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Rolling Stone stories: 26 news summaries

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(Newser) - Matt Taibbi, who portrayed Goldman Sachs as evil personified in a much-discussed Rolling Stone article over the summer, has the bank in his sights again. In his blog on True/Slant, Taibbi accuses Goldman of misleading and purposely confusing lawmakers about the practice known as naked short selling as new financial... More »

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Wall Street • Goldman Sachs • Rolling Stone • short selling • banking industry • naked short selling • Matt Taibbi

(Newser) - Adam Lambert finds it “funny” that people are talking about him “coming out” in the new Rolling Stone. “I’ve never been in,” he tells Access Hollywood. Lambert says he didn’t discuss his sexuality during American Idol because he wanted people to focus... More »

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entertainment • music • American Idol • Rolling Stone • bisexual • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert • gay • bi-curious

 Idol Runner-Up Comes Out 

Signs record deal, too

Jun 9, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert finally came out to Rolling Stone, Us reports. “I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay,” says Lambert in the June issue, out tomorrow. “I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another... More »

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entertainment • music • reality TV • American Idol • Rolling Stone • homosexuality • album • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert • gay

GLOSSIES

 Huzzahs for Masters of Change 


Mar 22, 09 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saying that “change is no longer a dreamy notion but a reality—and a responsibility,” Rolling Stone lists 100 people from all walks of society with “the power of making people think and making them move.” The top five:
  • Barack Obama: “He has
... More »

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Barack Obama • Google • Steve Jobs • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • Apple • Bono • Rolling Stone • Comedy Central • Jon Stewart • Stephen Colbert • pundits • change • President Obama

GLOSSIES

 Obamas Inherit 
 Sweet Record Stash 

White House album collection contains landmarks from Zeppelin, Stones, Beatles

Jan 29, 09 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s new digs not only grant him access to chefs and a bowling alley, but an LP stash that includes Led Zeppelin IV and the Ramones’ Rocket to Russia, Rolling Stone reports. Banished to the basement during the Reagan years, the White House vinyl vault contains Obama favorites... More »

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Barack Obama • Rolling Stones • Jimmy Carter • Bob Dylan • Rolling Stone • Ronald Reagan • Talking Heads • Bruce Springsteen • The Carpenters • Ramones • Led Zeppelin • Sex Pistols • music review • presidential library • President Obama • Obama family • Pat Boone • John Denver

GLOSSIES

 10 Best Albums of 2008 

Infernal visions, playful funk, unflinching examinations top Rolling Stone list

Dec 21, 08 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Dear Science tops Rolling Stone's year-end best list with an album “that sounded the most like America in 2008." The top 10:
  1. TV on the Radio, Dear Science: "Infernal visions of war and economic desperation," but "amid the fear and loathing" is "defiance.
... More »

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Bob Dylan • John Mellencamp • Rolling Stone • Beck • Metallica • Lil Wayne • Coldplay • My Morning Jacket • TV on the Radio • Santogold • Vampire Weekend • Best of 2008 • Lil Wayne jail • Lil Wayne pleads guilty

 Britney: 'I Feel 
 Like an Old 
 Person Now' 

Pop star discusses her new life, dating, her kids, and her ex

Nov 25, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Britney Spears is picking up the pieces in her new—and incredibly micromanaged—life, USA Today reports. In an interview that hits stands Friday, the pop star tells Rolling Stone magazine, “I feel like an old person now. I go to bed at, like, 9:30 every night. I... More »

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music • Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • Rolling Stone • celebrity • Sean Preston Federline • Jayden James Federline • Jamie Spears

 Greatest Singer Ever: Aretha 

Poll of musicians, industry insiders choose Franklin as most worthy of R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Nov 13, 08 10:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Aretha Franklin isn't just the Queen of Soul, she's the greatest singer of all time, according to a new Rolling Stone poll of critics, musicians, and industry leaders. Her heavenly voice is "a gift from God," says Mary J. Blige. "Aretha has everything—the power, the technique,... More »

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Bob Dylan • Rolling Stone • John Lennon • celebrity • Elvis Presley • Aretha Franklin • singer • James Brown • Stevie Wonder • Sam Cooke • Mary J. Blige • Ray Charles • Marvin Gaye • Otis Redding

REVIEW

 At Long Last, 
 Chinese Democracy 

15-year wait is over for GN'R fans

Nov 11, 08 12:53 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s been 15 years since the last Guns N’ Roses album, but loyal fans can rest assured, Chinese Democracy “sounds a lot like the Guns n' Roses you know,” writes David Fricke for Rolling Stone. Axl Rose and his army of supporting players, from Buckethead to Nine... More »

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Rolling Stone • rock and roll • reviews • Guns N' Roses • rock music • Axl Rose • Chinese Democracy

Rolling Stone
Shrinks to Smaller Format

After 40 years, magazine shifts to a more standard size

Oct 14, 08 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who better to welcome an iconic shift at Rolling Stone than self-proclaimed agent of change Barack Obama? The presidential candidate beams on the smaller, standard-sized cover of the Oct. 30 issue, which features a glossier, thicker look after 41 years of the large format. Last month's final big issue featured... More »

