This David Bowie Tribute Is Terrible
Over the weekend, a group of street artists took advantage of New York’s desolate, snow-caked roads in order to paint a crude memorial honoring David Bowie. Unfortunately, the tribute is bad and makes no sense.
A Perceptive Headline About David Bowie
Above is the headline accompanying Billboard magazine’s review of David Bowie’s Blackstar, which was released just days before he passed away from cancer. You can understand why the headline is different online but, honestly, they nailed it the first time.
UK's Celebrity Big Brother Produced the Most Incredible Reaction to David Bowie's Death
Here’s the set-up for a deeply fascinating bit of reality television: Tiffany “New York” Pollard of VH1 fame is on Celebrity Brother in the United Kingdom, along with Angela Bowie—ex-wife of the late David Bowie—and David Gest—ex-husband of Liza Minelli.
David Bowie Was Too Weird For '70s TV
David Bowie’s perpetual stylistic reinvention (don’t call him a chameleon) became a standard many pop stars would come to adopt. To put his visionary genius in perspective, we assembled a reel of ‘70s and ‘80s TV clips, highlighting the ways in which Bowie’s shape-shifting tendencies were marveled at, questioned, and…
Brands Keep Swinging
This tweet, from the official account of casual footwear brand Crocs, has been deleted, but its inspiration will live on forever.
The New York Times Wishes It Were Dead
The paper’s sincere declaration that life can only improve once we’ve shuffled off this mortal coil has since been updated on its website, but the sentiment stands.
Remember When David Bowie Got Busted for Pot With Iggy Pop in Hell, AKA Rochester, New York?
It’s official. David Bowie will never perform in Rochester again, in part because he is dead, but also because he never went back after he and Iggy Pop were arrested there for possession of marijuana in the 1970's.
David Bowie Dead at 69
The legendary David Bowie died early Monday, 18 months after having been diagnosed with cancer, according to a post on his official Facebook page. His son confirmed the news on Twitter. He was 69.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield's Cover of "Space Oddity" Comes Down Today
Canadian astronaut Cmdr. Chris Hadfield is best known as the first man to cover David Bowie's "Space Oddity" while actually in space. But the video of Hadfield's performance, seen 22 million times and counting, will vanish from YouTube today due to copyright complications.
This “Space Oddity” Cover From the Space Station Is Amazing
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has spent the past five months as the commander of Expedition 35 aboard the International Space Station. While in space, he's made sandwiches, washed his hands, and wrung water from a wet towel. But on Sunday afternoon, Hadfield provided the internet with his most amazing video yet: a…
Bowie and Timberlake: Who Came Out of Retirement Better?
Both David Bowie and Justin Timberlake, you may recall, announced (or coyly hinted at; it still might just be a Myspace party) the release of new music earlier this week, which is very exciting.
David Bowie Releases New Single, Announces First Studio Album in 10 Years
Today may be David Bowie's 66th birthday, but it's his fans who are getting the gifts.
What's New in Music
Congratulations, Jessica Simpson! Jessica Jr. will have plenty of great music to listen to when he or she enters this world. Here's some of it.
Chris Brown Escapes Arrest for Window-Busting Tantrum
A gleeful Chris Brown galavants around town after breaking Good Morning America's window. 50 Cent gives Chelsea Handler a backhanded compliment. Hugh Hefner's fiancee may already be cheating. Wednesday gossip shakes its haters off.
Homeless Man with Two Kermit Puppets Performs "Under Pressure"
Well, this is something you don't see... ever. Here's a video of a (presumably) homeless man, holding two Kermit the Frog puppets, performing a lip dub of Queen and David Bowie's classic tune, "Under Pressure." Watch the unlikely occurrence inside.
Finally, The Scent of the High Line in a Bottle
Bond No. 9, which has been marketing the smells of New York for years, announced that it's distilling the essence of the High Line. So what's New York's newest park going to smell like?
Do You Remember the Bills You Have to Pay?
The New York Daily News reported over the weekend that none other than David Bowie may be coming to financially strapped celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz's rescue by buying her Rhinebeck, N.Y. estate.
Morgan Stanley Exec Buys; Annie Leibovitz Looks to Sell
• Guy Metcalfe sold his apartment at 15 Central Park West last May for $11 million. Now the co-head of Morgan Stanley's real estate investment banking group and his wife, Lisa, have picked up a new, slightly more modest abode. The couple has paid $6.125 million for a 12th-floor, four-bedroom apartment at 90…
Happy Birthday
David Bowie turns 63 today. Fashion designer Carolina Herrera is turning 71. Everyone's favorite British theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking, is 68. Robert Kelly (or R. Kelly to you and me) is turning 43. Sean Paul is 37. Baseball players Jason Giambi and Carl Pavano are 39 and 34, respectively. Actress Sarah…
Bing Crosby & David Bowie's Little Drummer Boy
Two great musicians get together and make a great song. Too bad the banter in the beginning of this music video leans more towards forced-and-boring than natural-and-cute.
