he played andy warhol. in the tightest pants imaginable, he showcased his music and acting talents in the jim henson thrill er labyrinth and starred using in a little more than a loin cloth at times. >> you had nothing more than -- >> a loin cloth. >> you used your fiscal posture. that came out of stage training more than rock 'n' roll. >> it was desperation. i was determined not to bomb, you know. >> he was even a combatant in the cola wars in the 1980s starring opposite teen a turner in this pepsi commercial. he was married twice in the 90s, wed super model iman. he turned 69 on friday and celebrated by releasing a new studio album, his 25th, to critical acclaim. carnegie hall has already announced a tribute concert starring the roots, cyndi lauper and others. bill neely joins us by phone. from "space oddy" to "fame," "modern love," so many of my favorite songs written by this man. but he did more than just write and produce and perform great songs. he actually -- he created the glam rock wing of rock and

i do go from writing a book about andy warhol to ronald reagan?reat american stories, self-made men who came out of poor families and went to the top. even when they were on top, they were not taken seriously by a lot of disestablishment. this book is very much about the reagan marriage. it begins with ronald reagan's birth in 1911, nancy's birth in 1921. thelternates chapters on two of them because i felt it was important to see where they both came from and why they were such a perfect match when they met in 1949. this is the first of two volumes. this goes up to the night ronald reagan was president. the whole project began as the vanity fair assignment in 1997 and mrs. reagan gave me access to her friends and understood i had to speak to people who were not her friends. what i heard across the board whether it was betsy bloomingdale or the wives of the kitchen cabinet members or jim baker, ronald reagan would have never made it without nancy. no one wanted to take away from his qualities, the great communicator. hisvisionary character, moral c

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bam thank you ma'm." nats and to music overall jace edwards, dj, kozz 105.7 fm, "he was to me the andy warhol of music. to say that bowie was apart of music is an understatement." and listeners have been calling in with their own stories. "i had a couple of listeners share a story about how he bridge the gap between them and their father. one guy was telling me when bowie did that nat pop "for them it was icnonic." over at recycled records in midtown they are playing bowie's music constantly. "he is a chameleon. he keeps chnging and changing" even the younger generation has discovered bowie no super, " i like the way he looked, his style the way he sang." ask someone to name their favorite bowie song as you'll get many different answers but may be there is a fitting song that sums up his career to his fans. eric jacobson, manager, recycled records, "i am going to go "heroes" today cause he is one of my heroes and i love that song." nats fade to still photo. he is an extraordinary talent that will be missed. ok guys... favorite david bowie song.... go. songs nye county prosecutors say former n

his giant leap would actually come later when he borrowed a andy warhol and pop art. the rock star as a performance piece. a fictional character. blurring reality and fantasy. male andthose costumes inspired by that otherworldly androgynous look. there's a >> reporter: positioning bowie as the outsider. the freak triumphant. the nonconformist who's quit worrying about fitting in, a huge part of his appeal american viewers had their first chance to hear bowie speak at length on abc, talking to dick 1974. >> what do your parents do? >> my father's dead and my mother's got a small flat. i think she's got a day job. >> does she have trouble explaining you to the>> i think she pretends i'm not hers. >> reporter: bowie collaborated with john lennon, as lennon himself described to o big deal, we just sort of, oh, boom, boom, boom. like that. >> reporter: the song was "fame." fame r: bowie classic. he wrote "under pressure" with pressure pushing down on me >> reporter: and in a more unlikely duet for bowie sang a christmas song with bing crosby. our finest gifts we bring >> r

plus--- "he was to me the andy warhol of music." and david bowie is he topped the charts for nearly 50 years. and today the music world is remembering the life of david bowie. the 69-year-old rock and roll star passed away last night after a private 18-month battle with cancer. his flamboyant image has been a driving force in pop culture for decades; pioneering glam rock and earning him two grammys, an emmy, and selling 140 million records. bowie also starred in movies like "the hunger" and "the man who fell to earth." "david bowie really was a quintessential product of both the 20th century and the 21st century - he was a songwriter, he was a singer, he was an actor, he was a composer, he was an impresario, he was an artist, he was a poet, he was everything." bowie celebrated his 69th birthday on friday. he leaves behind wife, supermodel iman, and two children. closer to home reaction to the passing of david bowie has been just as intense. kolo 8 news now' paul harris spoke with fans in our town today and has more. sarah.... i aske

