Rolling Stone

Shakira's Body: 'Asking To Reproduce'

Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment


An open-shirted Shakira covers Rolling Stone's new issue. Inside, the 32-year-old singer, whose longtime boyfriend is investment banker Antonio de la ...

Rolling Stone's Barack Obama Cover Named Magazine Cover Of The Year: Pick Yours (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media


Rolling Stone's July 10-24, 2008, cover — which featured then-Presidential-candidate Barack Obama, was named "Cover of the Year" in the American...

Who Duped Rolling Stone Gonzo Reporter Matt Taibbi?

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.11.2009 | Business


Diane Tucker

Taibbi, Rolling Stone magazine's teen heartthrob, became a sensation last month after calling Goldman Sachs "a giant vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity."

Human or Dancer: Killers Waver at Jones Beach

Rob Fishman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


Rob Fishman

At Jones Beach on Tuesday, the Killers packed too much performance, and not enough humanity.

Interviewing Jimi Hendrix

Sheila Weller | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment


Sheila Weller

In that very different but very catalytic era, 40 years ago, what Jimi Henrix accomplished and what he represented to young America helped bring us to the country and the leadership we have today.

The Sound of Silence

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business


Yvette Kantrow

For a site that has repeatedly railed about the business press' failure to take on big financial institutions, CJR's lack of comment on a major piece that did just that was puzzling.

Helping Obama Write the Unwritten Future

Shepard Fairey | Posted 09.06.2009 | Style


Shepard Fairey

2009-08-06-R1085COVER_fp.jpgIt's been six-plus months since Obama took office, and the new Rolling Stone cover is the first image of Obama I've created in that time.

Honk if You Love . . . Smokey Robinson

David Wild | Posted 08.17.2009 | Entertainment


David Wild

The very idea of Smokey Robinson singing Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why" is almost too perfect in theory. In reality, it's much better than that.

Thank God It's Thursday: Oklahoma's College of Rock with Scott Booker, Raphael Saadiq's New Video, Rhino's Digital 45s, More Woodstock, The Bee Gees, and Kimya Dawson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.16.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

Built on the whole School of Rock phenomenon, the University of Central Oklahoma has a new music division that teaches all aspects of popular music such as performance, production and business affairs.

The Atlantic: Taibbi Is 'Becoming The Sarah Palin Of Journalism'

Posted 08.13.2009 | Business


Matt Taibbi's much-discussed take down of Goldman Sachs in Rolling Stone has begun to get its share of criticism. Today, Joe Weisenthal at Clusterstoc...

A Conspiracy So Vast

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


Yvette Kantrow

Among conspiracy theories, the one about Goldman Sachs controlling the world, is as hackneyed as they come. But it was only a matter of time before somebody didn't think it was silly at all.

Pitchfork Thriving Though Music Magazines Falling

Forbes | Dan Gerstein | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


The Big Four of music publishing--Rolling Stone, Blender, Spin, Vibe--became the Big Two this year. As the miserable ad climate continues its toll, o...

The Challenges of Communicating the Crisis

Robert Teitelman | Posted 08.06.2009 | Media


Robert Teitelman

We should all try harder to write more accessibly. But can the complexity of finance (and economics) be effectively captured by the kind of simple explanations required by an audience that barely knows the basics?

Goldman Sachs: The Great American Bubble Machine

rollingstone.com | Posted 08.02.2009 | Business


In Rolling Stone Issue 1082-83, Matt Taibbi takes on "the Wall Street Bubble Mafia" investment bank Goldman Sachs. The piece has generated controversy...

The Great Issue of Our Times: Megan Fox or Jenny Sanford?

David Wild | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


David Wild

I don't know much about Mrs. Sanford, but I'm pretty sure about this: she is way too good for some creepy, lying idiot like Mark Sanford.

Taibbi's Goldman Sachs Rolling Stone Piece: Writer Strikes Back

True/Slant | Matt Taibbi | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business


After my Rolling Stone piece about Goldman, Sachs hit the newsstands last week (unfortunately the piece is not yet up on the magazine's web site, so I...

Hurricane Michael

Jim Impoco | Posted 07.29.2009 | Entertainment


Jim Impoco

In September 1987, I thought I had landed the big one, a career-making exclusive with a reclusive superstar.

Heaven Can Wait

Jancee Dunn | Posted 07.25.2009 | Style


Jancee Dunn

I knew it was time to hang it up when I realized virtually every interview I've done in the past few years contained a variation of the most inoffensive quote of all: 'I'm really blessed.'

New Tunes On Monday: Wilco, The Mars Volta, Don Henley and Christina Courtin

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.22.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

The songs on Wilco's self-titled album are laden with fat, beefy hooks although there isn't the usual amount of boundary pushing here.

WATCH: The Secret Behind Adam Lambert's Coming Out

Lee Camp | Posted 07.11.2009 | Comedy


Lee Camp

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Puppies? Koalas? How About These Endangered Species, Oprah and Miranda Kerr

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 09.10.2009 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

Sadly, it's the cuddly animals that get noticed in this beauty-conscious world.

What's the Greatest Book Ever About the Business of Show? A Wild and Crazy Late Book Review

David Wild | Posted 07.03.2009 | Entertainment


David Wild

Born Standing Up may be the least show bizzy book about show business.

Miranda Kerr Naked On Rolling Stone For Environment, "Specifically Koalas"

Rolling Stone | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green


Rolling Stone's "green issue" is a real attention-getter. Australian model Miranda Kerr -- you may have seen her as a Victoria's Secret angel or on fi...

Huntsman Called Obama's China Policy "A Complete Blackout"

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics


John Huntsman, President Obama's newly-appointed Ambassador to China, is quoted in this months Rolling Stone magazine criticizing the administration's...

Justin Timberlake: Pop Culture's Smartest Guy In The Room

David Wild | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment


David Wild

Since I met Timberlake in 1998, I've had the pleasure of working with him a fair amount. To this day, he strikes me as a guy with remarkably good instincts.