Black Eyed Peas Love ’em or hate ’em, the Peas are one of the biggest hip–hop — no, make that one of the biggest pop acts in the world today. To get there they had to endure poverty, drug addiction and occasional bouts of incontinence.

Miranda Lambert The breakout Nashville Star singer is a Texas good ol’ gal who likes hunting, drinking beer, listening to Merle Haggard — and singing songs about setting her ex–boyfriends on fire.



Who Does James Blunt Think He Is? The British singer–songwriter drinks to excess, lies to interviewers and gets very touchy about words that rhyme with his surname.



Korn rock at 30,000 feet, Cam’ron teaches us the true meaning of “bling” and Scott Stapp makes a drunken ass of himself on TV. Plus: Richard Pryor, R.I.P.

Almost Famous Arctic Monkeys; Matisyahu



Dear Superstar: Reverend Run The former MC and current man of the cloth and reality TV star answers your spiritually probing questions.

The Greatest Songs Ever: Heart of Glass In the late 1970s, when the rock world was up in arms about a terrible new thing called “disco,” NYC punk pioneers Blondie rendered all such categories meaningless by releasing their dance–floor classic.

Ask Blender Shannon Hoon, Michael Jackson, Lenny Kravitz and more.



New Releases Jenny Lewis, Belle & Sebastian, Cat Power, Mary J. Blige and more.

Reissues Eminem, Linda Ronstadt, Motörhead, Crosby, Stills and Nash and more.

Live! Fiona Apple

Movies The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Basic Instinct 2, Running Scared and more.

DVDs The Aristocrats, Wedding Crashers, Saw II and more.

Games Full Auto, True Crime: New York City, Dead or Alive 4 and more.