influenced by andy warhol, bowie came up with the concept for ziggy stardust, a rock band from outerndrogynous look, positioning him as the outsider. ♪ now ziggy played guitar >> i felt really comfortable going on stage as somebody else. and it seemed a rational decision to keep on doing that. ♪ ch-ch-changes >> reporter: like his anthem "changes," bowie was famously hard to pin down. his image and his music constantly changing. that chameleon persona in turn inspired generations of performers from kiss to kanye to lady gaga. madonna posted, "david bowie changed the course of my life forever." ♪ fame >> reporter: bowie co-wrote "fame" with john lennon. and "under pressure" with freddie mercury of queen. ♪ pressure >> reporter: mick jagger tweeted this picture, calling bowie "an inspiration and a true original." his final album, number 26, released just last week. the songs and videos recorded while bowie was fighting his mysterious illness. ♪ look up here ♪ i'm in heaven >> reporter: this song, "lazarus," in retrospect sounds like good-bye. the song now rising up the charts after bow

influenced by andy warhol, bowie came up with the concept for ziggy stardust, a rock band from outer space. that other worldly, androgynous look, positioning him as the outsider. now ziggy played guitar >> i felt really comfortable going on stage as somebody else. and it seemed a rational decision to keep on doing that. changes >> reporter: like his anthem his image and his music constantly changing. that chameleon persona in turn inspired generations of performers from kiss to kanye to lady gaga. today madonna posted, "david bowie the course of my life forever." fame bowie co-wrote "fame" with john lennon and "under pressure" with freddie mercury of queen. pressure >> reporter: today, mick jagger tweeted this picture, calling bowie "an inspiration and a true original." his final album, number 26, released just last week. the songs and videos recorded while bowie was fighting his mysterious illness. look up here i'm in heaven >> reporter: this song, "lazarus," in retrospect sounds like good-bye. the song now rising up the charts after bowie is gone. david wright, abc news, new york.

he played andy warhol in the art film "baskia" and showcased his music, dancing and acting talents inim henson thriller "labyrinth." he was married twice. in the '90s he made supermodel iman. he are he leased his 25 album to critical acclaim. carnegie hall reportedly already announced a tribute concert stars cyndi lauper and others. >>> mexico has become the process of extraditing druglord joaquin el chapo guzman to the united states. he was recaptured friday by mexican marines after a six-month long manhunt. according to the attorney general's office, authorities have delivered extradition orders to the prison where guzman is being held. also this morning, mexican authorities want to speak with actor sean penn and mexican soap star kate del castillo about their secret interview with el chapo. the interview was published by "rolling stone" magazine over the weekend. penn describes meeting guzman after his escape from a mexican prison. this picture authenticates that meeting which reportedly took place in october. mexican law enforcement official says investigators were able to learn d

for thomas edison and his cohorts understood 70 years ahead of time what andy warhol discovered in the 1960s that reality itself, if you look at it nakedly enough without any adornment is completely mesmerizing. so what those first films did was simply gaze at the world, at the real world and show reality in motion. trains moving, people passing on the street on a onn on windy da. buildings being constructed. reality and moving. age. actual life and the actualities that captured it were one and the same thing, completely fused together. here at the turn of the 20th century, at the very moment of freud and the dawn of psy psychoanalysis were imposed upon unanother. as if reality were dreaming or dreams themselves were becoming realities. we can feel this interpenetrating fusion of history and film and the processes they engage in so many films from the time. these earliest films which have mysterious eyes wide open, eyes wide shut double life have become historical documents in themselves. equally powerful both for the luminous kinetic surfaces they document and for the deep historical

influenced by andy warhol, bowie came up with the concept for ziggy stardust, a rock band from outer space. that other-wordly, androgynous look?positioning him as the outsider. i felt really comfortable going onstage as somebody else and it seemed a rational decision to keep on doing that ch-ch-ch changes?. like his anthem "changes," bowie was famomoly hard to pin down - his image and his musisiconstantly changing. that generations of performers. from kiss? to kanye? to lady gaga. today madonna posted: "david bowie changed the course of my life forever." bowie co-wrote "fame" with john lennon. and "under pressure with freddie mercury of queen" today mick jagger tweeted this picture calling bowie an inspiration and a true original. his final album - number 26- released just last week the songs and videos recorded while bowie was fighting his mysterious illness. the song: "lazarus," in retrospect sounds like goodbye. the song now rising up the charts, after bowie is gone. dw, abc, ny jessica rae: and the late singer now has an legacy. the cincinnati zoo named this baby penguin "bowie"