News Features
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COVER Louder Faster Stronger
How Metallica conquered bad habits, group therapy and ego clashes to make their heaviest record ever. An excerpt from the cover story.
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Q&A;: Metallica's James Hetfield
"There's more dedication from the four of us than ever before"
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"If we don't get along, everything else is irrelevant"
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Q&A;: Metallica's Kirk Hammett
"I was ready to start working on a solo album"
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Q&A;: Metallica's Robert Trujillo
"It's like you're caught inside a massive set of waves"
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Jack White and Alicia Keys: Bond's New Duo
Inside the recording of the theme song to "Quantum of Solace"
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Discovered on YouTube, Filipino frontman finds Journey tour "a curse"
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Lindsey Buckingham's Return to Rock
Fleetwood Mac leader crafts upbeat new disc, preps tour with the band
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The Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White join forces in documentary
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Inside the intimate sessions for the singer's new covers album
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The indie-rock heartthrob on growing up in a musical clan, loving gangsta rap and singing in bathroom stalls
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COVER Dave at Peace: The Rolling Stone Interview
He was once late night's crankiest man. But is the war within David Letterman finally over?
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COVER Cabin Man
Chris Elliott went from NBC gofer to semi-fame as a juvenile oddball on "Letterman," but never tasted true Hollywood glory. Why the former "Get a Life" star may be his generation's most underappreciated comic genius.
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Let There Be Rock: AC/DC Plan Big Comeback
New disc "Black Ice" hits Wal-Mart in October, massive tour to follow
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COVER Five Comics to Watch
Comedy can be a very tough business – but here are five funny folks you might see on a bigger stage soon
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Chucky Taylor was an ordinary suburban teenager - until he went to live with his father, one of Africa's most brutal dictators. How did a kid from Orlando end up as the first U.S. citizen on trial for torture abroad?
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Brian Wilson's L.A. Love Letter
The Beach Boy crafts a jubilant new musical tribute to his hometown
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COVER Fall TV Preview
Vampires, dead fetuses, Shannen Doherty, oh my! Inside this season's dramatic new series
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Brian Wilson: The Essential Album Guide
From the Beach Boys' "Surfin U.S.A." to his latter-day solo masterpieces, the best of the pop genius
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Guns, Feds and Kids: T.I. Returns
The Atlanta MC preps his new disc as he finishes community service for machine-gun possession
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The singer-songwriter on recording his latest CD in Mexico, his first tattoo and his new supergroup
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COVER The 25 Funniest Web Videos (No, Really!)
From "Star Wars Kid" to Bill O'Reilly's meltdown, a gallery of YouTube's greatest hits
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COVER Dirty Sexy Funny
Russell Brand is a British lunatic who got fired for dressing up as bin Laden and once smoked crack with a prostitute. No wonder America is in love
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Juliana Hatfield's Bad Boy Decisions
An excerpt from the singer-songwriter's new memoir "When I Grow Up"
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Cheech & Chong: Still Smokin' After All These Years
Comedy duo open up about "Pineapple Express," old beef and new jokes
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COVER How Bush Destroyed the Republican Party
A president driven by ideology. A Congress rife with corruption. A political party hellbent on a "permanent majority." A leading scholar examines the radicals who hijacked the GOP — and wrecked the longest conservative ascendancy in American history
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COVER Artists to Watch
Six acts who are defining rock and pop in 2008
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COVER Fall Movie Preview
The Smart Season: First looks at fall's 31 hottest movies by Peter Travers
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How The Big Lebowski — the Coen brothers' 1998 stoner caper starring Jeff Bridges as an L.A. slacker called the Dude — became the most worshipped comedy of its generation
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Inside the Dude's Stoner Soundtrack
What is Lebowski's musical legacy? A Bob Dylan rarity, some Creedence and an angry Glenn Frey
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You can't just own the DVD, man. You gotta hit the YouTube
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Behind the Dude: John Goodman on "The Big Lebowski"
The actor on bad haircuts, superfans and the Dude's "life of a gentleman"
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Behind the Dude: Steve Buscemi on "The Big Lebowski"
His secrets to understanding Donny and learning to bowl
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The Dude Survives: Jeff Bridges on the Enduring "Big Lebowski"
Actor breaks down his own Dude philosophies and recalls favorite moments from the set