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Live-Blogging the 2012 Grammy Awards
Rob Sheffield will once again live-blog the Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 12th. The festivities start at 7:30 p.m. EST and launch into high gear as the ceremony... | More »February 10, 3:15 PM ET| Rob Sheffield -
Long Odds and a Last Shot
January 30, 12:45 PM ET| Rob SheffieldThere's an old W.C. Fields movie where he's playing poker with a brand-new sucker, who asks, "Is this a game of chance?" Fields assures him, "Not the way I play it." A true American motto, and it could be the epigraph for HBO's Luck.
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'American Idol': Calm Before the Storm?
January 17, 11:15 AM ET| Rob SheffieldEverything seems to be going so smoothly for American Idol. Which immediately raises the question: Is it time to start panicking about American Idol?
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The New Queen of Mean: Madeleine Stowe of 'Revenge'
January 4, 3:30 PM ET| Rob SheffieldCongratulations, Madeleine Stowe! You make everyone else in any prime-time network drama look like a toothless simpering puddle of bunny drivel! As the fearsome Hamptons-socialite villainess on ABC'sRevenge, she's easily the kickiest thing on the season's kickiest new show, living up to all the sudsy melodramatics with her psycho eye-steam and menacingly husky voice.
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The 10 Best Albums of 2011
December 21, 2:35 PM ET| Rob Sheffield1. EMA, Past Life Martyred Saints
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The Top 25 Songs of 2011
December 21, 1:30 PM ET| Rob SheffieldMy 25 favorite songs of 2011, including but not limited to: hits, obscurities, disco jams, guitar monsters, boof-boof chants, pelican-fly rappers and karaoke-room-clearers. And Stevie Nicks, obviously.
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Happy 30th Birthday Britney Spears: Here's to 10 More Years of Pop Awesomeness
December 2, 10:20 AM ET| Rob SheffieldHappy 30th birthday, Britney. It's safe to say you had the awesomest 20s of any pop star ever. Ten years ago, Britney rang in her 20s by wearing a python to do "I'm A Slave 4 U," a song about seething party-girl desperation that compares her vagina to a kitty cat; she rings in her 30s with "How I Roll," a song about seething party-girl desperation that compares her vagina to a kitty cat. If you don't think that's artistic integrity, there's something wrong with you.
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Captain America: Why Ron Swanson from 'Parks and Recreation' Is the Angry White Dude's Ultimate Hero
November 10, 3:35 PM ET| Rob SheffieldRon Swanson is more than the MVP of the Parks and Recreation squad, more than just the funniest character on TV – he's the perfect depiction of aggrieved American manhood at the twilight of the empire. He has a face sculpted out of glare, a mustache of granite, a helmet of hair held in place by sheer force of will and eyes that can strip the paint off speedboats.
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There's No Way Eddie Murphy Was Really Going to Host the Oscars
November 10, 9:55 AM ET| Rob SheffieldDamn – now we don't get to spend Oscar night wondering why Eddie Murphy didn't show up. Murphy abruptly announced on Wednesday that he's refusing to host the Academy Awards, surprising at least several dozen people who got the name wrong and thought it was breaking news about Eddie Money. But it raises the question: who really believed Murphy would go through with hosting the Oscars?
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'American Horror Story' Will Restore Your Faith in Ryan Murphy's Dark Side
October 27, 1:05 PM ET| Rob SheffieldRyan Murphy, you sick, brilliant bastard. The Glee creator's new opus, American Horror Story, might seem like the total opposite of his most famous show.
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Duran Duran Turn Up the Girl Noise at Madison Square Garden
It's not easy typing a concert review when you have bruised nipples from your date pounding the "Wild Boys" drum solo on your rib cage. But Duran Duran put on tha... | More »October 27, 9:00 AM ET| Rob Sheffield -
Fading Fading Celebrating: What Happens Now for Sonic Youth?
Soul-crushing words nobody ever expected or wanted to hear: the future of Sonic Youth appears to be in doubt. Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore announced their separation ... | More »October 17, 11:55 AM ET| Rob Sheffield -
'X Factor': The Bitch Is Back!
You know how sometimes a rock star will break free from the band that's holding him back, so he can make the solo album that will finally express his true artisti... | More »September 29, 3:55 PM ET| Rob Sheffield -
Radiohead's Triumphant, Wiggly Return to the States
Thom Yorke, you wiggly madman. How we missed you. It's been a couple of years since Radiohead played a live show in America, but wherever these guys have been, th... | More »September 29, 8:13 AM ET| Rob Sheffield
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Rob Sheffield is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, where he writes about music, TV and pop culture. He is the author of two books, Talking To Girls About Duran Duran and Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time.
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