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No film project has enthralled the indie-blogiverse more than Spike
Jonze and Dave Eggers adaptation of Maurice Sendaks classic
Where the Wild Things Are. But in the past year, the film
has been plagued by rumors: that Jonzes version was too dark, that
the studio hated it, that Jonze might take his name off the movie.
Here, the media-shy Jonze finally sets the...

Rolling Stone contributing editor Jenny Eliscu first
interviewed Britney Spears in RS 877, when Spears appeared on her third
cover. Here Eliscu talks about the changes shes seen in Britney
over the years, and what it was like getting access to the star for
her new story, Britney Returns.
When did you first meet Britney?
It was in summer of 2001. She had just...

Britney Returns

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Video: Go Behind Britney Spears Cover Shoot
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Britney Spears: The Rolling Stone Cover Gallery
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Britney Spears Life in Photos: A Timeline of Her Rise, Fall and
Comeback

Theres an understanding among those who
know Britney well: When shes blond, shes happy. When shes
brunette, shes sad. When shes...

The Hot List

Illustration: Shepard Fairey

Yes we did. Barack Obamas on his way to Washington, Britneys got
a new album, gossip girls are dying to kiss vampires, and Mickey
Rourke — Mickey Rourke! — is an Oscar contender. The
2008 Hot List is full of hopeful surprises — just like the
man headed to the White House.
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List:...

Remaining three plan possible album and tour without Robert Plant
Last years Led Zeppelin reunion concert
wasnt the end for Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham
— but it looks like it was for Robert Plant. The three
musicians have been holding rehearsals with singers including
Aerosmiths Steven Tyler (it didnt go well, one source has heard)
and...

From their humble beginnings through the blockbuster Black Ice

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AC/DC and the Gospel of Rock and Roll

HIGH VOLTAGE
(1976)
Key Tracks: T.N.T., Shes Got Balls
Quick Take: Perhaps AC/DCs most crucial
innovation is the way their lyrics make plain the boys locker room
conception of sexuality that had previously bubbled just under the
surface...

G n R to sell through Best Buy; are big-box stores the future?
At 12:01 A.M. on October 20th, Wal-Mart
opened a temporary 3,000-square-foot store on Hollywood Boulevard
devoted entirely to AC/DCs new album, Black Ice. Like the
Eagles successfully did a year ago, AC/DC are selling their record
exclusively through Wal-Marts 3,500 stores, tapping into the
chains...

As drug cartels battle the government, Mexico descends into chaos
• VIDEO:
Guy Lawson on the bloody war next door, plus a guide to Mexicos
drug lords
The dead policeman is found propped
against a tree off a dirt road on the outskirts of the city. He is
dressed like a cartoon version of a Mexican cowboy, wearing a
sombrero and wrapped in a heavy woolen...

Just a few years out of high school geekdom, the Seattle indie buzz
band is still awesomely weird
When Fleet Foxes singer Robin Pecknold
was in high school in Seattle, he was overweight, bad at sports and
way too into The Lord of the Rings. It was a pretty
isolating time, he says. I was never invited to anyones party. I
felt invisible. If that wasnt bad enough,...

Inside the reunited bands new album and massive stadium tour
Thirteen years after their last album,
and 17 years after the death of incomparable frontman Freddie
Mercury, Queen are looking, once again, like champions of the
world. With a new singer — Paul Rodgers, formerly of Bad
Company and Free — a new album and a monumental tour covering
20...

Why would you want everyone to like you?
With their new album Dig Out Your Soul out and an
international tour underway, Rolling Stone caught up with
Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher to chat about the first record that
blew his mind, how he measures success and Gods musical prowess.
I was listening to Dig Out Your Soul on My
Space and reading through the comments....

Their tensions behind them, the Dead play their first show in four
years
The first call came into Penn States
Bryce Jordan Center in mid- summer: A concert promoter asked venue
officials to hold some dates at the schools indoor arena in the
fall. The promoter wouldnt identify the band — and didnt
until he called back to ask if October 13th would be...

Hardcore hitmakers storm the East Coast with scooters, new album
Three hours before hitting the stage at
New Yorks Roseland Ballroom, Tim McIlrath and Joe Principe of the
Chicago punk crew Rise Against get some good news: Their fifth
record, Appeal to Reason, will debut the next day at
Number Three, selling 65,000 copies — their biggest week
ever. Bassist...

Metallicas frontman on headbanging injuries, his favorite album
and field-dressing a moose
How did Metallica celebrate when their
ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, debuted at Number One?
We bought a bunch of drugs and cars, jokes frontman James
Hetfield. No, we just looked at each other, our jaws dropped and
we said, Man! The moment was especially sweet for...

For the first time, the rock legend performs his most acclaimed
album
When Van Morrisons second solo album,
Astral Weeks, hit shelves in 1968, it was a commercial
failure. But in the following decades, the mystical-themed album
has become one of Morrisons most beloved, influencing everyone
from Bruce Springsteen to U2. (Astral Weeks was like a
religion to...

Backstage with the Brooklyn band on its biggest tour yet
On a recent Monday, Tunde Adebimpe and
Kyp Malone — the dual frontmen of TV on the Radio — are
lounging backstage at Bostons Wilbur Theatre, chowing down on crab
cakes and clam chowder for lunch. Topics of conversation include
the election, Jay-Z and a phenomenon both guys find a little

Back in the post-grunge era in the 90s, nobody — not Scott
Weiland, not the dudes from Candlebox — was more maligned
than Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale. Labeled as a wannabe from the
start, his band still made four albums and sold millions of records
on the back of huge singles like Machinehead and Swallowed.
When Bush broke up, Rossdale formed a...

Osbourne discovers Guitar Hero: World Tour
Sitting underneath a chandelier with its
light bulbs screwed into metal bats, Ozzy Osbourne — the
self-proclaimed Prince of Fuckin Darkness — explains how
he became a character in Guitar Hero: World Tour. They wanted
somebody people could relate to, says the man who once snorted a
line of ants just to see...

Fall Gaming: How Real Can It Get?

Fable
II
Xbox
360
PREMISE: The sequel to the epic medieval role-playing game
takes place during the Enlightenment, with castles and catacombs
waiting to be explored.

SECRET
WEAPON: Depending on
whether you...

He was the greatest writer of his generation - and also its most
tormented. In the wake of his tragic suicide, his friends and
family reveal the lifelong struggle of a beautiful mind
He was six-feet-two, and on a good day he
weighed 200 pounds. He wore granny glasses with a head scarf,
points knotted at the back, a look that was both pirate-like and

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