsuit without prejudice (meaning it can be filed again later) in May. But as she told Rolling Stone in recent weeks, she plans on re-filing her suit soon.

In 1976 Werner Herzog hypnotized his cast of actors and directed one of the strangest narrative films in the history of cinema, Heart of Glass. Alan Greenberg, then a young writer, aspiring filmmaker, and Herzog disciple, was on the set, and thirty-odd years later he, and Herzog, would like to tell you all about it. Hence, Every Night the Trees Disappear: Werner Herzog and the Making of “Heart of Glass” (Chicago Review Press).

Greenberg had fallen under Herzog’s spell the year before, when he was sent by a film journal to interview the director. Neither cared for that process, but the two discovered they shared the same ideas about film, music, and athletics. During this meeting Herzog mentioned an upcoming film project that involved hypnosis. The relationship was solidified when Herzog told Greenberg, “You must join with me. There is work to be done, and we will do it well.