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The Twilight Saga in Rolling Stone

 

Published 33 hours ago at Rolling Stone: Features

Peter Travers Reviews New Moon Our film critic on the Twilight saga's second chapter: "Swooning tweens of all ages and sexes will work themselves into a lather ..."

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Wes Anderson's Fantastic Fox Tale

 

Published 2 days ago at Rolling Stone: Features

The director and "Fantastic Mr. Fox" star Jason Schwartzman on bringing Roald Dahl's classic to the big screen W es Anderson's newest venture may be an animated take on a classic kids' story, but from its corduroy-clad characters ...

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The Man on the "Moon": Q&A With "Twilight Saga" Director Chris Weitz

 

Published 2 days ago at Rolling Stone: Features

Master of movie adaptations on the wild stunts and Team Edward moments in "New Moon" W ith just days to go before the release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon , Rolling Stone chatted with the film's director, Chris Weitz, about ...

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?uestlove's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" Countdown

 

Published 2 days ago at Rolling Stone: Features

The Roots drummer's favorite all-star jams and musical celebrity slams Five Best Guests 1. Tie: Artie Lange and Olivia Munn I don't know if you can capture lightning in a bottle, but I will say this much — I've never ...

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Adam Lambert on the Demons and Dance Behind "For Your Entertainment"

 

Published 9 days ago at Rolling Stone: Features

Singer opens up about his new band (Madonna's guitarist!) and his album's Radiohead moment In our new issue , Adam Lambert tells Rolling Stone how whiskey and David Bowie influenced his debut album, For Your Entertainment .  ...

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Greatest Moments: Watch History Being Made

 

Published 9 days ago at Rolling Stone: Features

The most star-studded jams, powerful speeches and action-packed reunions from three decades of Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies For more on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th Anniversary, check out the latest issue ...

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Inside The Monster Ball: Lady Gaga Reveals Plans for Ambitious New Tour

 

Published 30 days ago at Rolling Stone: Features

J ust two weeks after Lady Gaga's Fame Kills Tour with Kanye West was cancelled, the ambitious pop star announced plans for an unprecedented "multimedia artistic experience" called The Monster Ball . The show was originally ...

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The Future of Cars: The Realities of Alternative Fuels

 

Published 30 days ago at Rolling Stone: Features

From algae to manure, how six methods stack up Algae Who's Doing It: Sapphire Energy, San Diego How It Works: Hydrocarbons get refined from algae-based "Green Crude," then extracted to run on a plug-in electric Toyota Prius ...

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The Future of Cars: 3OH!3 Test Drive the Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric

 

Published 30 days ago at Rolling Stone: Features

The Band: 3OH!3 The Car: Mitsubishi i-Miev Electric The Location: Los Angeles, CA It's not easy to find a vehicle with a name as punctuationally nonsensical as 3OH!3, the Boulder, Colorado duo behind the ...

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The Future of Cars: T-Pain Test Drives the BMW 335d Clean Diesel

 

Published 30 days ago at Rolling Stone: Features

The Artist: T-Pain The Car: BMW 335d Clean Diesel The Location: Miami, FL Few things make T-Pain as happy as a strip club. The 26-year-old is in Miami recording his next album, Revolver , because this is where he ...

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John Cleese's Towering Legacy

 

Published 30 days ago at Rolling Stone: Features

Comic legend on "Fawlty Towers," "Monty Python" and the dump named in his honor I t's a busy year for comic legend John Cleese: touring with a new one-man show, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the inimitable Monty Python ...

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The Future of Cars: Cobra Starship Test Drive the Tesla Roadster

 

Published 30 days ago at Rolling Stone: Features

The Band: Cobra Starship The Car: Tesla Roadster The Location: New York City "I'm gonna take the first shift, if that's all right," Cobra Starship guitarist Ryland Blackinton says, strolling around to the driver's side ...

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Dave Eggers' Monster Project: Behind "The Wild Things"

 

Published 10/19/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Screenwriter and author on his inspirations ("E.T.," "The Wizard of Oz") and the secrets behind Carol and Co. Go behind the Wild Things ' stunning visuals in a behind-the-scenes gallery and find out more about  ...

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Madonna's Message: Pop's Reigning Queen in Her Own Words

 

Published 10/14/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Her Madgesty on Michael Jackson and Britney Spears, her biggest scandals and her lasting legacy Madonna looks back at her epic three-decade career in our new issue , on stands now. Check out more Q&A; from her ...

