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A Tribe Called Quest Now in Support of Controversial Documentary | ARTICLE

With all the interpersonal drama surrounding the documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, it seemed doubtful that any one of the contending Tribe members would bother to show for the...
April 28, 2011 2:05 PM ET
Ozzy Osbourne Opens Up About the Bad Old Days in New Film | ARTICLE

It's been five years since Ozzy Osbourne put an end to the bad old days. Back then, Osbourne used to scare even fellow musicians who would otherwise revel in drunken rock & roll debauchery. As drummer...
April 27, 2011 12:30 PM ET
Kings of Leon Talk New Documentary 'Talihina Sky' and Upcoming Tour | ARTICLE

Every year, the three brothers and one cousin who compose Kings of Leon make a pilgrimage to Talihina, Oklahoma, for a weeklong family reunion – but not this summer. "This is the first year we have to...
April 26, 2011 9:00 AM ET
Cameron Crowe Talks 'Pearl Jam Twenty' and 'The Union' | ARTICLE

April 22, 2011 2:50 PM ET
Tribeca Film Festival Opens With Elton John Concert and Documentary Screening | ARTICLE

Elton John's fingers froze up midway through an outdoor performance following a screening of The Union last evening, the opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival. "Please excuse any wrong notes," he said to the crowd....
April 21, 2011 5:30 PM ET
A Tribe Called Quest Documentary Director Michael Rapaport Opens Up About Controversial Film | ARTICLE

Making the new documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest was an up-and-down experience for actor-turned-director Michael Rapaport. "The music has such an inclusive spirit," he told Rolling Stone the week before...
April 21, 2011 9:00 AM ET
Listen: OK Go Write 'The Greatest Song I Ever Heard' for Morgan Spurlock's New Movie | ARTICLE

Click to listen to OK Go's "The Greatest Song I Ever Heard" For his forthcoming documentary POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold...
April 4, 2011 11:15 AM ET
Hole's Classic Lineup Reconnects at Documentary Premiere | ARTICLE

Michael N. Todaro/FilmMagic Onetime Hole band mates Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Melissa Auf der Maur and Patty Schemel were together for the first time in 13 years last night for the premiere...
March 29, 2011 3:30 PM ET
Iggy Pop Plans New Stooges Record | ARTICLE

Considering Iggy Pop has spent most of his career half-naked, it's ironic to see the punk legend going into the shirt business. But Pop made an appearance at Barney's Co-Op in New York last night to promote...
July 29, 2010 5:36 PM ET
Morgan Spurlock Film Captures "Nerd Nirvana" Comic-Con | ARTICLE

Thousands of comic aficionados are flooding San Diego today for Comic-Con 2010, and documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is on the scene, capturing it all for his upcoming movie about the event he's dubbed "nerd nirvana." "You can...
July 22, 2010 4:54 PM ET
Pharrell Williams Channels Sixties Spirit on N.E.R.D.'s 'Nothing' | ARTICLE

Pharrell Williams is one of pop's most in-demand producers, but for his upcoming musical projects (a new N.E.R.D. album and a soundtrack to the movie Despicable Me) he's putting his ego in check — and picking up...
July 2, 2010 2:25 PM ET
Goth Icon Peter Murphy Talks 'Twilight' Cameo | ARTICLE

Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy has arrived onstage suspended upside down like a bat, but he went a step more goth for the latest Twilight film, guest starring as a vampire in Eclipse, which hits theaters today. The...
June 30, 2010 6:39 PM ET
Juliette Lewis Returns to the Big Screen | ARTICLE

Juliette Lewis wants her life to be "dangerous": "I need the unknown." So when she was a film star, she wanted to become a singer — and once she became a rock star, she wanted to become...
June 24, 2010 3:19 PM ET
Playing Dad: Charlotte Gainsbourg on the Role of Her Life | ARTICLE

Charlotte Gainsbourg had no problem acting out the genital mutilation scenes in Lars von Trier's Antichrist. She didn't flinch at singing about incest with her father, Serge Gainsbourg on 1984's "Lemon Incest," when she was 13 years...
June 15, 2010 9:42 AM ET
Metallica's Hammett Preps for Big Four "Thrash Reunion" | ARTICLE

Before heading out with Metallica on their Big Four overseas tour, Kirk Hammett made a pit stop at New York's Iridium Jazz Club on Wednesday night to pay homage to his longtime guitar hero Jeff Beck, who...
June 10, 2010 2:33 PM ET
Paul Simon and Joan Baez Team for New York Benefit | ARTICLE

Paul Simon and Joan Baez brought a solid dose of levity to a fairly serious event last night, sharing jokes at the microphone as they treated celebrity guests including Matthew Modine, Jane Pauley and Tom Brokaw to...
June 3, 2010 2:19 PM ET
Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams and Beck Bring New Music to 'True Blood' | ARTICLE

"Who isn't a fan of nakedness and vampirism?" Elvis Costello jokes when asked to sum up the appeal of True Blood. Hopefully, more rock fans will soon be too. For the third season of HBO's hit drama,...
May 25, 2010 4:41 PM ET
Rolling Stones Ponder Next Reissue at 'Stones in Exile' Screening | ARTICLE

"We cut the track 'Sweet Black Angel' on the lawn, with the microphones outside," Mick Jagger recalled of the Rolling Stones' infamous sessions for Exile on Main Street last night in New York. "Just because we could."...
May 12, 2010 11:55 AM ET
The Roots, John Legend Refresh Sixties Protest Songs on 'Wake Up' | ARTICLE

What started as a plan to reinvent one Arcade Fire song has become a full-blown covers project for John Legend and the Roots, who are "90 percent done" with a full album, ?uestlove tells Rolling Stone. "People...
May 11, 2010 9:23 AM ET
Funny Business: James Franco Explores Secrets Behind 'SNL' | ARTICLE

As Saturday Night Live broadcast its December 6, 2008 episode, actor-turned-director James Franco was backstage, posing an uncomfortable question to the host. "I had to ask John Malkovich, 'Can I get you changing during the...
May 3, 2010 6:18 PM ET