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2011 - The Year In Review, September

2011 - The Year In Review

September was a month rapper T.I. would like to both remember and forget - he completed an 11-month prison sentence for a probation violation only to run into legal trouble again soon after his ini...


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Kirsten Dunst Feels She 'Made It' Because R.E.M. Star Is Her Neighbor

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst has been a successful actor for over two decades, and she’s only 29. Now that she is a grown-up living on her own, she finally feels like she’s made it. Not because of he successful m...


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Kirsten Dunst Stars In R.E.M's Final Video (Watch It!)

Kirsten Dunst

R.E.M.'s poignant final video for the group's last single release "We All Go Back To Where We Belong" is a three-and-a-half minute study of actress Kirsten Dunst. Directed by frontman Michael Sti...


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R.E.M. Caps 31-Year Recording Career With First Ever Definitive Greatest Hits Album, Out Nov. 15

R.E.M.

After R.E.M. ignited the blogosphere on September 21st with the news that they had decided to "call it a day as a band" via a statement on their website, the beloved band have announced that the...


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R.E.M. Is 'Calling It A Day'

REM

We're losing our religion: R.E.M. is breaking up after thirty years of music-making.


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Michael Stipe Once Thrown Out Of A Gig At Gunpoint

Michael Stipe

REM frontman Michael Stipe was once thrown out of a concert at gunpoint after he tried to excrement on stage. The musician was performing in America in the 1980s when he became offended by the aud...


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Michael Stipe: 'I Was Afraid That I Was Sick With AIDS'

Michael Stipe

REM frontman Michael Stipe became so ill as he battled bulimia, he thought he was suffering from AIDS. The singer experienced a breakdown after the band shot to fame in the 1980s and spent a year...


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Hanson Re-Broadcast Successful Japan Aid Telethon

Hanson

"Mmmbop" hitmakers Hanson are re-broadcasting their 12-hour online telethon for Japan after the initial charity event raised $100,000 for the earthquake and tsunami relief effort. The trio was joi...


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Global Music Effort Launches "Songs For Japan" Album On iTunes to Benefit Japan Disaster Relief

Songs For Japan

Proceeds from Star-Studded Album to Support Disaster Relief Efforts of Japanese Red Cross


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R.E.M.'s new Album 'Collapse Into Now' Released Today on Warner Bros. Records

R.E.M.

R.E.M. release their eagerly awaited new studio album, Collapse Into Now, today, March 8th, on Warner Bros. Records. The album has already receiving glowing praise from such media outlets as Spi...


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Michael Stipe & Eddie Vedder's New Single Leaked Online

Michael Stipe

A new musical collaboration between rockers Eddie Vedder and Michael Stipe has leaked online. "It Happened Today," which features on R.E.M.'s new album, leaked on Monday night. Pearl Jam star Ved...


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'Glee' Recap: Keeping the Faith

finn

This week’s "Glee" summoned a higher power than Britney Spears and gave us a good reason to continue to believe in this show. Our prayers for a character and plot-driven episode were answered! 'Gri...


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R.E.M.'s 'Everybody Hurts' Makes Most Men Cry

REM

R.E.M.'s Everybody Hurts is the song most likely to make men sob, according to a new British survey. The tune beat Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton's heartfelt tribute to his dead son - to top a ne...


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Mariah Carey Gets, Ahem, Leggy - Hot Or Not?

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey held a concert at The Chicago Theatre on Saturday, and she strutted her stuff in a large billowing dress on a swing. Go Mimi! Is it just us, or do her legs seem a little chunk-tastic?...


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Simon Cowell's 'Everybody Hurts' Makes History

Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell's all-star collaboration Everybody Hurts for earthquake-stricken Haiti has set a new record after becoming the U.K.'s fastest-selling charity single this century. The American Idol jud...