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Maurice Sendak, King of All Wild Things

 

Published 10/14/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Celebrate the release of Sendak's classic book as a feature film with Rolling Stone's 1976 profile of the revered children's book author Overture: Little Brother, Little Sister This is the way the fairy tale begins: ...

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They Might Be Giants' "Flood": Track by Track Guide to the Geek-Chic Breakthrough

 

Published 10/8/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Flansburgh and Linnell look back at their best-selling LP on its 20th anniversary L ast week, They Might Be Giants hit the road to celebrate the 20th birthday of their signature album, Flood . To mark the anniversary, ...

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James Ellroy's American Apocalypse

 

Published 10/5/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

The master of modern noir has completed an epic secret history of America - a trilogy so dark that he lost his mind writing it "James Ellroy's American Apocalypse" was originally printed in Issue 1089 . Read ...

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U2 Beyond the "Horizon": Plans for Next Album Take Shape

 

Published 10/1/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

The band on "Songs of Ascent," Spider-Man music and U2 haters Go behind the scenes with U2 on their epic 360° Tour in our new issue , on stands now. Check out Q&A from our interviews with the band below.  ...

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Rolling Stone's Essential Summer Festival Coverage

 

Published 10/1/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Austin City Limits 2009 Ultimate Schedule Guide: From Pearl Jam to Passion Pit, how to cram in the best sets at the fall's biggest fest

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Inside the Dark Mind of James Ellroy

 

Published 10/1/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

The master of modern noir on L.A., racism and ambivalence Master of modern noir James Ellroy talks about how writing the final novel in his Underworld U.S.A. triology nearly drove him mad in our new issue . ...

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Global Superstars Muse Explode in America

 

Published 9/30/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

With a Top Five record and stadium gigs with U2, the Brit trio have arrived M att Bellamy looks at it this way: "It's a grounding experience," the singer-guitarist- pianist says a few days before his band, the British trio Muse, ...

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Austin City Limits 2009:<br /> Ultimate Schedule Guide

 

Published 9/30/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

From Pearl Jam to Passion Pit, how to cram in the best sets at the fall's biggest fest M ake no mistake about it: the Austin City Limits lineup definitely skews country this year. Whether it's the timeles yawp and holler of Asleep at ...

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U2: The Essential Album Guide

 

Published 9/29/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Three decades of transcendent rock, from "Boy" to "No Line on the Horizon" BOY (1980) Key Tracks: "I Will Follow," "A Day Without Me" Quick Take: The 10 tunes on U2's debut are sturdily constructed and winningly melodic, ...

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Rolling Stone on Twitter

 

Published 9/29/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Hot new tunes and random musings: your guide to Rolling Stone editors' Twitter pages Rolling Stone TWITTER NAME: RollingStone

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Merle Haggard: The Essential Playlist

 

Published 9/18/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

The legendary country musician's key tracks, curated by Rolling Stone Executive Editor Jason Fine M erle Haggard has recorded literally hundreds of albums and thousands of songs in his career, and at age 72 he shows no signs of ...

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Mary Travers (1936-2009)

 

Published 9/17/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

A look back at the life and career of Peter, Paul and Mary's striking singer M ary Travers, who died of complications from leukemia on September 16th at age 72, was best known as the visual focal point of folk icons Peter, Paul ...

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Rolling Stone's 2009 Fall Music Preview

 

Published 9/16/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Inside 60 of the Season's Biggest Records: Pearl Jam, Shakira, John Mayer, Adam Lambert, Mariah Carey, Lil Wayne and more From Weezy and Mariah to Weezer and the Flaming Lips, some of 2009's most anticipated albums are hitting stores ...

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All Tomorrow's Parties 2009: Who Rocked the Catskills the Hardest?

 

Published 9/14/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Rolling Stone's awards for Best Duet, Deadliest Card Shark and Most Inappropriate Use of Harmonica F or the second year in a row, the All Tomorrow's Parties festival rocked the Catskills, invading the quaint upstate Kutsher's Country ...

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Rolling Stone at the Video Music Awards

 

Published 9/10/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Photo Flashback: 2008 MTV VMAs As the 2009 Video Music Awards draw close, look back at last year's festivities: Britney Spears' rebound, Lil Wayne's impressive set, and more at the 25th annual event.

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Pixies' "Doolittle" Turns 20: Frank Black on the Band's Return to the Road

 

Published 9/3/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Frontman on Kim Deal's quality control and flying first class F or a band that went 11 years between live performances, the Pixies are feeling awfully nostalgic this fall. The gargantuan box set Minotaur (which collects ...

