3 d. ago Bowie: The Final Act – 10 years after his death, the rock god gets a rapturous resurrection

Packed with incredible scenes, this heartbreaking anniversary documentary can’t help but offer up a huge serving of nostalgic bliss There’s a theory that the world spun off its axis with the passing of David Bowie, 10 days into January 2016. It was also two days after his final, death-infused album Blackstar appeared from nowhere. As an artistic statement it was prophetic and impeccably theatrical. A feature-length documentary now shines a black light on that album’s recording, which some call Bowie’s creative resurrection. What does it reveal? And do we want to revisit that place, emotionally?Thankfully, Bowie: The Final Act (Saturday 3 January, 10pm, Channel 4) does not live solely in the catacombs. It begins at the zenith of Bowie’s pop fame: the 1983 Serious Moonlight tour, where the Thin White Duke turned American soul hero. This MTV-approved, Pepsi advert-inducing stardom was the onset of a career-stalling ennui, Bowie’s artistic voice drying out under the bright lights h...

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6 d. ago Maria Shriver calls cousin Caroline Kennedy ‘a rock’ amid Tatiana Schlossberg’s death at 35

‘I cannot make sense of this,’ Shriver wrote about Schlossberg’s death

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8 d. ago New David Bowie biography shines light on ‘heartbroken’ singer’s final months

Biography also claims singer was ‘lucky to survive’ health incident year before death

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1 week ago New David Bowie book shines light on ‘heartbroken’ singer’s final months

Biography also claims singer was ‘lucky to survive’ health incident year before death

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1 week ago ‘He seemed creatively unstoppable’: A new Bowie documentary reassesses one of his most maligned periods

A new Channel 4 documentary aims to provide a fresh perspective on the most critically and commercially tumultuous period of Bowie’s career, and reflect on how this led to his swansong, ‘Blackstar’. Roisin O’Connor speaks with director Jonathan Stiasny

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2 w. ago The late Chris Rea on the ‘warmth and hope’ of ‘Driving Home for Christmas’

The British rock singer spoke with Roisin O’Connor just days before his death aged 74 about the story behind one of the UK’s most popular festive songs

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2 w. ago Music legend’s final moments revealed in heartbreaking never

DAVID BOWIE’s friend and long-time producer Tony Visconti relives the singer’s last days in a new film about his life. David Bowie: The Final Act includes never-before-seen footage of the music legend and incredible interviews with people who knew him best. On David’s cancer diagnosis and recording his final album Blackstar in January 2016, Tony...

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4 w. ago Terrifying moment locals run for their lives as giant boulder rolls down road & crushes motorbike after falling off hill

THIS is the terrifying moment a giant boulder plummets onto a main road, crushing a motorbike beneath it — yet the rider astonishingly walks away unscathed. The lucky biker narrowly escaped death in Colombia when a massive rock tumbled from the hill, smashing his bike beneath it. The incident took place in the municipality of...

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