"His wife, Kate Capshaw, had just bought a lot of my knitwear for Christmas presents. I thought he was going to tell me he loved the presents!" Actress Karen Allen thought Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones casting call was just a personal thank-you.

Legend has it that guitarist Peter Buck was working at Wuxtry Records in Athens, Georgia when Michael Stipe strolled in. They talked about music and bands. The rest is history. Twenty-eight years and fourteen albums later R.E.M. has become the little band that could.

"I eat everything. I'm just an eater. If it's free, I honestly eat everything." Sarah Jessica Parker likes food.

R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe has poked fun at his homosexuality by reading out a 'statement' revealing his bandmates Mike Mills and Peter Buck are heterosexual. In the staged press conference video on the group's YouTube webpage, Stipe sits down to read his humorous statement as camera bulbs flash repeatedly around him.

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe made the decision to announce he's gay in order to be a role model for youngsters struggling to cope with their sexuality. The singer revealed his sexual preference in an interview with Time magazine in 2001, when he told the publication he was a "queer artist".

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe is on crutches after injuring his foot in a go-karting accident. The rocker has been left hobbling around New York after getting his limb trapped under a kart.

Rockers R.E.M. are set to make musical history at the end of March when they become the first major act to launch an album on a social networking website. Fans will be able to stream and share the band's Accelerate album on iLike.com a week before it hits record stores on April.

R.E.M. -- which is singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, and bassist Mike Mills -- are counting down the time to the release of Accelerate, their 14th studio album, on a website,

Rockers R.E.M. have shot a new video in a New York City sex shop. The group filmed part of the promo for new single "Supernatural Serious" at Babeland on Rivington Street in Manhattan on Monday.

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has stepped down from jury service in Georgia - because he couldn't treat the case of an alleged stalker fairly.