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Before the Report: Stephen Colbert's Rise From Sketch Shows to America's Hero

 

Published 9/2/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Watch early appearances on "The Dana Carvey Show," "Strangers With Candy" and more Read our new cover story "The Subversive Joy of Stephen Colbert" in the new issue , and check out bonus Colbert Q&A .  ...

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Stephen Colbert on Deconstructing the News, Religion and the Colbert Nation

 

Published 9/2/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

More from Neil Strauss' conversation with TV's most dangerous man Read "The Subversive Joy of Stephen Colbert" in our new issue . Stephen Colbert on 'The Stephen Colbert Show' Tell me about the ...

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The Boy Who Heard Too Much

 

Published 8/21/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

He was a 14-year-old blind kid, angry and alone. Then he discovered that he possessed a strange and fearsome superpower ? one that put him in the cross hairs of the FBI I t began, as it always did, with a phone call to 911. "Now ...

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Green Day's "American Idiot" Musical: Meet the Show's Rocker Cast

 

Published 8/20/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Behind the show that unites Cali punks with Broadway dreams I n less than a month, Green Day 's 2004 punk opus American Idiot will come to life onstage as a bona fide musical at California's Berkeley Repertory Theatre.  ...

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Remembering "60 Minutes" Creator Don Hewitt: Inside His Groundbreaking Show

 

Published 8/19/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

In 1968 a former CBS producer named Don Hewitt launched 60 Minutes , a flashy news program that combined documentary-style reporting with the present-tense excitement of daily news. The series went on to become a lasting ...

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Why the Beatles Broke Up:<br /> The Story Behind Our Cover

 

Published 8/18/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Over 365 days, 65 pieces of text and exactly 1,440 pages of notes: Mikal Gilmore on his new investigation into the Fab Four's fall Read "Why the Beatles Broke Up" in our new issue . Get photos, Lennon's 1970 ...

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Rolling Stone's Essential Beatles Coverage

 

Published 8/18/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

The Illustrated Guide to the Beatles' Breakup The inside story on what went wrong, as told through classic Rolling Stone stories

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Twittering Woodstock

 

Published 8/13/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Relive the music and mud in live-action tweets @YasgursFarm T he Woodstock Music and Art Festival is already rock music's most legendary moment: the era-defining music, the unrivaled glow of harmony and optimism, the use of mud ...

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Les Paul (1915-2009)

 

Published 8/13/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

W ith apologies to Hendrix and Clapton, inventor and musician Les Paul, who died Wednesday at 94, was the most influential rock guitarist ever — even though he was only tangentially involved in rock. Paul was important not ...

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Rolling Stone's Essential Woodstock Coverage

 

Published 8/11/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

The Woodstock Experience: The Fest in Photos From Jimi Hendrix's set to the scene on the ground, a close-up look at three days of peace and music. Read...

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Remembering Woodstock: Jefferson Airplane

 

Published 8/11/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Next Photo: Jason Laure/The Image Works Jefferson Airplane Grace Slick: I have a bladder the size of a dime, and I couldn't go to the bathroom all night. I'm real fastidious. I like toilets that ...

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Remembering Woodstock: Bob Weir

 

Published 8/11/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

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Remembering Woodstock: Carlos Santana

 

Published 8/11/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

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Rolling Stone's Essential Guitar Coverage

 

Published 8/10/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time Pete Townshend on Jimi Hendrix, plus essential tunes by Clapton, Allman, Santana and more

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Artist to Watch 2009: Florence and the Machine

 

Published 8/6/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

U.K. singer mixes girl-power lyrics, soulful vocals Previous Next Florence Welch is a...

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Artist to Watch 2009: Avett Brothers

 

Published 8/6/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

North Carolina duo are Rick Rubin's favorite new band Previous Next Thanks...

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Artist to Watch 2009: BLK JKS

 

Published 8/6/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Fiery guitars, dark jams: Africa's best new band Previous Next It's Saturday...

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Artist to Watch 2009: Little Boots

 

Published 8/6/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

YouTube sensation becomes U.K. electro-pop queen Previous Next

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Artist to Watch 2009: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

 

Published 8/6/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

L.A. hippie clan scores celeb fans with feel-good vibes Previous Next Ask anyone who's held hands with a...

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Artist to Watch 2009: Drake

 

Published 8/6/2009 at Rolling Stone: Features

Canadian actor-turned-rapper scores hit single, $2 million deal Next Twenty-two-year-old biracial Canadian actor-rapper Drake has just negotiated a monster of a record deal, giving him total control ...

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