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...Rick Rubin enjoys long walks on the beach, sushi dinners and hugs that warm the corners of the soul. Behind the ZZ Top exterior lurks the soul of a Playmate. Rubin is also the most widely accomplished record producer of the past 20 years, getting career-best work out of everyone from the Dixie Chicks to the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Justin Timberlake--all of whom are vying for Album of the Year at the Grammys on Feb. 11. He's able to do this largely because his teddy-bear sensitivity defies every stereotype of his profession. Unlike Phil...
...Rock, a close Rubin friend and fan. (Rubin is nominated for a Grammy in the category and appears a lock to win.) "Most producers have their own sound, and they lease it out to different people, but we know it's still their record. The records you make with Rick are your records. He makes it his job to squeeze the best out of you--and not leave any fingerprints...
...surprise that Rubin is also highly sought after by record companies. He's currently discussing a role as co-chairman of Columbia Records. A Rubin associate says, "Negotiations are going on, but there's still ground to cover," while a source close to Columbia says, "Rick is a transcendent creative force. He'd be a huge hire...
...services, so he asks most prospects to drop by and play him whatever songs they've been writing. This eliminates most applicants. Few pop musicians, it turns out, are used to regular writing, and even fewer show enough promise in their songs to interest him. "One of Rick's favorite phrases is 'metaphor deficient,'" says Rock. "If people write things that are metaphor deficient, even he can't help them...
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama visited Southern California last month to address 1,000 pastors at an AIDS conference in the Orange County mega-church of evangelical leader Rick Warren. But Obama made another stop that evening, a private meet-and-greet in the home of Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel, who's a partner in the powerful Endeavor Agency and brother of Democratic Congressman Rahm Emanuel. A small clatch of celebrities and entertainment industry bigwigs - Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Normal Lear, Christine Lahti and her husband, Studio 60 producer Thomas Schlamme - came out to meet Obama, who hasn't officially...