Ok seriously I LOVE that he did that from space! Oh...to have some quote Bowie to you in the space of the universe! Moves me! Maybe only a Bowie fan would get the feeling...She is one lucky girl! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110606/ap_on_en_mu/us_space_shuttle_kelly_u2
I find it incredibly hard to believe he is FIFTY-NINE years old. Damn...and I think he still looks good!
Bowie to star in dark thriller
Rock legend David Bowie is to play inventor Nikola Tesla in The Prestige, a dark thriller to be directed by Chris Nolan (Batman Begins). The story centres on the rivalry between magicians in London at the turn of the 20th century. Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and Michael Caine have already signed on to star in the movie, which is based on the 1996 novel of the same name.
Bowie's previous film roles have included parts in The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976), Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (1983), Basquiat (1996), and, most recently, Mr Rice's Secret (2000).
Bowie became friendly with Nolan when he wrote the tune Something In The Air for the close of Nolan's breakthrough film, Memento.
Filming will begin on The Prestige in January.
Well! How exciting is that! A NEW Bowie movie!!!!!
25 September 2005
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Mick Rock, the man who shot the seventies, talks to Grant Smithies about the Ziggy Stardust years.
Thirty-five years ago London-born photographer Mick Rock found himself in the right place at the right time. Young and single, loose and free, his artistic ambitions began to unfurl at the same moment rock 'n'roll was undergoing an extreme makeover. What better time to accidentally start a career.
Hardly eating or sleeping, strung-out and hyped-up, Rock spent an entire decade chopping pop culture into frozen slivers two hundredths of a second thick.
...His Bowie book, Moonage Daydream is the latest.
The Moonage Daydream book features more than 600 shots taken during this era, culled down from 6000. The text is written by Bowie, who turns out to be a surprisingly down-to-earth and funny writer. "He's a riot, isn't he?" says Rock.
What was so special about the Ziggy Stardust years? "The potency of the Ziggy persona is down to the breadth of references that were in there," he says. "David was one of the first rock'n'roll post-modernists."
Bowie took ideas from his old mime teacher Lindsay Kemp, bits of Japanese Kabuki theatre and Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange, wrestling outfits, space aliens, andandrogyny.
"People didn't know what to make of it. In early photos the audience just looks confused, but in later photos they're reaching out their hands to grab him, like, you belong to me."
The covers of Lou Reed's Transformer and Coney Island Baby, Iggy Pop's Raw Power, The Ramones' End Of The Century and Queen's Queen II are all his work, as are defining images of Blondie, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Sex Pistols, and Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett.
Partying with these rock monsters took its toll, and in 1996 Rock needed quadruple bypass heart surgery. What was he singing to himself as he slipped under the anaesthetic? David Bowie's "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide". And who sent him flowers after he regained consciousness? Grumpy old rock curmudgeon Lou Reed. [Source] This is a really good article go read it!
10 September 2005
David tells us of his fight for health [Source] Jessica Callan, Eva Simpson And Caroline Hedley
DAVID Bowie made a triumphant return to the stage on Thursday night - a year after suffering a heart attack.
The 58-year-old icon received a standing ovation after his performance in New York at the Fashion Rocks event. But before stepping onto the stage he talked exclusively to 3am about his medical emergency and revealed: "I feel great now".
Bowie was forced to pull out of his tour in Germany in June 2004 when he went to see a doctor about a suspected pinched nerve in his shoulder. He was diagnosed on the spot with a blocked artery and had to undergo emergency heart surgery. He remained in a clinic for a week before returning to his home in New York, where he lives with supermodel wife Iman and their five-year-old daughter Alexandria Zahra.
Speaking to us during rehearsals at Radio City, he said: "The funny thing about it is that I'd given up smoking six months before the heart attack. "I was fed up with having to go outside for a smoke once the baby was born as it was cold. You can't smoke anywhere in New York so it made sense to give up. He shrugs. "And then six months later I had the heart attack." Even before his surgery, Bowie was one of the trimmest men in the music world but the singer - who kicked a drug habit more than 20 years ago - is determined to stay the Thin White Duke. "I go to the gym and work out - but I don't bother with a personal trainer. I feel great and can't wait to get back on stage."
He didn't disappoint. Even during rehearsals he brought the auditorium to a stunned silence when he sang Life On Mars with a simple piano accompaniment. Outdoing all the younger performers such as Nelly and Pharrell Williams with his effortlessly cool set, which included Five Years and Wake Up - a collaboration with hot new Canadian band Arcade Fire, Bowie got a standing ovation.
And he spoke for the first time about why he didn't take part in July's Live8 concerts: "I didn't have a band ready in time. It's as simple as that." Explaining why he decided to make his comeback at a fashion event in the States, Bowie said: "I told them I'd do it only if they got Arcade Fire to perform. They're fantastic." Laughing, he said: "I discovered them a year ago. Coldplay's Chris Martin has been saying he's discovered them first, but I did. So there. Na na na na na!"
Note: [Source]
SingerSimon Le Bon was so shocked by Bowie's stage make-up at Thursday's (08SEP05) Fashion Rocks event in New York, he visited the star in his dressing room to check he wasn't hurt.
The pop legend returned to the stage a year after suffering a heart-attack - wearing a bandaged hand and dark make-up over his eye.
Duran Duran frontman Le Bon says, "We were a bit worried. I should have known better."
At least it wasn't just ME! Gah...brat!
So I am sitting here watching the Fashion Rock Show and on pops my David Bowie...with a black eye and some form of gauze bandages on his left hand! What is up with that? Does anyone know? Will you tell me??? I worry!
And what cracks me up he is so him! A suit that is too short and NO socks! Gotta love him!
Bowie signing with Arcade Fire and playing Acoustic! Nothing better than Bowie Acoustic! I guess they didn't show the whole set, because they were supposed to sing a couple of Bowie songs...sigh...but I was happy to see him!
And my Lisa Marie singing with the snarler (like her dad) Billy Idol White Wedding! I LOVED her dress a black wedding dress giggle, but she was nervous! If I was her... and could move like her...I would have been moving more and singing louder...but she was obviously nervous...I sure like her! Billy's voice sounded better tonight than it did when I heard him a couple months ago...
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