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Celebrity Birthdays, January 4

Deana Carter

Happy Birthday to: Country singer Deana Carter (1966) English actress Julia Ormond (1965) "Kids in the Hall" alum Dave Foley (1963) R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe (1962) "Max Headroom" ...


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Singer/Songwriter Vic Chesnutt Dies

Vic Chesnutt

Cult singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt has died after going into a coma earlier in the week after an alleged suicide attempt. Prior to his death, the Georgia-based star's latest health scare was revea...


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The Killers' 'Sam's Town' Deemed Most Underrated

The Killers

The Killers' Sam's Town has been named the Most Underrated Album of the Decade in a new online poll. Readers of Rolling Stone voted for the album that should have been a classic over the weeken...


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Celebrity Birthdays, December 6

Randy Rhoades

Happy Birthday to: Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoades (1956; d. 1982) "Northern Exposure" actress Janine Turner (1962) Film and television actor Xander Berkeley (1958) R.E.M. guitari...


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The Essential 'Weird Al' Yankovic - 2 CDs, 38 Songs, Out Now; Win It!

Welcome to the wild world of "Weird Al" Yankovic - a world populated by a Pennsylvania Dutch gangsta-rapper ("Amish Paradise") and a serial-killing Saint Nick ("The Night Santa Went Crazy") - a wor...


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Tokio Hotel, Howie Day, Just Jinjer, Wolfmother & R.E.M. (New Videos)

Tokio Hotel, Howie Day, Wolfmother, Just Jinjer, R.E.M.

Check out a new behind-the-scenes video from Tokio Hotel, Howie Day's latest, South Africa's Just Jinjer, Wolfmother's latest 'Transmission From The Cosmic Egg', and a live R.E.M. video in anticipa...


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Norah Jones' New Album, 'The Fall', Due Nov. 17

Norah Jones new album The Fall

Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Norah Jones has announced the title and release date of her upcoming album, "The Fall", her fourth studio album which will be released by EMI's B...


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Concert Review: Collective Soul At Centennial Park

Collective Soul

The massive crowd at Centennial (Olympic) Park was dominated by red and maroon…red for the Alabama fans and maroon for the Virginia Tech fans. Their teams would square off later at the Georgia Dom...


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Celebrity Birthdays, July 31

J.K. Rowling

Happy Birthday to Avenged Sevenfold singer Matthew Sanders (1981), actress Annie Parisse (1976), English actress Emilia Fox (1974), "Lois and Clark" star Dean Cain (1966), "Harry Potter" author J.K...


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R.E.M. Singer Michael Stipe's Moustache

Michael Stipe stache picture

Always on the lookout for new celebrity cookie dusters, we couldn't help but notice 49-year-old R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe's thick moustache at the 6th Annual Food Bank For New York "Can-Do" Awa...


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Paul McCartney To Appear On 'The Colbert Report' This Wednesday

Paul McCartney

Music legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Paul McCartney will appear as a guest on Comedy Central's Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning The Colbert Report on Wednesday, January 28 at 11:30 ...


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The Bush Administration: A Musical Tribute

George W. Bush

It's been a long eight years for America…longer for some than others (see New Orleans). Luckily, we have some very creative musical artists out there suffering along with us. For them, the first ...


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Celebrity Birthdays, January 4

Deana Carter

Happy Birthday to country singer Deana Carter (1966), English actress Julia Ormond (1965), "Kids in the Hall" alum Dave Foley (1963), R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe (1962), "Max Headroom" actor Matt F...


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Celebrity Birthdays, December 6

Randy Rhoades

Happy Birthday to "Northern Exposure" actress Janine Turner (1962), film and television actor Xander Berkeley (1958), Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoades (1956; d. 1982), R.E.M. guitarist Peter B...


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R.E.M Celebrates Barack Obama's Win

REM

Rockers R.E.M transformed the last date of their Brazilian tour into a celebration of Barack Obama's historic victory in the U.S. presidential election. The group have made their support for t...


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