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music • Rolling Stone • magazine • magazine publishing • Jann Wenner • publishing industry

GLOSSIES

 Future Sounds Like These Acts 

Rolling Stone tracks down six up-and-comers

Sep 1, 08 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Maybe you've heard of them, maybe you haven't, but six up-and-coming bands are defining rock and pop this year, according to Rolling Stone. Next big things or one-disc wonders? Check them out, then listen up by clicking the link below:
  • Low Vs Diamond: cinematic rockers from Los Angeles go
... More »

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music • Rolling Stone • list • bands

GLOSSIES

 Dude: Why Lebowski Is Still Big

Cult classic 'symbolic of a whole way of life'

Aug 26, 08 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - A decade after its disappointing box-office release, The Big Lebowski endures as a cult classic, inspiring academic papers, annual festivals, and hot new comics like Seth Rogen. To find out why, Rolling Stone tracked down the cast and a few hardcore fans who say Lebowski is more a movement... More »

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Rolling Stone • pop culture • Jeff Bridges • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Coen brothers • The Big Lebowski

Glossies

 The 'Summer of Downey'

For the first time, he's a genuine superstar

Aug 11, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - After "many long, cold, hard winters," it's finally the "summer of Downey," writes Erik Hedegaard in Rolling Stone. The success of Iron Man has turned the 43-year-old mercurial actor into a certified mega-star, raising the question of how he will deal with it all. "I'm... More »

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Rolling Stone • Robert Downey Jr. • Ben Stiller • Jack Black • Iron Man • Tropic Thunder

The Incredible Shrinking
Rolling Stone

Countercultural icon debuts radical
new look in October

Aug 11, 08 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rolling Stone is about to debut its most radical change in the 41-year history of the countercultural icon. The magazine's traditional large format will shrink to a standard 8x11 size in October, and the staples will give way to a glued binding, reports the New York Times. More »

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Vanity Fair • Rolling Stone • Jann Wenner • Wenner media • publishing industry • market research

glossies

 Scruffy Rogen
 Rising Star of
 'Comedy Mafia'

Pineapple Express may rocket scruffy actor to big bucks

Aug 5, 08 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Seth Rogen's comedy career stumbled for years, but Pineapple Express may catapult him into full-fledged movie stardom, Alex Pappademas writes in GQ. Films like Knocked Up established Rogen as a hilarious "bromantic" lead, and the action-comedy Pineapple, which he co-wrote, proves the scruffy... More »

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film • Rolling Stone • comedy • profile • Seth Rogen • Pineapple Express

glossies

 At Home With 
 Woozy Winehouse 

Singer talks music, drugs, 'Blake, Blake, Blake'

Jun 27, 08 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of another scandal—singing racist ditties on video—Amy Winehouse invites Claire Hoffman of Rolling Stone into her trashed home in London to witness the train wreck firsthand. Over tea and beer, a groggy Winehouse talks drugs, her next album, and her jailed husband, flitting outside... More »

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music • drugs • Rolling Stone • paparazzi • celebrity • Amy Winehouse • Blake Fielder Civil • scandal • interview

 Barack Rocks
 Stevie, Dylan on iPod 

Pals Jay-Z, Springsteen also on shuffle

Jun 26, 08 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ever wonder what Barack's bumpin' when he's not stumpin'? In a sit-down with Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner, Obama reveals the artists on his iPod, including supporters like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Jay-Z. Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" drowns out the rhetoric on the campaign trail, but Stevie Wonder gets... More »

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Barack Obama • music • Bob Dylan • iPod • Rolling Stone • Bruce Springsteen • Stevie Wonder • Jay-Z

Rock Rolls
With Bluegrass

Plant and Krauss
make an unlikely duo but still make beautiful music on tour

Jun 19, 08 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - He's a howling rock god; she's a fiddlin' bluegrass queen. It sounds like an odd pairing, but Robert Plant and Alison Krauss weave haunting harmonies on tour, reports Rolling Stone. The duo admits they struggled to find the right groove while performing Led Zep covers and R&B classics... More »

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music • Rolling Stone • Robert Plant • Alison Krauss • blues • concert tour

OPINION

I Was Never In It to Win It: 'Accidental' Idol

Cook says he 'was never in it to win it'

Jun 15, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Cook almost didn't audition for American Idol—he was there to offer moral support to his younger brother. But goading from his family kicked off a whirlwind journey that took him from fledgling Midwest rocker to Billboard star. Cook tells Rolling Stone about his modest beginnings—and... More »

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music • reality TV • American Idol • Rolling Stone • pop culture • pop music • celebrity • TV shows • interview • David Cook

 Lil Wayne Gives
 Milk for Free,
 Still Sells Cow  

The rapper turned to the Internet to change the game

Jun 11, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - It made record execs cringe, but Lil Wayne's three-year mixtape giveaway sealed his megastar status, reports Rolling Stone. After his last album underperformed, Wayne built an underground following with four free double-albums released on the Internet. The risky move launched Wayne's new single "Lollipop" to Number One on... More »

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music industry • Rolling Stone • rapper • album release • rap music • Billboard charts • Lil Wayne • Internet music • Lil Wayne jail • Lil Wayne pleads guilty • Lil Wayne going to jail

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