The snow-covered streets of Park City, Utah, would hardly give a radioactive postapocalyptic landscape a run for its money. But when the stars of the hit Sundance film Z for Zachariah — Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine and Margot Robbie — show up to Off the Cuff's outdoor set to talk......

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In this installment of Off the Cuff with Peter Travers from the Sundance Film Festival, Rolling Stone's movie critic catches up with actor Jason Segel, who makes his first visit to the Utah fest since 1997, when a 17-year-old Segel was promoting SLC Punk. "I remember [Sundance] being a little......

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In 1996, shortly after the publication of the bullet-stoppingly thick book Infinite Jest, a Rolling Stone contributing editor named David Lipsky pitched a profile on the freshly coronated greatest-novelist-of-his-generation, David Foster Wallace. The reporter flew out to Bloomington, Indiana, to join the literary star on the last stop of his book......

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Filmmaker Michael Moore caused a firestorm this week when he tweeted, in response to the film American Sniper, "My uncle [was] killed by sniper in WW2. We were taught snipers were cowards. Will shoot you in the back. Snipers aren't heroes. And invaders are worse." Even Kid Rock criticized the Fahrenheit 9/11 director, writing......

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On January 30th, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready and Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their side project Mad Season's lone LP Above with a unique performance alongside the Seattle Symphony. The event is called "Mad Season Sonic Evolution," and fellow Seattle greats like Soundgarden's Chris Cornell......

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Country superstar and The Voice coach extraordinaire Blake Shelton knows what he's good at – that would be singing – which is probably why the five-time Grammy nominee spent his first episode hosting Saturday Night Live belting out so many jams. Instead of relying on Shelton's acting skills or comedic chops to......

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"It's now my duty to completely drain you." You expected to hear Nirvana songs playing over the MARC Theater's P.A. system before the world premiere of Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. But when that line from Nevermind's "Drain You" came on a few minutes before the lights dimmed, you wouldn't have......

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VH1 Storytellers returned Saturday night after a lengthy hiatus with Ed Sheeran, who tested out the series' new live format. The gig took place at Dublin, Ireland's Whelan's, an intimate venue handpicked by Sheeran as it was the place where he witnessed a life-changing Damien Rice concert at the age of......

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UPDATE: Contrary to reports, Paul McCartney did not co-produce all of Kanye West's new album, reps for McCartney and West tell Rolling Stone. Three weeks after Paul McCartney and Kanye West released their surprise collaboration "Only One," the duo have linked up with Rihanna for the soft, acoustic track "FourFiveSeconds." The song is available at RihannaNow.com. "I......

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Months after Run the Jewels' El-P and Killer Mike pledged to remix their acclaimed Run the Jewels 2 using only cat samples, El-P took to Twitter to offer up a preview of Meow the Jewels and announce that the reworked LP had secured a very special feline guest: Internet sensation Lil Bub. "Just got a......

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Korn and Slipknot kicked off the European leg of their joint Prepare for Hell tour earlier this month in Dublin, Ireland. While Korn's setlists hadn't changed over the first week of the leg – in fact, their setlists have remained uniform for the entirety of the tour – Jonathan Davis and company......

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When Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye split up in October 2014, Oasis fans immediately began wondering whether Liam and Noel Gallagher could finally cast aside their differences and reunite the (What's the Story) Morning Glory? band after nearly six years apart.  While Noel Gallagher originally recommended that Liam "should make a solo record," signaling he had no......

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Edgar Froese, founding member and keyboardist of the long-running band Tangerine Dream and an electronic music pioneer, passed away after suffering a pulmonary embolism on January 20th. Froese was 70. "This is a message to you we are very sorry for… On January 20th, Tuesday afternoon, Edgar Froese suddenly and unexpectedly......

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Ryan Adams' 2014 self-titled album was one of the more downcast, melancholic LPs in the singer-songwriter's vast catalog. While much of Ryan Adams' moodier tone was likely the result of his struggle with the debilitating Ménière's disease and the death of his grandmother, this too perhaps informed his latest album: Ryan Adams and......

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Johnny Ramone's Mosrite guitar, one of only nine Mosrites the legendary punk guitarist owned, sold at auction Thursday for a whopping $71,875, Boston-based auction RR Auction announced. The red guitar, personally owned and used by Ramone for at least seven years, was also autographed by the Rock and Roll Hall......

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Last year, Ryan Adams and Jenny Lewis hit the road together in support of their new albums; in Adams' case, it was his self-titled LP, while Lewis showcased her Adams-assisted third solo album The Voyager. One of their stops was an appearance on the Austin City Limits stage, and now both the......

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Martin Scorsese's upcoming slate is already packed with an authorized Grateful Dead documentary, his rock & roll HBO series co-created with Mick Jagger and the planned Ramones biopic. However, another of the legendary director's projects, the partly finished HBO-backed documentary on President Bill Clinton, has been indefinitely shelved as the director......

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Jimmy Fallon continues his quest to embarrass Blake Shelton on national television. But anyone familiar with the comical country superstar knows that's going to take a lot more than a tongue twister… or bean dip tossing. During his appearance on Thursday's Tonight Show, Shelton humored the host with a modern-day game......

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As a member of the so-called "Class of '89," the name given to the new crop of soon-to-be-superstar country acts who all released their debut that year, Clint Black was an early shoo-in for class valedictorian, based on the remarkable out-of-the-chute success of his debut album, Killin' Time. The set......

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On January 24, Allan Huber "Bud" Selig will finally step down from his position as Commissioner of Baseball. Despite his oft-repeated protestations that he never wanted it in the first place, Selig has held the job for over 22 years, making him the second-longest tenured MLB commish since the first......

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All 236 episodes of Friends landed on Netflix this month. Watching them all in a row would take 86 and a half hours, and somewhere out there is probably a bleary-eyed soul who already plowed through it all. That's a lot of Rachel and Ross drama to absorb in a short time.  Now......

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Best known for writing such Number One hits as Luke Bryan's "Drink a Beer" and Josh Turner's "Your Man," Chris Stapleton has announced his debut solo album. The record, titled Traveller, will be released May 5th on Mercury Records. Stapleton gave journalists and Nashville insiders a preview of the album......

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On Friday, Eminem dropped a video for the guest-heavy SHADY XV track "Detroit Vs. Everybody." Featuring Royce da 5'9", Big Sean, Danny Brown, Dej Loaf and Trick Trick, the song is an ode to the vet rapper's hometown as much as a showcase of some of the city's newest and most rapidly rising......

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The owner of recordings by the Flying Burrito Brothers, Hot Tuna and New Riders of the Purple Sage has filed seven lawsuits against the major streaming companies, alleging they are playing music that was released before 1972 illegally. Among the defendants are Apple's Beats, Sony, Google, Rdio, Songza, Slacker and......

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This morning I received another letter from Denis Martinez, the Sing Sing inmate I met last summer with whom I'll be corresponding until his release (and probable deportation) this coming August. Denis and I agreed some time back that we would publish a kind of running diary of his experiences in......